Patents by Inventor Mitchell A. Rossman

Mitchell A. Rossman 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: 6214503
    Abstract: The invention features organic photoreceptors that include a charge transport compound having the formula: where X is an N-alkyl-substituted carbazole, an N-aryl-substituted carbazole, or a p-(N,N-disubstituted)arylamine; Ar is a group having the formula: R1 is a hydrogen, halogen, or alkyl group; R is a hydrogen, halogen, OH, CN, OR2, or OCOR3 group; R2 is an alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl group; R3 is a hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, or haloalkyl group; n is 0 or 1; A is a group having the formula: Z is O or S; Q is O, S, or CH2; and m is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Valentas Gaidelis, Janina Gavutiene, Vytautas Getautis, Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius, Vygintas Jankauskas, Rimtautas Kavaliunas, Ruta Lazauskaite, Osvaldas Paliulis, Mitchell A. Rossman, Donatas Jonas Sidaravicius, Terrance P. Smith, Albina Stanishauskaite
  • Patent number: 5723513
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds that have a photo-labile halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine moiety and a polymeric moiety within the same molecule. The compounds of this invention are comprised of a polymeric moiety having attached or incorporated within its structure at least one 1,3,5-triazine nucleus, said triazine nucleus having at least one halomethyl substituent attached to a carbon atom of the triazine nucleus. These compounds are capable of being stimulated by actinic radiation at wavelengths of from about 250 to about 900 nanometers to generate free radicals and/or acids. The compounds of this invention are useful as photoinitiators in free radical polymerization reactions, oxidation-reduction reactions, or reactions sensitive to acid, and they also exhibit the capability to crosslink upon exposure to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James A. Bonham, Mitchell A. Rossman, Richard J. Grant
  • Patent number: 5496504
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds having a photo-labile halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine moiety and at least one polymerizable moiety within one molecule is provided. The compounds of this invention have at least one halomethyl substituent attached to a carbon atom of the triazine moiety and at least one polymerizable monomeric moiety attached to another atom of the triazine moiety. The compounds of this invention can be used to prepare polymers having 1,3,5-triazine substituents attached thereto. The compounds of this invention are good photoinitiators, and compositions containing them can be used in printing, duplicating, copying, and other imaging systems. The compounds of this invention are capable of stimulation by actinic radiation at a wavelength of about 250 to 900 nanometers to generate free radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James A. Bonham, Mitchell A. Rossman, Richard J. Grant
  • Patent number: 5474743
    Abstract: A fluorescent ionophoric compound comprises a cryptand portion and a coumarin portion substituted at the 3-position with an electron withdrawing or polarizable group. The compound, which exhibits good photostability, can be incorporated into cation-sensing composite structures useful in biological and environmental testing, which can be used with conventional glass optics, by means of convenient points of covalent attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John E. Trend, Cary A. Kipke, Mitchell A. Rossman, Masao Yafuso, Sanjay L. Patil
  • Patent number: 5286601
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds having a photo-labile halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine moiety and at least one amine-containing moiety within one molecule. The compounds serve the dual purpose of photoinitiation and polymerization acceleration, thereby eliminating the need for the use of two separate compounds. The compounds of this invention are good photoinitiators, and compositions containing them are useful in printing, duplicating, copying, and other imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Rossman, James A. Bonham
  • Patent number: 5187045
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds having a photo-labile halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine moiety and at least one sensitizer moiety within one molecule. The compounds of this invention are good photoinitiators, and compositions containing them can be used in printing, duplicating, copying, and other imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James A. Bonham, Mitchell A. Rossman
  • Patent number: 5153323
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds having a photo-labile halomethyl-1,2,5-triazine moiety and at least one photoinitator moiety within one molecule. The compounds of this invention are good photoinitiators, and compositions containing them can be used in printing, duplicating, copying, and other imaging systems. The compounds of this invention eliminate the need for a combination of photoinitiators in a photocurable or photopolymerizable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Rossman, James A. Bonham
  • Patent number: 5153104
    Abstract: Negative-acting photothermographic imaging systems with improved color fidelity and light fastness are disclosed comprising a photobleachable sensitizer, a nitrate salt, an initiator, a leuco dye, a binder, and an optional organic acid. These systems may be used in a variety of applications comprising single or multiple layers in either single or multiple sheet constructions to provide color imaging elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Rossman, Frank T. Sher
  • Patent number: 5153105
    Abstract: Photothermographic imageable layers comprise a photobleachable dye, a nitrate salt, a leuco dye, a binder, and an optional organic acid. These systems may be used in a variety of applications comprising single or multiple layers in either single or multiple sheet constructions to provide color imaging elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Frank T. Sher, Mitchell A. Rossman
  • Patent number: 5034526
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds having a photo-labile halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine moiety and at least one sensitizer moiety within one molecule. The compounds of this invention are good photoinitiators, and compositions containing them can be used in printing, duplicating, copying, and other imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James A. Bonham, Mitchell A. Rossman
  • Patent number: 4985562
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive organo-halogen compounds having a photo-labile halomethyl-1,3,5-triazine moiety and at least one amine-containing moiety within one molecule. The compounds serve the dual purpose of photoinitiation and polymerization acceleration, thereby eliminating the need for the use of two separate compounds. The compounds of this invention are good photoinitiators, and compositions containing them are useful in printing, duplicating, copying, and other imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Rossman, James A. Bonham