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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7498125 | Non-transparent microvoided biaxially stretched film, production process therefor and process for obtaining a transparent pattern therewith A non-transparent microvoided biaxially stretched self-supporting non-laminated polymeric film, the film comprising linear polyester as a continuous phase and dispersed uniformly therein an amorphous high polymer with a higher glass transition temperature than the g... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7449287 | Pearlescent textured imaging supports The present invention relates to a support and an imaging element utilizing the support, wherein the support comprises at least one nacreous resin layer, wherein the uppermost layer comprises nacreous pigment in a polyolefin matrix polymer, and wherein the FLOP valu... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7439011 | Photothermographic material A photothermographic material including, on one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, and, on the other side of the support, a non-photos... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7348296 | Binders for use in the thermosensitive elements of substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording materials A substantially light-insensitive monosheet thermographic recording material comprising a support and on one side of the support a thermosensitive element, the thermosensitive element comprising at least one substantially light-insensitive silver salt of a carboxyli... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335424 | Ionomer laminates and articles formed from ionomer laminates A co-extruded laminate of at least one layer of an ionomer and at least one layer of an acid polymer that can be thermoformed with a plastic substrate such as a polyolefin. The laminate can be pigmented to eliminate the need to paint the surface of the plastic subst... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311933 | Packaging material for inhibiting microbial growth A packaging material used for wrapping foodstuffs and for inhibiting the growth of micro-organisms in foodstuffs, the packaging material having a metal-ion sequestering agent capable of removing designated metals ions from the surfaces of the foodstuffs and from liq... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288769 | Method for the production of and protective layer for a layer of luminescent material A protective layer is provided for an image detector used for an x-ray image. This image detector comprises a layer of luminescent material that is to be protected against mechanical stress and moisture. A polymeric protective layer is disposed thereupon and is hard... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279071 | Paper articles exhibiting water resistance and method for making same This invention relates to a process for preparing sized paper and paperboard which incorporates in the paper and paperboard at the size press size a composition comprising one or more “hydrophobic polymers” wherein hydrophobic polymers, the amount of such polyme... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7256227 | Polymer modified gypsum membrane and uses therefor A composition which is applied to substrate surfaces to form a membrane to provide structural reinforcement thereto and prevent the release of gases and moisture from the substrate. The composition consists of polymer resin binders and gypsum. Further provided is a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247422 | Heat—developable photosensitive material containing latex polymer in outermost layer The present invention provides a ehat-developabel photosensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon an image forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7208068 | Dullish coated paper for printing A dull coated printing paper that is bulky (low in density) having a density of 0.90 to 1.15 g/cm3 and yet offers excellent pliability, superior surface smoothness, high degree of print gloss and minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area are ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199379 | Binderless storage phosphor screen An image storage screen or panel, suitable for use in applications related with computed radiography, has been disclosed, wherein said screen or panel comprises a binderless needle-shaped stimulable (storage) phosphor and a substrate, characterized in that said subs... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193226 | Scratch resistant moisture-protecting parylene layers A sheet or foil comprises a layer unit, divided into at least two layers: a layer A, being a layer of parylene and a layer B, wherein layer B, optionally present at both sides of layer A, is characterized in that it comprises an organic coating having at least one p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186788 | (Meth)acrylic copolymer resin and coating film thereof A coating resin that is thermoplastic, exhibits good appearance, solvent resistance and adherence and is excellent in abrasion resistance; and a coting liquid or coating film thereof. In particular, a (meth)acrylic copolymer resin (A) produced by radical polymerizat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186501 | Photothermographic material containing particular hydrophilic polymer The present invention provides a photothermographic material, having a support and an image-forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and a reducer for the organic silver salt on at least one surface of the su... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178778 | Portable easel This invention is a collapsible panel assembly having a front panel, a back panel, and at least one dry erase sheet carried by said front panel. The invention can have a first position where the collapsible panel assembly is generally a triangular shape and a second... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176257 | Polyvinyl acetal resin for heat-developable photosensitive material and heat-developable photosensitive material The present invention has an object of the present invention to provide a polyvinyl acetal resin for heat-developable photosensitive materials as well as a heat-developable photosensitive material while solving such problems as coating solution pot life, coloration ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172857 | Photothermographic material A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein an outermost layer on at least one si... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160602 | Image recording material, support for the image recording material and process of manufacturing the support A support for an image recording material comprises base paper having a formation index at a restriction diameter of 1.0 mm equal to or greater than 80 and density equal to or greater than 0.95 g/m3, changes of said formation index and density of said bas... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160675 | Coated base paper for photographic printing paper The invention is directed to a paper support for photographic printing paper having a topside and a backside, at least said topside being provided with a pigmented coating based on clay and/or other pigment, said coating having a clay content of less than 3.3 g/m | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153636 | Thermally developable materials with abrasion-resistant backside coatings Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials have an outermost backside layer that includes a combination of a polysiloxane and a smectite clay that has been modified with a quaternary ammonium compound. The resulting oute... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152752 | Modular and transportable bookshelves In one embodiment of the present invention modules for both the display and transport of books are described. Each module of the one embodiment comprises an interlocking feature for coupling two modules together with an open side of the modules facing horizontally o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144635 | Tear resistant heat sealable packaging structure A tear resistant laminated comprised of a paper or paperboard substrate, and adhesive layer, a tear resistant layer secured to the adhesive layer, and a heat-sealable material. The tear resistant material has a a tear strength as measured by the Elmendorf tear propa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144689 | Antistatic properties for thermally developable materials The use of metal antimonates at high metal antimonate to binder ratios in buried backside conductive layers of thermographic and photothermographic materials allows the use of thin backside overcoat layers. The combination provides antistatic constructions having ex... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138223 | Photothermographic material A photothermographic material including, on one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, and, on the other side of the support, a non-photos... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138172 | Metallizable white opaque films, metallized films made therefrom and labels made from the metallized films A multilayer, metallizable, white opaque film suitable for use in forming metallized plastic labels for bottles and other containers includes at least a internal core layer and opposed outer skin layers. One of the outer skin layers is a non-voided layer having a su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136502 | Printing media and methods employing digital watermarking Stationery, or other printable media, is encoded with a digital watermark. The watermark is not conspicuous to a human observer of the media, yet conveys plural bits of auxiliary information when optically scanned and digitally processed. The watermark can be formed... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135258 | Imaging member adhered to vacuous core base This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120272 | Media detecting method and system for an imaging apparatus A system and method of detecting a type of media for an imaging apparatus. In the system and method of the present invention, a backside of the media is scanned or read to detect the presence of indicia on the backside of the media. The spacing between the repeated ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105282 | Image forming method using photothermographic material An image forming method using a photothermographic material a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, wherein: the photothermographic material is discharged from a thermal developing device within... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094525 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a support containing a filler and/or an undercoat layer containing a clay compound coated with an organic substance between the support and an emulsion layer or between the support and a back ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087364 | Antistatic properties for thermally developable materials The use of metal antimonates at high metal antimonate to binder ratios in buried backside conductive layers of thermographic and photothermographic materials allows the use of thin backside overcoat layers. The combination provides antistatic constructions having ex... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063885 | Biaxially oriented and heat-set multilayer thermoplastic film for packaging A multi-layer, thermoplastic film bi-axially oriented at a stretching ratio ≧ to about 3.0:1 in the machine direction and at a stretching ratio ≧ about 6.0:1 in the transverse direction, which film comprises a layer a) comprising at least 50 wt. % of a crystalli... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056650 | Thermally developable materials containing cationic overcoat polymer Thermally developable imaging materials have an outermost protective layer that is composed of one or more hydrophilic film-forming components. The predominant film-forming component is a positively-charged latex polymer that has cationic groups. The charged latex p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049054 | Thermally developable materials containing ionic polymer interlayer Thermally developable imaging materials have an outermost protective layer that is composed of one or more hydrophilic film-forming components. Between the outermost protective layer and the underlying thermally developable imaging layers is an interlayer containing... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044053 | Method and materials for improving resolution for ctp-inkjet Improved resolution plates based on hydrophilic organic coated substrates, where a hydrophobic layer is present during inkjet imaging and where after heating to fuse the inkjet image, the hydrophobic layer does not irreversibly fuse into the organic coating, but can... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037634 | Polymer foam surface smoothing materials and method The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising at least one imaging layer and a base. The base comprises a foam core layer, which comprises a polymer that has been expanded through the use of a blowing agent, and at least one polymeric surface smooth... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033723 | Surface roughness frequency to control pits on foam core imaging supports The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer and a support, wherein the support comprises a core layer having a surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns and a pit camouflaging flange layer between the support and the imaging layer... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033743 | Barrier layers for use in substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording materials A substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material has a support and on one side of the support comprises a thermosensitive element, a barrier layer and an outermost protective layer, the thermosensitive element being exclus... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026104 | Heat-developable photosensitive material and method of forming images A heat-developable photosensitive material comprising on a support light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein at least 30 mole % of the total light-sensitive silver halide is silver halide of high s... | 04/11/2006 |
