Patents by Inventor Thomas D. Cometa

Thomas D. Cometa 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).

  • Smear resistant magnetic image character recognition processes
    Patent number: 4859550
    Abstract: An electrophotographic process which comprises the generation of latent image; developing the image with a toner composition comprised of resin particles, magnetite particles, and an additive component comprised of an aliphatic hydrocarbon or a polymeric alcohol of the formulaCH.sub.3 (CH.sub.2).sub.n CH.sub.2 OHwherein n is a number of from about 30 to about 500; and subsequently providing the developed image with magnetic ink characters thereon to a reader/sorter device whereby toner offsetting and image smearing is minimized in said device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Gruber, Raphael F. Bov, Thomas D. Cometa, Paul W. Eakin, John S. Berkes, Bernard Grushkin