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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:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Rie Sakuragi, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ishige, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Fukusaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/00 (2006.01); G03C 1/005 (2006.01); G03C 1/494 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a photothermographic material comprising on support a light-insensitive silver salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a light-sensitive silver halide and a reducing agent for silver ions, wherein the photothermographic material further comprises a copolymer comprising a backbone comprising a chain having a monomeric repeating unit, represented by formula (1) and a chain having a monomeric repeating unit, represented by formula (2).