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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Sharon M. Simpson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Kumars Sakizadeh, Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventors:
Sharon M. Simpson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Kumars Sakizadeh, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 5/16 (2006.01); G03C 1/498 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Incorporating a crown ether-alkali metal complex cation of an enolate anion of an aldehyde having at least one electron withdrawing group in the alpha (α) position, provides thermally developable materials with imaging properties that have little change with changes in humidity. Both photothermographic and thermographic materials are provided, and particularly photothermographic materials having lower silver coverage.