Patents by Inventor Martin Pollefeyt

Martin Pollefeyt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thermal dye transfer printing method for obtaining a hard copy of a medical diagnostic image
    Patent number: 5330962
    Abstract: Thermal dye transfer printing method comprising the step of imagewise heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer thereby transferring a dye image to a transparant dye-image receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer and optionally having one or more back layers on the opposite side of the support, characterized in that said receiving element is such that when a dye image has been transferred onto said receiving element the specular gloss of the obtained dye image measured from the readable side of the image in areas having a transmission density of at least 2.00 is at the most 90, and transparant dye-image receiving element for use according to said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Luc De Braabandere, Emiel Verdonck, Frans Feytens, Martin Pollefeyt