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Hydrophilic colloid composition

US5958660A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 1997
Grant dateSep 28, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C1/30
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention comprises a composition containing a hydrophilic colloid and a water soluble polymer of boric acid, and optionally a hardening agent for the hydrophilic colloid. The hydrophilic colloid is preferably gelatin. This invention also comprises a photographic element in which at least one layer thereof contains a hydrophilic colloid and a water-soluble polymer of boric acid and a method of making the photographic element.

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