ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,892, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Heat transfer sheet and combination of heat transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium" was invented by Tadahiro Ishida (Tokyo) and Yoshihiro Imakura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a thermal transfer sheet including a first substrate and a first adhesive layer, in which the first adhesive layer is a layer to be transferred from the thermal transfer sheet by heating, and the first adhesive layer contains a crystalline polyester."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/997,380.

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