Patents by Inventor James McConnell Duff

James McConnell Duff 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: 7514192
    Abstract: A photoconductive member component comprising a supporting substrate and thereover a photogenerating layer comprising a tetrahalobenzamidazolebenzene or a bis(tetrahalophenyl)biphenylbisimidazole of the alternative following formulas or dimers thereof wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are the same or different and are independently selected from the group comprising hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, and halogen, and a charge transport layer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James McConnell Duff, Timothy P. Bender, Cuong Vong, John F. Graham
  • Patent number: 7473785
    Abstract: A compound comprising a tetrahalobenzamidazolebenzene or a bis(tetrahalophenyl)biphenylbisimidazole of the alternative following formulas or dimers thereof wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are the same or different and are independently selected from the group comprising hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, and halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James McConnell Duff, Timothy P. Bender, Cuong Vong, John F. Graham
  • Patent number: 5723179
    Abstract: A method for use with dye-based ionic ink jet inks is disclosed whereby the ink jet ink becomes substantially waterfast upon application to a print substrate. The method includes treating a print substrate with a precipitant composition and jetting an ionic ink jet ink onto the print substrate, wherein the precipitant composition includes water and an ionic precipitant of opposite ionic charge from the ionic ink jet ink. The print substrate may be treated during formation of the print substrate or after formation of the print substrate and before jetting the ionic ink jet ink onto the print substrate. By this method, the ionic precipitant composition reacts with the oppositely charged ionic ink jet ink to form a precipitant on the print substrate that is substantially waterfast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond W. Wong, James McConnell Duff