Patents by Inventor Gary Roger Miller

Gary Roger Miller 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).

  • Developer regenerators
    Patent number: 7316894
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous regenerator for addition to an aqueous developer that contains an organic solvent, a dispersing agent and a weak base, and has a pH of between about 8 and less than about 13. The aqueous regenerator includes an organic solvent, dispersing agent, and an effective amount of a strong base such that the regenerator has a greater pH than the developer into which the regenerator is to be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gary Roger Miller, Kevin Wieland, Melanie Kelim
  • Developer regenerators
    Patent number: 7078162
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous regenerator for addition to an aqueous developer that contains an organic solvent, a dispersing agent and a weak base, and has a pH of between about 8 and less than about 13. The aqueous regenerator includes an organic solvent, dispersing agent, and an effective amount of a strong base such that the regenerator has a greater pH than the developer into which the regenerator is to be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gary Roger Miller, Kevin Wieland, Melanie Kelim
  • Alkaline developing composition and method of use to process lithographic printing plates
    Patent number: 5914217
    Abstract: An alkaline developing composition for processing a lithographic printing plate includes an alkali metal silicate and at least 6 weight % of a thickener such as glycerine. The lithographic printing plate can be either positive- or negative-working, and includes negative-working thermal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
    Inventors: Gary Roger Miller, Melanie Ann Felker
  • Potassium silicate developing composition and method of use to process lithographic printing plates
    Patent number: 5897985
    Abstract: An alkaline developing composition for processing a lithographic printing plate includes an alkali metal silicate present in an amount to provide at least about 42 g SiO.sub.2 per 1000 g of composition, and a weight ratio of SiO.sub.2 to M.sub.2 O of from about 0.55 to about 0.925 wherein M is said the metal. The lithographic printing plate can be either positive- or negative-working, and includes negative-working thermal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Roger Miller, Janice Kay Stuber, Melanie Ann Felker
  • Alkaline developing composition and method of use to process lithographic printing plates
    Patent number: 5851735
    Abstract: An alkaline developing composition for processing a lithographic printing plate includes an alkali metal silicate and at least 6 weight % of a thickener such as glycerine. The lithographic printing plate can be either positive- or negative-working, and includes negative-working thermal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics
    Inventors: Gary Roger Miller, Melanie Ann Felker
  • Alkaline developing composition and method of use to process lithographic printing plates
    Patent number: 5766826
    Abstract: An alkaline developing composition for processing a lithographic printing plate includes an alkali metal silicate and at least 6 weight % of a thickener such as glycerine. The lithographic printing plate can be either positive- or negative-working, and includes negative-working thermal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gary Roger Miller, Melanie Ann Felker
  • Method of providing an image using a negative-working infrared photosensitive element
    Patent number: 5705322
    Abstract: An infrared imaging composition contains two essential components, namely an infrared radiation absorbing compound, and a phenolic resin that is either mixed or reacted with an o-diazonaphthoquinone derivative. These compositions are useful in photosensitive elements such as lithographic printing plates that can be used to provide images using laser imaging, followed by uniform exposure and development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul Richard West, Eugene Lynn Sheriff, Jeffery Allen Gurney, Ralph Scott Schneebeli, Thomas Robert Jordan, Gary Roger Miller
  • Infrared-sensitive, negative-working diazonaphthoquinone imaging composition and element
    Patent number: 5705308
    Abstract: An infrared imaging composition contains two essential components, namely an infrared absorbing compound, and a phenolic resin that is either mixed or reacted with an o-diazonaphthoquinone derivative. These compositions are useful in photosensitive elements such as lithographic printing plates that can be adapted to direct-to-plate imaging procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul Richard West, Eugene Lynn Sheriff, Jeffrey Allen Gurney, Ralph Scott Schneebeli, Thomas Robert Jordan, Gary Roger Miller