Patents by Inventor Bruce Goodbrand
Bruce Goodbrand 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: 7196214Abstract: 4-aminobiphenyl derivative arylamine compounds are formed by providing an iodinated organic compound; substituting the iodinated organic compound at carboxylic acid groups thereof to provide ester protecting groups; conducting an Ullman condensation reaction to convert the product of step (ii) into an arylamine compound; and conducting a Suzuki coupling reaction to add an additional phenyl group to the arylamine compound in the 4-position relative to the nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: H. Bruce Goodbrand, Timothy P. Bender, Jennifer A. Coggan, Nan-Xing Hu
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Patent number: 7157601Abstract: Compounds of the formulae wherein Z is —OR1, —SR1, —NR1R2, Y is —OR3, —SR3, or —NR3R4, at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is hydrogen, at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is other than hydrogen, at least one Z or Y within the compound is —NR1R2 or —NR3R4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 each, independently of the others, is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, and wherein R7 can also be alkoxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, alkylaryloxy, polyalkyleneoxy, polyaryleneoxy, polyarylalkyleneoxy, polyalkylaryleneoxy, silyl, siloxane, polysilylene, polysiloxane, or wherein X is a direct bond, oxygen, sulfur, —NR40— wherein R40 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, or —CR50R60— wherein R50 and R60 each, independently of the other, is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Danielle C. Boils-Boissier, Jule W. Thomas, Jr., Donald R. Titterington, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Jeffrey H. Banning, James D. Wuest, Dominic Laliberte, Marie-Eve Perron
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Patent number: 7144971Abstract: A polycarbonate generated from the polymerization of a protected hydroxylated bisphenolic compound, a bisphenol, a monophenolic endcapping agent, a bisphenol haloformate, and a curing compound, and thereafter subjecting the obtained polymer to a reaction with an acidic compound. A hydroxylated charge transport compound may also be included in the polycarbonate.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Timothy P. Bender, H Bruce Goodbrand
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Patent number: 7138555Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing monoiodinated aromatic compounds that are useful as intermediates for preparing charge transporting and hole transporting amino compounds and have high purity with high yield and at low cost. A process for preparing aryl iodide compounds comprises reacting an aryl halide compound with a metal iodide, a metal catalyst and a catalyst coordinating ligand in at least one solvent to form an aryl iodide; and purifying the aryl iodide. A triarylamine compound and a process for preparing a triarylamine compounds reacting the aryl iodide with a diarylamine is also provided. Further, a photoconductive imaging member comprising a charge transport layer that comprises at least one triarylamine compound prepared reacting the aryl iodide with a diarylamine is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: H. Bruce Goodbrand, Timothy P. Bender, Roger E. Gaynor, Leanne Murphy
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Patent number: 7122283Abstract: A photoconductive member containing, for example, a substrate, a photogenerating layer, a charge transport layer and an overcoat layer wherein the overcoat layer is comprised of a crosslinked siloxane composite containing a caprolactone-siloxane.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Ah-Mee Hor, Cheng-Kuo Hsiao, Cuong Vong, Gregory McGuire
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Patent number: 7122700Abstract: A method for bisformylation an arylamine compound by reacting an arylamine compound with an alkyleneamine in a reaction mixture while refluxing an acid in the reaction mixture.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Timothy P. Bender, Nan-Xing Hu, H. Bruce Goodbrand
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Patent number: 7087752Abstract: Compounds of the formulae wherein Z is OR1, SR1, or NR1R2, Y is OR3, SR3, or NR3R4, at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is hydrogen, at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is other than hydrogen, at least one Z or Y within the compound is NR1R2 or —NR3R4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 each, independently of the others, is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, and wherein R7 can also be (vi) an alkoxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, alkylaryloxy, polyalkyleneoxy, polyaryleneoxy, polyarylalkyleneoxy, polyalkylaryleneoxy, silyl, siloxane, polysilylene, polysiloxane, or wherein X is a direct bond, oxygen, sulfur, NR40— wherein R40 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, or CR50R60— wherein R50 and R60 each, independently of the other, is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, and wherein R6 can also beType: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Danielle C. Boils-Boissier, Jule W. Thomas, Jr., Donald R. Titterington, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Jeffrey H. Banning, James D. Wuest, Dominic Laliberte, Marie-Eve Perron
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Patent number: 7052730Abstract: A process for generating on a substrate, such as a document, a security mark comprised of a glossy ink containing a colorant.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Raj D. Patel, Michael A. Hopper, H. Bruce Goodbrand
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Patent number: 6911288Abstract: An imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer having charge transport materials dispersed therein, and an overcoat layer, wherein at least one of the charge transport layer and the overcoat layer comprise nano-size fillers having a particle size of from about 1 to about 250 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: H. Bruce Goodbrand, Nan-Xing Hu, Ah-Mee Hor, Cheng-Kuo Hsiao, Yvan Gagnon, Cuong Vong
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Patent number: 6906118Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a colorant and an ink vehicle, the ink being a solid at temperatures less than about 50° C. and exhibiting a viscosity of no more than about 20 centipoise at a jetting temperature of no more than about 160° C., wherein at a first temperature hydrogen bonds of sufficient strength exist between the ink vehicle molecules so that the ink vehicle forms hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers, and wherein at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature the hydrogen bonds between the ink vehicle molecules are sufficiently broken that fewer hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers are present in the ink at the second temperature than are present in the ink at the first temperature, so that the viscosity of the ink at the second temperature is lower than the viscosity of the ink at the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: H. Bruce Goodbrand, Thomas W. Smith, Daniel A. Foucher, Kathleen M. McGrane, Dina Popovic
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Patent number: 6864026Abstract: A photoconductive imaging member comprised of an optional supporting substrate, an optional blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein said charge transport layer comprises a crosslinked polycarbonate component containing a repeating segment of the formula wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl with from about 1 to about 15 carbons optionally further containing one or more heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, silicon, and phosphorus, or aryl; R2 represents a divalent linkage; Ar3 and Ar4 each independently represent aromatic groups; R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl; and optionally wherein R3 and R4 form a combined ring structure; and wherein x and y represent the mole fractions of the repeating segments.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Paul F. Smith, C. Geoffrey Allen
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Patent number: 6860928Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formulae wherein Z is a group of the formula —OR1, a group of the formula —SR1, or a group of the formula —NR1R2, Y is a group of the formula —OR3, a group of the formula —SR3, or a group of the formula —NR3R4, n is an integer representing the number of repeat —(CH2)— or —(CH2CH2O)— units, wherein, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is a hydrogen atom, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is other than a hydrogen atom, and provided that at least one Z or Y within the compound is a group of the formula —NR1R2 or a group of the formula —NR3R4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 each, independently of the others, is (i) a hydrogen atom, (ii) an alkyl group, (iii) an aryl group, (iv) an arylalkyl group, or (v) an alkylaryl group, and wherein R7 can also be (vi) an alkoxy group, (vii) an aryloxy group, (Viii) an arylalkyloxy group, (ix) an alkylaryloxy group, (x) a polyalkyleneoxy group, (xi) a polyaryleneoxy group, (xii) a polyarylalkylenType: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Danielle C. Boils-Boissier, Jule W. Thomas, Jr., Donald R. Titterington, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Jeffrey H. Banning, James D. Wuest, Dominic Laliberte, Marie-Eve Perron
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Patent number: 6844416Abstract: A polycarbonate comprised of a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) with R1, R2, R3 and R4 being, for example, alkyl; Ar being, for example, aryl; and m representing the number of groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Paul F. Smith, C. Geoffrey Allen
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Patent number: 6835833Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formulae wherein, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is a hydrogen atom, and provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is not a hydrogen atom, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each, independently of the others, is (i) a hydrogen atom, (ii) an alkyl group, (iii) an aryl group, (iv) an arylalkyl group, or (v) an alkylaryl group. Also disclosed are phase change ink compositions comprising a colorant and a phase change ink carrier comprising a material of this formula.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Danielle C. Boils-Boissier, Marcel P. Breton, Jule W. Thomas, Jr., Donald R. Titterington, Jeffrey H. Banning, H. Bruce Goodbrand, James D. Wuest, Marie-Eve Perron, Francis Monchamp, Hugues Duval
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Publication number: 20040249210Abstract: Compounds of the formulae 1 2Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Danielle C. Boils-Boissier, Jule W. Thomas, Donald R. Titterington, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Jeffrey H. Banning, James D. Wuest, Dominic Laliberte, Marie-Eve Perron
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Publication number: 20040226476Abstract: Phase change inks comprising colorant, a phase change ink carrier, and an antioxidant or UV stabilizer of the formula 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Christine E. Bedford, Marcel P. Breton, H. Bruce Goodbrand
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Publication number: 20040229141Abstract: An imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer having charge transport materials dispersed therein, and an overcoat layer, wherein at least one of the charge transport layer and the overcoat layer comprise nano-size fillers having a particle size of from about 1 to about 250 nanometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: H. Bruce Goodbrand, Nan-Xing Hu, Ah-Mee Hor, Cheng-Kuo Hsiao, Yvan Gagnon, Cuong Vong
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Patent number: 6818366Abstract: A photoconductive imaging member comprised of an optional supporting substrate, an optional blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and a SiO3 containing polycarbonate component.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Paul F. Smith, C. Geoffrey Allen
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Publication number: 20040220372Abstract: A polycarbonate comprised of a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Paul F. Smith, C. Geoffrey Allen
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Patent number: 6811596Abstract: Phase change inks comprising colorant, a phase change ink carrier, and an antioxidant or UV stabilizer of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 each, independently of the others, is hydrogen, hydroxy, amino, alkyl, aryl, arylaikyl, alkylaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, alkylaryloxy, halogen, cyano, aldehyde, ketone, ester, amide, sulfide, sulfoxide, nitrile, sulfone, acyl, or carboxylic acid, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 is alkyl having at least about 8 carbon atoms, alkoxy having at least about 8 carbon atoms, aryl having at least about 6 carbon atoms, aryloxy having at least about 6 carbon atoms, arylalkyl having at least about 7 carbon atoms, arylalkyloxy having at least about 7 carbon atoms, alkylaryl having at least about 7 carbon atoms, or alkylaryloxy having at least about 7 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Christine E. Bedford, Marcel P. Breton, H. Bruce Goodbrand