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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey F Taylor, Fairport, NY (US);
Tien-teh Chen, Penfield, NY (US);
Hwei-Ling Yau, Rochester, NY (US);
Elmer C Flood, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Lan B Thai, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430537 ; 430531 ; 430536 ; 430621 ; 430622 ; 430623 ; 430627 ; 430628 ;
Abstract
This invention comprises a composition containing a hydrophilic colloid and a water soluble polymer of boric acid, and optionally a hardening agent for the hydrophilic colloid. The hydrophilic colloid is preferably gelatin. This invention also comprises a photographic element in which at least one layer thereof contains a hydrophilic colloid and a water-soluble polymer of boric acid and a method of making the photographic element.