Patents by Inventor Richard P. Breen

Richard P. Breen 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).

  • Simplified self-developing film assemblages and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 6671032
    Abstract: A film assemblage of the self-developing type which has a pair of upper and lower carrier sheets in juxtaposed relationship to one another. A pair of openings is provided in each of the carrier sheets. A photosensitive sheet and a positive receiving sheet are joined to outer surfaces of the upper and lower carrier sheets; respectively, so as to cover the respective openings. The pair of upper and lower carrier sheets is fixedly joined together in overlapping relationship, whereby the photosensitive and receiving sheets are in superimposed and spaced apart relationship thereby forming, in combination, an image area of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Meschter, Philip R. Norris, Harry R. Parsons, Richard P. Breen, Jr.
  • Simplified self-developing film assemblages and methods of making the sam
    Publication number: 20020085182
    Abstract: A film assemblage of the self-developing type comprising a pair of upper and lower carrier sheets in juxtaposed relationship to one another. A pair of openings is provided in each of the carrier sheets. A photosensitive sheet and a positive receiving sheet are joined to outer surfaces of the upper and lower carrier sheets; respectively, so as to cover the respective openings. The pair of upper and lower carrier sheets is fixedly joined together in overlapping relationship, whereby the photosensitive and receiving sheets are in superimposed and spaced apart relationship thereby torming, in combination, an image area of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: John E. Meschter, Philip R. Norris, Harry R. Parsons, Richard P. Breen
  • Photographic film assemblages of the self-developing type having removable portions
    Patent number: 6291128
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to several embodiments in which different self-developing film formats are constructed in order to permit easy operator separation of the pod and trap from adjacent integral film units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Meschter, Richard P. Breen, Jr., Philip R. Norris