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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:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary E LaBelle, Hugo, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430619 ; 430531 ; 430935 ;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of a photothermographic element comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate, b) coating a first layer on said substrate, said first layer comprising an organic polymeric binder, silver halide, reducible silver salt or silver complex, and an organic solvent, c) before 70% of the solvent in said first layer is removed from said first layer, coating a second layer comprising a solvent and a second polymeric binder onto said first layer, said second polymeric binder comprising at least one cellulose ester, at least one of said first layer and said second layer containing a reducing agent for silver ion.