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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:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mridula Nair, Penfield, NY (US);
George L Oltean, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430496 ; 430140 ; 430501 ; 4286 / ; 4286 / ; 4286 / ; 428900 ;
Abstract
An imaging element is disclosed comprised of a support and, coated on the support, at least one radiation-sensitive emulsion layer containing (a) radiation-sensitive silver halide grains and (b) an aqueous processing solution permeable vehicle, wherein the radiation-sensitive emulsion layer additionally contains (c) from 0.1 to 10 mg/dm.sup.2 of magnetic particles having a major axis less than 1 .mu.m and, (d) based on the weight of the magnetic particles, from 10 to 200 percent of an amphipathic dispersant for the magnetic particles having a hydrophilic/lipophilic balance number of at least 8.