Patents by Inventor Xulong Fu

Xulong Fu 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: 9707790
    Abstract: A printable recording media including a composite base substrate that contains, at least, two constituent material layers that are laminated together with a flame resistant adhesion layer containing an adhesive compound and up to 50% of a flame retardant agent by total weight of the flame resistant adhesion layer, wherein, at least, one of the constituent material layer is a fiber layer; and an image receiving layer that is coated on one side of the composite supporting substrate. Also disclosed are the method for making such printable recording media and the method for producing printed images on such printable recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Jr., Xiaoqi Zhou, Paul C. Landrum, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Publication number: 20170145636
    Abstract: A printing substrate comprising fibers from wooded resource that have more than 5% of fines fibers with an average length that is less than 0.1 mm; more than about 10 wt % of, at least, a polymeric substance; and between 0.1 wt % and 40 wt % of particulate inorganic substances having an average particle size between 0.1 and 2.0 m. Also disclosed herein a method for making such printing substrate and a method for producing printed images using said printing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Paul C. Landrum, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Patent number: 9631318
    Abstract: A printable recording media having a weight that is below 75 gsm and that contains a blend of hardwood and softwood fibers, wherein the total fiber content is at least 80 wt % of the total weight of the recording media; and a polymeric-modified pigment carbon black in an amount representing from about 0.02 wt % to about 1 wt % of the total weight of the recording media. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the printable recording media and a printing method using the printable recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Jr., John L. Stoffel, Xulong Fu
  • Patent number: 9630437
    Abstract: A printable recording media containing a base substrate and a coating layer having a total solid content ranging from about 3 to about 65 weight percent by total weight of the coating composition and that includes from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of starch nanoparticles having a particle size ranging from about 40 to about 500 nm and from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of a water soluble divalent or multi-valent metal salt. Also described herein are a method for making the printable recording media and a method for producing printed images using the recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Jr., Xulong Fu
  • Publication number: 20170073902
    Abstract: A packaging material and method for making the same are disclosed. The packaging material includes a strength layer and image layer. The strength layer has two opposed surfaces. The strength layer includes softwood fibers having an average length ranging from about 1.5 mm to about 3.0 mm. The softwood fibers present in an amount ranging from about 70 wt % to about 100 wt % of a total wt % of the strength layer. The image layer includes hardwood fibers having an average length ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 1.5 mm. The hardwood fibers present in an amount ranging from about 70 wt % to about 100 wt % of a total wt % of the image layer. The image layer includes a water soluble di-valent or multi-valent salt present in an amount ranging from about 5 lb per ton of total fibers in the image layer to about 50 lb per ton of the total fibers in the image layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20170057269
    Abstract: A printable recording media including a composite base substrate that contains, at least, two constituent material layers that are laminated together with a flame resistant adhesion layer containing an adhesive compound and up to 50% of a flame retardant agent by total weight of the flame resistant adhesion layer, wherein, at least, one of the constituent material layer is a fiber layer; and an image receiving layer that is coated on one side of the composite supporting substrate. Also disclosed are the method for making such printable recording media and the method for producing printed images on such printable recording media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Paul C. Landrum, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Publication number: 20170058455
    Abstract: A lightweight digital printing medium has a basis weight of less than 100 grams per square meter and includes a base paper. The base paper includes a fiber mixture of hardwood pulp and softwood pulp where at least 5% by weight of total fiber in the fiber mixture is bleached, chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp. An internal sizing agent for neutral or alkaline conditions and a wet-strength agent that is a thermosetting resin are mixed with the fiber mixture. An amount of the wet-strength agent added to the fiber mixture is at least 0.1% total dry weight of the base paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tao Chen, Xulong Fu, Thomas Roger Oswald, Silke Courtenay, Christopher Arend Toles
  • Publication number: 20170050457
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to hybrid media sheets, ink-receiving layer compositions for coating on a media substrate, and a method of making hybrid media sheets. The hybrid media sheet scan have a media substrate with a front barrier layer, a back barrier layer, an adhesion promoting layer applied to the front barrier layer, and an ink-receiving layer applied to the adhesion promoting layer. The ink-receiving layer can include a water-soluble polymer, a mordant, and particles of a metal- or semimetal-oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu, Bruce L. Cromer, Ronald J. Selensky
  • Patent number: 9505256
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to coated media substrates, as well as related systems and methods. In one example, a coated media substrate for inkjet ink printing can comprise an ink-receiving layer coated on at least one side of a substrate, and can be formulated for accepting an inkjet ink composition. The ink-receiving layer can comprise an optical brightening agent, an organic acid salt, a binder, a pigment, and a low-molecular weight polymeric carrier having a weighted average molecular weight less than 50,000 Mw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Ronald J. Selensky
  • Publication number: 20160339729
    Abstract: A printable recording media containing a base substrate and a coating layer having a total solid content ranging from about 3 to about 65 weight percent by total weight of the coating composition and that includes from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of starch nanoparticles having a particle size ranging from about 40 to about 500 nm and from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of a water soluble divalent or multi-valent metal salt. Also described herein are a method for making the printable recording media and a method for producing printed images using the recording media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu
  • Publication number: 20160243870
    Abstract: A printable recording media includes a supporting base substrate having, on its image side, a pre-coating layer and a top ink-receiving layer that include inorganic pigments and polymeric binders; and having, on its backside, a barrier layer and an antistatic layer. Also described herein is a method for making the printable recording media, a method for forming printed articles and the obtained printed articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Lokendra Pal, Xiaoqi Zhou, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Publication number: 20160222591
    Abstract: A printable recording media having a weight that is below 75 gsm and that contains a blend of hardwood and softwood fibers, wherein the total fiber content is at least 80 wt % of the total weight of the recording media; and a polymeric-modified pigment carbon black in an amount representing from about 0.02 wt % to about 1 wt % of the total weight of the recording media. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the printable recording media and a printing method using the printable recording media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, JR., John L. Stoffel, Xulong Fu
  • Patent number: 9370958
    Abstract: An inkjet printable medium includes an opaque substrate having I(x)/I0 equal to or less than 0.05, wherein I(x) is an intensity of light remaining at a distance x, where x is the distance that light travels through the substrate, and wherein I0 is an initial intensity of light at x=0. The substrate includes at least two non-woven paper layers; and an adhesive, opacity enhancing layer disposed between the at least two non-woven paper layers, the adhesive layer including a visible light-blocking dye or pigment. An image receiving layer is coated on the substrate. The substrate has a basis weight ranging from about 100 gsm to about 500 gsm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Paul C Landrum
  • Publication number: 20160159127
    Abstract: A recording medium and a method for making the recording medium are disclosed. The recording medium includes a core substrate. The core substrate includes a base having two opposed surfaces. The base includes from about 40% to about 70% organic material and from about 30% to about 60% inorganic material. The core substrate also includes dudes a mineral coating layer disposed on one or both of the two opposed surfaces of the base. The mineral coating layer has a water-soluble or water-dispersible binder and mineral materials. An adhesion layer is disposed on the mineral coating layer. A surface treatment layer is disposed on the adhesion layer, and the surface treatment layer includes organic fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Ronald Selensky, Joaquin Sanchez Caso
  • Publication number: 20160152060
    Abstract: A printable medium with a supporting base substrate that has, on its image side, a substrate sizing layer and an image receiving layer, and having, on its back-side a fabric backing and barrel layer with flame retardancy. Also disclosed are the method for making such printable medium and the method for producing printed images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Paul C. Landrum, Xulong Fu, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Publication number: 20160144644
    Abstract: A printable recording media including a supporting base substrate having, on both supporting sides, pre-coating layers containing inorganic pigments and polymeric binders, and having, at least, one top ink-receiving layer, that includes inorganic pigments and water-dispersible polymeric binders having a glass transition temperature within the range of about 0° C. to about 35° C., over the pre-coating layer. Also described herein is a method for making the printable recording media, a method for forming printed articles and the obtained printed articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Publication number: 20160136985
    Abstract: A printable recording media including a supporting base substrate having, on its image side, a pre-coating layer that contains inorganic pigments and polymeric binders, and a top ink-receiving layer that includes inorganic pigments, polymeric binders and non-film forming polymers; and, having a polymer barrier layer on its backside. Also described herein is a method for making the printable recording media, a method for forming printed articles, and the obtained printed articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Francois K. Pirayesh, Lokendra Pal
  • Publication number: 20160121598
    Abstract: A multilayer roller includes a thermally insulating cylinder, a rigid outer cylinder and an annular elastomeric layer. The rigid outer cylinder is arranged coaxially with the thermally insulating cylinder and is an outermost layer of the multilayer roller. The rigid outer cylinder has a smooth surface. The annular elastomeric layer is disposed between the thermally insulating cylinder and the rigid outer cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu
  • Patent number: 9328258
    Abstract: A post-treatment solution for digital inkjet printing includes polymer particulates having a minimum film-forming temperature that is at least 50° C., a film-forming agent, and a liquid carrier. The film-forming agent is selected from the group consisting of citrate compounds, sebacate compounds, ethoxy alcohols, glycol oligomers, glycol polymers, glycol ether, glycerol acetals, and cyclic amides. A print medium, printing method, and printing system are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu
  • Patent number: 9278569
    Abstract: An inkjet recording medium includes a substrate, an intermediate layer disposed on the substrate, and an ink receiving layer disposed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a binder, an inorganic pigment, and a pigment ink fixing agent chosen from divalent salts, multivalent salts, and combinations thereof. The ink receiving layer includes a non-film forming polymer, a binder chosen from any of water dispersible binders or water soluble binders, and a pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Ronald J. Selensky