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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiyoshi Oishi, Hino, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukuda, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/76 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/76 ;
Abstract
A surface treatment method for enhancing hydrophobicity of the surface of a film support is disclosed, comprising subjecting at least one side of the surface to a gas-discharge plasma treatment in a gas phase atmosphere comprising (a) an inert gas comprising argon or helium and (b) a reactive gas comprising a hydrocarbon gas or fluorinated hydrocarbon gas. There is also disclosed a photothermographic material by the use of the support having been subjected to the surface treatment.