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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:
Dec. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Earle, Middlesex, GB;
Jeffrey K Green, Middlesex, GB;
Zoe Orr, Hertfordshire, GB;
Leslie R Wells, Middlesex, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396606 ; 396612 ;
Abstract
Photographic processing apparatus comprises a combination of a surface processing stage and a replenishable tank processing stage. This allows advantage to be taken of the low quantities of processing solution that are characteristic of surface processing and the total immersion that is characteristic of tank processing.