Patents by Inventor John H. Hone
John H. Hone 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: 8318853Abstract: A thermally-responsive dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of positively- or negatively-charged or chargeable solid or liquid particulates, comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a thermally-responsive polymeric stabilizing moiety, other than a polyalkylene oxide, the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the surface than the anchoring group below the thermal transition temperature, the particulates being positively-charged or chargeable when the anchoring moiety contains an acid and/or hydroxy group and has a net acidity or neutrality and the particulates being negatively-charged or chargeable when the anchoring moiety has a basic group and has a net basicity, wherein the dispersion exhibits a change in sign from negative to positive and an increase in magnitude of a rheological property (viscosity at low shear and/or complex modulus at low amplitude oscillatory shear), on increasing the temperature from below to above the thermal transition temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Andrew M. Howe, Trevor J. Wear, Alan R. Pitt, Ian M. Newington, John H. Hone
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Patent number: 8263683Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous inkjet ink composition comprises a polymeric compound comprising discrete particles responsive to an external stimulus, and a functional material, wherein the functional material may be incorporated as part of the polymeric particles, the particles causing the composition to have a first rheological state and a different second rheological state in response to a stimulated change in conditions, the first rheological state being associated with a first lower viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a first lower volume, enabling the composition to pass through an inkjet printhead orifice and the second rheological state being associated with a second higher viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a second higher volume, enabling immobilisation of droplets of the composition on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Danuta Gibson, John M. Higgins, Stephanie V. Desrousseaux, Andrew M. Howe, Andrew Clarke, Christian V. Nicholas, John H. Hone
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Patent number: 8202926Abstract: The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of negatively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one basic group and having an overall basicity and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The invention also provides a coating composition containing the dispersant, an inkjet recording element containing the dispersant and methods of coating or reducing viscosity using the dispersant.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Alan R. Pitt, Trevor J. Wear, John H. Hone, Andrew M. Howe, Ian M. Newington
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Patent number: 8153716Abstract: The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of positively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one acid and/or hydroxy group and having an overall acidity or neutrality and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The anchoring moiety preferably contains at least two acid groups, preferably carboxylic acid groups, attached either in a [1,1], [1,2] or [1,3] relationship and is linked to the polymeric moiety, which is preferably derived from acrylamide or methacrylamide monomer units, preferably by a sulfur atom. The dispersant can reduce the viscosity of an aqueous dispersion of positively charged or chargeable solid particulates and can reduce the tendency of the resulting dispersion to form a gel or a yield stress material.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Alan R. Pitt, Trevor J. Wear, John H. Hone, Andrew M. Howe
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Patent number: 8063132Abstract: The invention provides a coating composition containing boehmite particles and a dispersant which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one acid and/or hydroxy group and having overall acidity or neutrality and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for a boehmite surface than the anchoring moiety. The anchoring moiety preferably contains at least two acid groups, preferably carboxylic acid groups, attached either in a [1,1], [1,2] or [1,3] relationship and is linked to the polymeric moiety, which is preferably derived from acrylamide or methacrylamide monomer units, preferably by a sulfur atom. The dispersant can reduce the viscosity of the boehmite dispersion and the tendency of the boehmite dispersion to increase in viscosity and/or form a gel or a yield stress material following periods of high shear stress.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Alan R. Pitt, Trevor J. Wear, John H. Hone, Andrew M. Howe
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Publication number: 20100184910Abstract: A thermally-responsive dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of positively- or negatively-charged or chargeable solid or liquid particulate, comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a thermally-responsive polymeric stabilizing moiety, other than a polyalkylene oxide, the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the surface than the anchoring group below the thermal transition temperature, the particulates being positively-charged or chargeable when the anchoring moiety contains an acid and/or hydroxy group and has a net acidity or neutrality and the particulates being negatively-charged or chargeable when the anchoring moiety has a basic group and has a net basicity, wherein the dispersion exhibits a change in sign from negative to positive and an increase in magnitude of a rheological property (viscosity at low shear and/or complex modulus at low amplitude oscillatory shear), on increasing the temperature from below to above the thermal transition temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventors: Andrew m. Howe, Trevor J. Wear, Alan R. Pitt, Ian M. Newington, John H. Hone
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Publication number: 20100068387Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous inkjet ink composition comprises a polymeric compound comprising discrete particles responsive to an external stimulus, and a functional material, wherein the functional material may be incorporated as part of the polymeric particles, the particles causing the composition to have a first rheological state and a different second rheological state in response to a stimulated change in conditions, the first rheological state being associated with a first lower viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a first lower volume, enabling the composition to pass through an inkjet printhead orifice and the second rheological state being associated with a second higher viscosity of the composition, wherein the particles have a second higher volume, enabling immobilisation of droplets of the composition on a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Danuta Gibson, John M. Higgins, Stephanie V. Desrousseaux, Andrew M. Howe, Andrew Howe, Andrew Clarke, Christian V. Nicholas, John H. Hone
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Publication number: 20080317960Abstract: The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of negatively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one basic group and having an overall basicity and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The invention also provides a coating composition containing the dispersant, an inkjet recording element containing the dispersant and methods of coating or reducing viscosity using the dispersant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Alan R. Pitt, Trevor J. Wear, John H. Hone, Andrew M. Howe, Ian M. Newington
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Publication number: 20080145546Abstract: The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of positively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one acid and/or hydroxy group and having an overall acidity or neutrality and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The anchoring moiety preferably contains at least two acid groups, preferably carboxylic acid groups, attached either in a [1,1], [1,2] or [1,3] relationship and is linked to the polymeric moiety, which is preferably derived from acrylamide or methacrylamide monomer units, preferably by a sulfur atom. The dispersant can reduce the viscosity of an aqueous dispersion of positively charged or chargeable solid particulates and can reduce the tendency of the resulting dispersion to form a gel or a yield stress material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Alan R. Pitt, Trevor J. Wear, John H. Hone, Andrew M. Howe
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Patent number: 6521394Abstract: The incorporation of coupler chemistry into the fluorescent element results in a greatly improved fluorescence imaging element, displaying higher photographic speed, higher contrast, and improved image discrimination. The coupler chemistry comprises the combination of a developing agent that generates an oxidized form on reaction with exposed silver halide, together with a molecule capable of forming a stable reaction product, preferably a dye, by reaction with the oxidized form of the developer. This will have the effect of a sink for oxidized developer formed during development. In a preferred embodiment, dye-forming chemistry is combined with fluorescent imaging to provide dramatic improvements in performance of the fluorescent system.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas H. Whitesides, John H. Hone
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Patent number: 6509126Abstract: The present invention is directed to a photothermographic imaging element comprising at least one silver halide imaging layer containing a fluorophore. The imaging element can be exposed and then processed by heating to form an image in which the intensity of the fluorescence from the element is modulated imagewise to yield a fluorescent image of the light intensities to which the element was exposed. The present invention is also directed to a method of processing photothermographic film that has been imagewise exposed in a camera, which method in order comprises thermally developing the film step without any externally applied developing agent, comprising heating said film to a temperature greater than 80° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas H. Whitesides, John H. Hone