Patents by Inventor Ricky G. Frazier
Ricky G. Frazier 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: 7381755Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition including a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant. An ink and receiver combination for a non-absorbing substrate is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Xiaoru Wang, Huijuan D. Chen, Ricky G. Frazier, Jin-Shan Wang
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Patent number: 7077516Abstract: An ink jet printing method, including the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element, having a non-absorbing substrate; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition having an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment; a heat sensitive ionomer; at least one surfactant; and a humectant; wherein the ionomer is a charged polymer having at least 5 mol % of the recurring units negatively or positively charged, and D) printing on said ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Shiying Zheng, Ricky G. Frazier
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Patent number: 6908186Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink including: a pigment; a water-soluble heat sensitive ionomer; at least one surfactant; and a humectant; wherein the ionomer is a charged polymer having at least 15 mole % of the recurring units negatively or positively charged.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Shiying Zheng, Huijuan D. Chen, Ricky G. Frazier
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Patent number: 6848777Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination wherein the aqueous inkjet ink comprises: a pigment; a polymer binder containing less than 25% of a hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer; the binder being dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media; at least one surfactant; a humectant; and wherein the receiver comprises a non-absorbing substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Xiaoru Wang, Ricky G. Frazier, Jin-Shan Wang
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Publication number: 20040189763Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink comprising: a pigment; a heat-sensitive ionomer, at least one surfactant; and a humectant; wherein the ionomer is a charged polymer having at least 5 mole % of the recurring units negatively or positively charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Shiying Zheng, Huijuan D. Chen, Ricky G. Frazier
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Publication number: 20040189762Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a non-absorbing substrate; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment; a heat sensitive ionomer; at least one surfactant; and a humectant; wherein the ionomer is a charged polymer having at least 5 mol % of the recurring units negatively or positively charged, and D) printing on said ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Shiying Zheng, Ricky G. Frazier
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Publication number: 20040186199Abstract: This invention relates to an ink jet ink composition comprising polymer dye particles, said polymer dye particles comprising a polymer phase associated with a water-insoluble dye, wherein said polymer phase comprises at least one halogenated vinyl monomer. It further relates to methods of printing using the ink jet ink composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Xiaoru Wang, Mary C. Brick, Huijuan D. Chen, Ricky G. Frazier
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Patent number: 6773102Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a non-absorbing substrate; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer binder containing less than 25% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer, which is dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media, at least one surfactant, and a humectant; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Xiaoru Wang, Ricky G. Frazier
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Patent number: 6764173Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition including an aqueous ink jet ink composition including: a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Xiaoru Wang, Ricky G. Frazier
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Publication number: 20040061755Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Xiaoru Wang, Ricky G. Frazier
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Publication number: 20040061754Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a non-absorbing substrate; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer binder containing less than 25% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer, which is dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media, at least one surfactant, and a humectant; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Xiaoru Wang, Ricky G. Frazier
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Publication number: 20040061753Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination wherein the aqueous inkjet ink comprises: a pigment; a polymer binder containing less than 25% of a hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer; the binder being dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media; at least one surfactant; a humectant; and wherein the receiver comprises a non-absorbing substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Huijuan D. Chen, Xiaoru Wang, Ricky G. Frazier, Jin-Shan Wang
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Publication number: 20040063807Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition including a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant. An ink and receiver combination for a non-absorbing substrate is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Xiaoru Wang, Huijuan D. Chen, Ricky G. Frazier, Jin-Shan Wang
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Patent number: 5945376Abstract: A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:(I) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the dye being a deprotonated cationic dye which is capable of being reprotonated to a cationic dye having a N--H group which is part of a conjugated system, and(II) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the polymeric dye image-receiving layer comprising a mixture ofa) a polymer having a Tg of less than about 19.degree. C. and having no or only slight acidity; andb) an acidic material containing at least 0.0007 meq/m.sup.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Elizabeth G. Burns, Kristine B. Lawrence, John DiCillo, Ricky G. Frazier, Daniel J. Harrison, Shandralynn Joiner