Patents by Inventor Michelle Chretien
Michelle Chretien 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: 10899940Abstract: Disclosed herein as a printing method and system which includes providing a substrate and depositing an interlayer composition including a polymer selected from the group of epoxy resins, polyvinyl phenols and poly(melamine-co-formaldehyde) and an interlayer composition solvent on the substrate. The interlayer composition is cured to form cured interlayer. A conductive metal ink composition is deposited on the cured interlayer and the conductive metal ink composition is cured to form a solid metal trace on the cured interlayer.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Naveen Chopra, Chad Smithson, Kurt Halfyard, Gail Song, Michelle Chretien
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Patent number: 10214655Abstract: A metal nanoparticle ink dispersion is made by mixing ingredients comprising: a first solvent being nonpolar and having a boiling point above 160° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure; a second solvent having a boiling point above 230° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure, the second organic solvent being an aromatic hydrocarbon and having a higher boiling point than the first hydrocarbon solvent; and a plurality of metal nanoparticles. A method of printing the metal nanoparticle ink dispersion is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Ping Liu, Michelle Chrétien, Biby Esther Abraham, Cuong Vong, C. Geoffrey Allen, Pedram Salami
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Publication number: 20180208785Abstract: Disclosed herein as a printing method and system which includes providing a substrate and depositing an interlayer composition including a polymer selected from the group of epoxy resins, polyvinyl phenols and poly(melamine-co-formaldehyde) and an interlayer composition solvent on the substrate. The interlayer composition is cured to form cured interlayer. A conductive metal ink composition is deposited on the cured interlayer and the conductive metal ink composition is cured to form a solid metal trace on the cured interlayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Chad Smithson, Kurt Halfyard, Gail Song, Michelle Chretien
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Publication number: 20170298246Abstract: A metal nanoparticle ink dispersion is made by mixing ingredients comprising: a first solvent being nonpolar and having a boiling point above 160° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure; a second solvent having a boiling point above 230° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure, the second organic solvent being an aromatic hydrocarbon and having a higher boiling point than the first hydrocarbon solvent; and a plurality of metal nanoparticles. A method of printing the metal nanoparticle ink dispersion is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Ping Liu, Michelle Chrétien, Biby Esther Abraham, Cuong Vong, C. Geoffrey Allen, Pedram Salami
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Patent number: 9605166Abstract: An emulsified aqueous ink comprising an electrorheological fluid including a liquid phase and a solid phase, and a co-solvent, which is suitable for use in an indirect printing method.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Jennifer L. Belelie, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chrétien
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Patent number: 9120939Abstract: An emulsified aqueous ink for use in an indirect printing process including: a reactive alkoxysilane; a surfactant; a solvent and co-solvent mixture having water; and a colorant, wherein the ink forms a cross-linked film containing siloxane linkages when the reactive alkoxysilane is hydrolyzed and condensed with heat.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Jennifer L. Belelie, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chrétien
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Patent number: 9096768Abstract: A phase change ink composition is provided comprising a UV-curable component, a crystalline component, and an amorphous component, wherein the addition of a UV-curable component imparts improved robustness over the ink that contains only crystalline and amorphous materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Adela Goredema, Nathan M. Bamsey, Biby Abraham, Kentaro Morimitsu, Michelle Chretien
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Publication number: 20150116417Abstract: An emulsified aqueous ink comprising a reactive alkoxysilane, a humectant; and a colorant, which is suitable for use in an indirect printing method, and a method of printing using the emulsified aqueous ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Jennifer L. Belelie, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chrétien
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Publication number: 20150114246Abstract: An emulsified aqueous ink comprising an electrorheological fluid including a liquid phase and a solid phase, and a co-solvent, which is suitable for use in an indirect printing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Jennifer L. Belelie, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chrétien
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Publication number: 20150080514Abstract: A method includes forming a film over a printed image on a substrate, the film includes a print overcoat composition having a binder that includes an aqueous vinylacetate-ethylene copolymer emulsion, (1) a particulate additive as a dispersion or emulsion, (2) a co-binder, or (3) both, and a surfactant, the film provides wear and scratch resistance to the printed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Guiqin Song, Gordon Sisler, Michelle Chrétien, Nan-Xing Hu
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Publication number: 20150051342Abstract: A phase change ink composition is provided comprising a UV-curable component, a crystalline component, and an amorphous component, wherein the addition of a UV-curable component imparts improved robustness over the ink that contains only crystalline and amorphous materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: NAVEEN CHOPRA, ADELA GOREDEMA, NATHAN M. BAMSEY, BIBY ABRAHAM, KENTARO MORIMITSU, MICHELLE CHRETIEN
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Patent number: 8651849Abstract: Positive and negative stamp masters derived from UV curable ink molds comprising ultraviolet (UV) curable inks and methods for digitally preparing those stamp masters. In particular, the digitally prepared molds provide a method of printing micropatterns of fine variable features or images in a more efficient manner than the methods currently available.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Wagner, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chretien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Daryl W. Vanbesien
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Publication number: 20130344232Abstract: A method of forming a conductive feature on a three-dimensional object may include depositing a composition comprising nanoparticles onto a portion of the three-dimensional object, and annealing the composition to form the conductive feature. In another embodiment, a method of forming a conductive feature on a three-dimensional object may include printing a composition comprising nanoparticles to produce a contiguous line over a non-planar portion of the three-dimensional object, and heating the composition to form a conductive feature that has conductivity throughout.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen CHOPRA, Yiliang WU, Ping LIU, Barkev KEOSHKERIAN, Michelle CHRETIEN
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Patent number: 8591785Abstract: Positive and negative stamp masters derived from UV curable ink molds comprising ultraviolet (UV) curable inks and methods for digitally preparing those stamp masters. In particular, the digitally prepared molds provide a method of printing micropatterns of fine variable features or images in a more efficient manner than the methods currently available.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Wagner, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chretien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Daryl W. Vanbesien
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Publication number: 20120190765Abstract: Curable solid inks which are solid at room temperature and molten at an elevated temperature at which the molten ink is applied to a substrate. In particular, the curable solid inks of the present embodiments retain the advantages of handling, safety, and print quality usually associated with conventional curable solid phase change inks but have replaced the petroleum-based materials generally used in the conventional inks with renewable “green” materials to provide a robust and environmentally-friendly curable solid ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Michelle Chretien, Barkev Keoshkerian, Daryl W. Vanbesien, Valerie M. Farrugia
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Publication number: 20120175820Abstract: Positive and negative stamp masters derived from UV curable ink molds comprising ultraviolet (UV) curable inks and methods for digitally preparing those stamp masters. In particular, the digitally prepared molds provide a method of printing micropatterns of fine variable features or images in a more efficient manner than the methods currently available.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher A. Wagner, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chretien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Daryl W. Vanbesien
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Publication number: 20120177769Abstract: Positive and negative stamp masters derived from UV curable ink molds comprising ultraviolet (UV) curable inks and methods for digitally preparing those stamp masters. In particular, the digitally prepared molds provide a method of printing micropatterns of fine variable features or images in a more efficient manner than the methods currently available.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher A. Wagner, Naveen Chopra, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chretien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Daryl W. Vanbesien