Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Smith
Thomas W. Smith 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).
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Patent number: 6918083Abstract: Enclosed is a tool that is used to review and/or alter electronic documents each of which may have a different format. The mark-up tool is provided with a color-coded scheme to highlight where an electronic document is to be changed and to indicate the status of the change.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Thomas W. Smith
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Patent number: 6906118Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a colorant and an ink vehicle, the ink being a solid at temperatures less than about 50° C. and exhibiting a viscosity of no more than about 20 centipoise at a jetting temperature of no more than about 160° C., wherein at a first temperature hydrogen bonds of sufficient strength exist between the ink vehicle molecules so that the ink vehicle forms hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers, and wherein at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature the hydrogen bonds between the ink vehicle molecules are sufficiently broken that fewer hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers are present in the ink at the second temperature than are present in the ink at the first temperature, so that the viscosity of the ink at the second temperature is lower than the viscosity of the ink at the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: H. Bruce Goodbrand, Thomas W. Smith, Daniel A. Foucher, Kathleen M. McGrane, Dina Popovic
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Patent number: 6871945Abstract: A process comprising incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus a developing composition; an oxidizing composition a coloring composition; and a fixing composition; ejecting droplets of the developing composition onto the substrate; ejecting droplets of the oxidizing composition onto the substrate; ejecting droplets of the coloring composition onto the substrate; and ejecting droplets of the fixing composition onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images comprising all four compositions, the portions forming a printed image. Specific embodiments are directed to the realization of continuous tone and gray scale in image by control of the time at which color forming reactions are quenched by controlling the lime period between deposition of the color forming liquids and deposition of the fixing liquid; or control of the extent of color forming reactions by limitation of the quantity of one of the color forming liquids.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Kathleen M. McGrane, David J. Luca, William W. Limburg
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Patent number: 6861458Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of one of the formulae wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 each, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, R11 and R12 each, independently of the others, is an alkylene group, an arylene group, an arylalkylene group, or an alkylarylene group, G is a cationic moiety, A is an anionic moiety, n is an integer representing the number of repeat —OSi(R7)(R8)— monomer units, a is an integer representing the number of repeat —OSi(R10)(R12-lightfastness moiety)— monomer units, and c is an integer representing the number of repeat —OSi(R9)(R11-hydrophilic moiety)— monomer units.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Patent number: 6815136Abstract: A process including: dispersing a first liquid developer concentrate comprising a resin, a colorant, and a liquid developer reconstitution compound, in a carrier liquid, into additional carrier liquid to form a second liquid developer; depositing the second liquid developer onto a liquid receiver member to form a developer cake; developing an image with the developer cake; reclaiming undeveloped developer cake from the cake bearing liquid receiver member; and redispersing the reclaimed undeveloped developer cake in the second developer liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Weizhong Zhao, Thomas W. Smith, David H. Pan, William M. Prest, Jr., Samuel Kaplan
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Publication number: 20040205647Abstract: Enclosed is a tool that is used to review and/or alter electronic documents each of which may have a different format. The mark-up tool is provided with a color-coded scheme to highlight where an electronic document is to be changed and to indicate the status of the change.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventor: Thomas W. Smith
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Patent number: 6803395Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition which comprises water, a colorant, and a lightfastness agent which is a polysiloxane having thereon a hydrophilic moiety and a lightfastness moiety. Also disclosed are printing processes using the ink.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Patent number: 6777462Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a set of inks for printing multicolor images in an ink jet printer, the ink set comprising (1) a first ink having a first color and comprising water, a first colorant, and at least one of (a) a cationic polymer, (b) a cationic surfactant, or (c) an inorganic salt the cation of which has a tetraphenylboride salt that is substantially insoluble in water, and (2) a second ink having a second color different from the first color and comprising water, a second colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride, wherein intercolor bleed between the first ink and the second ink is reduced when the second ink is printed adjacent to, on top of, or underneath the first ink on a print substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Richard L. Colt, Kathleen M. McGrane, Hiep Ly
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Patent number: 6750269Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising a liquid ink vehicle, a colorant, and a cyclic siloxane monomer composition capable of undergoing a ring-opening polymerization process upon contact with an anionic base.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Smith
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Patent number: 6682591Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and a borate ester, said ink containing water in an amount of at least about 5 percent by weight and containing water in an amount of no more than about 50 percent by weight, wherein either (a) the ink also contains an amine compound, or (b) the borate ester is hydrolytically stable.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Jin Wu
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Patent number: 6672717Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus (1) a first ink comprising water and at least one anionic monomer; and (2) a second ink comprising water and at least one cationic monomer, wherein the anionic monomer and the cationic monomer are selected so that upon contact of the anionic monomer with the cationic monomer, spontaneous polymerization or copolymerization of at least one of the anionic monomer or the cationic monomer occurs, and wherein at least one of the first ink and the second ink further comprises a colorant; (b) causing droplets of the first ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; and (c) causing droplets of the second ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images formed from both the first ink and the second ink, said portions forming a printed image containing the colorant and a polymer formed from at least one of the anioType: GrantFiled: November 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Smith
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Publication number: 20030160849Abstract: A process comprising (a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus (1) a developing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a color developer; (2) an oxidizing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and an oxidizing agent; (3) a coloring composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a dye coupler; and (4) a fixing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a fixative; (b) causing droplets of the developing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; (c) causing droplets of the oxidizing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; (d) causing droplets of the coloring composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; and (e) causing droplets of the fixing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images comprising all four of the developing composition, the oxidizing composition, the coloring composition, and the fixing compType: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Kathleen M. McGrane, David J. Luca, William W. Limburg
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Patent number: 6605236Abstract: A composition comprised of a composite comprised of an aromatic or heteroaromatic polymer comprised of monomer or monomers selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, indole, thiophene, thianaphthene, indene, azulene and ring pendant substitutent derivatives thereof as a discrete phase; and a block copolymer as a continuous phase selected from the group consisting of ionophoric and ionomeric copolymers, wherein the block copolymer has at least one apolar segment and at least one ion binding segment, wherein the ionomeric or ionophoric block copolymer is present in an amount from about 99 to about 50 percent by weight based on the combined weight of the block copolymer and the aromatic or heteroaromatic polymer, wherein the block copolymer provides micellar or vesicular domains for organization and polymerization of the monomer or monomers.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1994Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, David J. Luca
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Patent number: 6600530Abstract: A display module comprising a display assembly bonded to a substrate. The display assembly comprises a first side for displaying visual information and a second side. The second side comprises a first area having an adhesive layer and a second area having a through connection to a conductive pad. The substrate comprises a first side for receiving the display assembly. The first side comprises a first surface area for bonding to the adhesive layer and a second surface area comprising an electrode pad having multiple electrodes for receiving electrical signals. A conductive elastomer is positioned within the through connection establishing conductive continuity between the conductive pad and the electrode pad when the display assembly is bonded to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones LimitedInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Hannu Rissanen, Corrine Anne Raherimanjato
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Publication number: 20030137570Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition which comprises water, a colorant, and a lighffastness agent which is a polysiloxane having thereon a hydrophilic moiety and a lighffastness moiety. Also disclosed are printing processes using the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2001Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Publication number: 20030131756Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) preparing a first solution comprising water and an anionic dye; (b) preparing a second solution comprising water and a polyquaternary amine compound; (c) admixing the first solution and the second solution, thereby causing formation of a complex of the anionic dye and the polyquaternary amine compound and precipitation of the complex from the solution; and (d) isolating the complex thus formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2001Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Richard L. Colt, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Publication number: 20030133886Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of one of the formulae 1 2Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2001Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Kathleen M. McGrane
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Publication number: 20030127020Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and a borate ester, said ink containing water in an amount of at least about 5 percent by weight and containing water in an amount of no more than about 50 percent by weight, wherein either (a) the ink also contains an amine compound, or (b) the borate ester is hydrolytically stable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2001Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Jin Wu
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Publication number: 20030130374Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a set of inks for printing multicolor images in an ink jet printer, the ink set comprising (1) a first ink having a first color and comprising water, a first colorant, and at least one of (a) a cationic polymer, (b) a cationic surfactant, or (c) an inorganic salt the cation of which has a tetraphenylboride salt that is substantially insoluble in water, and (2) a second ink having a second color different from the first color and comprising water, a second colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride, wherein intercolor bleed between the first ink and the second ink is reduced when the second ink is printed adjacent to, on top of, or underneath the first ink on a print substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2001Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Richard L. Colt, Kathleen M. McGrane, Hiep Ly
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Patent number: 6585816Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a colorant and an ink vehicle, said ink being a solid at temperatures less than about 50° C., wherein the ink vehicle comprises a borate ester.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas W. Smith, Suresh K. Ahuja