B41M 5/38235
Characterised by transferable colour-forming materials
Official title: {characterised by transferable colour-forming materials}
B41M5/38235 (Characterised by transferable colour-forming materials) appears on 70 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 70
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 154
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, and method for producing printed material using combination27 Jan 2026US 12,533,903 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Process for partial colouring of plastic parts using solid colourants in colour- carrier layers22 Jul 2025US 12,365,775 B2Covestro Deutschland AG
- Thermal transfer printer, method for producing printed product, printed product, combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, intermediate transfer medium, and thermal transfer sheet28 Jan 2025US 12,208,626 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Laser induced transfer printing process4 Jun 2024US 11,999,181 B2Heliosonic GmbH
- Thermal transfer sheet and printed article2 Apr 2024US 11,945,250 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Thermal transfer sheet, discolored or decolorized printed material, and method for producing discolored or decolorized printed material6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340079 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Thermal printable medium, method for producing the thermal printable medium, use of the thermal printable medium and system comprising thermal printing device and thermal printable medium26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206054 A1Pmg Besitz GmbH & Co. KG
- Thermal transfer printer, method for producing printed product, printed product, combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, intermediate transfer medium, and thermal transfer sheet10 Apr 2025US 2025/0115057 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Process for partial colouring of plastic parts using solid colourants in colour-carrier layers27 Jun 2024US 2024/0209169 A1Covestro Deutschland AG
- Thermal transfer sheet, combination of thermal transfer sheet and transfer-receiving article, method for producing thermal transfer sheet, and method for producing transfer product1 Feb 2024US 2024/0034087 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermal transfer ribbon38US 5,248,652 ANCR Corporation · 1993
- Thermal transfer ribbon32US 5,128,308 ANCR Corporation · 1992
- Imaging transfer system and process for transferring image and non-image areas thereof to a receptor element26US 6,340,550 B22002
- Imaging transfer system and process for transferring image and non-image areas thereof to a receptor element25US 6,265,128 B1Foto-Wear, Inc. · 2001
- Imaging transfer system and process for transferring image and non-image areas thereof to a receptor element23US 6,331,374 B1Foto-Wear, Inc. · 2001