Patents by Inventor Mike Tato

Mike Tato 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).

  • Thermal transfer assembly for ceramic imaging
    Patent number: 6990904
    Abstract: A thermal transfer assembly that comprises a thermal transfer ribbon and a covercoated transfer sheet. The thermal transfer ribbon includes a support and a ceramic ink layer. The ceramic ink layer is present at a coating weight of from about 2 to about 15 grams per square meter, and it includes from about 15 to about 94.5 percent of a solid carbonaceous binder, and at least one of a film-forming glass frit, an opacifying agent and a colorant (at a combined level for the film forming glass frit, the opacifying agent and the colorant of at least 0.5 weight percent).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: International Imaging Materials, Inc
    Inventors: Jim Ibarra, Rick Wallace, Karen A. Walsh-Clemens, Barry L. Marginean, Mike Tato, Pamela A. Geddes, Joel D. Neri, Robert P. Wilbert, Barry Briggs
  • Thermal transfer assembly for ceramic imaging
    Publication number: 20040050279
    Abstract: A thermal transfer assembly that comprises a thermal transfer ribbon and a covercoated transfer sheet. The thermal transfer ribbon includes a support and a ceramic ink layer. The ceramic ink layer is present at a coating weight of from about 2 to about 15 grams per square meter, and it includes from about 15 to about 94.5 percent of a solid carbonaceous binder, and at least one of a film-forming glass frit, an opacifying agent and a colorant (at a combined level for the film forming glass frit, the opacifying agent and the colorant of at least 0.5 weight percent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Jim Ibarra, Rick Wallace, Karen A. Walsh-Clemens, Barry L. Marginean, Mike Tato, Pamela A. Geddes, Joel D. Neri, Robert P. Wilbert, Barry Briggs