Single Recording Layer Patents (Class 428/32.14)
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Patent number: 10483525Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a long cycle life and generates a small amount of gas during, for example, storage in a charged state. A negative electrode in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer contains a water-soluble polymer and a negative electrode active material containing a silicon-based active material. The water-soluble polymer contains 0.30 mol/100 g or more and 0.40 mol/100 g or less of an acrylic acid monomer unit and 10?4 mol/100 g or more and 10?3 mol/100 g or less of a tetrafunctional (meth)acrylate monomer unit. An aqueous solution containing 1% by mass of the polymer in terms of solid content has a viscosity of 0.05 Pa·s or higher and 0.70 Pa·s or lower.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Kasamatsu, Na Wang
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Patent number: 8551584Abstract: Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. These films can exhibit high maximum optical densities, rapid ink drying, low curl, excellent adhesion between the coating layers and the substrate, and negligible ink transfer between stacked ink-jet recording films after imaging. Such films are useful in medical imaging applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Sharon M. Simpson, James B. Philip, Jr., William D. Devine, William J. Ruzinsky, James L. Johnston, Daniel P. Leach, David G. Baird, James R. Wagner, Jr., Heidy M. Vosberg, John D. Szafraniec
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Publication number: 20120308745Abstract: Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. These films can exhibit high maximum optical densities, rapid ink drying, low curl, excellent adhesion between the coating layers and the substrate, and negligible ink transfer between stacked ink-jet recording films after imaging. Such films are useful in medical imaging applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Sharon M. Simpson, James B. Phillip, JR., William J. Ruzinsky, James L. Johnston, Daniel P. Leach
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Patent number: 8277909Abstract: Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. These films can exhibit high maximum optical densities, rapid ink drying, low curl, excellent adhesion between the coating layers and the substrate, and negligible ink transfer between stacked ink-jet recording films after imaging. Such films are useful in medical imaging applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Sharon M. Simpson, James B. Philip, Jr., William D. Devine, William J. Ruzinsky, James L. Johnston, Daniel P. Leach, David G. Baird, James R. Wagner, Jr., Heidy M. Vosberg, John D. Szafraniec
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Publication number: 20120231183Abstract: Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. Such films do not exhibit excessive ink drying times. These films exhibit high maximum optical densities and have low haze values. These films are useful for medical imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Sharon M. Simpson, William D. Devine, William J. Ruzinsky
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Publication number: 20120121827Abstract: Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. Such films exhibit superior hardness and abrasion resistance. These compositions and methods can also impart excellent adhesion between film layers and the transparent support. These films are useful for medical imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: David G. Baird, Heidy M. Vosberg
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Publication number: 20120009364Abstract: Addition of a surfactant to either the under-layer, the image-receiving layer, or to both the under-layer and the image-receiving layer provides a quick-drying, transparent ink-jet recording film capable of achieving an optical density of at least 2.8 while still having a low haze and producing a number of grey levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Sharon M. Simpson, James B. Philip, JR., John D. Szafraniec
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Patent number: 7807240Abstract: A multilayer white polymeric film having a core layer with an optical transmission density greater than 2.0, a white polyester outer layer on either side of the core layer and an ink receptive layer on the outer surface of the white polyester layers.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: John Francis, Philip Mark Rutter
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Patent number: 7770801Abstract: A reward or retailer's card and a method of making a card having an overall recycle code of no greater than about 5. The card includes a core card stock made of a material having a recycle code of less than about 5. Variable indicia is printed on the card stock. A hot stamped substantially transparent foil layer is applied to at least the variable printed indicia on the card stock to protect the printed indicia.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: I3 Plastic Cards, LLCInventor: Mark H. Bailey
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Publication number: 20090208677Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous membrane obtainable by polymerizing a curable composition comprising at least one type of curable compound, water and at least one type of chain transfer agent having a chain transfer constant of more than 0.1 with styrene, methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate or acrylonitrile. The invention further relates to image recording materials, in which these membranes are used.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Yujiro ITAMI, Akira KASE
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Patent number: 7544401Abstract: An ink jet recording media system is described which comprises at least one coating layer that comprises a zwitterionic polymer or oligomer. The media system exhibits excellent light fastness as well as good dry time and good image-forming properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Howard Roger Dungworth, Andrew J. Naisby, Joseph Suhadolnik, David A. Yale
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Patent number: 7150901Abstract: An inkjet recording element comprising a porous ink-receiving layer having interconnecting voids is disclosed in which an upper surface of the ink-receiving layer has been subjected to plasma treatment, and wherein the upper surface of the ink-receiving layer, prior to the plasma treatment, has a measured carbon elemental content of at least 40 percent. The invention can provide increased dot spread.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Lisa B. Todd, James A. Reczek, Mary Catherine S. Oldfield, Hengzhong K. Zhuang
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Patent number: 7138162Abstract: An ink jet recording element including a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap?)b.xH2O; wherein: M2+ is at least one metal ion having a 2+ oxidation state; A is an organic or inorganic anion; p is 1 or 2; and x is equal to or greater than 0; and a and b comprise rational numbers as follows: 0<a<2 and 0<b<2 so that the charge of M2+ is balanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain, Joseph F. Bringley
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Patent number: 7122231Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing finely divided particulate material and a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap?)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0?pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0?a<2; 0<b<4; and 0?pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Krishamohan Sharma, Joseph F. Bringley, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 7105214Abstract: Disclosed is a recording sheet which comprises a substrate and an additive material selected from the group consisting of pyrrole compounds, pyrrolidine compounds, pyridine compounds, piperidine compounds, homopiperidine compounds, quinoline compounds, isoquinoline compounds, quinuclidine compounds, indole compounds, indazole compounds, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Shadi L. Malhotra
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Patent number: 7008676Abstract: An ink jet recording element having a substrate having thereon: a) a subbing layer comprising an amine inactivated gelatin; and b) an image-receiving layer of a cross-linkable polymer containing hydroxyl groups and a polymeric mordant, the cross-linkable polymer being present at a thickness of from about 2 to about 40 ?m and the weight ratio of the cross-linkable polymer to the mordant being from about 30:70 to about 95:5.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2002Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Charles E. Romano, Jr., Richard J. Kapusniak
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Patent number: 6994254Abstract: A print medium is encoded with information bearing indicia. A transparent layer or substrate which receives the printed information during printing has a first surface, a second surface and a leading edge. A strip of tape is applied to the first surface. A machine readable information bearing indicia is applied to at least one surface of the tape strip. The indicia is formed by a pattern of fluorescent material which upon excitation by radiation of a given spectral excitation range emits radiation in a fluorescent spectral range. The tape reflects radiation in the given excitation spectral range and in the fluorescent spectral range. One type of indicia is a bar code pattern, although other types can also be employed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Craig S. Huston, Said Zamani-Kord, Bruce E. Mortland, Kenneth J. Knight, Dale R. Davis, Todd Medin, William D. Meyer, Peter C. Morris
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Patent number: 6991260Abstract: Patterns are aligned on the front and back surfaces of a document to provide an anti-counterfeiting security device. The document is sufficiently transparent to allow see-through of the partial image on the back of the document to be superimposed on the partial image on the front of the document to form a complete image if the patterns are properly aligned. The complete image will disappear if misaligned.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Zhigang Fan, Shen-ge Wang
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Patent number: 6984033Abstract: An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap?)b.xH2O; wherein: M2+ is at least one metal ion having a 2+ oxidation state; A is an organic or inorganic anion; p is 1 or 2; and x is equal to or greater than 0; and a and b comprise rational numbers as follows: 0<a<2 and 0<b<2 so that the charge of M2+ is balanced; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Krishamohan Sharma, Christine Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 6890647Abstract: Highly transparent alumina hydrate particles having a large pore volume, having a pore diameter which falls in a specified range and, when formed into a high-concentration dispersion sol, exhibiting a low viscosity are provided. Alumina hydrate particles having a composition represented by the general formula xM2O.y(NH4)2O.Al2O3.zH2O (2×10?4?x?25×10?4, 0.1×10?4?y?20×10?4, 0.6?z?2.5, M represents an alkali metal; when the alkali metal is in the form of M2O, x is the number of moles thereof per mol of Al2O3; when ammonia is in the form of (NH4)2O, y is the number of moles thereof per mol of Al2O3; and z is the number of moles of hydration water (H2O) per mol of Al2O3), the alumina hydrate particles having an average particle diameter of 0.02 to 0.2 ?m, a total pore volume of 0.5 to 1.5 ml/g, and a volume of pores whose diameter is from 15 to 30 nm ranging from 0.3 to 1.0 ml/g.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2000Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Catalysts & Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyasu Nishida, Naoyuki Enomoto, Michio Komatsu
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Patent number: 6861111Abstract: An additive which can improve the water resistance of a water-soluble dye with which an article has been dyed; and an ink-jet recording medium which contains the additive, is exellent in the water resistance and resolution of characters or images recorded thereon, and is suitable for multicolor recordeng. The additive is obtained by reacting a secondary amine, ammonia, an epihalohydrin, and a crosslinking agent as essential ingredients. The recording medium is obtained by causing the additive to be present on a surface and/or inner part of a base.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Noriko Kumazawa
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Patent number: 6846525Abstract: Disclosed is a recording sheet which comprises a substrate and a material selected from the group consisting of purine compounds, pyrimidine compounds, benzimidazole compounds, imidazolidine compounds, urazole compounds, pyrazole compounds, triazole compounds, benzotriazole compounds, tetrazole compounds, pyrazine compounds, and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed is a recording sheet which consists essentially of a substrate, at least one material selected from the group consisting of purine compounds, pyrimidine compounds, benzimidazole compounds, imidazolidine compounds, urazole compounds, pyrazole compounds, triazole compounds, benzotriazole compounds, tetrazole compounds, pyrazine compounds, and mixtures thereof, an optional binder, an optional antistatic agent, an optional biocide, and an optional filler.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1994Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Shadi L. Malhotra
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Patent number: 6767596Abstract: The present invention provides transparent film sheets for use in projection by an OHP which can be used both in dry copying and in the ink-jet printing of characters and/or pictures, can be directly printed with a jet printing ink without the intervention of a layer receptive to the jet printing ink, can be disposed of in a state capable of maintaining secrecy after use without the necessity of being shredded, and can be disposed of as a class of recycling waste like common white paper. Specifically, the present invention provides transparent film sheets formed of a cellulose ether derived from cellulose which is the basic component of common paper.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Kazuto Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6623817Abstract: An improved product for transferring an inkjet printed graphics to a receiving surface comprising in combination (1) a water-absorbing porous back sheet (2) a water-soluble resin coating applied to the backing sheet, (3) a waterproof film forming resin coating, and (4) a waterproof inkjet receptive coating. The combination of the foregoing results in a high quality printing and easy transfer to a receiving surface after soaking in water.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Ghartpak, Inc.Inventors: Victor Yang, Norman P. De Bastiani