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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazunobu Katoh, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/498 ; G03C 1/31 ; G03C 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/498 ; G03C 1/31 ; G03C 1/34 ;
Abstract
A photothermographic material comprising at least (a) a photosensitive silver halide, (b) a silver salt of an organic acid, (c) a reducing agent and (d) a hydrophobic and thermoplastic organic binder on a support, which contains a heat-fusible solvent that is solid at an ordinary temperature and can be fused at a heat development temperature. There is provided a photothermographic material showing high sensitivity, high developing speed and little performance fluctuation due to variation of heat development temperature.