Patents by Inventor Paul C. Blank
Paul C. Blank 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: 9975368Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Iconex LLCInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20170182827Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Patent number: 9346285Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffrey S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Patent number: 9346306Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20150273924Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20150273925Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20150231895Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffrey S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Patent number: 9056488Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Patent number: 8707898Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Mary Ann Wehr, Paul C. Blank, Timothy W. Rawlings, Patricia A. Puckett
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Patent number: 8283283Abstract: A direct thermal label and methods of making thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a direct thermal label comprising a first substrate and a thermal barrier coating is provided, wherein the first substrate has a thermally sensitive coating situated over the thermal barrier coating on at least a first side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Mark E. Keeton, Paul C. Blank, Timothy W. Rawlings, David Jarvis
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Patent number: 8211826Abstract: Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Mark E. Keeton, Yaoping Tan, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Timothy W. Rawlings, Richard D. Puckett, Paul C. Blank
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Patent number: 8173575Abstract: A dual-sided thermal form-card and method for manufacturing are provided. In an embodiment, the dual-sided thermal form card includes a dual-sided thermal form including a first side and a second side, and a dual-sided thermal card including a first side and a second side being integral with the form and detachable therefrom, wherein the form and the card are adapted to be thermally imaged from respective first and second sides thereof. In an embodiment, the method of manufacturing a dual-sided thermal form-card includes providing dual-sided thermal medium including a first side and a second side, and perforating or die cutting the dual-sided thermal medium to produce a form and a card integral to the form, wherein the form and the card are adapted to be thermally imaged from the first side and the second side.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Joseph D Roth, Paul C Blank, Wendell B Halbrook
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Patent number: 8067335Abstract: Various multisided thermal media image elements, and methods of manufacture thereof, are presented. In one embodiment, a first media substrate is at least partially coated with thermally sensitive ink on one or more of its sides. A second media substrate is coated with the thermally sensitive ink on at least one of its sides. The second media substrate is at least partially integrated with the first media substrate to form a multisided thermal media image element, wherein at least a portion of the second media substrate is capable of being removed for independent use. The multisided first and second media substrates are adapted to be imaged via a thermal printer individually and together upon integration into the image element.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Joseph D Roth, Wendell B Halbrook, Paul C Blank
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Patent number: 7820264Abstract: A linerless label roll includes a web wound along a running axis, and having a series of index marks spaced longitudinally apart. A series of adhesive patches runs along the web, with differently sized adhesive-free zones therebetween in register with the index marks.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Paul C. Blank, Mark Keeton, Joseph Roth
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Publication number: 20100160159Abstract: A direct thermal label and methods of making thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a direct thermal label comprising a first substrate and a thermal barrier coating is provided, wherein the first substrate has a thermally sensitive coating situated over the thermal barrier coating on at least a first side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Mark E. Keeton, Paul C. Blank, Timothy W. Rawlings, David Jarvis
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Patent number: 7588811Abstract: A label roll includes a web having front and back surfaces wound in a roll. The back surface includes adhesive patches aligned in a column along the running axis of the web. The front surface includes a release strip behind the column of patches and laminated thereto in successive layers in the roll.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Paul C. Blank, Mark E. Keeton
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Publication number: 20090199527Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Mary Ann Wehr, Paul C. Blank, Timothy W. Rawling, Richard D. Puckett, Patricia A. Puckett
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Publication number: 20090017236Abstract: Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Mark E. Keeton, Yaoping Tan, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Timothy W. Rawlings, Richard D. Puckett, Paul C. Blank
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Publication number: 20090015647Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Publication number: 20070244005Abstract: Various multisided thermal media image elements, and methods of manufacture thereof, are presented. In one embodiment, a first media substrate is at least partially coated with thermally sensitive ink on one or more of its sides. A second media substrate is coated with the thermally sensitive ink on at least one of its sides. The second media substrate is at least partially integrated with the first media substrate to form a multisided thermal media image element, wherein at least a portion of the second media substrate is capable of being removed for independent use. The multisided first and second media substrates are adapted to be imaged via a thermal printer individually and together upon integration into the image element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Joseph D. Roth, Wendell B. Halbrook, Paul C. Blank