Patents by Inventor Gregg A Lane
Gregg A Lane 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).
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Publication number: 20200140711Abstract: Herein is disclosed a method of transfer inkjet printing comprising applying a radiation curable primer onto an intermediate transfer member of an inkjet printer to form a radiation curable primer layer; jetting a radiation curable inkjet ink onto the radiation curable primer layer on the intermediate transfer member to form an image; irradiating the radiation curable inkjet ink and the radiation curable primer on the intermediate transfer member to form an at least partially cured image; and transferring the at least partially cured image to a substrate to form a printed substrate. Herein is also disclosed a transfer inkjet printer adapted, in use, to perform the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, STRAMEL David Rodney, Gregg A. LANE, Yubai Bl, Brian J. KEEFE
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Patent number: 10640599Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be an acrylate-containing monoalcohol or a methacrylate-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic acid or 2-(cyclohexylamino)ethanesulfonic acid reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane
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Publication number: 20200131380Abstract: Printable compositions comprising a liquid carrier; and a radiation curable polyurethane dispersed in the liquid carrier are described, as well as methods of preparing the printable compositions and methods of printing using the printable compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Gregg A. Lane, Rodney David Stramel, Qianhan Yang
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Patent number: 10619007Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to polymeric amine synergists, photo curable inks containing the polymeric amine synergists, and methods of making the photo curable inks. A polymeric amine synergist can include an aminobenzene modified with a polyether chain connecting to the aminobenzene through an amide linkage.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane
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Publication number: 20200062979Abstract: A polyurethane-based binder dispersion is described. The polyurethane based binder dispersion comprises: a polyurethane, which comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate; (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain; (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain; (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups; and (E) a compound shown in formula (1): m(M+) n(X)—R—Y— (1), wherein m is 0 or 1, M is a metal, n is 2 to 10, X is an amino group, R is a C1 to C18 alkyl group, a C6 to C30 aromatic compound or a C4 to C20 aliphatic cyclic compound, and Y is SO3- or SO3H, with the proviso that when m is 0, Y is SO3H and when m is 1, Y is SO3-.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Benjamin Abelovski, Or Brandstein, Jun Yang, Gregg A. Lane
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Publication number: 20200017681Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to reactive polyurethane dispersions. In one example, a reactive polyurethane dispersion can include a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, an acrylamide-containing diol, a methacrylamide-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be an acrylamide-containing monoalcohol or methacrylamide-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be an ionic stabilizing group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, Rodney David STRAMEL, Gregg A. LANE
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Publication number: 20200017698Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a blend of two or more diisocyanates. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be an acrylate-containing monoalcohol or methacrylate-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanates. The second capping unit can be an ionic stabilizing group. The polymer backbone can be devoid of ionic stabilizing groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, Rodney David STRAMEL, Gregg A. LANE
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Publication number: 20190375223Abstract: An inkjet ink set comprising a pre-treatment fixing fluid including calcium-containing crashing agents; at least a co-solvent; one or more surfactants and a balance of water; and, at least, a liquid ink. The liquid ink includes a pigment dispersion, a surfactant, a polyurethane binder, a co-solvent and a balance of water. Also disclosed are and inkjet printing system containing such ink set and the method for printing in such inkjet printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Developmwnt Company, L.P.Inventors: Alireza RAHIMI, George SARKISIAN, Benjamin ABELOVSKI, Gregg A. LANE, Tienteh CHEN, Or BRANDSTEIN, Jun YANG, Olakemi AKINLABI
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Publication number: 20190375955Abstract: An inkjet ink set comprising a liquid ink and an over-print varnish composition comprising a latex polymer, a boron-containing compound and water. The liquid ink includes a pigment dispersion, a surfactant, a polyurethane binder, a co-solvent and a balance of water. Also disclosed are and inkjet printing system containing such ink set and the method for printing in such inkjet printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Alireza Rahimi, George Sarkisian, Benjamin Abelovski, Gregg A. Lane, Tienteh Chen, Or Brandstein, Jun Yang, Olakemi Akinlabi
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Publication number: 20190352519Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inkjet composition comprising a curable polyurethane dispersion and an aqueous carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, Rodney David STRAMEL, Gregg A. LANE
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Publication number: 20190315145Abstract: In one example, a process to solidify a water-based printing fluid printed on a substrate includes flushing nonvolatile solvent in the printing fluid into the substrate with the water in the printing fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Yubai Bi, Alex Veis, Gregg A. Lane, Jon A. Crabtree
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Publication number: 20190315987Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an inkjet ink set comprising a black ink with a black pigment, a yellow ink with a yellow pigment, a cyan ink with a cyan pigment and a magenta ink with a magenta pigment, wherein at least one of the ink further contains a polyurethane binder; non-ionic surfactants; humectant solvent; non-volatile glycol ether co-solvent; a polyethylene wax emulsion and a balance of water. The inkjet ink set can also comprise an orange ink, a green ink and/or a violet ink. The present disclosure refers also to a system for printing the ink set described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Alireza Rahimi, George Sarkisian, Yi-Hua Tsao, Benjamin Abelovski, Gregg A. Lane, Tienteh Chen, Or Brandstein, Jun Yang, Olakemi Akinlabi
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Patent number: 10421837Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to polymeric amine synergist compositions. The polymeric amine synergist composition can include a polymeric amine synergist including an aminobenzene modified with a polyether chain connecting to the aminobenzene through an ether linkage. The polymeric amine synergist can be present in a reaction product mixture with either i) an aminophenol, or ii) a carbonate base.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane
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Publication number: 20190284326Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be an acrylate-containing monoalcohol or a methacrylate-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic acid or 2-(cyclohexylamino)ethanesulfonic acid reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, Rodney David STRAMEL, Gregg A. LANE
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Patent number: 10414862Abstract: A polymeric amine synergist is disclosed herein. An example of the polymeric amine synergist includes an aniline moiety, a polyethylene glycol chain, and an ether linkage attaching one end of the polyethylene glycol chain to the aniline moiety. The polymeric amine synergist may be included in a photo curable ink composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane
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Patent number: 10414927Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to polymeric photo active agents, photo curable inks containing the polymeric photo active agents, and methods of making the photo curable inks. A polymeric photo active agent can include a xanthone analog modified with a polyether chain connecting to the xanthone analog through an amide linkage.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Or Brandstein, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane
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Publication number: 20190276690Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inkjet printing process that comprises applying a radiation-curable primer composition onto a substrate to form a primer layer. The primer composition comprises a curable polyurethane dispersion, a photoinitiator and water. An inkjet ink composition is inkjet printed onto the primer layer as a printed inkjet ink layer. The inkjet ink composition comprises a colorant, a curable polyurethane dispersion, a photoinitiator and water. The curable polyurethane is dispersed in the inkjet ink composition in an amount of composition is 0.1 to 30 weight % of the inkjet ink composition. The printed inkjet ink layer is cured on the substrate by exposing both the primer layer and printed inkjet ink layer on the substrate to radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.PInventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Rodney David STRAMEL, Tao CHEN, Bor-Jiunn NIU, Gregg A. LANE
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Publication number: 20190276584Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a reactive polyurethane dispersion including a polymer strand having a polymer backbone that has two ends terminating at a first capping unit and a second capping unit. The polymer backbone can include polymerized monomers including a reactive diol and a diisocyanate. The reactive diol can be an acrylate-containing diol, a methacrylate-containing diol, an allyl-containing diol, or combination thereof. The first capping unit can be an allyl-containing monoalcohol reacted with an isocyanate group of the diisocyanate. The second capping unit can be an ionic stabilizing group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, Rodney David STRAMEL, Gregg A. LANE
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Publication number: 20190270899Abstract: An inkjet ink composition comprising a polyurethane-based binder dispersion is described. The polyurethane-based binder dispersion comprises: a polyurethane, which comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate; (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain; (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain; (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups; and (E) a compound shown in formula (1): m(M+)n(X)—R—Y— (1), wherein m is 0 or 1, M is a metal, n is 2 to 10, X is an amino group, R is a C1 to C18 alkyl group, a C6 to C30 aromatic compound or a C4 to C20 aliphatic cyclic compound, and Y is SO3- or SO3H, with the proviso that when m is 0, Y is SO3H and when m is 1, Y is SO3-.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Benjamin Abelovski, Olakemi Akinlabi, Gregg A. Lane, Or Brandstein
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Patent number: 10400066Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to polymeric photoactive agent, photo curable inks containing the polymeric photoactive agent, and methods of making the photo curable inks. The polymeric photoactive agent can include a xanthone analog modified with a polyether chain connecting to the xanthone analog through an ether linkage.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Or Brandstein, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane