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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Paul Cunningham, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas Michael Smith, Spencerport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43027015 ; 43027016 ; 43027018 ; 4302702 ; 4302701 ; 8582 ; 8607 ; 8609 ; 427240 ;
Abstract
A dye solution comprising a laser recordable dye and a solvent for the dye that has (a) a solvent functional group selected from esters, ketones and ethers; and (b) the solvent functional group has as hindering groups (i) at least one t-butyl group on one side thereof or (ii) two groups on opposite sides thereof selected from the group consisting of isoamyl, t-butyl, isobutyl and isopropyl; provided that both groups cannot be isopropyl and (c) the hindering groups are adjacent to the solvent functional group.