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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. 12, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J. Simons, Ruislip, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 5/39 ; G03C 7/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 5/39 ; G03C 7/42 ;
Abstract
A method of providing an image in an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic silver material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, comprises developing the silver halide and fixing the remaining silver halide by (i) contacting the photographic material with a composition comprising a solid complexing agent for the silver halide in the presence of a sufficient amount of water to transfer complexing agent to the surface of the photographic material and (ii) applying heat to cause the complexing agent to react with the silver halide to render it substantially clear.