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Photographic elements containing release compounds

US5567577A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 1995
Grant dateOct 22, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element containing a release compound that provides a non-imagewise distribution of a photographically active moiety, the release compound comprising a blocking group from which the photographically active moiety is released, the release compound further comprising a ballasting group other than a coupler moiety, and an aqueous solubilizing group, both the ballasting group and the aqueous solubilizing group being attached to the blocking group.

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