B41M 5/38264
Overprinting of thermal transfer images
Official title: {Overprinting of thermal transfer images}
B41M5/38264 (Overprinting of thermal transfer images) appears on 74 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 136
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Apparatuses and methods for printed security features4 Nov 2025US 12,459,287 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
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- Method for forming print, thermal transfer sheet, and combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium15 Oct 2024US 12,115,804 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Thermal transfer ribbon12 Dec 2023US 11,840,108 B2Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
- Thermal donor laminate formulation and thermal donor elements comprising the same12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042310 A1Kodak Alaris Inc.
- Apparatuses and methods for printed security features29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027849 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Printing apparatus and control method28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269672 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Personalized identification document processing systems and methods7 Mar 2024US 2024/0075751 A1Entrust Corporation
- Apparatuses and methods for printed security features13 Jul 2023US 2023/0219361 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for increasing the density of images obtained by thermal dye transfer67US 4,833,124 AEastman Kodak Company · 1989
- Cover film for color hard copy printing paper51US 4,522,881 ASony Corporation · 1985
- LAT imaging onto intermediate/receptor elements/"LAT decalcomania"51US 5,593,808 ARexham Graphics Inc. · 1997
- Composition for fixing water-color ink, cover film for thermal transfer image using composition for fixing water color-ink, and thermal transfer image recorded medium43US 5,462,910 ASony Corporation · 1995
- Overcoat-releasing laminate and method for the manufacture thereof40US 5,714,305 APolaroid Corporation · 1998