Patents by Inventor Bruce C. Campbell
Bruce C. Campbell 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).
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Patent number: 8202585Abstract: An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density, and image quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Terry C. Schultz, Bruce C. Campbell, Andrew M. Howe, Kenneth J. Ruschak, Robin D. Wesley
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Patent number: 8114487Abstract: An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer, a porous intermediate layer, and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations. The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density and image quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Terry C. Schultz, Bruce C. Campbell, Andrew M. Howe, Kenneth J. Ruschak, Robin D. Wesley
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Publication number: 20100026773Abstract: An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer, a porous intermediate layer, and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations. The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density and image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Terry C. Schultz, Bruce C. Campbell, Andrew M. Howe, Kenneth J. Ruschak, Robin D. Wesley
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Publication number: 20100028571Abstract: An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density, and image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Terry C. Schultz, Bruce C. Campbell, Andrew M. Howe, Kenneth J. Ruschak, Robin D. Wesley
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Patent number: 7597439Abstract: A method of printing on an inkjet recording element having a support having thereon in order: a) a porous upper fusible layer of fusible polymeric materials and a binder, b) a porous ink-receiving layer in which pigmented ink is stratified such that, after fusing the printed element, greater than 50% of the printed pigment colorant particles in the inkjet ink composition is retained in the bottom half of the upper porous fusible layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Allan Wexler, Bruce C. Campbell, Gregory E. Missell
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Patent number: 7553526Abstract: The invention relates generally to the field of inkjet recording media and inkjet printing methods. More specifically, the invention relates to a porous base layer of an inkjet recording element, the base layer comprising precipitated calcium carbonate having scalenohedral morphology.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Kenneth J. Ruschak, Thomas P. Nicholas, Lisa B. Todd
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Patent number: 7150901Abstract: An inkjet recording element comprising a porous ink-receiving layer having interconnecting voids is disclosed in which an upper surface of the ink-receiving layer has been subjected to plasma treatment, and wherein the upper surface of the ink-receiving layer, prior to the plasma treatment, has a measured carbon elemental content of at least 40 percent. The invention can provide increased dot spread.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Lisa B. Todd, James A. Reczek, Mary Catherine S. Oldfield, Hengzhong K. Zhuang
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Patent number: 7074465Abstract: An inkjet recording element comprising an ink-permeable microvoided substrate comprising a porous ink-receiving layer over and adjacent to an ink-permeable microvoided substrate layer comprising, in a polyester continuous phase, a polyester ionomer, wherein the microvoided substrate layer and the porous ink-receiving layer both having interconnecting voids. Also disclosed is an inkjet printing process, comprising the step of providing an ink-jet printer with such an inkjet recording element.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Thomas M. Laney, Mridula Nair, Lisa B. Todd, Kenneth W. Best, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040130608Abstract: An ink jet printing method, having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink-receiving element having a support having thereon a continuous, coextensive, non-porous, swellable, ink-receiving layer of a hydrophilic polymer which is capable of absorbing and retaining an ink; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition of water, a humectant, a pigment and particles of a water-dispersible or water-soluble polymer; and finally D) printing on the ink-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Bruce C. Campbell, David Erdtmann, Hwei-Ling Yau, Chris G. Han-Adebekun
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Patent number: 6698880Abstract: An inkjet recording system comprising a pigment-based ink in combination with a recording element having a porous substrate with relatively large pores and a relatively thin overlying surface layer which traps pigment particles, from an applied pigmented ink, at or near the surface while not unduly restricting ink flow into the underlying porous substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, James A. Reczek, Lisa B. Todd
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Patent number: 6547865Abstract: An ink jet printing process for improving the ozone stability an ink jet image comprising: a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having interconnecting voids; and b) applying droplets of a liquid ink on the image-receiving layer in an image-wise manner, the ink comprising water, humectant and a metallized, phthalocyanine dye, the metallized, phthalocyanine dye comprising the formula: MPc(SO3X)a(SO2NRR′)b.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Andrei Andrievsky, Bruce C. Campbell, Helmut Weber, James A. Reczek
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Patent number: 6533408Abstract: An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink-receiving element having a support having thereon a continuous, coextensive, porous ink-receiving layer having interconnecting voids; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition of water, a humectant, a pigment and particles of a water-dispersible polymer; and D) printing on the ink-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David Erdtmann, Bruce C. Campbell, Edgardo Lopez, Hwei-Ling Yau, Thomas W. Martin, Chris G. Han-Adebekun
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Publication number: 20030027893Abstract: An ink jet printing method, having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink-receiving element having a support having thereon a continuous, coextensive, non-porous, swellable, ink-receiving layer of a hydrophilic polymer which is capable of absorbing and retaining an ink; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition of water, a humectant, a pigment and particles of a water-dispersible polymer; and D) printing on the ink-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2001Publication date: February 6, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, David Erdtmann, Hwei-Ling Yau, Chris G. Han-Adebekun
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Publication number: 20020178969Abstract: An ink jet printing process for improving the ozone stability of an inkjet image comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2001Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Andrei Andrievsky, Bruce C. Campbell, Helmut Weber, James A. Reczek
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Patent number: 6489008Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising an ink-permeable polyester substrate comprising a base polyester layer and an ink-permeable upper polyester layer, the upper polyester layer comprising a continuous polyester phase having an ink absorbency rate resulting in a dry time of less than about 10 seconds and a total absorbent capacity of at least about 14 cc/m2, the substrate having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having interconnecting voids.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Thomas M. Laney, Lisa B. Todd, Lixin Chu
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Publication number: 20020146542Abstract: A film with an ink jet printed surface is provided. The film is biaxially stretched and includes a surface layer of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and particles of an incompatible material. This surface layer has a meshed network of HDPE fibers and striations of layers coplanar with the plane of the film. This surface layer is porous in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the film and has a void content of at least about 20%. The surface layer is provided with a coating of a porous ink receiving layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventors: Pang-Chia Lu, Benoit Ambroise, Jeffrey J. O'Brien, Bruce C. Campbell, Mark J. Smith
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Patent number: 6409334Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements comprising an ink-permeable polyester substrate comprising a base polyester layer and an ink-permeable upper polyester layer, the upper polyester layer comprising a continuous polyester phase having an ink absorbency rate resulting in a dry time of less than about 10 seconds and a total absorbent capacity of at least about 14 cc/m2, the substrate having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having interconnecting voids; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Lixin Chu, Thomas M. Laney, Lisa B. Todd
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Patent number: 6346502Abstract: A dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon at least one dye layer area comprising an image dye in a binder and another area comprising a transferable protection layer, the transferable protection layer area being approximately equal in size to the dye layer area, wherein the transferable protection layer contains inorganic particles, a polymeric binder and unexpanded synthetic thermoplastic polymeric microspheres, the microspheres having a particle size in the unexpanded condition of from about 5 to about 20 &mgr;m, and which expand to about 20 to about 120 &mgr;m upon application of heat during transfer of the protection layer to an image-receiving layer to provide a matte surface thereon, the transferable protection layer being less than about 1 &mgr;m thick.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William H. Simpson, Jacob J. Hastreiter, Jr., Bruce C. Campbell
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Patent number: 6184181Abstract: A process of controlling the gloss of a thermal dye transfer image comprising: (a) imagewise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising an image dye in a binder, the dye-donor being in contact with a dye-receiving element, thereby transferring a dye image to an image-receiving layer of the dye-receiving element to form the dye transfer image; and (b) thermally transferring a protection layer on top of the transferred dye image, the protection layer being applied from an element which contains unexpanded synthetic thermoplastic polymeric microspheres, the microspheres having a particle size in the unexpanded condition of from about 5 to about 20 &mgr;m, the protection layer being transferred using a given energy level in order to expand the microspheres until a desired gloss level is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Kin K. Lum, Bruce C. Campbell, Maurice L. Gray
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Patent number: 5858919Abstract: This invention relates to a process of preparing a dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising:a) applying to a support on the front side thereof a dye image-receiving layer;b) laminating to the back side of the support a polyolefin layer; andc) subjecting the polyolefin layer to a corona discharge treatment and not applying any subsequent layers thereover.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bruce C. Campbell, Colin Martin, Patrick M. Thompson