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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:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Buchanan, Rochester, NY (US);
Stuart T Gordon, Pittsford, NY (US);
Keith H Stephen, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard P Szajewski, Rochester, NY (US);
Sidney J Bertucci, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430393 ; 430430 ; 430461 ; 430943 ; 430421 ; 430427 ; 430386 ; 430387 ; 2521861 ; 25218621 ; 25218638 ; 25218639 ;
Abstract
This invention provides an accelerator for peracid bleaches used for bleaching silver halide photographic elements. The accelerator is a complex of ferric (Fe III) ion and a 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid or a 2,6-pyridinecarboxylic acid. The accelerator may be contained in the bleaching solution, a solution preceding the bleaching solution or in the photographic elements themselves.