Patent · US Expired

Photographic image-forming method

US4332878A · kind A · utility

22Cited by
3References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1981
Grant dateJun 1, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 30, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/16
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A photographic image-forming method comprising imagewise exposing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive element containing a specific hydroquinone derivative in the silver halide emulsion layer of substantially the surface latent image type or at least one hydrophilic colloid layer thereof and then developing the exposed light-sensitive element in the presence of a specific hydrazine compound. The method forms a photographic image having markedly high negative gradation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.