| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7618138 |
Ink stick with electronically-readable memory device |
November 17, 2009 |
| A machine, such as a phase change or solid ink priming apparatus, includes at least one ink stick and a coupler external to the ink stick. The ink stick has an electronically-readable memory device attached thereto, with the memory device having stored therein electronic data associated |
| 7617581 |
Stapler with illuminated stapling position |
November 17, 2009 |
| With a stapler having a fixed stapling position of its stapling head, in which a set of sheets to be stapled is inserted and at least partially manually repositioned under the stapling head to control the actual staple insertion position, an externally visible illuminated line is pro |
| 7617195 |
Optimizing the performance of duplicate identification by content |
November 10, 2009 |
| In accordance with the disclosure, there is provided a method for identifying duplicate documents comprising drafting a first document and creating a near unique representative string based on the document content. The method further comprises searching for other documents with the s |
| 7617091 |
Method and apparatus for processing natural language using tape-intersection |
November 10, 2009 |
| Operations for weighted and non-weighted multi-tape automata are described for use in natural language processing tasks such as morphological analysis, disambiguation, and entity extraction. |
| 7616346 |
Processing image data for consistent color printing |
November 10, 2009 |
| Present systems and methods enable digital color printers to consistently print color output from computer generated image data that includes spot color definitions. Colors that are defined as spot colors can be separated from colors that are defined as combinations of process colors. |
| 7616342 |
Mechanism for allowing content-independent imaging date stream object usage |
November 10, 2009 |
| An imaging data stream language, such as, but not limited to an LCDS language can be provided such that a plurality of objects to be rendered are divided into a plurality of categories, wherein each object among the plurality of objects are utilized in association with a plurality of |
| 7615607 |
Semiconductor polymers |
November 10, 2009 |
| A polymer comprising those selected from the group consisting of at least one of Formula (I), Formula (II), or mixtures thereof ##STR00001## wherein each R.sub.1 to R.sub.10 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, halogen, arylalkyl, cyano, or nitro providing that R.sub.1 and |
| 7615375 |
Osmotic reaction cell for monitoring biological and non-biological reactions |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for measuring the presence or absence of reaction between a first and second material of interest by measuring osmotic pressure changes in a reaction cell. The reaction cell is capable of measuring the small changes in pressure that occur due to osmotic pressur |
| 7615328 |
Low melt toners and processes thereof |
November 10, 2009 |
| A process for preparing toner particles and compositions adapted for use in preparing toners that comprise a blend of a first polyester resin with a second sharp melting polyester resin. The process includes forming an emulsion resin comprising a branched polyester resin, a crystalline |
| 7615327 |
Toner process |
November 10, 2009 |
| The present disclosure relates to a process including a first heating of a latomer mixture including at least one free radical polymerizable monomer, and at least one alkylene anhydride; a second heating of the latomer mixture to form polymeric particles; and combining the polymeric |
| 7613648 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing the business and engineering communication between a supplier |
November 3, 2009 |
| Data is exchanged between a buyer and a plurality of suppliers via an internet supplier on-line system. A buyer requests a quotation from at least some of the suppliers for the cost of a part or device. When the request includes attachments, documents are generated wherein the request |
| 7612912 |
Method for prepress-time color match verification and correction |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method of identifying color mismatches for objects having different rendering intents within a print job prior to printing, includes identifying all objects within the print job, each object's type, rendering intent and all source colors associated with it; for each object in the p |
| 7612374 |
TFT containing coalesced nanoparticles |
November 3, 2009 |
| A thin film transistor comprising: (a) an insulating layer; (b) a gate electrode; (c) a semiconductor layer; (d) a source electrode; and (e) a drain electrode, wherein the insulating layer, the gate electrode, the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode are in |
| 7611811 |
Imaging member |
November 3, 2009 |
| An imaging member having an adhesive charge transport layer is disclosed herein. The charge transport layer comprises a low surface energy polymer having siloxane segments in its backbone and a charge transport compound; it may further comprise a film-forming polymer. The charge transpor |
| 7611143 |
Sheet separating apparatus and method |
November 3, 2009 |
| A sheet separating mechanism and a method of separating sheets is provided to prevent the multifeeding of sheets into printers or copiers. The sheet separating mechanism provides a first nip and a second nip for feeding a series of sheets therebetween. The first nip can include a first m |
| 7610563 |
System and method for controlling the display of non-uniform graphical objects |
October 27, 2009 |
| A Graphical User Interface ("GUI") that provides a user with the ability to manipulate display objects in a non-uniform manner on a display surface is provided. For example, a user can manipulate an object so that it appears, torn, bent, folded, angled, etc. Additionally, a method and |
| 7608325 |
Fuser member having conductive fluorocarbon outer layer |
October 27, 2009 |
| A fuser member comprising a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer comprising perfluoroalkoxy polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon black fillers, wherein said outer layer has a volume resistivity of from about 1.times.10.sup.-4 to about 1.times.10.sup.-8 ohms/square. |
| 7606515 |
Coupling mechanism for material supply module |
October 20, 2009 |
| A coupling mechanism includes a driven coupling for mating with a driving coupling. The driven coupling includes a cylinder flange, a concentric shaft that extends axially outwardly from the flange, and a cylindrical driven coupling member that extends axially outwardly from the concentr |
| 7605958 |
Design parameters for a multi-row linear photosensor array |
October 20, 2009 |
| In an imaging apparatus, such as used for recording full-color images from a moving sheet, different rows of photosensors are each filtered to record one primary color. Certain specific spacings of adjacent rows of photosensors are particularly useful in operating the apparatus at di |
| 7604915 |
Toner compositions having magenta pigment |
October 20, 2009 |
| Use of a charge control agent in a toner, such as a magenta toner, to give an increased triboelectric charge is disclosed. The magenta toner may contain a magenta resin, such as xanthene. The charge control agent is a styrene-acrylate polymer, such as the following polymer of Formula II: |
| 7604914 |
Imaging member |
October 20, 2009 |
| The presently disclosed embodiments relate in general to electrophotographic imaging members, such as layered photoreceptor structures, and processes for making and using the same. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to a photoreceptor undercoat layer that includes polyol and |
| 7604336 |
High-speed phase change ink image producing machine having a phase change ink delivery system in |
October 20, 2009 |
| A high-speed phase change ink image producing machine having a phase change ink delivery system including particulate pastille solid phase change ink for enabling the high-speed phase change ink image producing machine to produce images at a rate exceeding 50 prints per minute, the p |
| 7603701 |
Tools for access to databases via internet protocol networks |
October 13, 2009 |
| One embodiment is directed to apparatus. In the apparatus, a trusted intermediary computer screen user interface is provided. An identification information input receives, via the computer screen user interface, information identifying an authorized information seeker. The informatio |
| 7600912 |
Temperature sensitive label for detecting temperature changes to a temperature sensitive item |
October 13, 2009 |
| A temperature sensitive label may be affixed to a temperature sensitive item. The temperature sensitive label conveys when the item has reached a tripping temperature. The tripping temperature may be a temperature at which the item is compromised. To convey this, the label changes pr |
| 7600863 |
Inkjet jet stack external manifold |
October 13, 2009 |
| An inkjet external ink manifold is provided that allows for use of a jet stack that does not internally contain ink manifolds. The external ink manifold has a manifold body that includes one or more ink manifold chambers and includes ports arranged to connect the chambers to one or m |
| 7597418 |
System and method for adjusting ink jet uniformity based on drop mass history |
October 6, 2009 |
| A method for processing input document data uses a drop mass history for ink jets in a print head to adjust other document data processing. The method includes ejecting ink in a plurality of patterns onto an image substrate from a plurality of ink jets, each drop in a pattern corresp |
| 7596244 |
Automated proofing for digital presses |
September 29, 2009 |
| A method of automatic proofing a document submitted for printing on a press having a digital front end includes inputting the document into a raster image processor to produce a post-RIP file. A copy of the post-RIP file is saved as a proofing file in a proofing file storage location and |
| 7596161 |
Laterally oxidized vertical cavity surface emitting lasers |
September 29, 2009 |
| Highly compact vertical cavity surface emitting laser structures formed by a lateral oxidation process are provided. Specifically, well-controlled oxidized regions bound and define the aperture of a laser structure in a current controlling oxidation layer, wherein the aperture comprises |
| 7594716 |
Collapsible ink loader feed support |
September 29, 2009 |
| A solid ink feed system for a phase change ink imaging device includes an ink loader having an insertion area and a melt area. A collapsible support in the ink loader has a first end attached adjacent the melt area and a second end configured to receive at least one ink stick inserted |
| 7593684 |
Systems and methods for medium registration |
September 22, 2009 |
| Embodiments according to the present disclosure provide methods and systems of determining nip velocity profiles in a medium registration system, including parameterizing a set of equations into a set of standard parameters, the set of equations representing an analytic form of the n |
| 7593654 |
Mass-based sensing of charging knee for active control of charger settings |
September 22, 2009 |
| A xerographic marking engine adjusts a charging actuator, such as an AC peak-to-peak voltage or an AC peak-to-peak AC current, based upon toner patch density measurements made using, e.g., a toner patch density sensor. The sensor is used to detect a knee in a toner mass density curve |
| 7593144 |
Controlling scanning and copying devices through implicit gestures |
September 22, 2009 |
| A scanning machine (10) includes a scan surface (12) for receiving a page or pages to be scanned. A motion detector (20) monitors the copy surface to detect movement of the pages. In response to detecting a cessation of motion on the scan surface, the motion detector generates a trigger |
| 7593143 |
Compound curved concentrator based illuminator |
September 22, 2009 |
| A document illuminator comprising a light-transmissive element having nonlinear walls. The walls are shaped in the form of a compound parabolic concentrator with an optically inverted configuration. A diffusive optical source receives light from a side emitting LED embedded therein a |
| 7593138 |
Special effects achieved by setoverprint/setoverprintmode and manipulating object optimize rende |
September 22, 2009 |
| Adobe Postscript's setoverprint and setoverprintmode operations, an imager and Object Optimized Rendering (OCR) technology can be combined to achieve a watermark result by either tagging lower image areas as text or other intents, or by changing color values. Separations from stacked |
| 7593134 |
Color rendering control system |
September 22, 2009 |
| A color rendering system and method is disclosed. The color rendering system comprising a color rendering strip generation system configured to generate a group of one or more sets of comparison patches. Each set of comparison patches associated with a particular color and including |
| 7593130 |
Printing systems |
September 22, 2009 |
| Measurements are taken of a first parameter associated with a first marking engine and of a second parameter associated with a second marking engine. The first and second measurements are compared to predetermined first and second reference values. An engine-to-engine difference is d |
| 7592460 |
Colorant compositions |
September 22, 2009 |
| Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula ##STR00001## wherein R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, and wherein R can be joined to the phenyl moiety to form a ring, each R', independently of the others, is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a |
| 7592112 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus |
September 22, 2009 |
| A multilayer electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising an electroconductive substrate, and at least an interlayer and a charge-generating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the interlayer comprises fine metal oxide particles and the interlayer and the charge-generating layer |
| 7592111 |
Imaging member |
September 22, 2009 |
| An electrostatographic imaging member formulated with a liquid carbonate is provided. The imaging electrostatographic member exhibits improved service life. |
| 7592110 |
Polyhydroxy siloxane photoconductors |
September 22, 2009 |
| An imaging member including an optional supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and an overcoating layer in contact with and contiguous to the charge transport, and which overcoating |
| 7592109 |
Thick electrophotographic imaging member undercoat layers |
September 22, 2009 |
| Binders containing metal oxide nanoparticles and a co-resin of acrylic polyol resin and blocked polyisocyanate resin, and electrophotographic imaging member undercoat layer containing the binders. |
| 7591603 |
Face-to-face printing within booklet |
September 22, 2009 |
| Method for printing pages within a booklet to improve the appearance of images on opposing pages includes sequencing images such that opposing pages are printed with the same print engine and/or fused the same number of times. Booklets include opposing pages having images fused the same |
| 7591550 |
Ink consumption determination |
September 22, 2009 |
| An ink jet printer includes an ink supply system and a printhead with nozzles for ejecting ink drops. The printer determines the average size of the ejected ink drops by comparing the number of ink drops ejected in a predetermined time with the quantity of ink delivered through the p |
| 7591535 |
Maintainable coplanar front face for silicon die array printhead |
September 22, 2009 |
| A full width array printhead is provided having a continuous maintainable printhead surface and method of forming the same. The printhead includes a substrate and an array of die modules mounted thereon with a front face of each die module exposed. A hardened fill material surrounds the |
| 7591468 |
Low noise compile paddles |
September 22, 2009 |
| A flexible blade for use in a paddle wheel drive element is disclosed. This flexible blade, usually made from rubber or other flexible materials is horizontally split into two sections to provide reduced audible noise when the blade contacts and moves paper sheets. |
| 7590934 |
Meta-document and method of managing |
September 15, 2009 |
| A meta-document includes an object conveying document information, processing information pertaining to processing of the meta-document and metadata for indexing and retrieving the processing information. The processing information is recorded on the meta-document each time the meta- |
| 7590501 |
Scanner calibration robust to lamp warm-up |
September 15, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are described that facilitate calibrating a scanner by capturing a plurality of white calibration files and generating a mathematical function that models the scanner. For instance, a white calibration file can be captured before and after a page is scanned, and t |
| 7590367 |
Charge device coatings |
September 15, 2009 |
| An electrically conductive latex/antioxidant coating for a corona charging device that is capable of absorbing effluents created during the electrostatographic or xerographic process, a method for making the coating, and applying the coating are described herein. |
| 7590298 |
Decompression with reduced ringing artifacts |
September 15, 2009 |
| A process for improving the reconstruction of images compressed by the wavelet-based JPEG2000 specification. The basic reconstruction is followed by an edge-preserving filter (such as a sigma filter), another transform to the wavelet domain, an adjustment in the wavelet domain to yie |
| 7590282 |
Optimal test patch level selection for systems that are modeled using low rank eigen functions, |
September 15, 2009 |
| A method and system for selecting an optimal set of S number of calibration patches for an image producing system. The method of selecting the S number of calibration patches includes acquiring a set of K number of basis eigen vectors and model parameters which represent the image pr |
