US4298684A
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Reflective data storage medium made by silver diffusion transfer in silver-halide emulsion incorporating nuclei
Assignee: LaserCard Corp
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Filing: 1980-06-20
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Granted: 1981-11-03
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Expires: 2000-06-20
Abstract
Abstract A reflective laser recording and data storage medium, for direct reading after writing, formed from a photosensitive silver-halide emulsion including silver precipitating nuclei. A single step negative silver diffusion transfer process is used to develop silver nuclei of the latent image and dissolve unexposed silver halide elsewhere, forming silver ion complexes. These complexes are transported by diffusion transfer to the developing silver nuclei sites where silver is precipitated and adsorbed to form a high concentration of non-filamentary particles at a surface of a low melting temperature dielectric matrix which is highly reflective of light and electrically non-conducting.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric W. Bouldin
- 👤 Jerome Drexler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:29
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C5/00; G03C5/26; G03C5/40; G03C8/00; G03C8/02; G03C8/04; G03C8/06; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/004; G11B7/0045; G11B7/007; G11B7/013; G11B7/24; G11B7/241; G11B7/242; G11B7/251; G11B7/26; G11B7/261; G11B7/28; G11C; G11C13/00; G11C13/04; G11C13/048; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146; Y10S430/165
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A method of making a reflective laser recording medium from an unexposed photosensitive silver-halide emulsion layer incorporating a surface layer of high volume concentration silver precipitating nuclei having a size primarily less than five hundredths of a micron therein, the emulsion being disposed on a substrate with the nuclei layer disposed in said emulsion comprising, defining laser recording area in the silver-halide emulsion, contacting the unexposed and undeveloped photosensitive silver-halide emulsion layer incorporating the surface layer of silver precipitating nuclei with an aqueous monobath comprising a weak silver-halide developing agent and a rapid-acting silver-halide solvent for reacting with unexposed and undeveloped silver halide to form soluble silver ion complexes which are transported by diffusion transfer to the silver precipitating nuclei within said emulsion layer where the silver of said silver ion complexes is precipitated and adsorbed on said nuclei in the presence of said developer acting as a reducing agent, to the extent that a layer of aggregate and individual silver particles is formed exhibiting reflectivity of at least 15%.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
170 words
A method of making a reflective laser recording medium from an unexposed photosensitive silver-halide emulsion layer incorporating a surface layer of high volume concentration silver precipitating nuclei having a size primarily less than five hundredths of a micron therein, the emulsion being disposed on a substrate with the nuclei layer disposed in said emulsion comprising, defining laser recording area in the silver-halide emulsion, contacting the unexposed and undeveloped photosensitive silver-halide emulsion layer incorporating the surface layer of silver precipitating nuclei with an aqueous monobath comprising a weak silver-halide developing agent and a rapid-acting silver-halide solvent for reacting with unexposed and undeveloped silver halide to form soluble silver ion complexes which are transported by diffusion transfer to the silver precipitating nuclei within said emulsion layer where the silver of said silver ion complexes is precipitated and adsorbed on said nuclei in the presence of said developer acting as a reducing agent, to the extent that a layer of aggregate and individual silver particles is formed exhibiting reflectivity of at least 15%.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-11-02 | 1985-05-04 | 1985-11-03 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-11-02 | 1989-05-04 | 1989-11-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-11-02 | 1993-05-04 | 1993-11-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |