Inventor · Rochester, NY, US

Derek D. Chapman

106Patents
16h-index
35Co-inventors
86Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 4, 1974 → Aug 19, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4952552A Infrared absorbing quinoid dyes for dye-donor element used in laser-induced thermal dye transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US4912083A Infrared absorbing ferrous complexes for dye-donor element used in laser-induced thermal dye transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US5023229A Mixture of dyes for magenta dye donor for thermal color proofing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5036040A Infrared absorbing nickel-dithiolene dye complexes for dye-donor element used in laser-induced thermal dye transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5024990A Mixture of dyes for cyan dye donor for thermal color proofing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US4757046A Merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5053381A Dual laminate process for thermal color proofing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5972838A Infrared-absorbing cyanine colorants for laser-colorant transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5401618A Infrared-absorbing cyanine dyes for laser ablative imaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US4734349A Toners and yellow dye compounds used therein Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US4876237A Thermally-transferable fluorescent 7-aminocoumarins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US4204870A Photographic products and processes employing novel nondiffusible heterocyclyazonaphthol dye-releasing compounds Physics 19 Expired
US5144015A Synthesis of pyrazole dyes Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired
US4753922A Neutral-black dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5006503A Thermally-transferable fluorescent europium complexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5426015A Metallized azo dianion with two cationic dye counter ions for optical information recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4871714A Thermally-transferable fluorescent diphenyl ethylenes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4207104A Photographic products and processes employing novel nondiffusible heterocyclylazonaphthol dye-releasing compounds Physics 16 Expired
US5500325A Dye mixtures for optical recording layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4287292A Photographic products and processes employing novel nondiffusible 6-arylazo-3-pyridinol magenta dye-releasing compounds and precursors thereof Physics 16 Expired
US5011816A Receiver for thermally-transferable fluorescent europium complexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4892584A Water soluble infrared absorbing dyes and ink-jet inks containing them Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US5272047A Optical information recording medium using azo dyes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US4885272A Thiadiazolyl-azo-pyrazole yellow dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5177052A Mixture of dyes for cyan dye donor for thermal color proofing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.