Patents by Inventor Peter Gordon Odell
Peter Gordon 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).
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Patent number: 10328688Abstract: A dampening fluid useful in offset ink printing applications contains water and a surfactant whose structure can be altered. The alteration in structure aids in reducing accumulation of the surfactant on the surface of an imaging member. The surfactant can be decomposed, switched between cis-trans states, or polymerizable with ink that is subsequently placed on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research CorporationInventors: Naveen Chopra, Peter Gordon Odell, Steven E. Ready, Eric Peeters, Timothy D. Stowe, Ashish Pattekar, David K. Biegelsen
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Patent number: 9868873Abstract: An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a photochromic material and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity. The photochromic ink compositions are useful for providing security information in certain printing applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Gabriel Iftime, Marcel P. Breton, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Aurelian Valeriu Magdalinis, Naveen Chopra, Peter Gordon Odell, Carolyn Moorlag
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Publication number: 20170225452Abstract: A dampening fluid useful in offset ink printing applications contains water and a surfactant whose structure can be altered. The alteration in structure aids in reducing accumulation of the surfactant on the surface of an imaging member. The surfactant can be decomposed, switched between cis-trans states, or polymerizable with ink that is subsequently placed on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Naveen CHOPRA, Peter Gordon ODELL, Steven E. READY, Eric PEETERS, Timothy D. STOWE, Ashish PATTEKAR, David K. BIEGELSEN
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Patent number: 9713828Abstract: A dampening fluid useful in offset ink printing applications contains water and a surfactant whose structure can be altered. The alteration in structure aids in reducing accumulation of the surfactant on the surface of an imaging member. The surfactant can be decomposed, switched between cis-trans states, or polymerizable with ink that is subsequently placed on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Naveen Chopra, Peter Gordon Odell, Steven E. Ready, Eric Peeters, Timothy D. Stowe, Ashish Pattekar, David K. Biegelsen
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Patent number: 9611403Abstract: An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a fluorescent colorant and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity. The fluorescent ink composition is useful for printing security features at high speed in short runs with customized data to produce anti-counterfeit packaging.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Gabriel Iftime, Marcel P. Breton, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Aurelian Valeriu Magdalinis, C. Geoffrey Allen, Peter Gordon Odell, Carolyn Moorlag
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Publication number: 20150040939Abstract: A dampening fluid useful in offset ink printing applications contains water and a surfactant whose structure can be altered. The alteration in structure aids in reducing accumulation of the surfactant on the surface of an imaging member. The surfactant can be decomposed, switched between cis-trans states, or polymerizable with ink that is subsequently placed on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Naveen CHOPRA, Peter Gordon ODELL, Steven E. READY, Eric PEETERS, Timothy D. STOWE, Ashish PATTEKAR, David K. BIEGELSEN
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Patent number: 8771787Abstract: An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a colorant and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Aurelian Valeriu Magdalinis, Bing R. Hsieh, Stephan Drappel, Timothy D. Stowe, C. Geoffrey Allen, Peter Gordon Odell
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Publication number: 20130309397Abstract: An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a colorant and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicants: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Xerox CorporationInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Aurelian Valeriu Magdalinis, Bing R. Hsieh, Stephan Drappel, Timothy D. Stowe, C. Geoffrey Allen, Peter Gordon Odell
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Publication number: 20130305946Abstract: An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a fluorescent colorant and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity. The fluorescent ink composition is useful for printing security features at high speed in short runs with customized data to produce anti-counterfeit packaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Gabriel Iftime, Marcel P. Breton, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Aurelian Valeriu Magdalinis, C. Geoffrey Allen, Peter Gordon Odell, Carolyn Moorlag
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Publication number: 20130305947Abstract: An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a photochromic material and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity. The photochromic ink compositions are useful for providing security information in certain printing applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Gabriel Iftime, Marcel P. Breton, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Aurelian Valeriu Magdalinis, Naveen Chopra, Peter Gordon Odell, Carolyn Moorlag
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Patent number: 8506036Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of ink jets that eject drops of substantially clear ink onto print media. One of the print media and the substantially clear ink has a fluorescent characteristic and the other of the print media and the substantially clear ink is substantially non-fluorescent. The imaging device includes a fluorescence sensor that illuminates the print media and detects a fluorescence intensity of light received from the print media alone and from the print media and the drops of substantially clear ink ejected onto the media. A controller modifies an operating parameter of the imaging device with reference to ink drop masses identified with reference to the detected fluorescent intensities.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Michelle N. Chrétien, Peter Gordon Odell
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Publication number: 20130087167Abstract: A dampening fluid useful in offset ink printing applications contains water and a surfactant whose structure can be altered. The alteration in structure aids in reducing accumulation of the surfactant on the surface of an imaging member. The surfactant can be decomposed, switched between cis-trans states, or polymerizable with ink that is subsequently placed on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicants: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Naveen Chopra, Peter Gordon Odell, Steven E. Ready, Eric Peeters, Timothy D. Stowe, Ashish Pattekar, David K. Biegelsen
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Publication number: 20130002742Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of ink jets that eject drops of substantially clear ink onto print media. One of the print media and the substantially clear ink has a fluorescent characteristic and the other of the print media and the substantially clear ink is substantially non-fluorescent. The imaging device includes a fluorescence sensor that illuminates the print media and detects a fluorescence intensity of light received from the print media alone and from the print media and the drops of substantially clear ink ejected onto the media. A controller modifies an operating parameter of the imaging device with reference to ink drop masses identified with reference to the detected fluorescent intensities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Michelle N. Chrétien, Peter Gordon Odell
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Patent number: 8317289Abstract: An imaging device includes print media and a plurality of ink jets for ejecting drops of substantially clear ink onto the print media. One of the print media and the substantially clear ink has a fluorescent characteristic and the other of the print media and the substantially clear ink is substantially non-fluorescent. The imaging device includes a fluorescence sensor having (i) a light emitter for illuminating the print media and the drops of substantially clear ink ejected onto the media by the plurality of ink jets with light of an activating wavelength, and (ii) a light detector for detecting a fluorescence intensity of light received from the print media and the drops of substantially clear ink ejected onto the media in an emission wavelength. A controller is configured to modify an operating parameter of the imaging device based on the fluorescence intensity detected by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Michelle N. Chrétien, Peter Gordon Odell
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Patent number: 8123345Abstract: A system enables ink on an image receiving member to be re-distributed to reduce banding effects in the image. The system includes an ink applicator for applying ink to form an ink image on an image receiving member as it passes by the ink applicator; a plenum chamber for receiving a flow of pressurized fluid from a fluid source, and at least one opening in the plenum chamber to direct the flow of pressurized fluid from the plenum towards the ink image on the image receiving member to re-distribute the ink on the image receiving member.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Gregory Joseph Kovacs, Ashish Pattekar, David K. Biegelsen, Lars Erik Swartz, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter Gordon Odell
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Publication number: 20110249051Abstract: An imaging device includes print media and a plurality of ink jets for ejecting drops of substantially clear ink onto the print media. One of the print media and the substantially clear ink has a fluorescent characteristic and the other of the print media and the substantially clear ink is substantially non-fluorescent. The imaging device includes a fluorescence sensor having (i) a light emitter for illuminating the print media and the drops of substantially clear ink ejected onto the media by the plurality of ink jets with light of an activating wavelength, and (ii) a light detector for detecting a fluorescence intensity of light received from the print media and the drops of substantially clear ink ejected onto the media in an emission wavelength. A controller is configured to modify an operating parameter of the imaging device based on the fluorescence intensity detected by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Michelle N. Chrétien, Peter Gordon Odell
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Patent number: 7887176Abstract: Methods and devices for forming, such as by printing, high quality, high throughput, ultraviolet curable gel ink images on flexible substrates for packaging applications are disclosed. The methods and devices have excellent image quality and do not require pinning of the ink during color printing or nitrogen inerting during curing.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Gregory Joseph Kovacs, Steven E. Ready, Allen W. Denham, Lawrence Floyd, Jr., James Fallon, Jr., Jennifer L. Belelie, Barkev Keoshkerian, Peter Gordon Odell, Christopher A. Wagner
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Patent number: 7690782Abstract: An apparatus and process for curing UV-curable inks having multiple printhead ejectors and ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs). The printhead ejectors are placed on the assembly in a geometry corresponding to the UV-LEDs such that when a printhead ejector deposits an ink droplet upon a substrate moving relative to the assembly, at least one UV-LED can pass directly over the ink droplet.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Peter Gordon Odell
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Publication number: 20090234041Abstract: Curable monomer that is liquid at 25° C., curable wax and colorant together form a radiation curable ink. This ink may be used to form images by providing the radiation curable ink at a first temperature; applying the radiation curable ink to the substrate to form an image, the substrate being at a second temperature, which is below the first temperature; and exposing the radiation curable ink to radiation to cure the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jennifer Lynne BELELIE, Peter Gordon Odell, Christopher A. Wagner, C. Geoffrey Allen
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Publication number: 20090195572Abstract: A system enables ink on an image receiving member to be re-distributed to reduce banding effects in the image. The system includes an ink applicator for applying ink to form an ink image on an image receiving member as it passes by the ink applicator; a plenum chamber for receiving a flow of pressurized fluid from a fluid source, and at least one opening in the plenum chamber to direct the flow of pressurized fluid from the plenum towards the ink image on the image receiving member to re-distribute the ink on the image receiving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicants: Xerox CorporationInventors: Gregory Joseph Kovacs, Ashish Pattekar, David K. Biegelsen, Lars Erik Swartz, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter Gordon Odell