Patents by Inventor Elwood C. Samons

Elwood C. Samons 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).

  • Ink jet recording element
    Patent number: 6632486
    Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising an inorganic, anionic pigment, an organic, anionic binder and an organic, cationic mordant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Sadasivan, Suresh Sunderrajan, Michelle M. Oakland, Patrick J. Whittaker, Elwood C. Samons, Craig T. Mollon
  • Method of preparing a stable coating
    Patent number: 6335395
    Abstract: A process for making a stable coating comprising an inorganic, anionic pigment, an organic, anionic binder and an organic, cationic mordant comprising: a) mixing the inorganic, anionic pigment with the organic, cationic mordant; b) lowering the pH of the mixture to below about 4; and c) adding the organic, anionic binder to the mixture, thus providing a coating composition which has an approximately constant viscosity over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Sadasivan, Suresh Sunderrajan, Michelle M. Oakland, Patrick J. Whittaker, Elwood C. Samons, Craig T. Mollon