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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Dickinson, Brockport, NY (US);
George J Burgmaier, Pittsford, NY (US);
Thomas R Welter, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430637 ; 430514 ; 430515 ; 430516 ; 430533 ; 430535 ; 430629 ; 430635 ; 430636 ;
Abstract
A silver halide color photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion and poly(alkylene oxide)s wherein greater than 50 percent of the poly(alkylene oxide)s have acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10, or end groups which will react to form acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10 during development, on both termini; and wherein the poly(alkylene oxide)s have a molecular weight ranging substantially between 1700 and 6000 AMU.