G03C 1/4989
Characterised by a thermal imaging step, with or without exposure to light
Official title: {characterised by a thermal imaging step, with or without exposure to light, e.g. with a thermal head, using a laser}
G03C1/4989 (Characterised by a thermal imaging step, with or without exposure to light) appears on 232 US grants and 72 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03C- Granted patents
- 232
- Published applications
- 72
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 284
- Latest grant
- 8 Dec 2020
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 22 | 20 |
| 2007 | 14 | 5 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- System and method for photo-thermal analysis of immunoassay tests8 Dec 2020US 10,859,490 B2
- Mask element precursor and relief image-forming system8 Sep 2020US 10,768,520 B2Miraclon Corporation
- Radiation curable thermal transfer elements16 Mar 2010US 7,678,526 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Protective overcoats for thermally developable materials24 Nov 2009US 7,622,247 B2Carestream Health, Inc.
- Thermally developable materials with buried conductive backside coatings7 Apr 2009US 7,514,206 B2Carestream Health, Inc.
- Mask element precursor and relief image-forming system22 Aug 2019US 2019/0258152 A1Miraclon Corporation
- System and method for photo-thermal analysis of immunoassay tests23 May 2019US 2019/0154564 A1
- Security laminates for security documents18 Aug 2011US 2011/0200765 A1Agfa-Gevaert
- Protective overcoats for thermally developable materials16 Jul 2009US 2009/0181332 A1Carestream Health, Inc.
- Radiation curable thermal transfer elements2 Oct 2008US 2008/0241733 A13M Innovative Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermographic and photothermographic materials having silver salt complexes therein68US 4,260,677 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1981
- Method and material for the formation of a heat mode image51US 5,948,600 AAgfa-Gevaert · 1999
- Acrylonitrile compounds as co-developers for black-and-white photothermographic and thermographic elements48US 5,545,515 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996
- Hydrazide compounds useful as co-developers for black-and-white photothermographic elements47US 5,496,695 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996
- Additive for the reduction of mottle in photothermographic and thermographic elements45US 5,380,644 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1995