Patents by Inventor Bruce L. Cromer

Bruce L. Cromer 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).

  • Hybrid media sheets
    Patent number: 10639923
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to hybrid media sheets, ink-receiving layer compositions for coating on a media substrate, and a method of making hybrid media sheets. The hybrid media sheet scan have a media substrate with a front barrier layer, a back barrier layer, an adhesion promoting layer applied to the front barrier layer, and an ink-receiving layer applied to the adhesion promoting layer. The ink-receiving layer can include a water-soluble polymer, a mordant, and particles of a metal- or semimetal-oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu, Bruce L. Cromer, Ronald J. Selensky
  • HYBRID MEDIA SHEETS
    Publication number: 20170050457
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to hybrid media sheets, ink-receiving layer compositions for coating on a media substrate, and a method of making hybrid media sheets. The hybrid media sheet scan have a media substrate with a front barrier layer, a back barrier layer, an adhesion promoting layer applied to the front barrier layer, and an ink-receiving layer applied to the adhesion promoting layer. The ink-receiving layer can include a water-soluble polymer, a mordant, and particles of a metal- or semimetal-oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu, Bruce L. Cromer, Ronald J. Selensky