ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,903, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, and method for producing printed material using combination" was invented by Akito Daike (Shinjuku-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination of a thermal transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer medium according to the present disclosure is characterized in that the thermal transfer sheet includes a first substrate and a melt transfer coloring layer, the intermediate transfer medium includes a second substrate and a transfer layer including a receiving layer, and the me...