Patents
US 11426974 B2: Thermal transfer of active ink with dynamic environmental data
- Granted
- 2022-08-30
- Filed
- 2019-06-12 application 16439247
- Type
- Utility · 27 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A thermal transfer ribbon includes a carrier layer, a release layer, and a thermally transferable ink layer. The ink layer includes an active ink having a chemistry that is configured, responsive to the occurrence of an environmental, physical or biological condition, to undergo a chemical or physical state change causing a change in the color state of the active ink.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220830.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPTIME CORPORATION 59 patents | US company or organization | Littleton, NJ | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohannad Abdo | Clifton, NJ | 51 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thaddeus Prusik | Stroudsburg, PA | 33 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dene H. Taylor | New Hope, PA | 21 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B32B | Layered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, form | B32B7/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B41J | Typewriters; selective printing mechanisms, i.e. mechanisms printing otherwise than from a forme; correction of typographical errors | B41J31/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B05D | Processes for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general | B05D5/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B41M | Printing, duplicating, marking, or copying processes; colour printing, | B41M5/40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-29 | Merger Merger | TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2025-05-22 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL | 71548/54 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-04-12 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2021-03-31 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. BROOKLYN, NY | 55895/376 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-03-05 | Release of security interest Release of security interest - 364 - day | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. signed 2021-02-25 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL LASER BAND, LLC LINCOLNSHIRE, IL TEMPTIME CORPORATION MORRIS PLAINS, NJ | 56036/590 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-09-01 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION signed 2020-09-01 LASER BAND, LLC signed 2020-09-01 TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2020-09-01 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. BROOKLYN, NY | 53841/212 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2019-10-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ABDO, MOHANNAD signed 2018-06-20 PRUSIK, THADDEUS signed 2018-06-20 TAYLOR, DENE H. signed 2018-06-20 | TEMPTIME CORPORATION MORRIS PLAINS, NJ | 50818/694 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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