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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396639 | Photothermographic material and image forming method The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and a non-phot... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7351437 | Pet food compositions comprising electrostatically charged gelatin Animal feed compositions comprising amounts of protein, carbohydrate, fat and a functional ingredient for preventing hairball formation are provided. The functional ingredient comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of electrostatically char... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327415 | Microvoided light diffuser The invention relates to a light diffuser comprising a thermoplastic layer containing thermoplastic polymeric material and microvoids having a substantially circular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the direction of light travel and having a diffuse light t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7261934 | Polyester film There is provided a white polyester film which retains practically satisfactory reflectivity with respect to the visible light range, can undergo stable film production even when inorganic fine particles are added in high concentration and is stable against a dimens... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258457 | Illumination optical system and image-taking apparatus An illumination optical system includes a light source and an optical member disposed in a direction of irradiation of light from the light source. The optical member is made of a particle-containing material with particles having a particle size smaller than 1 μm ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229752 | Silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material A photothermographic imaging material containing a support having thereon: (i) a photosensitive layer containing photosensitive silver halide grains, light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, a binder, and a reducing agent for silver ions; and (ii) one or more n... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7189451 | Multilayer, matt, thermoformable, IR-reflective polyester film Multilayer, biaxially oriented polyester films which include as a constituent of the base layer B, a crystallizable polyester with increased diethylehe glycol content and/or increased polyethylene glycol content, and/or increased isophthalic acid content, preferably... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189452 | Matt, thermoformable, IR-reflective polyester film Biaxially oriented polyester films formed from a crystallizable polyester having increased diethylene glycol content and/or increased polyethylene glycol content, and/or increased isophthalic acid content, preferably polyethylene terephthalate. The films of the inve... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172857 | Photothermographic material A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein an outermost layer on at least one si... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163751 | Coating compositions for use with an overcoated photoresist In a first aspect, organic coating compositions are provided, particularly spin-on antireflective coating compositions, that contain a polyester resin component. In a further aspect, coating compositions are provided that contain a resin component obtained by polyme... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160675 | Coated base paper for photographic printing paper The invention is directed to a paper support for photographic printing paper having a topside and a backside, at least said topside being provided with a pigmented coating based on clay and/or other pigment, said coating having a clay content of less than 3.3 g/m | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144689 | Antistatic properties for thermally developable materials The use of metal antimonates at high metal antimonate to binder ratios in buried backside conductive layers of thermographic and photothermographic materials allows the use of thin backside overcoat layers. The combination provides antistatic constructions having ex... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135258 | Imaging member adhered to vacuous core base This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129022 | Photo-polymerization type photo-sensitive electrode paste composition for plasma display panel and fabricating method thereof This invention relates to a photo-polymerization type photosensitive electrode paste composition for a plasma display panel that is capable of preventing a bubble from occurring on an electrode surface during an electrode paste printing process and a damage of an el... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7094525 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a support containing a filler and/or an undercoat layer containing a clay compound coated with an organic substance between the support and an emulsion layer or between the support and a back ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087710 | Polymeric surfactants derived from cyclic monomers having pendant fluorinated carbon groups A fluorine containing polymer which acts as a wetting, flow or leveling agent, and has at least one polar group. The polymer has at least one pendant or ether side chain containing from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms with at least 25% of the hydrogen atoms being r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087364 | Antistatic properties for thermally developable materials The use of metal antimonates at high metal antimonate to binder ratios in buried backside conductive layers of thermographic and photothermographic materials allows the use of thin backside overcoat layers. The combination provides antistatic constructions having ex... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078687 | Thin film analyzing method The present invention provides is a thin film analyzing method which can be applied to various fields, and which makes it possible to detect and analyze in a simple manner, with high precision, a distribution of a specific component in a thin film formed on a suppor... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074551 | Imaging material with improved mechanical properties The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising at least one imaging layer and a support wherein the support comprises at least one layer comprising a splayant and a layered material, wherein the layered material has an aspect ratio from 20:1 and 500:... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7041365 | Static dissipative optical construction An optical construction that is static-dissipative and includes a static-dissipative layer buried within optical material. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029819 | Phosphor screen and imaging assembly A phosphor screen comprises an inorganic phosphor capable of absorbing X-rays and emitting electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength greater than 300 nm. The phosphor is disposed on a support that has a reflective substrate comprising a continuous polyester firs... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026104 | Heat-developable photosensitive material and method of forming images A heat-developable photosensitive material comprising on a support light-sensitive silver halide, a light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein at least 30 mole % of the total light-sensitive silver halide is silver halide of high s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022388 | Laminated polyester film and laminated film There is provided a laminated polyester film which is improved in lubricity, transparency, dimensional stability, shock resistance and adhesion, and which comprises a polyester base film comprising polyester and to at least one direction, and a coating layer provide... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008760 | Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and method of forming a color image Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least three silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivity from each other on a reflective support, wherein said reflective support is one selected from the group consis... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974620 | Polyester film for heat-resistant capacitor, metallized film thereof, and heat-resistant film capacitor containing the same A polyester film for use in a capacitor having high heat resistance, which consists of a biaxially oriented film containing a polyester (A) as a main component and a polyimide (B) and has a glass transition temperature of 105° C. to 145° C. and an elongation at br... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6946240 | Imaging material with improved scratch resistance The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising a support, an imaging layer, and at least one layer comprising a clay nanocomposite wherein said nanocomposite comprises a splayant and at least one natural clay particle having an aspect ratio of from 2... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940626 | Multilayered arrangement for electro-optical device A layer arrangement including at least one transparent substrate having an electrically conductive layer, an electro-optically active layer, and a further substrate having an electrically conductive layer, characterized in that at least one of the two electrically c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939600 | Opaque, white film with low transparency made from a crystallizable thermoplastic The present invention relates to an opaque, white film with a thickness of from 10 to 500 μm whose principal constituent is a crystallizable thermoplastic. It also comprises at least barium sulfate and at least one optical brightener. The barium sulfate and/or the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932094 | Slurry tank autocleaner A slurry tank autocleaner for cleaning an empty slurry tank. A first pipe is inserted in the interior of the slurry tank, where the first pipe has an open end located inside the slurry tank. A first nozzle is disposed on the open end of the first pipe. A cover is us... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931206 | One-time-use camera containing improved film element This invention contemplates a prepackaged photographic unit containing a photographic element comprising a transparent polyester film support with improved tongue retrieval performance and acceptable cutting performance in photofinishing equipment. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913817 | Biaxially oriented polyester film which is matt on one side and has characteristic shrinkage properties, process for its preparation and its uses Biaxially oriented polyester films which have a polyester-containing base layer (B) and a matt overlayer (A), and are characterized by the following features: a) the transverse shrinkage of the film is between 1 and 2.3%, b) the transverse linear expansion of the fi... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6881492 | Primer composition for polyesters A composition suitable for forming a primer layer on a polymer sheet comprising: a) polyethyleneimine; b) latex; wherein the latex has a Tg lower than 25° C. and c) a hydrophilic colloid material. A method of coating the composition is also disclosed. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6864023 | Imaging member adhered to vacuous core base This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6852421 | Coating compositions for use with an overcoated photoresist In a first aspect, organic coating compositions are provided, particularly spin-on antireflective coating compositions, that contain a polyester resin component. In a further aspect, coating compositions are provided that contain a resin component obtained by polyme... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6797458 | Photographic multi-layer film base comprising 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol This invention relates to a poly(ethylene terephthalate)-based photographic multilayer film base having improved properties with regard to cutting and finishing operations compared to conventional PET film base. A specified amount of monomeric units derived from 1,4... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790584 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having layers containing a swellable inorganic stratifying compound on both sides of a support and having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on at least one of the layers. There is provided a silver halide... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6764813 | Lamination of emissions prevention layer in photothermographic materials A photothermographic film and a method for making same is taught. The film includes a support, a photothermographic imaging layer coated on the support, and a complement film generally confining the photothermographic imaging layer between the support and the comple... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6764804 | Adhesive imaging member with composite carrier sheet The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a pragmatic imaging sheet comprising paper having a resin coat on each side, adhesively adhered to a carrier sheet with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, comprising at least one core layer of polyester and a rough ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6762014 | Image forming material An image forming material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon an image forming layer containing a light-insensitive organic silver salt and a reducing agent and a protective layer in that order, wherein the image forming layer or the protective layer c... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6749982 | Imaging member with polyester base An imaging member comprising a polymer sheet, a primer layer contacting said polymer sheet, and an image receiving layer contacting said primer layer; wherein said primer layer comprises: a) polyethyleneimine; and b) latex; wherein the latex has a Tg lower than 25°... | 06/15/2004 |