US Patent Issued to Dai Nippon Printing on March 25 for "Seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,856, issued on March 25, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet" was invented by Hideo Ito (Tokyo) and Masayuki Tani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, the total thickness thereof is 250 micro metre or less, a seal portion has a layered structure in which a pressure-adhesive layer, a seal portion substrate, and a receiving layer are layered in this order from a release portion side. A release portion has a layered structure in which a surface resin layer, a release portion paper substrate, and a back face resin ...