| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 427145000 | LATENT IMAGE FORMED OR DEVELOPED | 18 |
| 20080213470 | Method and Device for Marking Long Objects by Sublimation - The invention relates to a method for marking objects by sublimation and applying decorated film or paper to bars of profiled elements having polygonal sections and an undefined length by sublimation or by sticking the decorative layer to the bar as it passes through a die and a heated drawing plate supported by a vibrating base plate. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080233279 | High contrast decorative films and laminates - An image-bearing article comprises an opaque layer bearing an image which is coated on the image-bearing side and over the image with an adhesion promoter. A process of preparing an image-bearing article comprising a coated image-bearing white layer comprises the steps of providing an opaque layer; printing an image on the opaque layer so as to produce an image-bearing opaque layer containing an image-bearing side; and coating an adhesion promoter on the image-bearing side and over the image to produce a coated image-bearing opaque layer containing a coated image-bearing side. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080268139 | Covert label - A covert label. A substrate comprises a field of ink. Disposed within the field of ink, is ink that can be preferentially removed according to a preconfigured pattern. The preconfigured pattern comprises information associable with at least one object. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080286452 | Method of Producing Polymer Layer with Latent Polarized Image - The invention is related to polygraphy, and, in particular, to the production of polymer layers documents, security papers, banknotes as well as for manufacturing of excise documentary stamps, labels, tags and other products of the kind. A polymer layer with a latent polarized image which is achieved by means of preparing a polymer solution in an organic dissolvent, the application of the said solution on a light-reflecting substrate, further drying as a result producing of an optically isotropic polymer layer and forming there on the said polymer layer of image generating areas having anisotropic properties, while the concentration of the polymer solution is from 5 to 30% and the areas having anisotropic properties are produced by means of application on the said polymer layer of micro-lines having the depth from 1 to 3 um and being separated from one another by the distance from 4 to 6 um and more at the rate of the process from 10 to 50 m/min and at the temperature less than the temperature of polymer melting or destruction by from 10 to 60% and the duration of contacting of the working body with said polymer layer from 0.015 to 0.650 msec. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090035458 | Image forming apparatus and method for forming image - An image forming apparatus employing nonvolatile liquid developers is provided, which image forming apparatus exhibits high transfer efficiency in transferring images on an image carrier to a recording media and enables formation of images with sufficient fixing strength. An image forming apparatus which incorporates a squeezing mechanism which removes a part of carrier liquid from the liquid developer incorporating image visualizing particles, fine thermoplastic resin particles, and nonvolatile carrier liquid, and incorporates a transferring mechanism which transfers a visible image, in which a part of carrier liquid is removed, onto the recording medium. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090053407 | Method of Measuring Density, Method of Adjusting Density of Liquid Developer Storing Unit, and Image Forming Method - A method of measuring density includes detecting movement of a moving member in a light path of light emitted from a light emitting member, measuring an output of a light receiving member for a case where the moving member is moved in the light path, as a first output, detecting that the moving member is not in the light path, measuring an output of the light receiving member for a case where the moving member is not in the light path, as a second output, and calculating density based on the first output and the second output. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100098843 | COLOR ENHANCING EMULSIONS - Color enhancing compositions for enhancing, changing and concealing the color of substrates to which the compositions are applied are provided. The compositions include chromatically selective scattering particles having small sizes and narrow size distributions. Inks, paints and other coatings made from the color enhancing compositions are also provided. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100304017 | URETHANE AND OLIGOURETHANE DERIVATIVES AND CORRESPONDING USES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING WATER MARKS USING THE OFFSET PRINTING TECHNIQUE - Urethane and oligourethane derivatives and corresponding uses and methods of producing watermarks using the offset printing technique. The invention relates to compounds having general formula (R—CO—NH—X—NH—CO—O—(-A-O—CO—NH—X′—NH—CO—O—) | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110111118 | PROCESS FOR THE SCREENED APPLICATION OF FLUIDS TO SUBSTRATES - A process for screened application of fluids to substrates includes i) providing a substrate being unscreened at least in a portion or a coating of the substrate unscreened at least in the portion, having a screened first image of a first fluid applied to the substrate in the portion, or ii) a substrate being screened at least in the portion or a coating of the substrate screened at least in the portion, having a first image of a first fluid with a different screen applied to the substrate in the portion (preferably with an offset printing form in i) and ii)). An unscreened second image of a second fluid (preferably transparent varnish) is applied to the substrate, covering the first image, in the portion (preferably with flexographic printing form). Formation of the second fluid on the substrate in the portion is substantially determined with the screen of the first image. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120040091 | Methods For Identifying Articles of Manufacture - In one embodiment, a method for identifying an article of manufacture may include: producing a plurality of multilayer photonic structures, wherein each of the plurality of multilayer photonic structures has a unique intensity profile; incorporating one of the plurality of multilayer photonic structures that produces the unique intensity profile into a coating; and generating an electronic code corresponding to the unique intensity profile of one of the plurality of multilayer photonic structures. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120141669 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED RECOVERY OF LATENT FINGERPRINTS - Hydrating an object bearing a latent fingerprint and then selectively drying the object leaving the fingerprint hydrated. The hydrated fingerprint is then coated with cyanoacrylate ester, preferably in a heat accelerated cyanoacrylate ester vacuum chamber. Hydrating is preferably accomplished by chilling the object below a dew point and then exposing the object to humidified air to condense a thin uniform layer of water over the object and latent fingerprint. Drying is preferably done with a vacuum. After drying reaches the preferred state, the CE is heated and coats the condensation-hydrated latent fingerprint. Preferably, the method is implemented in an automated system using one computer-controlled chamber for chilling, condensing, vacuum drying, and CE coating the latent fingerprint. The operator simply puts the object in the chamber, initiates the process by computer, and is prompted by the computer to remove the recovered latent print. Prints unrecoverable by prior art means are recovered. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120308723 | CARRIER SOLVENT FOR FINGERPRINT FORMULATIONS - A method and composition for transforming a latent physiological biometric into a visible physiological biometric are provided, the method comprising: providing a latent biometric disposed on a surface of an article, wherein said biometric comprises at least one eccrine-derived compound; contacting said latent biometric with a developing solution, wherein said developing solution comprises at least one imaging reagent selected from ninhydrin and 1,8-diazafluoren-9-one and a carrier solvent comprising at least one C | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130177703 | REVERSIBLE THERMOCHROMIC AND PHOTOCHROMIC INK PENS AND MARKERS - Reversible thermochromic and photochromic ink compositions and markers, pens or writing instruments that use them are herein disclosed. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130309397 | INK FOR DIGITAL OFFSET PRINTING APPLICATIONS - An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a colorant and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140161974 | Forming hidden patterns in porous substrates - The present invention concerns a method for manufacturing patterned porous substrates with hidden color patterns by forming hydrophobic patterns on a hydrophilic surface, wherein structural channels are formed as a pattern in a porous substrate using a hydrophobic printing solution lacking colorant, and wherein a colored area is applied on the rear surface of the porous substrate. Further, the present invention concerns said patterned porous substrate and a method for bringing said pattern into a visible state. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20150328663 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOISTURE REVEALED INDICIA ON GLASS AND OTHER SURFACES - A method for applying moisture revealed indicia to glass and other surfaces is provided. In some embodiments, the method may include: polishing a surface; changing the moisture condensing properties of portions of the surface by applying a surface tension modifier agent to those portions of the surface; and polishing the portions of the surface to which the surface tension modifier agent has been applied. Upon exposure of the surface to moisture, such as in the form of steam generated by the use of hot water in the vicinity of the surface or by steam generators, portions of the moisture revealed indicia may be formed by moisture revealed contrast | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150352894 | Method for Creating a Precoated Board that will Produce Three Dimensional Liquid Art on a Surface - The embodied invention is to create a precoated board for commercial sale that will create three dimensional liquid art when a consumer pours a suitable liquid (such as water) onto a board surface. In an embodiment, a hydrophobic coating is applied and then a hydrophilic coating in the shape of art is applied. The liquid naturally collects into the hydrophilic areas of the board to form defined artistic shapes and is repelled by hydrophobic areas. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the board can be selected with a natural hydrophobic surface or a natural hydrophilic surface, and then a hydrophilic coating or a hydrophobic coating, respectively, is applied in an art shape. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160159070 | MICROBE-BASED MASTERS FOR MICRO CONTACT PRINTING AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE - A master used for micro contact printing and methods of creating thereof are disclosed. The master may include a permeable membrane removed from a surface of a media plate having one or more microbial nutrients. The master may also include a plurality of microbes positioned upon at least a portion of the permeable membrane. The microbes may be grown in a vertical direction to form a patterned surface. | 06-09-2016 |
