US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS on Nov. 3 for "Thermal recording material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,893, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Thermal recording material" was invented by Naoya Nishimura (Tokyo) and Ryota Yoshida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a thermal recording material on which a high contrast image can be formed by exposure to infrared laser radiation. The thermal recording material comprises a light-transmittable support having thereon at least an infrared absorbing layer, a thermal recording layer and a protective layer in order from the closest to the farthest from the support, wherein the infrared absorbing layer comprises an infrared absorbing dye having a...