B41M 5/282
Using thermochromic compounds
Official title: {using thermochromic compounds}
B41M5/282 (Using thermochromic compounds) appears on 173 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 339
- Latest grant
- 11 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Compositions27 May 2025US 12,311,688 B2Datalase Ltd.
- Heat transfer agents in an image-forming composition29 Apr 2025US 12,285,961 B2Datalase Ltd.
- Inkless printer using photosensitive ink28 Jan 2025US 12,208,627 B2Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Time-temperature indicator based on increased thermal reactivity of a diacetylene upon melt recrystallization22 Oct 2024US 12,123,858 B2JP Laboratories, Inc.
- Laser marking of containers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296083 A1Krones AG
- Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating creating labels for labeling intravenous infusion lines30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116112 A1Vigilant Software
- Compositions28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269675 A1Datalase Ltd.
- Time-temperature indicator based on increased thermal reactivity of a diacetylene upon melt recrystallization19 Dec 2024US 2024/0418691 A1JP Laboratories, Inc.
- Curing indicator printing coating12 Sep 2024US 2024/0301220 A1Actega Terra GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermochromic materials119US 4,425,161 A1984
- Thermochromic laminate member and toy utilizing the same96US 5,219,625 AThe Pilot Ink Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Multilayered dispersed thermochromic liquid crystal84US 5,805,245 ADavis Liquid Crystals, Inc. · 1998
- Raman-active taggants and their recognition82US 6,610,351 B2Quantag Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Thermal paper with security features48US 6,562,755 B1NCR Corporation · 2003