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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. 22, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R Welter, Webster, NY (US);
David A Dickinson, Brockport, NY (US);
Keath T Chen, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430544 ; 430564 ; 430566 ; 430955 ; 430957 ; 430959 ;
Abstract
A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element containing a release compound that provides a non-imagewise distribution of a photographically active moiety, the release compound comprising a blocking group from which the photographically active moiety is released, the release compound further comprising a ballasting group other than a coupler moiety, and an aqueous solubilizing group, both the ballasting group and the aqueous solubilizing group being attached to the blocking group.