Patents by Inventor Tomas Gerald Patrick McHugh

Tomas Gerald Patrick McHugh 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).

  • 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