Patents by Inventor William T. Rochford

William T. Rochford 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: 7063925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic article comprising a base material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 7014910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensual pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising an image having at least one overcoat layer over said image wherein said overcoat layer comprises comprising at least one tactile or olfactory feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Publication number: 20040197524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensual pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising an image having at least one overcoat layer over said image wherein said overcoat layer comprises comprising at least one tactile or olfactory feature
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 6755350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensual pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising an image having at least one overcoat layer over said image wherein said overcoat layer comprises comprising at least one tactile or olfactory feature
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 6723402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging material comprising in order a ultraviolet radiation cured environmental protection layer, a primer layer, a hydrophilic image layer, a base and an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mridula Nair, William T. Rochford, Kenneth W. Best, Jr., Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Publication number: 20040023135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic article comprising a base material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 6593042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic article comprising abase material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Publication number: 20030124452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging material comprising in order a ultraviolet radiation cured environmental protection layer, a primer layer, a hydrophilic image layer, a base and an adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mridula Nair, William T. Rochford, Kenneth W. Best, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Publication number: 20030122371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensual pressure sensitive adhesive label comprising an image having at least one overcoat layer over said image wherein said overcoat layer comprises comprising at least one tactile or olfactory feature
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 6566024
    Abstract: The invention relates a photographic label comprising a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising an image comprising dyes formed from couplers above said pragmatic polymer sheet, and a lower strippable paper carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and said pragmatic polymer sheet, and an environmental protection layer overlaying at least one photosensitive layer wherein said carrier has exposed edges where it has a greater surface area than the pragmatic sheet and said image further comprises fiducial marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Mridula Nair, William T. Rochford, John B. Rieger
  • Patent number: 5995770
    Abstract: A method and system permits photographers and/or consumers to select from a menu an applicable scent which is to be applied to an image. The selection of the scent and associated image can be recorded and stored either on film or digitally. At a photofinishing site the scent information can be inputted to a device which then delivers the selected scent to a print, a set of prints or a package of prints. With the system and method of the present invention, a photographer and/or consumer can designate a digital image or a frame on a photosensitive film that is to be associated with a scent, and at a photofinishing site, the scent can be applied to the print of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William T. Rochford, Michael J. Ritz
  • Patent number: 5561484
    Abstract: A photographic element cassette is encoded with format information (CEFI) for automatically configuring a compatible variable format camera in a selected format. According to the invention, the cassette is provided with a camera readable feature encoded with a selected exposure format that automatically sets and maintains the camera for the selected exposure format. A variable format photographic camera is also provided for use with the CEFI encoded cassette, having features responsive to the CEFI code on the cassette so that the encoded format is automatically set and maintained as long as the cassette is in the camera. A method for controlling the exposure of an entire roll of a photographic element with a consistent format in a variable format camera with or without mid roll interruption is also preferably provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Alfred B. Fant, William T. Rochford