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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Derek D. Chapman, Rochester, NY (US);
Csaba A. Kovacs, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 ;
Abstract
Metallized azo thioether dyes having an azo group linking a substituted 3-hydroxypyridine nucleus to a phenyl nucleus are disclosed. The phenyl nucleus has an thioether substituent ortho to the azo group but does not have electron withdrawing substituents on the phenyl nucleus. The dyes are useful in optical recording elements.