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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:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Paul B. Merkel, Victor, NY (US);
Gary N. Barber, Penfield, NY (US);
Alan R. Pitt, Sandridge, GB;
Trevor J. Wear, Harrow, GB;
Inventors:
Paul B. Merkel, Victor, NY (US);
Gary N. Barber, Penfield, NY (US);
Alan R. Pitt, Sandridge, GB;
Trevor J. Wear, Harrow, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an image-recording element comprising a support and an image-receiving layer, wherein the image-receiving layer comprises anionic colloidal silica particles, hydrophilic polymeric binder, and fluorosurfactant, wherein the binder is present in an amount of between 2% and 15% weight of the image-receiving layer, the image-recording element has a 60-degree gloss of greater than 25, and a dry time of less than 1 minute.