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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000

Filed:

Apr. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Minoru Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;

Shigeo Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuyuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430619 ; 430264 ; 430611 ; 430617 ;
Abstract

A heat developable photographic material comprising a reducible silver salt, a reducing agent, a contrast enhancer, and a binder further contains a thiosulfonic acid ester compound and/or a thiosulfonic acid compound. The material exhibits ultrahigh contrast and low fog and is minimized in the variation of photographic characteristics with heat development conditions.


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