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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430496 ; 430531 ; 430536 ; 430537 ; 430523 ; 430950 ; 430961 ;
Abstract
A silver halide photographic material is provided comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and an outermost layer comprising an hydrophillic binder and polymeric spacing particles characterized in that (i) the outermost layer has a thickness between 0.3 to 0.9 pm and (ii) the polymeric spacing particles comprise at the surface alkali metal carboxylate or sulphonate groups equivalent to an acid value greater than 1.0 mg KOH per 1 g of polymeric spacing particles. In a preferred embodiment the said spacing particles have a volume average diameter (d.sub.v50) that is 5 to 30 times larger than the thickness of the outermost layer.