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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2003
Applicants:

Bruce C. Campbell, Webster, NY (US);

Lisa B. Todd, Rochester, NY (US);

James A. Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);

Mary Catherine S. Oldfield, Rochester, NY (US);

Hengzhong K. Zhuang, Webster, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bruce C. Campbell, Webster, NY (US);

Lisa B. Todd, Rochester, NY (US);

James A. Reczek, Rochester, NY (US);

Mary Catherine S. Oldfield, Rochester, NY (US);

Hengzhong K. Zhuang, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An inkjet recording element comprising a porous ink-receiving layer having interconnecting voids is disclosed in which an upper surface of the ink-receiving layer has been subjected to plasma treatment, and wherein the upper surface of the ink-receiving layer, prior to the plasma treatment, has a measured carbon elemental content of at least 40 percent. The invention can provide increased dot spread.


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