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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Rolf Dessauer, Greenville, DE (US);
Jeffrey Jude Patricia, Apalachin, NY (US);
Gregory Charles Weed, Towanda, PA (US);
Inventors:
Rolf Dessauer, Greenville, DE (US);
Jeffrey Jude Patricia, Apalachin, NY (US);
Gregory Charles Weed, Towanda, PA (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/035 (2006.01); B41M 5/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermally imageable element having a thermally imageable layer, wherein the thermally imageable layer has a thermal amplification additive and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of phenolic type compounds and amine type compounds. These stabilizers present in thermally imageable layers maintain NIR stability during manufacture, and when the thermally imageable elements containing them are used in thermal imaging processes.