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Image forming process including heating step

US4983494A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 1989
Grant dateJan 8, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/161
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image is formed in a photographic element by a process comprising a step of heating a heat-developable photosensitive material in the presence of a specific compound which typically releases a phenylmercaptotetrazole having a substituted benzene ring and serving as a development retarder.

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