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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond T. Jones, Webster, NY (US);
Ravi Sharma, Fairport, NY (US);
Alfred B. Fant, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/795 ; G03C 1/85 ; G03C 1/77 ; G03C 1/79 ; G03C 1/93 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/795 ; G03C 1/85 ; G03C 1/77 ; G03C 1/79 ; G03C 1/93 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a photographic element which includes a support, at least one silver halide emulsion superposed on a front side of the support and an outermost backing layer superposed on a backside of the support. The outermost backing layer is composed of a hydrophobic binder and a hydrophilic binder wherein the backing layer has an advancing water contact angle of 70 or greater and a receding water contact angle of at least 40 less than the advancing water contact angle.