Patents by Inventor Devon James McCrea

Devon James McCrea 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).

  • Flexographic printing
    Patent number: 7486420
    Abstract: A method of screening a continuous tone image into a halftone representation for a flexographic printing operation can compensate for characteristic printing problems in highlight areas by selectively placing non-printing dots or pixels proximate highlight dots. The non-printing dots or pixels raise the printing relief floor in the highlight areas providing additional support for marginally printable image features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kodak Graphic Communications Canada Company
    Inventors: Devon James McCrea, Stephen Hughes Miller
  • Flexographic printing
    Patent number: 7245402
    Abstract: A method of screening a continuous tone image into a halftone representation for a flexographic printing operation can compensate for characteristic printing problems in highlight areas by selectively placing non-printing dots or pixels proximate highlight dots. The non-printing dots or pixels raise the printing relief floor in the highlight areas providing additional support for marginally printable image features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Kodak Graphic Communications Canada Company
    Inventors: Devon James McCrea, Stephen Hughes Miller
  • Flexographic printing
    Patent number: 7126724
    Abstract: A method of screening a continuous tone image into a halftone representation for a flexographic printing operation can compensate for characteristic printing problems in highlight areas by selectively placing non-printing dots proximate highlight dots. The non-printing dots raise the printing relief floor in the highlight areas providing additional support for marginally printable image features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Kodak Graphic Communications Canada Company
    Inventors: Devon James McCrea, Stephen Hughes Miller
  • Flexographic printing
    Publication number: 20040177782
    Abstract: A method of screening a continuous tone image into a halftone representation for a flexographic printing operation can compensate for characteristic printing problems in highlight areas by selectively placing non-printing dots proximate highlight dots. The non-printing dots raise the printing relief floor in the highlight areas providing additional support for marginally printable image features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Devon James McCrea, Stephen Hughes Miller