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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129004 | Donor substrate and transfer method using same, method of manufacturing display device, and system of manufacturing display device A red organic light emitting element formed by a simple process of a thermal transfer method and a display device including the same are provided. A donor substrate 100 has a reflecting layer 120 in a planned formation region 100R1 of a r... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7419757 | Structured thermal transfer donors A laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) donor film having a substrate, a light-to-heat conversion layer overlaying the substrate, and a transfer layer overlaying the light-to-heat conversion layer. A surface of the transfer layer includes microstructured or nanostruc... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416792 | Full color organic electroluminescence display devices by thermal patterning using laser and method for manufacturing the same An organic electroluminescence display device made by a laser induced thermal imaging process has a substrate having first and second electrode layers, and an organic layer having red, green, and blue light-emitting layers between the electrode layers. Thermosetting... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7396631 | Radiation curable thermal transfer elements Radiation curable thermal transfer elements including a substrate and a light-to-heat conversion layer overlaying the substrate, and processes to make the thermal transfer elements. The light-to-heat conversion layer is derived from a radiation curable material capa... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7368487 | Aqueous ink jet printable compositions Ink jet printable compositions comprise an aqueous vehicle, particles of a self-crosslinking polymer, and optional colorant. In one embodiment, an ink jet printable ink may comprise an aqueous vehicle, a colorant, and a silyl-terminated sulfopoly(ester-urethane) pol... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7323285 | Extruded slipping layer for thermal donor A thermal donor element having a dye layer on an extruded substrate, wherein the extruded substrate includes a polyester-containing material and a slip agent, but does not contain silica particles, is disclosed. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7294444 | Donor substrate for laser induced thermal imaging and method of fabricating organic light emitting display using the same substrate A donor substrate for laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display (OLED) using the donor substrate are provided. A conductive frame is disposed on and connected to an anti-static layer of the donor substrate and... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282247 | Thermal transfer medium and method of making thereof The present invention relates to a thermal transfer medium which transfers images to a receiving substrate. The thermal transfer medium includes a laminate, having a substrate, a coating and a functional layer positioned substantially on the coating. This coating ma... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7226890 | Thermal printing ribbon A thermal printing ribbon that has reduced or no wrinkling during printing includes inorganic particles in a polymeric host material in at least one layer of the ribbon. The ribbon has improved mechanical and thermal properties as compared to ribbons not incorporati... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211364 | Thermally conducive material and use in high-speed printing A thermally conductive material, a donor element including the material, a method of printing using the donor element, and a print assembly including the donor element are described, wherein the thermally conductive material includes at least two immiscible or incom... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7153626 | Method of forming dye donor element Methods of forming a dye donor layer of a dye-donor element for a thermal dye transfer system are described. The methods include coating colored particles in a compressed carrier fluid on the substrate of the dye-donor element. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7141349 | Metal oxide coating A metal oxide coating and a method of forming the metal oxide coating are disclosed, wherein the metal oxide coating composition includes a metal oxide precursor of the metal oxide, the metal oxide, or a combination thereof, and a solvent of secondary or tertiary C | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128955 | Thermal transfer recording medium and photographic print A thermal transfer recording medium 1 according to the present invention is to obtain a reliable printed matter with no space between picture information and a protective film thereof and has a melting type transfer portion 161 including a m... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112396 | Multicolor image forming material It is intended to provide a multicolor image forming material for recording an image by irradiation with laser light comprising an image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer and at least four heat transfer sheets having a light-heat conversion layer and a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108949 | Donor substrate for laser induced thermal imaging method, method of fabricating the donor substrate, and method of fabricating organic light emitting display using the donor substrate A donor substrate for a laser induced thermal imaging method and an organic light emitting display (OLED) fabricated using the donor substrate are provided. There is also provided a method of fabricating an OLED capable of controlling static electricity when an orga... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7081284 | Thermal transfer recording medium, method of recording same, recorded medium and recorded label A thermal transfer recording medium is provided wherein the thermal transfer recording medium has a substrate; a separation layer on the substrate, wherein the separation layer contains a resin and a wax; and an ink layer on the separation layer, wherein the ink lay... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7022386 | Method of forming glossy image A method for forming a glossy image comprising: using (A) a heat transfer sheet comprising a substrate, a light-heat conversion layer and an image forming layer in this order, wherein the light-heat conversion layer comprises a polyamide-imide resin, and the image f... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6974609 | Media for cold image transfer Image transfer media and methods of transferring images are provided. The image transfer media comprise a sheet having a nonporous micro-embossed surface topography comprising cavities on one major surface of the sheet and an ink release coating on the embossed surf... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6953614 | Transfer sheets A transfer sheet for an ink jet printer comprises a support, and a transfer layer which is capable of separating from the support and contains a hot-melt adhesive particle, and the hot-melt adhesive particle comprises a first porous hot-melt adhesive fine particle h... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6933430 | Guitar pick holder made of a flexible magnetic body In one illustrative example, a guitar pick holder is made of a thin, flat, and visually appealing flexible magnet which adheres to a front outside surface of a guitar. A guitar pick which is used with the holder is made of a synthetic material but also includes a ma... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6894002 | Receiver medium for digital imaging A receiver medium for digital imaging comprises a substrate having a dye-receiving surface bearing a coating comprising a highly branched functionalised polymer of generally globular form, e.g. a dendrimer, dispersed in a host polymer. Functional groups at or near t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6783820 | Thermal transfer recording media Thermal transfer recording media which make it possible to provide a highly sharpness and clear image even in case of printing on non-coated paper at a high speed and to improve the rub resistance of a printed area after the completion of printing. The presen... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770337 | Thermal transfer of microstructured layers Articles having a component with a surface defining microstructured features can be formed using thermal transfer elements. One example of a suitable thermal transfer element includes a microstructured layer having a surface defining microstructured features imposed... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6753052 | Heat transfer sheet and light-heat-conversion type image-forming material A heat transfer sheet in which a recorded image having excellent stability in storage and manifesting little variation in sensitivity and resolution can be obtained by adding an additive to a light-heat-conversion layer. A heat transfer sheet comprising a lig... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6703087 | Thermal transfer material and image forming material using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer material which has an image forming layer of low fusible viscosity, which has an excellent transferring sensitivity, which is able to form a high quality image, and in which leakage of... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6696119 | Thermal ink-transfer recording material In a thermal ink-transfer recording material comprising a support, and a primer layer and a thermal transferring ink layer which are superposed on the support in this order, the thermal transferring ink layer comprising a binder and a colorant dispersed i... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6680089 | Thermal transfer sheet To provide a thermal transfer sheet which is not affected by the illumination light source even in comparison with the pigment coloring material or printed matter and upon transfer of the coloring material thin film, ensures excellent sharpness of halfton... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6645583 | Heat-sensitive transfer recording medium A heat-sensitive transfer recording medium comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive transfer ink layer provided on the substrate, the heat-sensitive transfer ink layer being a coating of a hot-melt ink containing no solvent therein, the heat-sensitive ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6468634 | Heat transfer sheet The present invention relates to a heat transfer sheet in which at least an ink layer is provided on a substrate. In the heat transfer sheet of the present invention, as an intermediate layer provided between the substrate and the ink layer contains an ap... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6395375 | Composite thermal transfer sheet When a temporary adhesive layer for peelably bonding a transfer-receiving material to a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate film and a heat-fusible ink layer disposed on one side thereof is caused to comprise a specific adhesive, an excellent co... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6383621 | Thermal transfer image forming material A thermal transfer image forming material is disclosed, which comprises a intermediate layer, and an image forming layer onto a support. The thermal transfer image forming material comprises a matting material having a number average grain diameter greate... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6254943 | Image transfer sheet and processes thereof A transfer sheet including a substrate; and an indicator.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6235445 | Thermal transfer sheet The present invention provides a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate, and a light-to-heat conversion layer containing a substance capable of converting light to heat and a binder, and an image forming layer, which are disposed on the substrate, ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6040035 | Water-color ink absorbing material and laminated film having layer of the absorbing material The present invention provides a water-base ink absorbing material which can quickly absorb a water-base ink and has an excellent fixativity of the drying water-base ink and on which print with a good definition can be achieved without inducing inconsiste... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6017622 | Transfer film for providing pictures onto a molded product simultaneously with molding and producing method thereof In a method of producing a transfer film for providing pictures onto a molded product simultaneously with molding of the present invention, a resin which is dispersed in a dispersing medium to form a water-dispersed emulsion is coated on a substrate film ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6017636 | Transfer system and transfer method thereof A transfer system and transfer method are provided. The transfer system includes one or two transfer sheets. The first transfer sheet has a transfer layer of an aqueous urethane emulsion which, in preferred embodiments, is a layer formed from an emulsion ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6001459 | Heat activated transfer for elastomeric materials An article and method for marking elastomeric articles, such as tires, floor mats, and the like, includes an elastomeric sheet which is marked with indicia using a solvent based ink which contrasts with the elastomeric sheet. The indicia is cured with a c... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5977208 | Thermal transfer ink, and thermal transfer ink ribbon The present invention provides a thermal transfer ink ribbon which has good ink transferability and is capable of producing transferred images which are sharp and have high durability. As the main constituent of a binding material of thermally fusible res... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5939207 | Thermal transfer ribbon for high density/high resolution bar code applications A thermal transfer ribbon having a pigmented layer with a unique combination of melt viscosity, hardness and mechanical properties and an ultra-thin release layer between the pigmented layer and a substrate is provided. The thermal transfer ribbon include... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5935709 | Thermal transfer recording material A thermal transfer recording material comprising a foundation and a heat-meltable ink layer provided on the foundation, the heat-meltable ink layer comprising a heat-meltable vehicle and a coloring agent, the heat-meltable vehicle comprising at least one ... | 08/10/1999 |
