Patents by Inventor Geert Defieuw
Geert Defieuw 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).
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Patent number: 7040929Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive monosheet thermographic recording material comprising a support and on one side of said support a thermosensitive element, wherein said thermographic recording material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali atom or an ammonium group; R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl-, alkynyl-, thioalkyl-, thioalkenyl- or thioalkynyl-group in which the alkyl-, alkenyl- or alkynyl-group has 6 to 25 carbon atoms; X is —O—, —S— or —N(R2)—; and R2 is hydrogen, a —(CH2)mSO3M group or a group; and m is an integer between 1 and 5.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Geert Defieuw, Johan Loccufier, Luc Van Steen, Etienne Van Thillo
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Patent number: 7023460Abstract: A thermal head printer for printing but not perforating a substantially light-insensitive thermographic material, the thermal printer comprising: a transport system having a transport direction, n thermal heads, where n is an integer, each of the thermal heads comprising an array of substantially rectangular energizable heating elements, the heating elements having a length Ln in the transport direction and a pitch Pn between adjacent heating elements, and a means for supplying electrical energy to each of the substantially rectangular energizable heating elements in at least one of the thermal heads, the transport system being capable of transporting the light-insensitive thermographic material in contact or proximity with at least one of the thermal heads, wherein at least one of the thermal heads comprises heating elements for which Ln/Pn is between 0.25 and 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Agfa GevaertInventors: Eric Kaerts, Ivan Hoogmartens, Geert Defieuw
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Publication number: 20050053871Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive monosheet thermographic recording material comprising a support and on one side of said support a thermosensitive element, wherein said thermographic recording material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali atom or an ammonium group; R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl-, alkynyl-, thioalkyl-, thioalkenyl- or thioalkynyl-group in which the alkyl-, alkenyl- or alkynyl-group has 6 to 25 carbon atoms; X is —O—, —S— or —N(R2)—; and R2 is hydrogen, a —(CH2)mSO3M group or a group; and m is an integer between 1 and 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: March 10, 2005Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.Inventors: Geert Defieuw, Johan Loccufier, Luc Van Steen, Etienne Van Thillo
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Patent number: 6774084Abstract: A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a 1,2-dihydroxyphenyl-compound in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein said 1,2-dihydroxyphenyl-compound is represented by formula (I): R1SO2R2, wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aryl group and R2 is selected from the group consisting of a 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group, a 3-alkoxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group and a 3-aryloxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group; or said 1,2-dihydroxyphenyl-compound is represented by formula (II): R3COOR4, wherein R3 is a 3-alkoxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group or a 3-aryloxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group; and R4 is an alkyl group or an aryl group; and a thermographic recording process therefor.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Johan Loccufier, Geert Defieuw, Ivan Hoogmartens
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Patent number: 6759367Abstract: A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a 3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the 3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound is an aryloxo-3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound in which the aryl-group is substituted with at least one substituent having a &sgr;m-value greater than 0; or a heteroaryloxo-3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound in which the heteroaryl group has a unified aromaticity index IA greater than 53 and is optionally substituted with at least one group selected from the group consisting of aryl, hydroxy, carboxy, sulfo, sulfoalkyl, sulfoaryl, sulfonylalkyl, sulfonylaryl, annulated aryl, annulated heteroaryl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyaryl, oxoalkyl, oxoaryl, halogen, nitro, cyano and mercapto-alkyl groups; and a thermographic recording process therefor.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: AGFA-GevaertInventors: Johan Loccufier, Geert Defieuw, Ivan Hoogmartens
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Publication number: 20040090518Abstract: A thermal head printer for printing but not perforating a substantially light-insensitive thermographic material, the thermal printer comprising: a transport system having a transport direction, n thermal heads, where n is an integer, each of the thermal heads comprising an array of substantially rectangular energizable heating elements, the heating elements having a length Ln in the transport direction and a pitch Pn between adjacent heating elements, and a means for supplying electrical energy to each of the substantially rectangular energizable heating elements in at least one of the thermal heads, the transport system being capable of transporting the light-insensitive thermographic material in contact or proximity with at least one of the thermal heads, wherein at least one of the thermal heads comprises heating elements for which Ln/Pn is between 0.25 and 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.Inventors: Eric Kaerts, Ivan Hoogmartens, Geert Defieuw
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Patent number: 6693062Abstract: A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing one or more substantially light-insensitive organic silver salts, one or more reducing agents consisting of one or more 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-compounds in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the molar ratio of molar hydroxy-equivalents of the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene compounds to molar silver-equivalents of the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salts is between 1.2 and 6.0; the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-compounds have a —(CH═CH)nR group in the 4 position wherein n is zero or an integer and R is a substituent with a Hammett &sgr;p constant >0.35 and <0.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Philip Dooms, Ivan Hoogmartens, Geert Defieuw
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Patent number: 6677274Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element, the thermosensitive element containing silver behenate including phase I silver behenate having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper K&agr;1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2&THgr; of 4.53°, 5.96-6.05°, 7.46-7.56°, 8.90-9.12°, 10.45-10.66°, 12.02-12.12°, 13.53-13.62°, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the thermographic recording material is capable upon thermal development of containing 1% of phase II silver behenate, having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper K&agr;1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2&THgr; of 5.34-5.78°, 6.12-6.41°, 7.68-7.79°, 8.30-8.59°, 9.36-9.84°, 10.6-10.96°, and/or phase III silver behenate phase, having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper K&agr;1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2&THgr; of 4.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Ingrid Geuens, Ivan Hoogmartens, Geert Defieuw
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Publication number: 20030186809Abstract: A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing one or more substantially light-insensitive organic silver salts, one or more reducing agents consisting of one or more 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-compounds in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the molar ratio of molar hydroxy-equivalents of the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene compounds to molar silver-equivalents of the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salts is between 1.2 and 6.0; the 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-compounds have a —(CH═CH)nR group in the 4 position wherein n is zero or an integer and R is a substituent with a Hammett &sgr;p constant >0.35 and <0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERTInventors: Philip Dooms, Ivan Hoogmartens, Geert Defieuw
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Publication number: 20030064891Abstract: A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a 1,2-dihydroxyphenyl-compound in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein said 1,2-dihydroxyphenyl-compound is represented by formula (I): R1SO2R2, wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aryl group and R2 is selected from the group consisting of a 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group, a 3-alkoxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group and a 3-aryloxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group; or said 1,2-dihydroxyphenyl-compound is represented by formula (II): R3COOR4, wherein R3 is a 3-alkoxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group or a 3-aryloxy-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl group; and R4 is an alkyl group or an aryl group; and a thermographic recording process therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERTInventors: Johan Loccufier, Geert Defieuw, Ivan Hoogmartens
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Publication number: 20030054958Abstract: A monosheet black and white substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a thermosensitive element and a support, the thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a 3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the 3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound is an aryloxo-3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound in which the aryl-group is substituted with at least one substituent having a &sgr;m-value greater than 0; or a heteroaryloxo-3,4-dihydroxybenzene compound in which the heteroaryl group has a unified aromaticity index IA greater than 53 and is optionally substituted with at least one group selected from the group consisting of aryl, hydroxy, carboxy, sulfo, sulfoalkyl, sulfoaryl, sulfonylalkyl, sulfonylaryl, annulated aryl, annulated heteroaryl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyaryl, oxoalkyl, oxoaryl, halogen, nitro, cyano and mercapto-alkyl groups; and a thermographic recording process therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERTInventors: Johan Loccufier, Geert Defieuw, Ivan Hoogmartens
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Publication number: 20020052294Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element, the thermosensitive element containing silver behenate including phase I silver behenate having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper K&agr;1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2&THgr; of 4.53°, 5.96-6.05°, 7.46-7.56°, 8.90-9.12°, 10.45-10.66°, 12.02-12.12°, 13.53-13.62°, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the thermographic recording material is capable upon thermal development of containing 1% of phase II silver behenate, having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper K&agr;1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2&THgr; of 5.34-5.78°, 6.12-6.41°, 7.68-7.79°, 8.30-8.59°, 9.36-9.84°, 10.6-10.96°, and/or phase III silver behenate phase, having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper K&agr;1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2&THgr; of 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: Ingrid Geuens, Ivan Hoogmartens, Geert Defieuw
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Patent number: 6306573Abstract: A recording material comprising a support, a thermosensitive element and a protective layer therefor, the thermosensitive element comprising a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the thermosensitive element further comprises in reactive association with the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt and the organic reducing agent a substituted, exclusive of groups having an exclusively electron withdrawing character, or unsubstituted compound with an unsaturated 5-membered heterocyclic ring annulated with an aromatic ring system, the ring consisting of nitrogen and carbon atoms with at least one of the nitrogen atoms having a hydrogen atom and none of the carbon atoms being directly linked to a sulfur atom or being part of a carbonyl-group; a production process therefor and a thermal image recording process utilizing the recording-material.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Bartholomeus Horsten, Johan Loccufier, Geert Defieuw, Luc Leenders
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Patent number: 6284442Abstract: A black and white monosheet thermographic recording material having a spectrophotometrically determined maximum absorption for visible light between 570 and 650 nm and comprising a support and a thermosensitive element, said thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material contains at least two colorants with maximum absorption at a wavelength between 450 nm and 700 nm, none of the at least two colorants is an antihalation dye, and at least one of the at least two colorants is incorporated in the support; and photothermographic and thermographic recording processes therewith.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Guy Michel Van Ackere, Geert Defieuw, Ivan Hoogmartens, Johan August Loccufier
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Patent number: 6270951Abstract: A thermographic recording material, thermally developable under substantially water-free conditions, comprising a support and a thermosensitive element, the thermosensitive element being provided with a protective layer and the thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive silver salt of an organic carboxylic acid, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the protective layer contains at least one proteinaceous binder and non-opacifying inorganic particles with a weight averaged diameter of less than 1&mgr;m in a concentration of between 5 and 70% by weight with respect to the weight of the protective layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Eddy Michiels, Yvan Karel Gilliams, Geert Defieuw, Yvan Hoogmartens
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Patent number: 6225040Abstract: There is provided a method for preparing a biaxially oriented polyester sheet or web, with improved antistatic properties, comprising the steps of (i) stretching said polyester sheet or web first in one direction and second in a direction perpendicular thereto (ii) coating said hydrophobic polyester sheet or web, either before stretching or between said first and second stretching operation, on one or both sides, with a transparent antistatic primer layer, wherein the coating composition of said transparent antistatic primer layer comprises (1) a dispersion of a polythiophene with conjugated polymer backbone and a polymeric polyanion compound and (2) a latex polymer having hydrophilic functionality. The primer layer is coated from an aqueous composition and does not show a substantial change in resistivity depending on relative humidity or wet processing.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1994Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Bavo Muys, Dirk Quintens, Jozef Boeykens, Etienne Van Thillo, Geert Defieuw
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Patent number: 6211116Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive black and white thermographic recording material having a support and a thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, characterized in that the thermosensitive element contains substantially light-insensitive mixed crystals of two or more silver salts of organic carboxylic acids with one or more carboxylic acid groups; and a recording process therewith.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Geert Defieuw, Johan Loccufier, Yvan Hoogmartens, Ingrid Geuens
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Patent number: 6207614Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element which is optionally provided with a protective layer, wherein the thermosensitive element contains substantially light-insensitive mixed crystals of at least one organic silver salt and at least one organic fatty acid derivative, an organic reducing agent for the organic silver salt in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder and wherein the substantially light-insensitive mixed crystals are present in an inner layer of the thermographic recording material; and a recording process therewith.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2000Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Geert Defieuw, Johan Loccufier, Armand Van-den Bergh
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Patent number: 6130033Abstract: A (photo)thermographic recording material comprising a (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element on one side of a water resistant support and an outermost backside layer on the other side of the water resistant support, the (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element comprising a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent for the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt in thermal working relationship therewith(, photosensitive silver halide in catalytic association with the substantially light insensitive organic silver salt) and a binder and the outermost backside layer comprising polymeric beads, characterized in that an outermost layer on the side of the water resistant support with the (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element does not contain a fluorine-containing polymeric surfactant and the static frictional coefficient between the outermost layer on the side of the water resistant support with the (photo-addressable) thermosensitive element and the oType: GrantFiled: November 10, 1998Date of Patent: October 10, 2000Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Geert Defieuw, Wim Mues, Dirk Quintens, Ivan Hoogmartens
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Patent number: 6127313Abstract: A thermographic recording material is provided by the present invention comprising on the same side of a support, called the heat-sensitive side, a thermosensitive element and a outermost layer which contains a cured polymer or cured polymer composition and colloidal silica, wherein the colloidal silica is substantially present in its acidified form and the outermost layer further contains a buffer with a pH between 2 and 7 consisting of at least one acid and at least one non-metallic salt of an acid; a method of recording an image therewith and a production process therefor.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Geert Defieuw, Johan Loccufier, Ivan Hoogmartens, Herman Uytterhoeven