Patents by Inventor Hugh Gerald McGuckin

Hugh Gerald McGuckin 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).

  • Photographic conditioning solution containing polyaminocarboxylic acid as sole antimicrobial agent and method of use
    Patent number: 6180327
    Abstract: A conditioning solution or bleach accelerating solution can be used to process color photographic films, especially color reversal films, to minimize magenta dye fade. This solution contains an antimicrobial composition that consists essentially of a polyaminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof as the sole antimicrobial agent. This agent is present in an amount of less than about 3 g/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hugh Gerald McGuckin, John Stuart Badger, Mary Ellen Craver
  • Processing magnetic-backed silver halide films with a final processing solution
    Patent number: 5716765
    Abstract: Photographic films having a magnetic recording layer are processed using a final processing solution containing a mixture of surfactants. The final processing solution can be a final rinse solution or an image stabilizing solution further containing an image stabilizer. The specific final processing solution composition provides processed films that are free of scum, non-tacky, and resistant to abrasion and fingerprinting on the back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hugh Gerald McGuckin, John Stuart Badger, Brad Mitchell Boersen
  • Processing silver halide films with an aqueous phospholipid rinse solution
    Patent number: 5667948
    Abstract: Various photographic films can be rinsed using an aqueous final rinse solution comprising a phospholipid in an amount of at least 50 ppm. This solution can be particularly useful as a final rinse for color motion picture films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hugh Gerald McGuckin, John Stuart Badger, Edward Albert Kurz
  • Addenda for an aqueous photographic rinsing solution
    Patent number: 5645980
    Abstract: An aqueous solution for rinsing silver halide photographic elements comprising a nonionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, wherein the solution has a surface tension of 32 dynes/cm or less and a method for using the rinsing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hugh Gerald McGuckin, John Stuart Badger, Ronald Anthony Gogle, Paul Joseph Riesenberger, Michael William Orem