Patents by Inventor Xulong Fu

Xulong Fu 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).

  • Printable recording media
    Patent number: 9962981
    Abstract: A printable recording media that contains a substrate, an ink receiving layer having a (WT)IR factor of less than 0.9 on the image side of the substrate, and a curvature control layer having a the (WT)CC of less than 0.6, on the backside side of the substrate. The printable recording media has an R value, (WT)IR/(WT)CC that is ranging from 1.6 to 3.0. The ink receiving layer and the curvature control layer include, at least, a single or multiple types of polymeric binders and, at least, a single or multiple types of inorganic pigment particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu
  • Medium with ink receiving and opacity control layers
    Patent number: 9962982
    Abstract: A graphics medium may have an ink receiving layer with at least fifty percent hydrogel by weight and an opacity control layer with a polymer embedded with at least one filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Christine E. Steichen, Lokendra Pal
  • PRINTABLE MEDIA
    Publication number: 20180079246
    Abstract: A printable media comprising a composite supporting substrate, having an image side and a non-image side, that contains a first and a second constituent material layers wherein, at least, one of the constituent material layer is a fiber layer and wherein the first and the second materials layers are laminated together with a flame resistant adhesion layer. The printable media further comprises an image receiving layer that is coated on the second layer on the image side of the composite supporting substrate. In the printable media described herein, at least, the image side of the composite supporting substrate and the image receiving layer are textured surfaces. Also disclosed is a method for producing the textured media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Francois K. Pirayesh, Paul C. Landrum
  • Lightweight digital printing medium
    Patent number: 9920481
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tao Chen, Xulong Fu, Thomas Roger Oswald, Silke Courtenay, Christopher Arend Toles
  • Recording medium and method for making the same
    Patent number: 9919550
    Abstract: A recording medium and a method for making the recording medium are disclosed. The recording medium includes a core substrate. The core substrate includes a base having two opposed surfaces. The base includes from about 40% to about 70% organic material and from about 30% to about 60% inorganic material. The core substrate also includes a mineral coating layer disposed on one or both of the two opposed surfaces of the base. The mineral coating layer has a water-soluble or water-dispersible binder and mineral materials. An adhesion layer is disposed on the mineral coating layer. A surface treatment layer is disposed on the adhesion layer, and the surface treatment layer includes organic fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Ronald J. Selensky, Joaquin Sanchez Caso
  • PRINTABLE RECORDING MEDIA
    Publication number: 20180022138
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printable recording media including a substrate and, at least, an ink receiving layer that includes a first distinct layer and a second distinct layer that is applied on top of the first distinct layer. The first distinct layer includes an electrical charged substance and the second distinct layer includes, at least, a polymeric binder and nano-size inorganic pigment particles. Also disclosed herein is a method for making the printable recording media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu
  • PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20180015764
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pre-treatment composition that includes aggregated nano-sized inorganic pigment particles, polymeric organic particles having a particle size in a ratio of 100:1 to 1000:1 by comparison with the size of aggregated nano-sized inorganic pigment particles, an ink absorber and a polymeric binder. Also disclosed herein is a printable media that includes a media substrate and the pre-treatment composition which is applied to, at least, one side of the substrate; and the method for obtaining it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu
  • PRINT MEDIA
    Publication number: 20180009251
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to print media, laminated decor products, and methods of making the same. In one example, a print medium can include an open paper substrate and a multivalent metal salt treatment applied to the open paper substrate at a multivalent metal salt loading into the open paper substrate at from 0.5 gsm to 5 gsm. The open paper substrate can include wood fiber including softwood fiber, hardwood fiber, or a blend of softwood fiber and hardwood fiber; binder including starch, protein, or hydrophilic polymer; and from 20 wt % to 50 wt % of TiO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Comany, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas Knight, Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu
  • PRINTABLE RECORDING MEDIA
    Publication number: 20180009252
    Abstract: A printable recording media that contains a substrate, an ink receiving layer having a (WT)IR factor of less than 0.9 on the image side of the substrate, and a curvature control layer having a the (WT)CC of less than 0.6, on the backside side of the substrate. The printable recording media has an R value, (WT)IR/(WT)CC that is ranging from 1.6 to 3.0. The ink receiving layer and the curvature control layer include, at least, a single or multiple types of polymeric binders and, at least, a single or multiple types of inorganic pigment particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu
  • Print medium including treatment layer
    Patent number: 9856389
    Abstract: Embodiments provide treated print media, treatment compositions, and methods for forming treated print media. In some embodiments, a treated print medium may include a substrate and a treatment layer on the substrate, the treatment layer including microfibrils and an ink-fixing agent. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Ronald J Selensky, Xiaoqi Zhou
  • Electrophotographic recording media
    Patent number: 9857706
    Abstract: An electrophotographic recording media containing a base substrate coated on at least one side with an image-receiving layer that contains a polymeric polyolefin resin and more than about 20 wt % of inorganic pigments dispersed into said resin. Also disclosed is a method of 5 making such recording media and process for producing an image on said electrophotographic recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Christine E. Steichen, Xulong Fu
  • Printable medium
    Patent number: 9855781
    Abstract: A printable medium with a supporting base substrate that has, on its image side, a substrate sizing layer and an image receiving layer, and having, on its back-side a fabric backing and barrel layer with flame retardancy. Also disclosed are the method for making such printable medium and the method for producing printed images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Paul C. Landrum, Xulong Fu, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • COATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170361626
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a coating device and a method of manufacturing a coated media substrate. The coating device can comprise a pre-moisturizer and pre-heater unit to apply heat and moisture to a media substrate; a coating composition applicator to apply a wet coating composition to the media substrate after it has been heated and moisturized by the pre-moisturizer and pre-heater unit; and a dryer to receive the media substrate having the wet coating composition applied thereto and to remove moisture, thereby generating a coated media substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Alan Jacques
  • Recording media
    Patent number: 9821588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recording media and related methods. A recording media for printing can comprise a base paper and a backside extruded polyethylene layer on a side of the base paper. The backside extruded polyethylene layer can include a filler and an organic reagent admixed in the extruded polyethylene layer, wherein the filler and organic reagent are present in the backside extruded polyethylene layer in an amount of 20% by weight to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the backside extruded polyethylene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christine E. Steichen, Xulong Fu, Lokendra Pal, Julio Cesar Alonso
  • Print media with a top coating
    Patent number: 9815312
    Abstract: In one example, a print medium includes pigment particles sized less than a hundred nanometers and frictional control additives. An undercoating is disposed between the base material and top coating. The undercoat includes a first sub-layer comprising a pigment fixative agent and a second sub-layer comprising a dye fixative agent. The top coating forms a protective and low friction coating over the undercoating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Julio Cesar Alonso
  • Printing substrate
    Patent number: 9777435
    Abstract: A printing substrate comprising fibers from wooded resource that have more than 5% of fines fibers with an average length that is less than 0.1 mm; more than about 10 wt % of, at least, a polymeric substance; and between 0.1 wt % and 40 wt % of particulate inorganic substances having an average particle size between 0.1 and 2.0 m. Also disclosed herein a method for making such printing substrate and a method for producing printed images using said printing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Paul C. Landrum, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • High gloss photo media and method of making same
    Patent number: 9731535
    Abstract: A high gloss photo media that has a gloss at 20 degrees equal to or greater than 40% includes a photo media substrate that includes a gloss-enhancement film on a front side of a photo base material. A curl control material is on a back side of the photo base material opposite the front side. The gloss-enhancement film being a multilayer that includes an adherent layer and a layer of one of a polyester composition and a polypropylene composition. A thickness of the gloss-enhancement film is at least 20 microns. The high gloss photo media further includes an image receiving layer on the gloss-enhancement film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Dheya M. Alfekri, Ronald J. Selensky
  • Composition and method for treating media
    Patent number: 9732472
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition that can be used for treating media. The composition includes an organosilane treated water dispersible organic acid salt, a water soluble organic acid salt, a chelating agent, and an optical brightening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou
  • Printable recording media
    Patent number: 9707789
    Abstract: A printable recording media including a supporting base substrate having, on both supporting sides, pre-coating layers containing inorganic pigments and polymeric binders, and having, at least, one top ink-receiving layer, that includes inorganic pigments and water-dispersible polymeric binders having a glass transition temperature within the range of about 0° C. to about 35° C., over the pre-coating layer. Also described herein is a method for making the printable recording media, a method for forming printed articles and the obtained printed articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Francois K. Pirayesh
  • Printable recording media
    Patent number: 9707791
    Abstract: A printable recording media including a supporting base substrate having, on its image side, a pre-coating layer that contains inorganic pigments and polymeric binders, and a top ink-receiving layer that includes inorganic pigments, polymeric binders and non-film forming polymers; and, having a polymer barrier layer on its backside. Also described herein is a method for making the printable recording media, a method for forming printed articles, and the obtained printed articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xulong Fu, Jr., Xiaoqi Zhou, Francois K. Pirayesh, Lokendra Pal