Patents by Inventor Sarah Kavassalis

Sarah Kavassalis 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).

  • Crosslinking outer layer and process for preparing the same
    Patent number: 8097388
    Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved low wear overcoat for an imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat positioned on the charge transport layer, and a process for preparing the same including combining a binder, a hole transport molecule, a melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent and an acid catalyst dissolved in an alcohol solvent to form an overcoat solution, and subsequently providing the overcoat solution onto the charge transport layer to form an overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Heuft, Nan-Xing Hu, Jennifer A. Coggan, Vladislav Skorokhod, Yvan Gagnon, Sarah Kavassalis
  • CROSSLINKING OUTER LAYER AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090233197
    Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved low wear overcoat for an imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat positioned on the charge transport layer, and a process for preparing the same including combining a binder, a hole transport molecule, a melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent and an acid catalyst dissolved in an alcohol solvent to form an overcoat solution, and subsequently providing the overcoat solution onto the charge transport layer to form an overcoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew A. Heuft, Nan-Xing Hu, Jennifer A. Coggan, Vladislav Skorokhod, Yvan Gagnon, Sarah Kavassalis