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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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
J Scott Houchin, Rochester, NY (US);
Mary E Couwenhoven, Fairport, NY (US);
Kenneth A Parulski, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707100 ; 707200 ; 348384 ; 370474 ; 386 95 ;
Abstract
An image file structure that supports and selectively maintains extensions is disclosed incorporating, a header, image data, non-image data and extension portions. Each extension portion includes extension data and an extension persistence value that is selected to indicate if extension data is to be maintained as part of the image file when modifications have been made to the image data portions of the image file or not.