ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,961, issued on April 29, was assigned to DataLase Ltd. (Widnes Cheshire, Great Britain).
"Heat transfer agents in an image-forming composition" was invented by Richard Cook (Widnes Cheshire, Great Britain) and Martin Walker (Widnes Cheshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed towards a composition comprising: a near-infrared radiation absorbing compound; a colour-forming compound; and a heat transfer agent operable to facilitate heat transfer from the near-infrared radiation absorbing compound to the colour-forming compound; wherein the near-infrared radiation absorbing compound is present in an amo...