Patents by Inventor Betty Coulman

Betty Coulman 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).

  • Patent number: 8425993
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a medium (“substrate”) usable with inkjet printing apparatus (either or both piezoelectric and thermal inkjet, or other forms of inkjet printing), and methods for forming and using the same. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a base material component and an image enhancing layer including a metallic salt disposed either or both on at least one side of the base medium and mixed within the base medium thereon. The present invention is further directed to printable articles including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas E Knight, Matthew D. Giere, Bor-Jiunn Niu, Betty Coulman
  • Publication number: 20080248261
    Abstract: An article having a printed image is formed from a substrate, an adhesive disposed over the substrate, a sheet disposed over the adhesive, a digitally printed image directly printed on the sheet, and an elastomer disposed over the printed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Robert A. Bonnett, Betty A. Coulman, Barbara Baxter, Leo C. Clarke, Susan Williams
  • Publication number: 20080081203
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a medium (“substrate”) usable with inkjet printing apparatus (either or both piezoelectric and thermal inkjet, or other forms of inkjet printing), and methods for forming and using the same. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a base material component and an image enhancing layer including a metallic salt disposed either or both on at least one side of the base medium and mixed within the base medium thereon. The present invention is further directed to printable articles including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Douglas E. Knight, Matthew D. Giere, Bor-Jiunn Niu, Betty Coulman
  • Publication number: 20070201861
    Abstract: Example embodiments of an imaging device are illustrated and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Betty Coulman, Kevin Swier