Patents by Inventor Peter G. Odell

Peter G. Odell 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).

  • Radiation curable inks
    Patent number: 7820731
    Abstract: A radiation curable ink includes a curable monomer or oligomer, a curable wax, a colorant, and at least one initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Eniko Toma, Jennifer L. Belelie, Christopher A. Wagner
  • Phase change ink compositions
    Patent number: 7812064
    Abstract: A radiation curable phase change ink comprising a white colorant; a colorant dispersant; and an ink vehicle comprising at least one curable monomer; at least one gellant; optionally at least one photoinitiator; optionally at least one stabilizer; and optionally at least one wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Jennifer L. Belelie, Hadi K. Mahabadi, Christopher A. Wagner, C. Geoffrey Allen
  • CATIONICALLY AND HYBRID CURABLE UV GELS
    Publication number: 20100242790
    Abstract: Disclosed are radiation curable phase change ink and overcoat compositions that contain a gellant, a cationically curable monomer, a cationic photoinitiator, and, optionally, a radically curable monomer and, further optionally, a free-radical photoinitiator. A phase change ink composition further contains a colorant. A phase change overcoat composition is free of colorant. The gellant may be an amide gellant. The cationically curable monomer may be selected from epoxides, vinyl ethers and oxetanes. The cationic photoinitiator may be selected from triarylsulphonium salts, diaryliodonium salts, aryldiazonium salts, triarylselenonium salts, dialkylphenacylsulphonium salts, triarylsulphoxonium salts, aryloxydiarylsulphonoxonium salts, and dialkylphenacylsulphoxonium salts, in which the salts are formed with ions selected from BF4?, PF6?, AsF6?, SbF6?, and CF3SO3?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Michelle N. Chretien, Barkev Keoshkerian, Naveen Chopra, Peter G. Odell
  • GLOSS CONTROL OF UV CURABLE FORMULATIONS THROUGH MICRO-PATTERNING
    Publication number: 20100227075
    Abstract: Methods of controlling gloss of an image are disclosed. The methods may include forming an image over a substrate by applying an ink composition and optionally an overcoat composition at least partially over the substrate. The ink composition or overcoat composition may include at least one gellant, at least one curable monomer, optionally at least one curable wax and optionally at least one photoinitiator. The ink composition or overcoat composition may be curable upon exposure to radiation. The methods may further include providing a micro-roughness to one or more portions of the ink composition or overcoat composition by non-uniformly curing the ink composition or overcoat composition, and flood curing the ink composition or overcoat composition to complete a cure. The methods may thereby provide a controlled gloss level to the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer L. BELELIE, Michelle N. CHRETIEN, Barkev KEOSHKERIAN, Naveen CHOPRA, Peter G. ODELL, Christopher A. WAGNER
  • METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES USING CURABLE INK WITH GELLANT
    Publication number: 20100221510
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of using inks with gellants, that can form a gel state, as receivers for particle materials. The inks are liquid when jetted, but quickly enter a tacky/semi-solid/gel state when cooled below ink gel temperature on a substrate and prior to curing. Dry powders and solid particulate substances of various types are then applied to the jetted inks and locked in place when the ink is cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter G. ODELL, Jennifer L. BELELIE, Naveen CHOPRA, Michelle N. CHRETIEN, Barkey KEOSHKERIAN, Richard P.N. VEREGIN
  • Inks for ink jet printing curable by UV light initiated free radicals
    Patent number: 7754779
    Abstract: An ink for an ink jet printer includes an ink vehicle of at least one radically curable, multifunctional acrylate monomer or oligomer, at least one colorant, and at least one photoinitiator. The ink has a low viscosity at low jetting temperatures of 30 to 50° C. and is curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Adela Goredema
  • SOLID INKS WITH LOWER COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION
    Publication number: 20100130657
    Abstract: A phase change ink that includes a colorant and a phase change ink carrier. The phase change ink carrier includes a diblock or tri-block co-oligomer wax of the formula H3C(CH2)m(CX1X2)nCX3X4X5, or CX3X4X5 (CX1X2)n H2C(CH2)m(CX1X2)n CX3X4X5, wherein at least one of X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are atoms selected from group VII of the periodic table and any remaining one of X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are hydrogen, wherein m is an integer of from about 5 to about 50, and wherein n is an integer of from about 3 to about 40. The phase change ink has a property of the phase change ink of providing a surface of a printed portion of the ink having a lower coefficient of friction to glass if the diblock co-oligomer wax was not included in the ink formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan V. Drappel, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Peter G. Odell, Christopher A. Wagner
  • ORGANIC PHASE CHANGE CARRIERS CONTAINING NANOPARTICLES, PHASE CHANGE INKS INCLUDING SAME AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20100116424
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic phase change carrier and a method for forming same, and a phase change ink including same. The organic phase change carrier comprises a colloidal dispersion of nanoparticles exhibiting a substantially uniform distribution of said nanoparticles discretely distributed therewithin, at least one curable monomer; a phase change inducing component, and an initiator. The organic phase change carrier exhibits a substantially uniform distribution of the nanoparticles so that they are discretely distributed therewithin, and are substantially resistant to the aggregation of the nanoparticles distributed therewithin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel P. Breton, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Rina Carlini, Adela Goredema, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Nan-Xing Hu
  • Phase change inks containing curable amide gellant compounds
    Patent number: 7714040
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising a colorant, an initiator, and a phase change ink carrier, said carrier comprising at least one radically curable monomer compound and a compound of the formula wherein R1 and R1? each, independently of the other, is an alkyl group having at least one ethylenic unsaturation, an arylalkyl group having at least one ethylenic unsaturation, or an alkylaryl group having at least one ethylenic unsaturation, R2, R2?, and R3 each, independently of the others, are alkylene groups, arylene groups, arylalkylene groups, or alkylarylene groups, and n is an integer representing the number of repeat amide units and is at least 1. Also disclosed herein is a method of printing with the phase change ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eniko Toma, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell
  • Photochromic phase change inks
    Patent number: 7708396
    Abstract: An ink set is made up of at least three differently colored phase change inks, for example cyan, magenta and yellow, wherein at least one of the colored phase change inks is a photochromic ink that contains a photochromic material. Upon exposure to activating radiation such as ultraviolet light, the at least one photochromic ink changes to a color different from the color of the photochromic ink prior to exposure to the activating radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Iftime, Christopher A Wagner, C. Geoffrey Allen, Paul F Smith, Edward G Zwartz, Peter G Odell, Peter M Kazmaier
  • Reactive ink components and methods for forming images using reactive inks
    Patent number: 7699918
    Abstract: A reactive ink set including three mixtures of radically polymerizable monomers. A first mixture includes a peroxide, a second mixture includes a peroxide decomposition agent, and an optional third mixture that does not include a peroxide or a peroxide decomposition agent. The first mixture and the second mixture polymerize to form a solid ink on the substrate following jetting in the liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Emily L. Moore, Jennifer L. Belelie, C. Geoffrey Allen
  • Organic phase change carriers containing nanoparticles, phase change inks including same and methods for making same
    Patent number: 7699922
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic phase change carrier and a method for forming same, and a phase change ink including same. The organic phase change carrier comprises a colloidal dispersion of nanoparticles exhibiting a substantially uniform distribution of said nanoparticles discretely distributed therewithin, at least one curable monomer; a phase change inducing component, and an initiator. The organic phase change carrier exhibits a substantially uniform distribution of the nanoparticles so that they are discretely distributed therewithin, and are substantially resistant to the aggregation of the nanoparticles distributed therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Marcel P. Breton, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Rina Carlini, Adela Goredema, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Nan-Xing Hu
  • Toner composition and method
    Patent number: 7695879
    Abstract: A method for forming toner particles includes polymerizing monomers to form a latex comprising polymer particles; combining the latex with an unsaturated curable resin to form aggregates containing the polymer particles and the unsaturated curable resin particles; and heating the aggregates to form coalesced particles. A toner composition that may be formed by the process described herein contains toner particles containing: (i) a polymer comprising a photoinitiator, (ii) an unsaturated curable resin and, (iii) a colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Daryl W. Vanbesien, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Christine D. Anderson, Cuong Vong, David J. Sanders, Aleksey Tabachnik
  • FLUORESCENT NANOSCALE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20100083869
    Abstract: A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes a fluorescent compound, such as a benzothioxanthene pigment, including at least one functional moiety, and a stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maria M. BIRAU, Gabriel IFTIME, Sandra J. GARDNER, Paul F. SMITH, Peter M. KAZMAIER, Peter G. ODELL
  • RADIATION CURABLE INK CONTAINING FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20100086701
    Abstract: Radiation curable compositions, such as UV curable ink compositions, contain a polymeric dispersant, a curable material, that includes a carrier and at least one nanoscale fluorescent pigment particle and an optional non-fluorescent colorant. The fluorescent organic nanoparticle composition includes one or more fluorescent dyes dispersed in a polymeric matrix obtained by modified EA latex process or by emulsion polymerization. In a different embodiment, the nanoscale fluorescent pigment particle composition includes pigment molecules with at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, the functional moiety of the pigment associates non-covalently with the functional group of the stabilizer, and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel IFTIME, C. Geoffrey ALLEN, Maria M. BIRAU, Christopher A. WAGNER, Daryl W. VANBESIEN, Jordan H. WOSNICK, Peter G. ODELL
  • Ink jet of functionalized waxes
    Patent number: 7691920
    Abstract: An ink jet ink includes an ink vehicle, wherein the ink vehicle includes at least one wax monomer functionalized to include in the chain at least one reactive group curable upon exposure to radiation. The reactive group is preferably curable via cationic or free radical polymerization. In a preferred embodiment, the ink vehicle includes a wax monomer having a structure: wherein C represents a cationically curable group and R represents a radically curable group. The inks may be used to form an image by jetting the ink onto a transfuse member surface, increasing the viscosity of the ink upon the transfuse member surface, subsequently transferring the ink from the transfuse member surface to an image receiving substrate, and exposing the ink to radiation following the transfer to the image receiving substrate to effect reaction of the at least one reactive group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Eniko Toma, Paul F. Smith, Rina Carlini
  • Vehicles for ink compositions
    Patent number: 7683102
    Abstract: Vehicles for ink compositions are disclosed. The described ink vehicles include at least one curable component, and optionally include initiating agents, colorants, non-curable components and other additives. Processes for preparing the ink vehicles and ink compositions containing the ink vehicles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Jennifer Lynne Belelie, Raymond W. Wong
  • Printing process
    Patent number: 7681966
    Abstract: A process including selecting an ink having a viscosity that varies continuously over a range of transfuse process temperatures; forming an image on a preliminary receiving surface or on a final receiving substrate with the selected ink; providing a final receiving substrate at a selected temperature optionally comprising modifying the temperature of the final receiving substrate to achieve a selected temperature; optionally passing the final receiving substrate through a nip; optionally exerting pressure on the final receiving substrate in the nip to transfer the ink image from the preliminary receiving surface to the final receiving substrate; optionally fusing the ink image onto the final receiving substrate at a transfuse temperature; and controlling the viscosity of the ink during printing to match a selected characteristic of the final receiving substrate; and preserving the ink image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard A. Parker, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Paul Farrell Smith
  • Solid ink set incorporating naturally derived materials and processes thereof
    Patent number: 7677713
    Abstract: A solid phase change ink composition that includes an ink vehicle, a colorant, and at least one naturally derived material. At least one naturally derived material is a low melt material having an onset of melting from about 45° C. to about 120° C., and a melt transition width of from about 3° C. to about 30° C. Also provided is a method for producing a solid phase change ink composition that includes selecting at least one naturally derived material, forming an ink vehicle, and adding a colorant, wherein at least one naturally derived material is a low melt material having an onset of melting of from about 45° C. to about 120° C., and a melt transition width of from about 3° C. to about 30° C. An ink jet device that includes the solid phase change ink composition described in the present disclosure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline M. Turek, Marcel P. Breton, Peter G. Odell
  • Phase change inks containing curable isocyanate-derived compounds and phase change inducing components
    Patent number: 7674842
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising a colorant, an initiator, and a phase change ink carrier, said carrier comprising (A) a compound which is the reaction product of a mixture comprising (1) an isocyanate; and (2) a component comprising (a) an alcohol having at least one ethylenic unsaturation; (b) an amine having at least one ethylenic unsaturation; (c) an acid having at least one ethylenic unsaturation; or (d) mixtures thereof, (B) a phase change inducing component, said phase change inducing component containing at least one hydroxyl group, said phase change inducing component having a melting point of about 40° C. or higher, and (C) an optional curable viscosity modifying ester, said ink being curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Marcel P. Breton, Jeffrey H. Banning, Stephan V. Drappel, Chris A. Wagner