Patents by Inventor Arthur Hutchinson

Arthur Hutchinson 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).

  • Method of printing using a reimageable printing plate with an aluminum oxide surface
    Patent number: 9545785
    Abstract: A printing form precursor comprises a printing surface which comprises an inorganic metal compound, the printing surface being hydrophobic and capable of being made hydrophilic by energy but capable of becoming hydrophobic again, for reuse, if desired. An associated method of printing includes steps of subjecting the printing surface imagewise to energy so as to locally increase its hydrophilicity sufficient to make the surface differentiated in its acceptance of an oleophilic a printing ink; applying the ink to the printing surface and printing from the printing surface; causing or allowing the printing surface to undergo a reduction in hydrophilicity sufficient again to make the printing surface uniform in its acceptance of a printing ink; and, if wished, repeating these steps on multiple occasions. Thus the invention achieves the goal of providing a printing form precursor which does not need a chemical developer, and which can be used multiple times, to print different images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: J P Imaging Limited
    Inventors: John David Adamson, Peter Andrew Reath Bennett, Richard Arthur Hutchinson, Rodney Martin Potts
  • IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PRINTING
    Publication number: 20120132092
    Abstract: A printing form precursor comprises a printing surface which comprises an inorganic metal compound, the printing surface being hydrophobic and capable of being made hydrophilic by energy but capable of becoming hydrophobic again, for reuse, if desired. An associated method of printing includes steps of subjecting the printing surface imagewise to energy so as to locally increase its hydrophilicity sufficient to make the surface differentiated in its acceptance of an oxophilic a printing ink; applying the ink to the printing surface and printing from the printing surface; causing or allowing the printing surface to undergo a reduction in hydrophilicity sufficient again to make the printing surface uniform in its acceptance of a printing ink; and,if wished, repeating these steps on multiple occasions. Thus the invention achieves the goal of providing a printing form precursor which does not need a chemical developer, and which can be used multiple times, to print different images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: J P IMAGING LIMITED
    Inventors: John David Adamson, Peter Andrew Reath Bennett, Richard Arthur Hutchinson, Rodney Martin Potts
  • Apparatus and method for providing registered printing on separate continuous webs of paperboard material for forming into multiple box blanks
    Publication number: 20050085362
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming continuous webs of paperboard material into multiple box blanks having dual-faced printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Arthur Hutchinson, Mark Blackburn