Patents by Inventor Sean W Dobbins

Sean W Dobbins 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).

  • Inkjet web printer and duplex web printing path
    Patent number: 8662656
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W Bauer, Sean W Dobbins, Jaren D Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • Printing system
    Patent number: 8465118
    Abstract: A printing system and method form one or more pretreatment compositions on a medium. The one or more pretreatment compositions are selected based upon a parameter of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ali Emamjomeh, George Sarkisian, Blair A. Butler, Elizabeth Ann Visnyak, Sean W. Dobbins, David S. Vejtasa
  • Inks with improved performance
    Patent number: 8343268
    Abstract: Inkjet ink formulations and methods using the same, with improved performance, wherein the inks are formulated to work as an ink set with darker inks having a higher dynamic surface tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zeying Ma, Peter C. Morris, Anne M. Kelly-Rowley, Stephen W. Bauer, William S. Cressman, Sean W. Dobbins
  • Inkjet Web Printer And Duplex Web Printing Path
    Publication number: 20120256992
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W. Bauer, Sean W. Dobbins, Jaren D. Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • Inkjet web printer
    Patent number: 8226224
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W Bauer, Sean W Dobbins, Jaren D Marler, Avinoam Halpern
  • PRINTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110304661
    Abstract: A printing system and method form one of more pretreatment compositions on a medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Ali Emamjomeh, George Sarkisian, Blair A. Butler, Elizabeth Ann Visnyak, Sean W. Dobbins, David S. Vejtasa
  • INKJET WEB PRINTER
    Publication number: 20110063389
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inkjet printer includes: a first series of print bars arranged along an arc on a first side of an arched printing unit and a second series of print bars arranged along an arc on a second side of the arched printing unit and a dryer positioned within a footprint of the arched printing unit. A plurality of web guides are arranged to guide the web along a duplex printing path past the first print bars for printing on a first side of the web, then through the dryer for drying the first side of the web, then past the second print bars for printing on a second side of the web, and then through the dryer for drying the second side of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Spencer Hanson, Thomas Tarnacki, Paul Ray, Stephen W. Bauer, Sean W. Dobbins, Jaren D. Marler, Avinoam Halpern