Patents by Inventor Ian Moir Hodge

Ian Moir Hodge 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).

  • Imaging member containing switchable polymers and method for use
    Patent number: 6146812
    Abstract: An imaging member is prepared by applying to a support a heat-sensitive imaging layer which comprises at least one heat-sensitive polymer capable of undergoing transformation from a hydrophilic to hydrophobic state or hydrophobic to hydrophilic state, wherein the transformation occurs such that the activation energy Ea and the Arrhenius pre-exponential factor A associated with the transformation simultaneously fulfill the relationships: ln (A).gtoreq.0.4 Ea+8.84 and ln (A).ltoreq.1.69 Ea-14.37. The imaging member is useful in processless thermal lithographic printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Leon, Shiying Zheng, Charles H. Appell, Ian Moir Hodge