Patents Assigned to Agfa
  • Patent number: 10591821
    Abstract: A flexographic printing precursor includes a support and a photopolymerisable layer including a monomer, an initiator and having a thickness between 0.5 mm and 7.0 mm, characterized in that the photopolymerisable layer contains magnetic or magnetisable particles. A method of developing the flexographic printing precursor to obtain a printing element with a relief image using a magnetic field is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Thomas Billiet
  • Patent number: 10584258
    Abstract: An aqueous UV curable inkjet ink includes an aqueous medium; a photoinitiator; a thiol compound including at least two thiol groups; polymeric particles including a polymer, an oligomer, or a monomer having ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups; and optionally a colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Johan Loccufier
  • Patent number: 10570297
    Abstract: A UV curable colourless inkjet liquid includes at least one radical photoinitiator and a polymerizable composition, wherein the polymerizable composition contains a mixture of: a) 25 to 50 wt % of a monofunctional methacrylate; b) 40 to 70 wt % of a polyfunctional acrylate; and c) 0 to 15 wt % of a monofunctional acrylate; with the weight percentage wt % based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Koen Steert, Bart Waumans
  • Patent number: 10569573
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes a fast-scan drive module, attached to a first gantry, for moving back-and-forth, parallel to a first direction above a flatbed table, a print head including a nozzle row, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the nozzle row; and a slow-scan drive module, attached to the inkjet printing device, for moving back-and-forth above the flatbed table, parallel to a second direction, the first gantry on a set of motion rails, attached to the inkjet printing device, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and a first drive module, attached to a second gantry, for moving parallel to the second direction the second gantry on the set of motion rails while an ink-receiver is coupled to the second gantry; and loading the ink-receiver on the flatbed table by decoupling the ink-receiver from the second gantry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Mark Barrett
  • Patent number: 10569528
    Abstract: A method according for preparing a lithographic printing plate containing a lithographic image consisting of printing areas and non-printing areas includes the steps of jetting and curing droplets of a first curable fluid on a hydrophilic support thereby forming a printing area of the lithographic image; and jetting and curing droplets of a second curable fluid in a non-printing area of the lithographic image thereby forming a hydrophilic protective layer on the hydrophilic support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Tim Desmet, Johan Loccufier
  • Patent number: 10559378
    Abstract: A system and method for managing medical image data items. Pixel data and metadata are identified in the medical image data items. A plurality of pixel objects are generated using the pixel data. The plurality of pixel objects are stored in a first storage memory. A plurality of representative objects are generated using the metadata. The representative objects are stored in a second storage memory. The representative objects may include overview objects and representative metadata objects. The representative objects can be generated in a DICOM-compatible format suitable for PACS workflows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventor: Viktor Kopylov
  • Publication number: 20200039190
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces includes, in order, the steps of a) inkjet printing an image on a first thermoplastic foil by jetting and UV curing one or more pigmented free radical UV curable inkjet inks on the first thermoplastic foil; b) applying on the inkjet printed image a second thermoplastic foil carrying a layer containing a vinylchloride-vinylacetate-vinylalcohol copolymer with the layer facing the inkjet printed image on the first thermoplastic foil; and c) heat pressing the first and second thermoplastic foils into a decorative laminate; wherein at least one of the first and second thermoplastic foils is transparent, and the one or more pigmented free radical UV curable inkjet inks contain a polymerizable composition having: 30 to 90 wt % of one or more compounds with one ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group; 10 to 70 wt % of one or more compounds with two ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups; and 0 to 10 wt % of one or more compounds with three or more ethylenic
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: Agfa NV, Unilin BVBA
    Inventors: Jens LENAERTS, Nadine WILLEMS, Hubertus VAN AERT
  • Patent number: 10549508
    Abstract: A method for producing laminated safety glass includes the steps of applying imagewise a thermally reducible composition including a organic metal salt on a glass surface or a thermoplastic polymeric surface, and heating at least the imagewise applied thermally reducible composition to form a metal from the organic metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Tom Cloots, Johan Loccufier, Guido Fransen
  • Patent number: 10542958
    Abstract: An X-ray system for taking an X-ray image of an object includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, depth camera(s) covering at least an area covered by an X-ray bundle and configured to obtain depth images and a client device including a display adapted to display an impression image to a user. The system further includes a controller configured to derive the impression image including a representation of this area from the depth images; and to obtain from the client device a first geometric position correction of the X-ray imaging system with respect to this impression image; and to convert the first geometric position correction to an actual geometric position configuration of the X-ray imaging system by a known relation between the one or more depth cameras and the X-ray imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Gert Merckx
  • Patent number: 10518562
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes a flatbed table for supporting on its support surface heavy-weight substrates to print on; and ball transfer units, arranged in the support surface, for transporting and/or positioning substrates on the flatbed table; wherein the inkjet printing device includes a drive module for moving away the ball transfer units from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Joris Van Garsse, Tom Cloots
  • Patent number: 10513620
    Abstract: An aqueous UV free radical curable inkjet ink contains a liquid phase A dispersed in a continuous liquid phase B by a polymeric dispersant; wherein the liquid phase A contains at least a photoinitiator, a colour pigment, and one or more polymerizable compounds, and the continuous liquid phase B contains water and optionally one or more organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Fabienne Goethals
  • Patent number: 10500875
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method using an inkjet printing device including a vacuum support for a substrate held down against a support surface of the vacuum support by air suction includes a step of jetting a set of layers with a set of liquids on the support surface to form a pattern with a surface roughness between 2.0 ?m and 200.0 ?m and rougher than the surface roughness of the support surface, and a step of supporting the substrate at least partially on the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Luc Bouwens, Mark Barrett, Joris Van Garsse
  • Patent number: 10489089
    Abstract: A system and a method for driving an output device in which both product intent and production details are entered by a print producer on a submission portal. When a product definition is complete, the job is transferred to a prepress server where it is rendered which involves pre-flighting the job. In a next step, rendered color separations together with output device specific instructions are sent to a print server from where the job is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Chris Tuijn
  • Publication number: 20190351691
    Abstract: A laser markable article includes a first laser markable layer capable of forming a colour upon exposure to UV radiation, a second and optionally a third laser markable layer capable of forming a colour upon exposure to IR radiation, wherein the second or third laser markable layer includes a specific polymethine infrared radiation absorbing dye (IR dye). A colour laser marking method includes forming a first colour upon exposure to UV radiation and a second and optionally a third colour upon exposure to IR radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: AGFA-GEVAERT NV, AGFA NV
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Fabienne GOETHALS, Faima LAZREG
  • Patent number: 10478795
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing capsules for an in inkjet ink includes the steps of a) preparing a non-aqueous solution of a first shell component for forming a polymeric shell and one or more chemical reactants optionally in an organic solvent having a low miscibility with water and having a lower boiling point than water; b) preparing an aqueous solution of a second shell component for forming the polymeric shell and an amphoteric surfactant; c) dispersing the non-aqueous solution under high shear in the aqueous solution; d) optionally stripping the organic solvent from the mixture of the aqueous solution and the non-aqueous solution; and e) preparing a polymeric shell around the one or more chemical reactants by interfacial polymerization of the first and second shell components for forming the polymeric shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Johan Loccufier
  • Patent number: 10471759
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a security document including a security pattern generation method includes the steps of selecting a bounding region, an image object, and a raster image or a function; cutting the image object into image object partitions; and repeating the image object as a pattern, preferably a lattice pattern, in the bounding region wherein each of the image object partitions of an image object is transformed depending on the position area of the image object in the lattice pattern and the rank of the image object partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Rudolf Bartels
  • Patent number: 10464343
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method, performed by an industrial inkjet system to form a decoration layer, includes the steps of printing copies of a decorative image with a printing unit on a substrate by transmitting consecutive bitmap rows of the decorative image to a printing unit, measuring dimensional changes in the substrate while printing copies of the decorative image, and compensating the dimensional changes while printing copies of the decorative image by one of: skipping at least one bitmap row of the decorative image upon dimensional expansion, or reprinting at least one bitmap row of the decorative image on the substrate upon dimensional shrink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Joris Van Garsse
  • Patent number: 10467378
    Abstract: A system and method for managing medical image data items. Pixel data and metadata are identified in the medical image data items. A plurality of pixel objects are generated using the pixel data. The plurality of pixel objects are stored in a first storage memory. A plurality of representative objects are generated using the metadata. The representative objects are stored in a second storage memory. The representative objects may include overview objects and representative metadata objects. The representative objects can be generated in a DICOM-compatible format suitable for PACS workflows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventor: Viktor Kopylov
  • Patent number: 10457081
    Abstract: A method for reconstructing a relief print master with a three-dimensional printer includes introducing cavities inside the relief print master in order to control its compressibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Thomas Billiet
  • Patent number: 10453230
    Abstract: A security pattern generation method includes generating a plurality of draw instructions to define a plane filling line pattern, wherein the plane filling line pattern includes a repeating sub-pattern that defines a line by a sequence of draw instructions, and searching the sequence of draw instructions in the plurality of draw instructions and, if found, overlaying the searched sequence of draw instructions by a graphic object that is scaled to fit and scaled between the two distinct end points of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventor: Rudolf Bartels