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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. 08, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Applicants:
Lilia P. Burleva, Maplewood, MN (US);
Kumars Sakizadeh, Woodbury, MN (US);
David R. Whitcomb, Woodbury, MN (US);
Sharon M. Simpson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Inventors:
Lilia P. Burleva, Maplewood, MN (US);
Kumars Sakizadeh, Woodbury, MN (US);
David R. Whitcomb, Woodbury, MN (US);
Sharon M. Simpson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/06 (2006.01); G03C 1/498 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photothermographic emulsion is prepared by chemically sensitizing silver halide grains formed by oxidative decomposition of a diphenylphosphine sulfide compound on or around the silver halide grains. This procedure uses a unique sequence of steps and provides increased photographic speed and manufacturing reproducibility.