Patents by Inventor Alan Ball

Alan Ball 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).

  • Driographic printing plate
    Patent number: 4225663
    Abstract: A durable planographic driographic printing plate comprising a substrate having a highly abhesive layer thereon which is capable of repelling oleo ink when dry, and photobonded to the abhesive layer in image areas an oleo-ink receptive polymer layer. The photobonding occurs during imaging of the plate by including within the abhesive layer ethylenically unsaturated groups which are copolymerizable with a light-sensitive ethylenically unsaturated free radical initiated photopolymerizable material which provides the ink receptive image areas upon exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Alan Ball
  • Combined optical scanner and portable terminal
    Patent number: D370478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip W. Swift, Alan Ball
  • Binoculars
    Patent number: D378295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Esecson Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Esecson, Thomas Swyst, Alan Ball, Austin Esecson, Kyle Esecson, Diane Esecson