ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,901, issued on May 26.
"Method of fabricating a thermal transfer image" was invented by Shahar Turgeman (Boca Raton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a thermal transfer image by utilizing a Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) colored in white as the white pigment of the thermal transfer image. Various colored inks are applied to a substrate in accordance with their respective layers of colors of the desired artwork image design. The process leaves voids where white is desired for the artwork image. The process applies a clear ink over the image, including locations of the artwork image where white is the desire...