Patents by Inventor George D. Metz

George D. Metz 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 sheet useful in providing transparencies or reproductions having a controlled gloss finish
    Patent number: 4859561
    Abstract: A developer sheet useful in forming reproductions which have a controllable gloss finish or in forming transparencies comprising a support having a layer of a finely divided, thermoplastic, developer material on the surface thereof, said developer material being capable of reacting with a color precursor to produce a visible image and being capable of coalescing into a thin film which imparts gloss to said image upon application of heat and/or pressure.The developer sheet comprising a support having a layer of a finely divided thermoplastic developer material on the surface thereof can additionally comprise oil-containing microcapsules such that upon microcapsule rupture, the oil plasticizes the developer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: George D. Metz, Carl McCrary, Joseph G. O'Connor, Paul C. Adair, D. Scott Proehl, Edward J. Saccocio, James Dowler
  • Microencapsulated transfer imaging system employing developer sheet and discontinuous layer of thermoplastic pigment
    Patent number: 4554235
    Abstract: A transfer imaging system employing photosensitive microcapsules useful in obtaining high gloss images wherein the developer sheet is overcoated with a discontiuous layer of a thermoplastic polymeric pigment which is fused into a thin essentially transparent polymeric film following development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Adair, George D. Metz