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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Paul Leo Zengerle, Rochester, NY (US);
John Brian Rieger, Rochester, NY (US);
John William Boettcher, Webster, NY (US);
Richard Allen Carmack, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a photographic element comprising a polyester support bearing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer, the support having adjacent thereto a polymer-containing subbing layer, the subbing layer having adjacent thereto a layer comprising a hydrophilic binder containing dispersed droplets of a high boiling hydrophobic organic liquid, said liquid having a logarithm of its octanol/water partition coefficient (log P) value greater than 7.7. The invention also includes a process for preparing a photographic element of the invention and a process for forming an image in an element of the invention. The invention further includes a photographic element comprising a polyester support bearing a hydrophilic layer containing an antihalation agent, such as elemental silver, with or without an intervening subbing layer.