Patents by Inventor Michael R. Hupp

Michael R. Hupp 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).

  • Print method, print apparatus and printed upon medium
    Patent number: 9022543
    Abstract: A print method, print apparatus and printed medium include forming a black portion of an image from two inks. The first ink (62) includes first carbon black pigment units (66) and a first binder (68). The first carbon black pigment units (66) have a median dibutylphthalate absortion (DBP) of at least 95 cc/100 g. The first ink (62) has a first ratio of the first carbon black pigment units to the first binder. The second ink (64) includes second carbon black pigment units and a second binder. The second ink has a second ratio of the second carbon black pigment units to the second binder less than the first ratio. The first ink and the second ink together have a median total weight per unit area of at least 70 percent of an absorptive capacity of the print medium and overlap one another, wherein the second ink is at least 54 percent of the total weight per unit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Mann, Michael R. Hupp, Minedys Macias
  • Print Method, Print Apparatus And Printed Upon Medium
    Publication number: 20130029116
    Abstract: A print method, print apparatus and printed medium include forming a black portion of an image from two inks. The first ink (62) includes first carbon black pigment units (66) and a first binder (68). The first carbon black pigment units (66) have a median dibutylphthalate absortion (DBP) of at least 95 cc/100 g. The first ink (62) has a first ratio of the first carbon black pigment units to the first binder. The second ink (64) includes second carbon black pigment units and a second binder. The second ink has a second ratio of the second carbon black pigment units to the second binder less than the first ratio. The first ink and the second ink together have a median total weight per unit area of at least 70 percent of an absorptive capacity of the print medium and overlap one another, wherein the second ink is at least 54 percent of the total weight per unit area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Joshua A. Mann, Michael R. Hupp, Minedys Macias