Patents by Inventor Thomas Kevin Foreman

Thomas Kevin Foreman 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: 7361437
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal transfer donor element comprising a support layer and a transfer layer supported by the support layer and comprising a binder containing carboxylic acid groups. The transfer layer includes an organic compound containing a plurality of hydroxyl groups with a hydroxyl group concentration of less than 18 mM/g and at least one connecting group, wherein the organic compound is free of any N,N-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)amide and any rosin ester. In another embodiment, a method of using the donor element is provided, particularly in the manufacture of a color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Weed, Casey K. Chandrasekaran, Thomas Kevin Foreman
  • Publication number: 20080057435
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal transfer donor element comprising a support layer and a transfer layer supported by the support layer and comprising a binder containing carboxylic acid groups. The transfer layer includes an organic compound containing a plurality of hydroxyl groups with a hydroxyl group concentration of less than 18 mM/g and at least one connecting group, wherein the organic compound is free of any N,N-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)amide and any rosin ester. In another embodiment, a method of using the donor element is provided, particularly in the manufacture of a color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Weed, Casey K. Chandrasekaran, Thomas Kevin Foreman
  • Patent number: 6548602
    Abstract: A polymeric film composition, which can readily be applied to a sheet-configured substrate and which resists creep at room temperature, even when the sheet/film combination is stored as a roll, is disclosed. The polymeric film composition has a viscosity of at least 3×106 Pa-s at a predetermined first lower temperature and at a shear stress of 10,000 Pa and a viscosity no greater than 1×104 Pa-s at a predetermined second higher temperature and at a shear stress of 50,000 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Kevin Foreman, Mark Robert McKeever
  • Publication number: 20010051689
    Abstract: A polymeric film composition, which can readily be applied to a sheet-configured substrate and which resists creep at room temperature, even when the sheet/film combination is stored as a roll, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Thomas Kevin Foreman, Mark Robert McKeever