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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:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest R Anderson, Rochester, NY (US);
Stephen N Lowery, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430347 ; 430399 ; 210688 ; 423 89 ; 423 90 ;
Abstract
A process for removing tin from seasoned photographic color developers containing tin as stannous or stannate complex ions, comprising the steps of: (a) collecting seasoned photographic color developer containing tin; (b) treating the collected developer with a resin having a chelating group selected from the group consisting of diphosphonic acid, amidoxime and thiol, thereby removing tin from the composition.