Patents by Inventor Shandralynn Joiner

Shandralynn Joiner 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).

  • Thermal dye transfer assemblage with low Tg polymeric receiver mixture
    Patent number: 5945376
    Abstract: A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:(I) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the dye being a deprotonated cationic dye which is capable of being reprotonated to a cationic dye having a N--H group which is part of a conjugated system, and(II) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the polymeric dye image-receiving layer comprising a mixture ofa) a polymer having a Tg of less than about 19.degree. C. and having no or only slight acidity; andb) an acidic material containing at least 0.0007 meq/m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth G. Burns, Kristine B. Lawrence, John DiCillo, Ricky G. Frazier, Daniel J. Harrison, Shandralynn Joiner