Patents by Inventor Ram S. Narang

Ram S. Narang 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: 7517641
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substitutents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20080199810
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substitutents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 7252927
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6897267
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20040229164
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20030118940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6365323
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an interger of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are allyl ether groups, epoxy groups, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead containing the aforementioned polymers and processes for preparing the aforementioned polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6323301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer also containing a second, thermal sensitivity-imparting substituent which enables further crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to temperatures of about 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Smith, Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, David J. Luca
  • Patent number: 6273543
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with water-solubility- or water-dispersability-imparting substituents and at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units. In one embodiment, a single functional group imparts both photosensitivity and water solubility or dispersability to the polymer. In another embodiment, a first functional group imparts photosensitivity to the polymer and a second functional group imparts water solubility or dispersability to the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6260956
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink jet printhead which comprises (i) an upper substrate with a set of parallel grooves for subsequent use as ink channels and a recess for subsequent use as a manifold, the grooves being open at one end for serving as droplet emitting nozzles, and (ii) a lower substrate in which one surface thereof has an array of heating elements and addressing electrodes formed thereon, said lower substrate having an insulative layer deposited on the surface thereof and over the heating elements and addressing electrodes and patterned to form recesses therethrough to expose the heating elements and terminal ends of the addressing electrodes, the upper and lower substrates being aligned, mated, and bonded together to form the printhead with the grooves in the upper substrate being aligned with the heating elements in the lower substrate to form droplet emitting nozzles, said upper substrate comprising a material formed by crosslinking or chain extending a polymer of formula I or II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Gary A. Kneezel, Bidan Zhang, Almon P. Fisher, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6203143
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which comprises (a) a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as B is one of several specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, wherein said photosensitivity-imparting substituents are hydroxyalkyl groups; (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of photoinitiators and sensitizers; and (c) an optional solvent. Also disclosed are processes for preparing the above polymers and methods of preparing thermal ink jet printheads containing the above polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6200715
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a support member, a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer including a cross linked matrix derived from a cross linkable aromatic polymer with substituent groups containing unsaturated carbon to carbon double bond, the substituent groups being free of any urethane linkage and attached to phenylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, John F. Yanus, Damodar M. Pai, Markus R. Silvestri, Ram S. Narang, William W. Limburg, Dale S. Renfer
  • Patent number: 6184263
    Abstract: A composition which comprises a mixture of (A) a first component comprising a polymer, at least some of the monomer repeat units of which have at least one photosensitivity-imparting group thereon, said polymer having a first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution and being of the formulae specified in the claims, and (B) a second component which comprises either (1) a polymer having a second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution lower than the first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution, wherein said second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution may be zero, wherein the mixture of the first component and the second component has a third degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution which is lower than the first degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution and higher than the second degree of photosensitivity-imparting group substitution, or (2) a reactive diluent having at least one photosensitivity-imparting group per
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6177238
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink jet printhead containing a polymer of the formula wherein P is a substituent which enables crosslinking of the polymer, a, b, c, and d are each integers of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, provided that at least one of a, b, c, and d is equal to or greater than 1 in at least some of the monomer repeat units of the polymer, A is or a mixture of wherein R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or mixtures thereof, B is one of specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, John F. Yanus, Damodar M. Pai, Markus R. Silvestri, Ram S. Narang, William W. Limburg, Dale S. Renfer
  • Patent number: 6174636
    Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging member which comprises a conductive substrate, a photogenerating material, and a binder comprising a polymer of the formula wherein A is or a mixture of wherein R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or mixtures thereof, B is one of specified groups, such as or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, John F. Yanus, Damodar M. Pai, Markus R. Silvestri, Ram S. Narang, William W. Limburg, Dale S. Renfer
  • Patent number: 6151042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer also containing a second, thermal sensitivity-imparting substituent which enables further crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to temperatures of about 140.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Smith, Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, David J. Luca
  • Patent number: 6124372
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000, said polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with a first, photosensitivity-imparting substituent which enables crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer also containing a second, thermal sensitivity-imparting substituent which enables further crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to temperatures of about 140.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Smith, Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, David J. Luca
  • Patent number: 6117967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is ##STR2## or a mixture of ##STR3## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or mixtures thereof, B is one of specified groups, such as ##STR4## or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, John F. Yanus, Damodar M. Pai, Markus R. Silvestri, Ram S. Narang, William W. Limburg, Dale S. Renfer
  • Patent number: 6090453
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises the steps of (a) providing a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with halomethyl group substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to a radiation source which is electron beam radiation, x-ray radiation, or deep ultraviolet radiation, said polymer being of the formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several groups, as specified in the claims, and B is one of several groups, as specified in the claims or mixtures thereof, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, and (b) causing the polymer to become crosslinked or chain extended through the photosensitivity-imparting groups. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead by the aforementioned curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Narang, Timothy J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 6087414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises reacting a polymer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR2## B is one of several specified groups, such as ##STR3##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fuller, Ram S. Narang, Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca, Raymond K. Crandall