Patents by Inventor Jeffery H. Banning
Jeffery H. Banning 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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Patent number: 7592460Abstract: Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula wherein R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R can be joined to the phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R?, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, z is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, and A and B each, independently of the other, are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, tertiary amino groups, imine groups, ammonium groups, cyano groups, pyridine groups, pyridinium groups, ether groups, ester groups, amide groups, sulfate groups, sulfonate groups, sulfide groups, sulfoxide groups, phosphine groups, phosphonium groups, phosphate groups, nitrile groups, mercapto groups, nitro groups, sulfone groups, acyl groups, azo groups, cyanato groups, alType: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 7582687Abstract: Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each can be joined to a phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R?a, R?b, and R?c, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, z1, z2, and z3 each, independently of the others, is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, D is an anion, and g is the charge on the anion, wherein said colorant has no more than one —OH, —SH, or primary or secondary amino group per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 7572845Abstract: Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each can be joined to a phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R?a, R?b, and R?c, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, z1, z2, and z3 each, independently of the others, is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, D is an anion, and g is the charge on the anion, wherein said colorant has no more than one —OH, —SH, or primary or secondary amino group per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 7524979Abstract: A process for preparing a colorant of the formula which comprises preparing a first reaction mixture by admixing leucoquinizarin and, optionally, quinizarin, an aminobenzene substituted with an alcohol group of the formula —R1—OH, boric acid, and an optional solvent, and heating the first reaction mixture to prepare an alcohol-substituted colorant of the formula followed by converting the colorant thus prepared to either an ester-substituted colorant by reaction with an esterification compound which is either an anhydride of the formula or an acid of the formula R2COOH in the presence of an optional esterification catalyst, or a urethane-substituted colorant by reaction with an isocyanate compound of the formula R4—N?C?C?O, and brominating the colorant thus prepared, wherein either conversion to ester or urethane can be performed before bromination or bromination can be performed before conversion to ester or urethane.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: C. Wayne Jaeger, Jeffery H. Banning
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Patent number: 7504446Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising (a) an aqueous liquid vehicle, and (b) a colorant which comprises an anhydride copolymer having at least one chromogen covalently bonded thereto and at least one ester, amide, imide, or thioester group covalently bonded thereto, said colorant being soluble or dispersible in the aqueous liquid vehicle. Also disclosed is an ink composition comprising (a) an aqueous liquid vehicle, and (b) a colorant which is the reaction product of (1) an anhydride copolymer, (2) a chromogen having one and only one group per molecule selected from the group consisting of —OH, —SH, primary amino, and secondary amino, and (3) a material selected from the group consisting of nonchromogenic monofunctional alcohols, nonchromogenic monofunctional thiols, nonchromogenic monofunctional primary or secondary amines, and mixtures thereof, said colorant being soluble or dispersible in the aqueous liquid vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 7304173Abstract: Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each can be joined to a phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R?a, R?b, and R?c, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, z1, z2, and z3 each, independently of the others, is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, D is an anion, and g is the charge on the anion, wherein said colorant has no more than one —OH, —SH, or primary or secondary amino group per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 7301025Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein M is either (1) a metal ion having a positive charge of +p wherein p is an integer which is at least 2, said metal ion being capable of forming a compound with at least two chromogen moieties, or (2) a metal-containing moiety capable of forming a compound with at least two chromogen moieties, z is an integer representing the number of chromogen moieties associated with the metal and is at least 2, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, a, b, c, d, Y, Q?, A, and CA are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Bo Wu, James M. Duff, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Jule W. Thomas, Jr., Randall R. Bridgeman
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Patent number: 7176317Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, a, b, c, d, Y, Q, Q—, A, and CA are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Bo Wu, James M. Duff, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Donald R. Titterington
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Patent number: 7094812Abstract: Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each can be joined to a phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R?a, R?b, and R?c, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, z1, z2, and z3 each, independently of the others, is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, D is an anion, and g is the charge on the anion, wherein said colorant has no more than one —OH, —SH, or primary or secondary amino group per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationsInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 7084189Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising (a) a colorant and (b) the reaction product of (i) an isocyanate and (ii) an antioxidant or UV stabilizer molecule having thereon (A) at least one isocyanate-reactive hydroxyl group and/or (B) at least one isocyanate-reactive primary or secondary amino group.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Mary Ryan-Hotchkiss
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Patent number: 7053227Abstract: A process for preparing a colorant of the formula which comprises preparing a first reaction mixture by admixing leucoquinizarin and, optionally, quinizarin, an aminobenzene substituted with an alcohol group of the formula —R1—OH, boric acid, and an optional solvent, and heating the first reaction mixture to prepare an alcohol-substituted colorant of the formula followed by converting the colorant thus prepared to either an ester-substituted colorant by reaction with an esterification compound which is either an anhydride of the formula or an acid of the formula R2COOH in the presence of an optional esterification catalyst or a urethane-substituted colorant by reaction with an isocyanate compound of the formula R4—N?C?O and brominating the colorant thus prepared, wherein either conversion to ester or urethane can be performed before bromination or bromination can be performed before conversion to ester or urethane.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: C. Wayne Jaeger, Jeffery H. Banning
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Patent number: 7034185Abstract: Disclosed are colorant precursor compounds of the formula wherein R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R can be joined to the phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R?, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, z is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, and x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, wherein said colorant precursor has no more than one —OH, —SH, or primary or secondary amino group per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 6998493Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein M is either (1) a metal ion having a positive charge of +p wherein p is an integer which is at least 2, said metal ion being capable of forming a compound with at least two chromogen moieties, or (2) a metal-containing moiety capable of forming a compound with at least two chromogen moieties, z is an integer representing the number of chromogen moieties associated with the metal and is at least 2, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, a, b, c, d, Y, Q?, A, and CA are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Bo Wu, James M. Duff, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Jule W. Thomas, Jr., Randall R. Bridgeman
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Patent number: 6969759Abstract: Disclosed is a colorant composition of the formula wherein R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R can be joined to the phenyl moiety to form a ring, R? is an aromatic- or heteroaromatic-containing group, each Ra, independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amide group, or a sulfonamide group, w is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, n is an integer representing the number of carbon atoms in each repeat alkylene oxide unit, and x is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, wherein said colorant has no more than one —OH, —SH, or primary or secondary amino group per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
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Patent number: 6958406Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula wherein Y is a hydrogen atom or a bromine atom, n is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, R1 is an alkylene group or an arylalkylene group, and X is (a) a hydrogen atom, (b) a group of the formula wherein R2 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, (c) an alkyleneoxy, aryleneoxy, arylalkyleneoxy, or alkylaryleneoxy group, or (d) a group of the formula wherein R4 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, C. Wayne Jaeger
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Patent number: 6946025Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a tetra-amide which comprises carrying out a condensation reaction between a diacid, a monoacid, and a diisocyanate, thereby forming a tetra-amide. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a phase change ink composition which comprises (a) carrying out a condensation reaction between a diacid, a monoacid, and a diisocyanate, thereby forming a tetra-amide; and (b) admixing the tetra-amide thus formed with a colorant, thereby forming a phase change ink.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Bo Wu, Michael B. Meinhardt, Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington
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Patent number: 6860931Abstract: Phase change inks comprising a carrier and a colorant of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, a, b, c, d, Y, Q, Q?, A, and CA are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Bo Wu, Jeffery H. Banning, James M. Duff, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Donald R. Titterington
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Patent number: 6860930Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising (a) a colorant and (b) a carrier comprising a polyamide, wherein the polyamide component of the carrier contains at least about 10 percent by weight of a branched triamide.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Bo Wu, Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, C. Wayne Jaeger
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Publication number: 20040261656Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising (a) a colorant and (b) a carrier comprising a polyamide, wherein the polyamide component of the carrier contains at least about 10 percent by weight of a branched triamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Bo Wu, Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, C. Wayne Jaeger
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Publication number: 20040261657Abstract: A phase change ink composition comprising a phase change ink carrier and a colorant compound of the formula 1Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Bo Wu, Jeffery H. Banning, James M. Duff, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Jule W. Thomas, Randall R. Bridgeman