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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
May. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon Alfred Bjork, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
James Bernard Philip, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430350 ; 430522 ; 430523 ; 430617 ; 430619 ;
Abstract
A thermographic element comprises a support having coated on at least one surface thereof a thermographic imaging system that contains a substantially light insensitive metal salt; a gallic acid reducing agent; and an infrared absorbing compound. These elements provide images that have high density in the ultraviolet spectral region when exposed to infrared radiation.