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Inkless reimageable printing paper and method

US7645558B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2007
Grant dateJan 12, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/163
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An image forming medium includes a paper substrate and an imaging layer coated on or impregnated into a paper substrate, where the imaging layer is formed of an imaging composition that includes an alkoxy substituted diarylethene photochromic material dissolved or dispersed in a solvent or polymeric binder, and where the imaging composition exhibits a reversible transition between a colorless and a colored state.

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