Patents by Inventor Bernard Allan Apple

Bernard Allan Apple 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).

  • Transparent media for phase change ink printing
    Patent number: 6497940
    Abstract: An improved transparent media for ink printing is described. The media is a phase change ink recording media comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate support; a 1-15 mg/dm2 lower receptor layer coated on the support wherein the lower receptor layer comprises: silica with a particle size of no more than 0.3 &mgr;m and a polymer; wherein the total weight of the polymer and the silica is 82-97%, by weight, silica and 3-18%, by weight, polymer. The media also comprises an optional upper receptive layer comprising a matrix polymer, an inorganic particulate material and a soft polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: AGFA Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Esteban Valentini, Richard Roy Jones, Jule William Thomas, Jr., Bernard Allan Apple, John Thomas Chandler, Jr., Jose A Siqueira
  • Transparent media for phase change ink printing
    Patent number: 6309709
    Abstract: An improved transparent media for ink printing is described. The media is a phase change ink recording media comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate support; a 1-15 mg/dm2 lower receptor layer coated on the support wherein the lower receptor layer comprises: silica with a particle size of no more than 0.3 &mgr;m and a polymer; wherein the total weight of the polymer and the silica is 82-97%, by weight, silica and 3-18%, by weight, polymer. The media also comprises an optional upper receptive layer comprising a matrix polymer, an inorganic particulate material and a soft polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert
    Inventors: Jose Esteban Valentini, Richard Roy Jones, Jule William Thomas, Jr., Bernard Allan Apple, John Thomas Chandler, Jose A. Siqueira
  • Transparent media for phase change ink printing
    Patent number: 6086700
    Abstract: An improved transparent media for ink printing is described. The media is a phase change ink recording media comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate support; a 1-15 mg/dm.sup.2 lower receptor layer coated on the support wherein the lower receptor layer comprises: silica with a particle size of no more than 0.3 .mu.m and a polymer; wherein the total weight of the polymer and the silica is 82-97%, by weight, silica and 3-18%, by weight, polymer. The media also comprises an optional upper receptive layer comprising a matrix polymer, an inorganic particulate material and a soft polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventors: Jose Esteban Valentini, Richard Roy Jones, Jule William Thomas, Jr., Bernard Allan Apple, John Thomas Chandler, Jose A. Siqueira