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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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Joseph A Manico, Rochester, NY (US);
Arunachalam T Ram, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A packaged photographic product is disclosed comprising a) a silver halide based photographic material contained within a packaging enclosure, and b) a time and temperature integrating device for providing a visually observable indication of cumulative thermal exposure which is removably attached to the packaging enclosure with a pressure sensitive adhesive. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the packaged photographic product further comprises an outer enclosure, and the packaging enclosure comprises a second enclosure within the outer enclosure, and the time and temperature integrating device is removably attached to the second enclosure with a pressure sensitive adhesive, and is visible through a transparent or open section of the outer enclosure. In accordance with a second embodiment of the invention, a process for monitoring the thermal exposure of a silver halide based photographic material prior to and after loading in a photographic camera is disclosed comprising a) removably attaching with a pressure sensitive adhesive a time and temperature integrating device for providing an indication of cumulative thermal exposure on a surface of an enclosure containing the photographic material, b) loading the photographic material in a photographic camera, and c) transferring the time and temperature integrating device from the surface of the enclosure to a surface of the camera at the time of loading the camera with the photographic material.