Patents by Inventor Giorgio Spazzapan

Giorgio Spazzapan 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).

  • Patent number: 5604083
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an antistatic polymeric film base comprising a polymeric film having coated on at least one side thereof an antistatic layer comprising the reaction product of (1) a water-soluble, electrically conductive polymer containing carboxylic groups and (2) a water-soluble polymer containing oxazoline groups, and to a photographic element comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on said antistatic polymeric film base. This antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the film base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the film base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the film base and a different backing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alberto Valsecchi, Giorgio Spazzapan, Renzo Torterolo, Soonkun Kang
  • Patent number: 5543278
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive silver halide photographic element is disclosed comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized to the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In particular, an infrared sensitive color photographic element, capable of providing full color images without exposure to corresponding visible radiation, is disclosed, said element comprising at least three silver halide emulsion layers on a substrate, each associated with different photographic color image forming materials, such as color couplers capable of forming dyes of different colors upon reaction with an oxidized color photographic developer, diffusing dyes, bleachable dyes, or oxidized leuco dyes. The three emulsion layers are sensitized to three different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum with at least two layers sensitized to different regions of the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Marco Bucci, Ivano Delprato, Giorgio Spazzapan
  • Patent number: 5232826
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive silver halide photographic element is disclosed comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized to the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In particular, an infrared sensitive silver halide color photographic element, capable of providing full color images without exposure to corresponding visible radiation, is disclosed, said element comprising at least three silver halide emulsion layers on a substrate, each associated with different photographic color image forming materials, such as color couplers capable of forming dyes of different colors upon reaction with an oxidized color photographic developer, diffusing dyes, bleachable dyes, or oxidable leuco dyes. The three emulsion layers are sensitized to three different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum with at least one layer sensitized to radiation within the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Marco Bucci, Ivano Delprato, Giorgio Spazzapan