Patents by Inventor Steven Kong

Steven Kong 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).

  • Publication number: 20070082302
    Abstract: A photothermographic material having a Dmin and Dmax optical density. The material includes a support having hereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers which are developable to produce an image when the photothermographic material is thermally processed; and an area disposed along a length of at least one edge of the photothermographic material, wherein the area has an optical density less than the Dmax and greater than the Dmin of the photothermographic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: James Vanous, Bryan Hunt, Robert Brearey, Steven Kong, Mark Skinner, Thomas Geisler
  • Publication number: 20050191588
    Abstract: A photothermographic material having a Dmin and Dmax optical density. The material includes a support having hereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers which are developable to produce an image when the photothermographic material is thermally processed; and an area disposed along a length of at least one edge of the photothermographic material, wherein the area has an optical density less than the Dmax and greater than the Dmin of the photothermographic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: James Vanous, Bryan Hunt, Robert Brearey, Steven Kong, Mark Skinner, Thomas Geisler
  • Publication number: 20050192180
    Abstract: A thermographic or photothermographic material having a Dmin and Dmax optical density. The material includes a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers which are developable to produce an image when the material is thermally processed; and an area disposed along a length of at least one edge of the material, wherein the area has an optical density less than the Dmax and greater than the Dmin of the thermographic or photothermographic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: James Vanous, Bryan Hunt, Robert Brearey, Steven Kong, Mark Skinner, Thomas Geisler
  • Publication number: 20050084808
    Abstract: Thermally developable photothermographic materials comprise a backside layer that includes a backside stabilizer to reduce fog formation in high humidity conditions, thereby providing improved shelf stability. Useful backside stabilizers are nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compounds. These backside stabilizers can be provided particularly in non-photosensitive compositions that include an antihalation composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Kong, Kumars Sakizadeh
  • Publication number: 20050084809
    Abstract: Thermally developable photothermographic materials comprise a backside layer that includes a backside stabilizer to reduce fog formation in high humidity conditions, thereby providing improved shelf stability. Useful backside stabilizers include an amine organic base whose conjugate acid has a pKa greater than 5. These backside stabilizers can be provided particularly in non-photosensitive compositions that include an antihalation composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Kong, Kumars Sakizadeh, William Ramsden
  • Publication number: 20030124566
    Abstract: Correlations between polymorphisms in the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter gene are a subject's phenotypic response to treatment with 5-hydroxytryptamine ligands are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Ning Steven Kong, Penelope K. Manasco, Michael Mosteller Jr