US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 16 for "Heat transfer labels with polychromatic effects" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,940, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Heat transfer labels with polychromatic effects" was invented by Huanyu Wei (Wilbraham, Mass.), Carlos G. Altamirano (East Hartford, Conn.) and Trinh Truong (Vernon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polychromatic effects heat transfer label includes a carrier and a polychromatic effects design layer on the carrier. The polychromatic effects design layer is formulated from an ink having a polychromatic effects pigment present in a concentration of about 1 percent to about 25 percent by weight of the ink. The polychromatic effects heat transfer ...