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(11) EP 0 339 353 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.11.1989 Bulletin 1989/44

(21) Application number: 89106336.4

(22) Date of filing: 10.04.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B41M 5/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 27.04.1988 JP 104620/88

(71) Applicant: Kao Corporation
Chuo-Ku Tokyo 103 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kawahito, Shiro
    Utsunomiya-shi Tochigi (JP)
  • Yashima, Hiroshi
    Utsunomiya-shi Tochigi (JP)
  • Minato, Masanori
    Ichikaimachi Haga-gun Tochigi (JP)
  • Suzuki, Atsushi
    Ichikaimachi Haga-gun Tochigi (JP)
  • Kawabe, Kuniyasu
    Wakayama-shi Wakayama (JP)

(74) Representative: Patentanwälte Dr. Solf & Zapf 
Candidplatz 15
81543 München
81543 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Thermal transfer ink and film


    (57) An ink composition for thermal transfer comprises a coloring matter, a vehicle and a polyester having a melting point of 50 to 110 degree C, determined by the DSC method and a number-average molecular weight of 300 to 6,000 and containing 1 to 30 ethylenic unsaturations.





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