William D Frank

Author:

William Francis Frank

ISBN #:

0245507027

Author:

William Francis Frank

ISBN #:

0245509275

Author:

William Francis Frank

ISBN #:

0245533303

Author:

William Francis Frank

ISBN #:

0245598235

Author:

William L. Frank

ISBN #:

0805771697

Author:

William A. Frank

ISBN #:

0813208955

Author:

William S. Frank

ISBN #:

0898153638

Author:

William S. Frank

ISBN #:

0898155584

US Patent:

53506693, Sep 27, 1994

Filed:

Jan 19, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/183486

Inventors:

David R. Whitcomb - Woodbury MN
William C. Frank - Roseville MN

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

G03C 1498

US Classification:

430618

Abstract:

Novel silver-carboxylate/1,2-diazine compounds having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R. sup. 1 represents either an alkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkenyl group of up to 29 carbon atoms; or an aryl group of up to 14 carbon atoms; and and R. sup. 2 represents either hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group fused to the 1,2-diazine ring, or the atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring fused to the 1,2-diazine ring. The novel silver-carboxylate/1,2-diazine compounds are coordination compounds of two silver-carboxylate molecules and two molecules comprising a 1,2-diazine nucleus. These compounds can serve as the silver source in a black-and-white thermographic or photothermographic element or as the oxidizing agent for a dye-based thermographic or photothermographic color-imaging construction.

US Patent:

53842375, Jan 24, 1995

Filed:

Jan 25, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/187171

Inventors:

Dian E. Stevenson - Saffron Walden, GB2
Mark P. Kirk - Stortford, GB2
Sylvia A. Farnum - Lakeland MN
William C. Frank - Roseville MN
Randall H. Helland - Maplewood MN
Jonathan P. Kitchin - White Bear Lake MN
Roger A. Mader - Stillwater MN
Mark B. Mizen - St. Paul MN
Richard A. Newmark - St. Paul MN
William D. Ramsden - Afton MN
Kumars Sakizadeh - Woodbury MN
Terence D. Spawn - Maplewood MN
George V. Tiers - St. Paul MN

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

G03C 108

US Classification:

430566

Abstract:

A thermal-dye-bleach construction comprising a dye in association with a thermal dye-bleaching agent of general formula I: ##STR1## wherein: each of R. sup. a and R. sup. b are individually selected from: hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group, and preferably, both R. sup. a and R. sup. b represent hydrogen; p is one or two, and when p is one, Z is a monovalent group selected from: an akyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group, and when p is two, Z is a divalent group selected from: an alkylene group, an arylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkynylene group, an aralkylene group, a cycloalkene group, and a heterocyclic group; and, M. sup. + is a cation which will not react with a carbanion generated from the thermal-carbanion-generating agent in such manner as to render the carbanion ineffective as a bleaching agent for the dye.

US Patent:

53246276, Jun 28, 1994

Filed:

Dec 21, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/993642

Inventors:

Dian E. Stevenson - Saffron Walden, GB2
Mark P. Kirk - Bishop's Stortford, GB2
Sylvia A. Farnum - Lakeland MN
William C. Frank - Roseville MN
Randall H. Helland - Maplewood MN
Jonathan P. Kitchin - White Bear Lake MN
Roger A. Mader - Stillwater MN
Mark B. Mizen - St. Paul MN
Richard A. Newmark - St. Paul MN
William D. Ramsden - Afton MN
Kumars Sakizadeh - Woodbury MN
Terence D. Spawn - Maplewood MN
George V. Tiers - St. Paul MN

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

International Classification:

G03C 1815

US Classification:

430510

Abstract:

A thermal-dye-bleach construction comprising a dye in association with a thermal dye-bleaching agent of general formula I: ##STR1## wherein: each of R. sup. a and R. sup. b are individually selected from: hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group, and preferably, both R. sup. a and R. sup. b represent hydrogen; p is one or two, and when p is one, Z is a monovalent group selected from: an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, and a heterocyclic group, and when p is two, Z is a divalent group selected from: an alkylene group, an arylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkynylene group, an aralkylene group, a cycloalkene group, and a heterocyclic group; and, M. sup. + is cation which will not react with acarbanion generated from the thermal-carbanion-generating agent in such manner as to render the carbanion ineffective as a bleaching agent for the dye.

US Patent:

54668042, Nov 14, 1995

Filed:

Jun 6, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/254552

Inventors:

David R. Whitcomb - Woodbury MN
William C. Frank - Roseville MN

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing - Saint Paul MN

International Classification:

C07F 110
G03C 1498

US Classification:

544225

Abstract:

Novel silver-carboxylate/1,2-diazine compounds having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R. sup. 1 represents either an alkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkenyl group of up to 29 carbon atoms; or an aryl group of up to 14 carbon atoms; and and R. sup. 2 represents either hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group fused to the 1,2-diazine ring, or the atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring fused to the 1,2-diazine ring. The novel silver-carboxylate/1,2-diazine compounds are coordination compounds of two silver-carboxylate molecules and two molecules comprising a 1,2-diazine nucleus. These compounds can serve as the silver source in a black-and-white thermographic or photothermographic element or as the oxidizing agent for a dye-based thermographic or photothermographic color-imaging construction.

US Patent:

55863124, Dec 17, 1996

Filed:

Oct 11, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/321347

Inventors:

Lucinda L. Johnson - Oakdale MN
Clayton A. Peltier - Chisago City MN
Scott H. Kuehn - St. Paul MN
William D. Frank - New Brighton MN

Assignee:

Unisys Corporation - Blue Bell PA

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

395610

Abstract:

A system is disclosed for using an independent transaction processing application as a service routine for a client application where the independent transaction processing application is programmed for independent input and output. The independent transaction processing application does not have be reprogrammed for usage as a service routine. A transaction manager provides transaction control for a service request from the client application. A display processing system manages input and output associated with processing the service request. A database management system that is used by the independent transaction processing application distinguishes whether the transaction manager or the independent transaction processing application is providing transaction control.