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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wojciech M Przezdziecki, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jean Z DeRuyter, Spencerport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430536 ; 430619 ; 430620 ;
Abstract
An improved method for manufacture of a thermographic or photothermographic element comprises the addition to the imaging composition of an amount sufficient to enhance the adhesive characteristics thereof of a polyalkoxysilane which has been pre-hydrolyzed in an organic solvent with a stoichiometric amount of water. A particularly suitable material is tetraethoxysilane which has been hydrolyzed in acetone with four moles of water for each mole of tetraethoxysilane.