Patents by Inventor Soichirou Mima

Soichirou Mima 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).

  • Transfer member thermal transfer recording method using an intermediate
    Patent number: 5398051
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording method for recording, in which an intermediate transfer member having a recording layer formed on a polymeric layer is used in such a way that the intermediate transfer member and an ink sheet is placed one over the other, dye being thermally transferred from an ink material layer of the ink sheet to the recording layer. The intermediate transfer member and an image receiving medium are placed one over the other, and they are subjected to pressure and heat so that the recording layer is transferred from the intermediate transfer member onto the image receiving medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Fukui, Soichirou Mima, Hiroyuki Matsuo, Akihiro Imai, Nobuyoshi Taguchi