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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Philip A. Allway, Rickmansworth, GB;
Bernard A. Clark, Maidenhead, GB;
John D. Goddard, Pinner, GB;
Louis E. Friedrich, Rochester, NY (US);
James A. Friday, Rochester, NY (US);
Stephen P. Singer, Spencerport, NY (US);
Marcello Vitale, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least one of (1) a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and (2) a non-silver containing light insensitive layer, said at least one layer containing a compound with a minimum of three heteroatoms that does not react with oxidized developer and that has a ClogP sufficient to increase the photographic speed of said element compared to the same element without the compound. The invention provides improved light sensitivity.