Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Mruk

Geoffrey Mruk 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).

  • Crease resistant imaging element with coated paper base
    Patent number: 6589720
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a coated coated paper base, a lower biaxially oriented sheet, and an upper biaxially oriented sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Geoffrey Mruk
  • Crease resistant imaging element with coated paper base
    Publication number: 20030087208
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a coated coated paper base, a lower biaxially oriented sheet, and an upper biaxially oriented sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Geoffrey Mruk
  • Imaging material with dimensional adjustment by heat
    Patent number: 6329113
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging member comprising a base wherein said base comprises at least one layer of heat shrinkable sheet and at least one strength layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp, Geoffrey Mruk
  • Paper base transmission display material
    Patent number: 6248483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission display material comprising a paper base, a lower layer of biaxially oriented polymer sheet, a polyethylene layer on the upper side of said paper base, and at least one image layer overlaying said polyethylene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp, Robert P. Bourdelais, Geoffrey Mruk
  • Superior photographic elements including biaxially oriented polyolefin sheets
    Patent number: 6030742
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least one photosensitive silver halide layer comprising at least one dye forming coupler, a support comprising paper having laminated thereto a top and bottom sheet comprising biaxially oriented polyolefin sheets, wherein said photographic element has a surface roughness of between 0.15 and 0.50 mm and an average stiffness of between 150 and 300 millinewtons, a stiffness ratio between machine direction and cross direction of between 0.8 and 1.2 at between 20 and 70% humidity, a maximum curl value of 10 curl units, said photographic element has a back roughness of between 0.30 and 2.00 mm, and has a tear strength of between 300 and 900 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Thaddeus S. Gula, Peter T. Aylward, Sandra J. Dagan, John F. Sawyer, Geoffrey Mruk