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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Kui Chen-ho, Woodbury, MN (US);
William D. Ramsden, Afton, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kui Chen-Ho, Woodbury, MN (US);
William D. Ramsden, Afton, 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
Incorporation of certain compounds into photothermographic materials provides materials with reduced initial image Dand improved Raw Stock Keeping film stability without unacceptable loss in sensitometric properties. These compounds include certain e-i) zinc salts of an aryl sulfonic acid or of a fluorinated C-Ccarboxylic acid, e-ii) non-encapsulated alkali metal salts of an aryl sulfonic acid or of a fluorinated C-Ccarboxylic acid, and e-iii) fluorinated C-Ccarboxylic acids.