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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:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Peter J Cowdery-Corvan, Webster, NY (US);
Roger L Klaus, Rochester, NY (US);
Franklin D Saeva, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a thermally processable imaging element comprising a support and a thermographic or photothermographic imaging layer, said imaging layer comprising a sulfenimide compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein M represents the atoms necessary to form, with R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system; w is 1 or 0, wherein when w is 0, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, and when w is 1, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently carbonyl or sulfonyl groups; R.sup.3 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group and x is 0 or 1. In one embodiment the thermally processable imaging element comprises: