B41M 5/465
Infrared radiation-absorbing materials
Official title: {Infrared radiation-absorbing materials, e.g. dyes, metals, silicates, C black}
B41M5/465 (Infrared radiation-absorbing materials) appears on 347 US grants and 197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 347
- Published applications
- 197
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 593
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Thermosensitive recording layer forming liquid, thermosensitive recording medium and production method thereof, and image recording method12 May 2026US 12,623,478 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Direct thermal printable media with side chain crystalline polymer material coating27 Jan 2026US 12,533,905 B1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Laminate, card, and housing2 Sep 2025US 12,403,711 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Compositions27 May 2025US 12,311,688 B2Datalase Ltd.
- Heat transfer agents in an image-forming composition29 Apr 2025US 12,285,961 B2Datalase Ltd.
- Method of producing thermal transfer print sheet, thermal transfer print sheet, and method of thermal transfer printing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286603 A1
- Direct thermal printable media with side chain crystalline polymer material coating4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152018 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Laminate, card, and housing27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360742 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Compositions28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269675 A1Datalase Ltd.
- Laser markable resin compositions for orthodontic appliances5 Jun 2025US 2025/0179305 A1Align Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording243US 5,171,650 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording199US 5,156,938 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording159US 5,256,506 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1993
- Laser propulsion transfer using black metal coated substrates127US 5,308,737 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1994
- Infrared absorbing cyanine dyes for dye-donor element used in laser-induced thermal dye transfer116US 4,973,572 AEastman Kodak Company · 1990