Patents by Inventor Thomas Nelson Blanton

Thomas Nelson Blanton 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).

  • INK HAVING ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20150002575
    Abstract: Ink for use in a printer for forming coating or a colored ink on a substrate is disclosed. The coating or colored image provides antibacterial and antifungal protection. The inks include a mixture of solvent and a silver sulfate biocide having a concentration range of 0.0005 to 0.5 weight %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Blanton, Valerie Lynn Kuykendall, John Joseph Scheible, Greg Munro, Tomas Gerard Patrick McHugh, Linda Mae Franklin, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
  • INK HAVING ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20130186301
    Abstract: Ink for use in an ink jet printer for forming a clear ink jet coating or a colored ink jet image on a substrate is disclosed. The coating or colored image provides antibacterial and antifungal protection. The inks include a mixture of solvent and a silver salt biocide including a silver sulfate biocide having a concentration range of 0.0005 to 0.5 weight %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Blanton, Valerie Lynn Kuykendall, John Joseph Scheible, Greg Munro, Tomas Gerard Patrick McHugh
  • ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROTECTION FOR INK JET IMAGE
    Publication number: 20130189499
    Abstract: A method of forming a clear ink jet coating or a colored ink jet image on a substrate is disclosed. The coating or colored image provides antibacterial and antifungal protection. The method includes providing a source of ink jet ink having a mixture of solvent and a silver salt biocide including a silver sulfate biocide having a concentration range of 0.0005 to 0.5 weight %, applying the clear ink or colored ink in an image wise fashion to a substrate, and fixing the clear or colored ink to the substrate whereby an effective coating or image article is formed that provides antibacterial and antifungal protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Blanton, Valerie Lynn Kuykendall, John Joseph Scheible, Greg Munro, Tomas Gerald Patrick McHugh
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING GRAPHITE OXIDE
    Publication number: 20130180842
    Abstract: Graphite oxide can be converted to its reduced form (r-GO) using exposing radiation having a peak wavelength (?max) of less than 400 nm, and even less than 1 nm (X-rays). This conversion method is efficient and can be carried out with various forms of graphite oxide samples, with or without simultaneous application of heat, below atmospheric pressure, or in a reducing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Blanton, Debasis Majumdar, E. Steven Brandt, Deepak Shukla
  • ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL PROTECTION FOR TONER IMAGE
    Publication number: 20130071143
    Abstract: A method of forming a clear toner overcoat or a colored toner image on a substrate is disclosed. The overcoat or colored image provides antibacterial and antifungal protection. The method includes providing a source of toner having a mixture of polymer agent and a silver salt biocide including a silver sulfate biocide having a concentration range of 0.0005 to 10 weight %, applying the clear toner or colored toner in an image wise fashion to a substrate, and fixing the clear or colored toner to the substrate whereby an effective coating or image is formed that provides antibacterial and antifungal protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson Blanton, John Joseph Scheible, Greg Munro, Tomas Gerard Patrick McHugh, Peter David Rollinson, Robert J. Vandenbosch, Jeffrey R. Murray