Patents by Inventor Michael William Orem

Michael William Orem 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).

  • Nonagglomerating antifoamants
    Patent number: 5681692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solution for forming silver halide emulsions comprising water, a gelatin containing less than 30 micromoles of methionine per gram of gelatin, and at least one antifoamant selected from the group consisting ofRCO.sub.2 (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.x OCR (I)whereinRC and CR represent the carbon chain in carboxylic acids with chain lengths of predominantly 12-18 carbon atoms,x has a mean value of 4 to 5 from a mixture with a distribution of values between 2 and 7, and (H.sub.3 CSi) ?(OSi (CH.sub.3).sub.2).sub.d O-- (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--).sub.n C.sub.4 H.sub.9 !.sub.3 (II)wherein the molecular weight is 2500 to 3500 and d and n have average values of less than 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael William Orem, Richard Lee Daubendiek, Douglas Lee Oehlbeck, Joseph George Lighthouse
  • 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