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Photothermographic material

US6610469B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2002
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C1/49845
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a photothermographic material having an image-forming layer that contains a non-photosensitive silver salt of an organic acid, a photosensitive silver halide, a specific nucleating agent, a compound represented by the formula (1) and a binder on at least one side of a support: wherein P represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NH, Q represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Y represents OH, OM (M represents a counter ion) or NH2, L represents a divalent bridging group, and Z represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group.

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