Patents by Inventor Thomas Roger Oswald
Thomas Roger Oswald 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: 11255048Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to sizing compositions, which can include 25 wt % to 80 wt % starch based on dry components, 15 wt % to 60 wt % cationic multivalent salt based on dry components, and an organic additive. The organic additive can be a water-swellable polymer having a weight average molecular weight ranging from 150,000 Mw to 1,000,000 Mw, a wax, or both the water-swellable polymer and the wax.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Arend Toles, Thomas Roger Oswald, Bor-Jiunn Niu
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Publication number: 20210122545Abstract: An example of a treatment composition for a packaging liner includes a fixing agent, a wax, and a latex. The fixing agent is selected from the group consisting of water-soluble mono-valent metallic salts, water-soluble multi-valent metallic salts, and combinations thereof. A total dry solids content of the example treatment composition ranges from about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % of a total weight of the treatment composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Christopher Toles, Thomas Roger Oswald, Xulong Fu, Fereshteh Khorrami, Julio Cesar Alonso
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Patent number: 10947404Abstract: An ink fixative solution including a polyvalent metal salt; a wax; a dispersing agent; and water in an amount to provide from about 10% to about 35% solids content in the ink fixative solution is disclosedType: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Arend Toles, Thomas Roger Oswald, Xulong Fu
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Patent number: 10550519Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to sizing compositions, which can include 40 wt % to 85 wt % starch based on dry components, 10 wt % to 40 wt % cationic multivalent salt based on dry components, and 1 wt % to 15 wt % inorganic pigment selected from a calcium carbonate, a swellable clay, or combination of the calcium carbonate and the swellable clay.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Arend Toles, Thomas Roger Oswald
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Publication number: 20190127601Abstract: An ink fixative solution including a polyvalent metal salt; a wax; a dispersing agent; and water in an amount to provide from about 10% to about 35% solids content in the ink fixative solution is disclosedType: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Arend TOLES, Thomas Roger OSWALD, Xulong FU
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Publication number: 20180202107Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to sizing compositions, which can include 25 wt % to 80 wt % starch based on dry components, 15 wt % to 60 wt % cationic multivalent salt based on dry components, and an organic additive. The organic additive can be a water-swellable polymer having a weight average molecular weight ranging from 150,000 Mw to 1,000,000 Mw, a wax, or both the water-swellable polymer and the wax.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Arend Toles, Thomas Roger Oswald, Bor-Jiunn Niu
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Publication number: 20180195237Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to sizing compositions, which can include 40 wt % to 85 wt % starch based on dry components, 10 wt % to 40 wt % cationic multivalent salt based on dry components, and 1 wt % to 1 5 wt % inorganic pigment selected from a calcium carbonate, a swellable clay, or combination of the calcium carbonate and the swellable clay.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Arend Toles, Thomas Roger Oswald
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Patent number: 9920481Abstract: A lightweight digital printing medium has a basis weight of less than 100 grams per square meter and includes a base paper. The base paper includes a fiber mixture of hardwood pulp and softwood pulp where at least 5% by weight of total fiber in the fiber mixture is bleached, chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp. An internal sizing agent for neutral or alkaline conditions and a wet-strength agent that is a thermosetting resin are mixed with the fiber mixture. An amount of the wet-strength agent added to the fiber mixture is at least 0.1% total dry weight of the base paper.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tao Chen, Xulong Fu, Thomas Roger Oswald, Silke Courtenay, Christopher Arend Toles
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Patent number: 9855780Abstract: A print medium having a base substrate including a blend of cellulosic fibers, a sizing material present in an effective amount from about 0 Kg/Ton of the print medium to about 1 Kg/Ton of the print medium, and a multivalent cation salt present in a synergistic amount from about 4 Kg/Ton of the print medium to about 25 Kg/Ton of the print medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John L. Stoffel, Jr., Silke Courtenay, Thomas Roger Oswald
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Publication number: 20170058455Abstract: A lightweight digital printing medium has a basis weight of less than 100 grams per square meter and includes a base paper. The base paper includes a fiber mixture of hardwood pulp and softwood pulp where at least 5% by weight of total fiber in the fiber mixture is bleached, chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp. An internal sizing agent for neutral or alkaline conditions and a wet-strength agent that is a thermosetting resin are mixed with the fiber mixture. An amount of the wet-strength agent added to the fiber mixture is at least 0.1% total dry weight of the base paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Tao Chen, Xulong Fu, Thomas Roger Oswald, Silke Courtenay, Christopher Arend Toles
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Patent number: 9545810Abstract: The present disclosure provides low grammage recording media, and associated methods and systems. In one example, a low grammage recording medium can comprise a raw base paper having a basis weight of 65 gsm or less, the raw base paper comprising wood fiber and 2 wt % to 10 wt % filler including calcium carbonate. A surface treatment solution is applied to the raw base paper and comprises a surface sizing agent and 3 wt % to 15 wt % calcium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Gracy Apprisiani Wingkono, John L. Stoffel, Thomas Roger Oswald
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Publication number: 20160332468Abstract: A print medium having a base substrate including a blend of cellulosic fibers, a sizing material present in an effective amount from about 0 Kg/Ton of the print medium to about 1 Kg/Ton of the print medium, and a multivalent cation salt present in a synergistic amount from about 4 Kg/Ton of the print medium to about 25 Kg/Ton of the print medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John L. Stoffel, Silke Courtenay, Thomas Roger Oswald
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Patent number: 9435079Abstract: An uncoated recording medium includes a blend of hardwood fibers and softwood fibers. The total fiber content is at least 80 wt % of a total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. A filler is present in the uncoated recording medium in an amount ranging from about 3 wt % to about 10.2 wt % of the total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. The uncoated recording medium has i) a weight ranging from about 50 g/m2 to about 70 g/m2, and ii) a machine direction Lorentezen & Wetter 5 degree bending stiffness ranging from about 0.19 mNm to about 0.27 mNm and a cross direction Lorentezen & Wetter 5 degree bending stiffness ranging from about 0.09 mNm to about 0.12 mNm, and iii) an ISO brightness of at least 86.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thomas Roger Oswald, John L. Stoffel, George B. Clifton, Robert J. Lawton
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Patent number: 9068292Abstract: An uncoated recording medium includes a blend of hardwood and softwood chemical pulp fibers, and thermomechanical pulp (TMP) fibers, with total fiber content at least 80 wt % of the medium's total wt %. Hardwood fibers range from about 20 wt % to about 70 wt %, softwood fibers range from about 30 wt % to about 50 wt %, and TMP fibers range from about 10 wt % to about 30 wt %, all relative to the total fiber content. A TiO2 amount ranges from about 1.5 wt % to about 6 wt % of the total wt %, and a bivalent or multivalent salt amount ranges from about 6,000 to about 16,000 ?g/gram of the medium. The basis weight ranges from about 45 g/m2 to about 63 g/m2.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John L. Stoffel, Thomas Roger Oswald, Xulong Fu, Lokendra Pal, Silke Courtenay
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Publication number: 20150062236Abstract: An uncoated recording medium includes a blend of hardwood fibers and softwood fibers. The total fiber content is at least 80 wt % of a total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. A filler is present in the uncoated recording medium in an amount ranging from about 3 wt % to about 10.2 wt % of the total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. The uncoated recording medium has i) a weight ranging from about 50 g/m2 to about 70 g/m2, and ii) a machine direction Lorentezen & Wetter 5 degree bending stiffness ranging from about 0.19 mNm to about 0.27 mNm and a cross direction Lorentezen & Wetter 5 degree bending stiffness ranging from about 0.09 mNm to about 0.12 mNm, and iii) an ISO brightness of at least 86.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Deveolopment Company, L.P.Inventors: Thomas Roger Oswald, John L. Stoffel, George B. Clifton, Robert J. Lawton
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Publication number: 20140209263Abstract: An uncoated recording medium includes a blend of hardwood and softwood chemical pulp fibers, and thermomechanical pulp (TMP) fibers, with total fiber content at least 80 wt % of the medium's total wt %. Hardwood fibers range from about 20 wt % to about 70 wt %, softwood fibers range from about 30 wt % to about 50 wt %, and TMP fibers range from about 10 wt % to about 30 wt %, all relative to the total fiber content. A TiO2 amount ranges from about 1.5 wt % to about 6 wt % of the total wt %, and a bivalent or multivalent salt amount ranges from about 6,000 to about 16,000 ?g/gram of the medium. The basis weight ranges from about 45 g/m2 to about 63 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP.Inventors: John L. Stoffel, Thomas Roger Oswald, Xulong Fu, Lokendra Pal, Silke Courtenay
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Publication number: 20140198166Abstract: The present disclosure provides low grammage recording media, and associated methods and systems. In one example, a low grammage recording medium can comprise a raw base paper having a basis weight of 65 gsm or less, the raw base paper comprising wood fiber and 2 wt % to 10 wt % filler including calcium carbonate. A surface treatment solution is applied to the raw base paper and comprises a surface sizing agent and 3 wt % to 15 wt % calcium carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Gracy Apprisiani Wingkono, John L. Stoffel, Thomas Roger Oswald