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US3375112A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Binder-free silver halide photographic process

Assignee: Technical Operations Inc
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Filing: 1963-10-28
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Granted: 1968-03-26
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Expires: 1983-10-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Ignatius E Theodorou

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 06:56
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/76; G03C1/91; G03C1/93; G03C1/494; G03C1/496; G03C1/4965; G03C1/7614; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/133; Y10S430/136

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 110 words
A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIUM COMPRISING A SUPPORT SHEET, A FIRST HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC POLYMER DISPOSED IN A SUBBING LAYER ON A SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, A STRATUM OF SUBSTANTIALLY BINDER-FREE MICROCRYSTALLINE PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE DISPOSED ON SAID SUBBING LAYER, A SECOND HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC POLYMER DISPOSED ON SAID STRATUM, SAID POLYMERS BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT UPON EXPOSURE, DEVELOPMENT AND CHEMICAL FIXING OF SAID MEDIUM SAID POLYMERS COMBINE IN THE AREA OF SILVER FORMATION TO FORM AN INSOLUBILIZED POLYMERIC MATRIX IN WHICH DEVELOPED SILVER IS EMBEDDED, SAID POLYMERS BEING DIFFERENT AND EACH BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLY-N-METHYLETHYLENEIMINE, A COPOLYMER OF VINYLPYRROLIDONE AND VINYLACETATE, AND POLYVINYLBUTYRAL AND POLYVINYLPYRIDINE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 110 words
A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIUM COMPRISING A SUPPORT SHEET, A FIRST HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC POLYMER DISPOSED IN A SUBBING LAYER ON A SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, A STRATUM OF SUBSTANTIALLY BINDER-FREE MICROCRYSTALLINE PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE DISPOSED ON SAID SUBBING LAYER, A SECOND HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC POLYMER DISPOSED ON SAID STRATUM, SAID POLYMERS BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT UPON EXPOSURE, DEVELOPMENT AND CHEMICAL FIXING OF SAID MEDIUM SAID POLYMERS COMBINE IN THE AREA OF SILVER FORMATION TO FORM AN INSOLUBILIZED POLYMERIC MATRIX IN WHICH DEVELOPED SILVER IS EMBEDDED, SAID POLYMERS BEING DIFFERENT AND EACH BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLY-N-METHYLETHYLENEIMINE, A COPOLYMER OF VINYLPYRROLIDONE AND VINYLACETATE, AND POLYVINYLBUTYRAL AND POLYVINYLPYRIDINE.

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