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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:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel D. Shore, Rochester, NY (US);
Krishnan Chari, Fairport, NY (US);
Dennis R. Perchak, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/20 ; G03C 1/825 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/20 ; G03C 1/825 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an imaging element comprising a single layer containing a random distribution of a colored bead population of one or more colors coated above one or more layers comprising light sensitive silver halide emulsion grains, wherein the population comprises beads of at least one color in which at least 25% (based on projected area) of the beads of that color have an ECD less than 2 times the ECD of the silver halide grains in said one emulsion layer or in the fastest emulsion layer in the case of more than one emulsion layer