Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 010024/0328
Change of Name
Recorded: 1999-06-15
Pages: 54
Assignor
RFP, LLC
Executed: 1998-12-28
Assignee
AGFA CORPORATION
LAW & PATENT DEPARTMENT, 200 BALLARDVALE STREET, WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01887
Covered Properties
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Phototypesetter Font Disk
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4,400,069 →
Application:
06/264,620 →
Method for Producing a Scaleable Typeface Data
Patent:
4,675,830 →
Application:
06/628,192 →
Constant Deviation Scanning Apparatus
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4,793,672 →
Application:
07/035,974 →
Constant Deviation Scanning Apparatus
Patent:
4,934,780 →
Application:
07/290,353 →
Screening System and Method for Color Reproduction in Offset Printing
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5,155,599 →
Application:
07/735,644 →
Vibration Dampening Method and Apparatus for Band Driven Precision Motion Systems
Patent:
5,640,074 →
Application:
07/901,382 →
Athermalized Optical System and Method
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5,283,695 →
Application:
07/927,607 →
Conical Lens Mount with Snap-in Lens Clamp
Patent:
5,299,066 →
Application:
07/929,760 →
Halftone Screen Generator, Halftone Screen and Method for Generating Same
Application:
07/930,289 →
Apparatus for Media Guidance in an Imaging Device
Patent:
5,318,211 →
Application:
07/930,290 →
"Direct-To-Press" Positive Lithographic Printing Plate and Method for Making Same
Patent:
5,345,870 →
Application:
08/016,055 →
Method for Determining Color Boundaries for Correcting for Plate Misregistration in Color Printing
Patent:
5,313,570 →
Application:
08/040,559 →
Method and Apparatus for Correcting for Plate Misregistration in Color Printing
Patent:
5,613,046 →
Application:
08/040,716 →
Method for Automatic Trap Selectioon for Correcting for Plate Misregistration in Color Printing
Patent:
5,668,931 →
Application:
08/040,724 →
Integrated Rotary Drive Apparatus
Patent:
5,450,770 →
Application:
08/045,419 →
Holographic Disk Mounting System and Method
Patent:
5,379,134 →
Application:
08/102,318 →
Method and Apparatus for Snap-Action, Split-Core Roller Clamp
Patent:
5,449,126 →
Application:
08/127,282 →
Method and Apparatus for Synchronizing System Operations Using a Programmable Element
Patent:
5,486,745 →
Application:
08/131,726 →
Low Torque Media Take-Up Device
Patent:
5,533,687 →
Application:
08/156,076 →
Media Input Selector and Method
Patent:
5,511,743 →
Application:
08/156,459 →
Method and Apparatus for Driving a Semiconductor Laser Device
Patent:
5,512,932 →
Application:
08/180,828 →
Self-Propelled Linear Motion Drive Apparatus
Patent:
5,598,739 →
Application:
08/182,484 →
Scanning Apparatus with Self-Propelled Linear Motion Carriage
Patent:
5,451,777 →
Application:
08/182,488 →
Method for Data Compression of Digital Data to Produce a Scaleable Font Database
Patent:
5,754,187 →
Application:
08/242,941 →
Method and Apparatus for Data Compression of Digital Data to Produce a Scaleable Font Database
Patent:
5,734,388 →
Application:
08/242,950 →
Optical Enclosure for High Speed Rotating Beam Deflector
Patent:
5,589,973 →
Application:
08/243,677 →
Method and Apparatus for Image Scaling Using Parallel Incremental Interpolation
Patent:
5,500,744 →
Application:
08/286,302 →
Method and Apparatus for an External Media Buffer
Patent:
5,465,955 →
Application:
08/287,436 →
Method and Apparatus for Optical Isolation
Patent:
5,818,626 →
Application:
08/298,447 →
Method and Apparatus for Installing a Media Supply Cassette in an Imagesetter
Patent:
5,542,623 →
Application:
08/309,812 →
Method and Apparatus for Manipulation of Large Format Media Supply Cassettes
Patent:
5,684,570 →
Application:
08/329,030 →
Weak Lens Focus Adjusting Mechanism Based Upon Thickness of Scanned Material and Imagesetter Using Same
Patent:
5,663,554 →
Application:
08/373,712 →
Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Contact Between the Recording Media and Media Support Surface of a Scanning System
Patent:
5,671,005 →
Application:
08/393,104 →
Media Guidance System for a Scanning System
Patent:
5,867,199 →
Application:
08/412,042 →
Condition Sensitive Method and Apparatus for Imaging a Lithographic Printing Plate
Patent:
5,748,225 →
Application:
08/414,393 →
Clustered Dot and Line Multilevel Halftoning for Electrographic Colour Pringting
Patent:
5,901,275 →
Application:
08/430,081 →
Beam Scanner
Patent:
5,600,477 →
Application:
08/434,963 →
Method and Apparatus for Synchronizing the Polarization Control Signal of an Ac-Polarized Arc-Discharge Lamp with the Exposure Timing Signals of a Ccd Line Sensor
Patent:
5,495,361 →
Application:
08/437,459 →
Material Supply Carousel for Thermal Imaging Apparatus
Patent:
5,771,057 →
Application:
08/496,380 →
Scanner Drive System Having Minimum Rotational Error Carriage Suspension
Patent:
5,523,876 →
Application:
08/496,484 →
Optical Path for a Scanning System
Patent:
5,710,643 →
Application:
08/496,503 →
Apparatus for Alignment of Material to Be Scanned in a Flat-Bed Scanner
Patent:
5,625,469 →
Application:
08/496,506 →
Illumination System for a Flat-Bed Scanning System
Patent:
5,696,609 →
Application:
08/496,511 →
Thermal Imaging Apparatus and Method for Material Dispensing and Applicating
Patent:
5,734,408 →
Application:
08/496,644 →
Combined Dust Protection and Dark Calibration Slide for a Flat-Bed Scanner
Patent:
5,844,697 →
Application:
08/496,695 →
Output Conveyor for Thermal Imaging Apparatus
Patent:
5,852,464 →
Application:
08/496,708 →
Material Applicator for Thermal Imaging Apparatus
Patent:
5,734,409 →
Application:
08/496,709 →
Method and Apparatus for Positioning a Focusing Lens
Patent:
5,532,846 →
Application:
08/496,713 →
Electronic Prepress System Including Thermal Imaging Apparatus with Multiple Color Separation Modes
Patent:
5,699,099 →
Application:
08/496,714 →
Scanning System for Scanning Reflective and Transmissive Images
Patent:
5,691,824 →
Application:
08/496,778 →
Scanning System for Scanning Transmissive and Reflective Originals
Patent:
5,673,125 →
Application:
08/510,954 →
Method and Apparatus for Buffering Data Between a Raster Image Processor (Rip) and an Output Device
Patent:
5,692,112 →
Application:
08/534,904 →
A Data Buffering Apparatus for Buffering Imaging Data Between a Raster Image Processor (Rip) and an Output Device
Patent:
5,802,589 →
Application:
08/534,908 →
An Electronic Prepress Apparatus for Producing Lithographic Printing Plates
Patent:
5,815,243 →
Application:
08/538,058 →
Method and Apparatus for Rough Cropping Images
Patent:
5,838,836 →
Application:
08/553,938 →
Crate and Pallet Assembly
Patent:
5,626,231 →
Application:
08/562,662 →
Dual Media Buffer with Over-Running Clutch System
Patent:
5,785,312 →
Application:
08/569,378 →
Method and Apparatus for Buffering Media
Patent:
5,791,221 →
Application:
08/570,148 →
A System for Buffering Moving Material Between Two Modular Machines
Patent:
5,737,988 →
Application:
08/575,183 →
Scanning System Cover Having a Plurality of Bending Axes
Patent:
5,673,105 →
Application:
08/597,718 →
Scanner Drive System Having Minimum Rotational Error Carriage Suspension
Patent:
5,589,972 →
Application:
08/600,392 →
Scanner Cover
Patent:
5,574,542 →
Application:
08/601,205 →
Method and Apparatus for Positioning a Focusing Lens
Patent:
5,621,563 →
Application:
08/605,484 →
Support for a Self-Propelled Linear Motion Drive Apparatus
Patent:
5,609,107 →
Application:
08/613,550 →
Method for Modifying a Digital Image
Patent:
6,362,829 →
Application:
08/614,775 →
Rotatable Control Panel for a Scanner
Patent:
5,796,492 →
Application:
08/619,784 →
Electronic Prepress System Having a Capstan Driven Virtual Internal Drum Imagesetter
Patent:
5,835,686 →
Application:
08/640,048 →
Capstan Driven Virtual Internal Drum Imagesetter
Patent:
5,850,248 →
Application:
08/640,308 →
Generation of Halftone Overlays for Combination with Halftoned Images
Patent:
5,715,382 →
Application:
08/641,687 →
Method for Selecting an Area of Full Resolution Image Detail for Viewing During Scanning
Patent:
6,295,388 →
Application:
08/661,261 →
Rotating Beam Deflector Having an Integral Wave Front Correction Element
Patent:
5,768,001 →
Application:
08/662,562 →
Beam Alignment Correction Element Assembly
Patent:
5,909,323 →
Application:
08/687,928 →
Beam Error Correction Using Movable Correction Element
Patent:
5,877,494 →
Application:
08/687,931 →
Method and Apparatus for Making Lithographic Printing Plates in an Automated Computer to Plate Imaging System
Patent:
5,738,014 →
Application:
08/690,699 →
Method and Apparatus for Picking and Transporting Plates in an Automated Platesetter
Patent:
5,788,455 →
Application:
08/690,700 →
Method for Loading and Unloading a Supply of Plates in an Automated Plate Handler
Patent:
6,113,346 →
Application:
08/693,712 →
Method and Apparatus for an Automated Plate Handler with Slip Sheet Removal Mechanism
Patent:
5,655,452 →
Application:
08/693,740 →
Method and Apparatus for an Automated Plate Handler with Elevator and Table Support Mechanism
Patent:
6,000,337 →
Application:
08/693,744 →
Cassette for Storing and Accessing Plates Within an Automated Plate Handler
Patent:
5,809,360 →
Application:
08/693,748 →
Fluorescence Dot Area Meter
Patent:
5,729,348 →
Application:
08/701,028 →
Multi-Beam Scanner with Acousto-Optic Element for Scanning Imaging Surfaces
Patent:
5,796,511 →
Application:
08/706,338 →
Multi-Beam Scanner with Mechanically Moving Element for Scanning Imaging Surfaces
Patent:
5,864,418 →
Application:
08/706,339 →
Scanning System
Patent:
5,751,447 →
Application:
08/712,012 →
Method and Apparatus for Pivotally Mounted Media Transport Bridge with Improved Counterbalance System
Patent:
5,769,301 →
Application:
08/736,234 →
Image Position Error Detection Technique
Patent:
5,857,784 →
Application:
08/789,812 →
Exposure Control Technique for Imagesetting Applications
Patent:
6,219,154 →
Application:
08/800,937 →
Multi-Size Spot Beam Imaging System and Method
Patent:
5,923,473 →
Application:
08/851,800 →
Method and Apparatus for Font Compression and Decompression
Patent:
6,031,622 →
Application:
08/852,768 →
Thermal Compensation Focus Adjustment
Patent:
5,936,717 →
Application:
08/853,036 →
Method and Apparatus for Selectively Drawing Air from a Plurality of Vacuum Channels
Patent:
6,047,733 →
Application:
08/867,128 →
Method and Apparatus for Holding Recording Media Onto a Media Support Surface
Patent:
6,133,936 →
Application:
08/868,526 →
Imaging System with Moveable Registration Pins
Patent:
6,002,495 →
Application:
08/868,720 →
Registration Detection Apparatus for Imaging Systems
Patent:
5,889,547 →
Application:
08/868,969 →
Imaging System with High Efficiency Media Loading
Patent:
6,084,602 →
Application:
08/868,970 →
Print Driver System Having a User Interface and a Method for Processing Raster Data
Fluorescence Dot Area Meter for Measuring the Halftone Dot Area on a Printing Plate
Patent:
6,024,020 →
Application:
08/873,135 →
Method and Apparatus for an Automated Plate Handler with Slip Sheet Removal Mechanism
Patent:
5,791,250 →
Application:
08/889,255 →
Scanning System with Error-Correcting Deflector
Patent:
5,892,610 →
Application:
08/890,831 →
Method and Apparatus for Orienting a Recording Media Sheet on a Suppor T Surface
Patent:
6,097,475 →
Application:
08/915,844 →
Single Lamp Illumination System for a Dual Plane Flat-Bed Scanner
Patent:
5,966,221 →
Application:
08/922,664 →
Two Lens Converging Device in a Dual Plane Flat-Bed Scanning System
Patent:
6,233,063 →
Application:
08/922,968 →
Scanning System for Scanning Reflective and Transmissive Images
Patent:
6,151,139 →
Application:
08/929,167 →
Method and Apparatus for Data Compression
Patent:
6,128,413 →
Application:
08/985,200 →
Method and Apparatus for Shielding Light in an Internal Drum Imaging System
Patent:
5,959,657 →
Application:
08/990,648 →
Dual Mode Optical Scanner Control
Patent:
6,023,282 →
Application:
08/991,346 →
Mounting System for a Removable Media Holder in a Scanning Apparatus
Patent:
6,169,611 →
Application:
08/997,765 →
Method for Installing and Aligning Punches in an Imaging System
Patent:
5,953,807 →
Application:
09/000,916 →
Method and Apparatus for Installing and Aligning Punches in an Imaging System
Patent:
5,996,206 →
Application:
09/028,734 →
Registration Apparatus and Method for Imaging at Variable Resolutions
Patent:
6,075,236 →
Application:
09/033,449 →
Imaging System with Integral Punch Mechanism
Patent:
6,233,038 →
Application:
09/039,529 →
Increased Quality Thermal Image Recording Technique
Patent:
6,057,548 →
Application:
09/040,623 →
Method and Apparatus for Combining a Plurality of Images Without Incurring a Visible Seam
Patent:
6,097,418 →
Application:
09/046,660 →
Method and Apparatus for Combining a Plurality of Images at Random Stitch Points Without Incurring a Visible Seam
Patent:
6,195,471 →
Application:
09/047,084 →
Media Guidance System for a Scanning System
Patent:
5,969,742 →
Application:
09/049,773 →
Thermal Imaging Apparatus and Method for Material Dispensing and Applicating
Patent:
6,232,992 →
Application:
09/050,059 →
Material Applicator for Thermal Imaging Apparatus
Patent:
6,271,871 →
Application:
09/050,060 →
Vacuum Detection Switch
Patent:
5,998,745 →
Application:
09/052,692 →
Method and Apparatus for Making Lithographic Printing Plates in an Automated Computer to Plate Imaging System
Patent:
5,992,324 →
Application:
09/058,297 →
Method and Apparatus for Modifying Raster Data
Patent:
6,295,133 →
Application:
09/089,861 →
Image Sensorl Module Adjustable in Six Degrees of Freedom for Use with an Image Acquisition Device
Patent:
6,473,205 →
Application:
09/090,041 →
Job Selection for Use in a Prepress Printing Environment
Application:
09/090,042 →
Optimizing Workflow in a Prepress Printing System
Patent:
5,964,156 →
Application:
09/090,070 →
System and Method for Proofing
Patent:
6,252,676 →
Application:
09/090,072 →
Autofocus Process and System with Fast Multi-Region Smapling
Patent:
6,201,619 →
Application:
09/099,158 →
Scanner with Deflection Element for Scanning Imaging Surfaces
Patent:
5,923,461 →
Application:
09/127,611 →
Redirecting Printing Media in a Prepress Printing Environment
Patent:
6,085,657 →
Application:
09/130,280 →
Vacuum System for Removing Ablated Particles from Media Mounted in an Internal Drum Platesetter
Patent:
6,097,417 →
Application:
09/157,849 →
Apparatus for Routing Hoses and Cables in an Imaging System
Patent:
6,501,500 →
Application:
09/157,850 →
Computerized Control of Multi-Size Spot Beam Imaging
Patent:
6,043,843 →
Application:
09/169,958 →
Method and Apparatus for Reducing Artifacts in an Imaging System
Patent:
6,735,003 →
Application:
09/182,404 →
Crosstalk Cancellation in a Multi-Color Ccd Signal Processor
Patent:
6,330,081 →
Application:
09/197,355 →
Scanner Carriage Stop/Start Artifact Suppression System and Method
Patent:
6,335,807 →
Application:
09/201,237 →
Method and Apparatus for Display of Imaging Parameters
Patent:
6,535,307 →
Application:
09/206,217 →
Picture Archiving and Communication System
Patent:
6,574,629 →
Application:
09/221,282 →
Beam Alignment Correction Element Assembly
Patent:
6,191,897 →
Application:
09/260,566 →
Program Controlled Beam Focus to Compensate for Thermal Changes
Patent:
6,137,640 →
Application:
09/293,952 →
Image Quality Measurement Without Instrumentation
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60/099,881 →
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Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Oct 9, 1981
From: ST. PIERRE, ALFRED J.; DARNSTAEDT, DANN N.; BLAKE, LAURENCE S.
To: COMPUGRAPHIC CORPORATION, 80 INDUSTRIAL WAY, WILMINGTON, MA. A CORP. OF MA.
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Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Jul 6, 1984
From: HAWKINS, THOMAS B.
To: COMPUGRAPHIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 004282/0648 →
Change of Name
Oct 10, 1989
From: AGFA CORPORATION
To: AGFA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 005262/0054 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Sep 6, 1991
From: DELABASTITA, PAUL A.
To: AGFA CORPORATION
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Merger Effective on 01/01/1992IN
Mar 9, 1992
From: AGFA CORPORATION A CORP. OF NEW YORK; BAYER USA INC. A CORP. OF DELAWARE; MOBAY CORPORATION A CORP. OF NEW JERSEY (MERGED INTO)
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Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Aug 10, 1992
From: ZIPH-SCHATZBERG, LEAH; WHEELER, JOSEPH A.; ROMBULT, PHILIP A.
To: MILES, INC. A CORP. OF INDIANA
Reel/Frame 006239/0800 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Aug 12, 1992
From: NEGROTTI, JERRY F.
To: MILES, INC., A CORPORATION IN
Reel/Frame 006232/0500 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
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To: MILES, INC.
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Assignment of Assignors Interest.
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From: DELABASTITA, PAUL A.
To: MILES, INC., A CORP. OF INDIANA
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Assignment of Assignors Interest.
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To: MILES, INC.
Reel/Frame 006294/0846 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
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To: MILES, INC.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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From: DERMER, RICHARD A.
To: MILES, INC.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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From: DERMER, RICHARD A.
To: MILES, INC.
Reel/Frame 006645/0710 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 31, 1993
From: DERMER, RICHARD A.; REIFENSTEIN, EDWARD C., III
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 7, 1993
From: BELLEMORE, ARTHUR J.; HEBERT, THOMAS K.; LARSEN, DAVID B.
To: MILES, INC.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 1993
From: YEE, CHANG J.; COOPER, DAVID L.; NEGROTTI, JERRY F.; KROHN, RONALD W.
To: MILES, INC.
Reel/Frame 006835/0726 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 1993
From: HANSELER, RALPH S.; HEALY, MICHAEL D.
To: MILES, INC.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 23, 1993
From: KOZLOWSKY, EDWARD P.; LYONS, JOSEPH R.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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From: ROLFE, NORMAN F.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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From: BLAKE, LAWRENCE S.; BELLEMORE, ARTHUR J.; HANSELER, RALPH S.; VOILA, DAVID P.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 14, 1994
From: BLAKE, LAWRENCE S.; BELLEMORE, ARTHUR J.; HANSELER, RALPH S.; VIOLA, DAVID P.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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Reel/Frame 007003/0313 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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To: MILES INC.
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