Patents by Inventor Gretchen Schmidt McGrath

Gretchen Schmidt McGrath 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).

  • Patent number: 6221550
    Abstract: An electrostatographic toner composition comprises a polymeric binder and a charge control agent selected from the group consisting of 4H-pyrans having the following general structure: where R1 and R2 are the same or different, each representing H or an alkyl, an aryl or a heterocyclic group, or R1 and R2 taken together may form a saturated hydrocarbon ring; R3 and R4 each represent an alkyl or an aryl group; X and Z are the same or different, each representing a cyano substituent, or an alkanoyl, an aroyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an aryloxycarbonyl, an arylaminocarbonyl, or an alkylaminocarbonyl group. An electrostatographic developer comprises particles of the described toner composition together with carrier particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: NexPress Solutions LLC
    Inventors: John Charles Wilson, Gretchen Schmidt McGrath, Satyanarayan Ayangar Srinivasan