Patents by Inventor Joseph F. Bringley
Joseph F. Bringley 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: 7258804Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing a designated metal ion from the liquid nutrient for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7223454Abstract: An image recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the recording element containing core/shell particles wherein the shell of the particles is an oligomeric or polymeric aluminosilicate complex or an aluminosilicate particulate, the complex and the particulate having a positive charge and being counter balanced by an anion.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Olivier Jean Poncelet, Gérard Friour, Lori Shaw-Klein
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Patent number: 7138162Abstract: An ink jet recording element including a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap?)b.xH2O; wherein: M2+ is at least one metal ion having a 2+ oxidation state; A is an organic or inorganic anion; p is 1 or 2; and x is equal to or greater than 0; and a and b comprise rational numbers as follows: 0<a<2 and 0<b<2 so that the charge of M2+ is balanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain, Joseph F. Bringley
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Patent number: 7122231Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing finely divided particulate material and a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap?)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0?pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<2; 0<b<4; and 0?pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Joseph F. Bringley, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 7105215Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap?)c•xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0?pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<2; 0<b<4; and 0?pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Joseph F. Bringley, Paul B. Merkel, Deepak Shukla, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 6991835Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing core/shell particles wherein the shell of the particles consists a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap?)c•xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0?pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<2; 0<b<4; and 0?pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Alexandra D. Bermel, Joseph F. Bringley, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 6984033Abstract: An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap?)b.xH2O; wherein: M2+ is at least one metal ion having a 2+ oxidation state; A is an organic or inorganic anion; p is 1 or 2; and x is equal to or greater than 0; and a and b comprise rational numbers as follows: 0<a<2 and 0<b<2 so that the charge of M2+ is balanced; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 6974663Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support bearing one or more hydrophilic colloid layers including at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a photographically useful compound is incorporated into at least one hydrophilic colloid layer in the form of an intercalation composition comprising a layered host material having molecules of the photographically useful compound inserted as guest molecules between the layers of the host material. The invention provide novels materials and a method of incorporating active chemistry compounds such as developers or development inhibitors directly into a photographic imaging element with improved stability and keeping response versus known methods for incorporating active chemistry compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishnamohan Sharma, Kenneth J. Lushington
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Patent number: 6916514Abstract: The invention relates to a cationic shelled particle comprising a colloidal alumina core having a median diameter of between 20 and 2000 nm and a positive charge, a layer on the surface of said core particle having a negative charge and comprising particles of a median diameter of less than 30% of the median diameter of said core particle, and an outer layer of positive charge.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Katherine M. Broadus, Lori Shaw-Klein, Gary N. Barber
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Patent number: 6890610Abstract: A recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, said recording element containing core-shell particles wherein said core comprises an inorganic or organic particle and said shell comprises an organosilane or a hydrolyzed organosilane derived from a compound having the formula: Si(OR)aZb wherein R is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms; Z is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms or aryl group having from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, with at least one of said Z's having at least one primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary nitrogen atom; a is an integer from 1 to 3; and b is an integer from 1 to 3; with the proviso that a+b=4; and with the further proviso that the amount of organosilane shell material is such that Ratio R, which is the number of micromoles of organosilane used to shell the core particleType: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishnamohan Sharma, Gary N. Barber
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Publication number: 20040201663Abstract: An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element containing core/shell particles wherein the shell of the particles consists of a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0≦pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<2; 0<b<4; and 0≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain, Alexandra D. Bermel
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Publication number: 20040202830Abstract: An ink jet recording element including a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap−)b.xH2O; wherein: M2+ is at least one metal ion having a 2+ oxidation state; A is an organic or inorganic anion; p is 1 or 2; and x is equal to or greater than 0; and a and b comprise rational numbers as follows: 0<a<2 and 0<b<2 so that the charge of M2+ is balanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain, Joseph F. Bringley
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Publication number: 20040201664Abstract: An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element including a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing finely divided particulate material and a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20040201665Abstract: An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap−)b.xH2O; wherein: M2+ is at least one metal ion having a 2+ oxidation state; A is an organic or inorganic anion; p is 1 or 2; and x is equal to or greater than 0; and a and b comprise rational numbers as follows: 0<a<2 and 0<b<2 so that the charge of M2+ is balanced; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20040202831Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)n(OH)b(Ap−)c·xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0≦pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<2; 0<b<4; and 0≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Joseph F. Bringley, Paul B. Merkel, Deepak Shukla, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20040096786Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support bearing one or more hydrophilic colloid layers including at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a photographically useful compound is incorporated into at least one hydrophilic colloid layer in the form of an intercalation composition comprising a layered host material having molecules of the photographically useful compound inserted as guest molecules between the layers of the host material. The invention provide novels materials and a method of incorporating active chemistry compounds such as developers or development inhibitors directly into a photographic imaging element with improved stability and keeping response versus known methods for incorporating active chemistry compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishnamohan Sharma, Kenneth J. Lushington
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Patent number: 6689335Abstract: A silver ion sequester and release agent is described which comprises a silver ion exchangeable material of the formula: M(H1−x−yAgxM′yPO4)2.nH2O; where M is Zr, Ti, Sn, Ge or Hf or any combination thereof; M′ is an Alkali or alkaline earth metal; x is a number from 0.10 to 0.80; y is a number from 0.15 to 0.85; (x+y) is a number from 0.25 to 0.95; and n is a rational number between 0 and 10. Processes for preparing such silver ion sequester and release agent material are also described comprising combining in an aqueous medium a crystalline or amorphous metal hydrogen phosphate ion exchange host material of the formula M(HPO4)2.nH2O with less than 2 molar equivalents of silver ions relative to the amount of ion exchange host material such that silver ions are exchanged for protons in the host material, and adding a base compound to the aqueous medium to achieve a pH of at least 4.4 and sequester at least 95% of the combined silver ions into the host material.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Roger Lok, Nancy B. Liebert
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Publication number: 20040001926Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing finely divided particulate material and a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0≦pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<2; 0<b<4; and 0≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Joseph F. Bringley, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20040001924Abstract: An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain, Deepak Shukla, Paul B. Merkel
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Publication number: 20040001925Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing core/shell particles wherein the shell of the particles consists a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c•xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0≦pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<2; 0<b<4; and 0≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Alexandra D. Bermel, Joseph F. Bringley, Christine Landry-Coltrain