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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Sharon Marilyn Melpolder, Hilton, NY (US);
Dennis Edward Smith, Rochester, NY (US);
Christopher Edwin Wheeler, Fairport, NY (US);
John Leonard Muehlbauer, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Thermally processable imaging elements in which the image is formed by imagewise heating or by imagewise exposure to light followed by uniform heating are comprised of a support, a thermographic or photothermographic imaging layer, a protective overcoat layer and a backing layer and include in at least one layer thereof, polymeric matte particles comprising a polymeric core surrounded by a layer of colloidal inorganic particles. The polymeric matte particles provide enhanced image quality and improved processing characteristics with respect to adhesion, dusting and lack of haze.