Patents by Inventor Thomas Richard Roule

Thomas Richard Roule 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).

  • Index print
    Patent number: 5966199
    Abstract: An index print includes a recording sheet having positive images corresponding to respective images on an image recording medium and being right-side-up or up-side-down on the recording sheet. The index print further includes eye-readable means on the recording sheet which relate to the positive images. The invention is characterized in that the eye-readable means is positioned relative to the positive images to permit at least a portion of the eye-readable means to be read without being up-side-down on the recording sheet when viewing the positive images right-side-up on the recording sheet, whether the positive images are recorded right-side-up or up-side-down on the recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Manico, Thomas Richard Roule, William Davis Loveland, Barton Anthony Pricola
  • Method of making an index print
    Patent number: 5764870
    Abstract: A holder and a method of making an index print using the holder. The method comprising the steps of:1) providing a holder having at least one sleeve for holding a film, said film having at least one developed image therein;2) scanning the holder so as to obtain a digital record representative of the images present on said negative film; and3) printing the digital record so as to form an index print wherein said at least one image is placed in a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Manico, David Lynn Patton, Thomas Richard Roule, John Randall Fredlund, Anthony Ronald Berardi
  • Film holder for use in making an index print
    Patent number: 5749468
    Abstract: A holder and a method of making an index print using the holder. The method comprising the steps of:1) providing a holder having at least one sleeve for holding a film, said film having at least one developed image therein;2) scanning the holder so as to obtain a digital record representative of the images present on said negative film; and3) printing the digital record so as to form an index print wherein said at least one image is placed in a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Manico, David Lynn Patton, Thomas Richard Roule, John Randall Fredlund, Anthony Ronald Berardi
  • Index print
    Patent number: 5748284
    Abstract: An index print includes a recording sheet having positive images corresponding to respective images on an image recording medium and being right-side-up or up-side-down on the recording sheet. The index print further includes eye-readable means on the recording sheet which relate to the positive images. The invention is characterized in that the eye-readable means is positioned relative to the positive images to permit at least a portion of the eye-readable means to be read without being up-side-down on the recording sheet when viewing the positive images right-side-up on the recording sheet, whether the positive images are recorded right-side-up or up-side-down on the recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Manico, Thomas Richard Roule, William Davis Loveland, Barton Anthony Pricola