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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316895 | Method for precipitating separation of photosensitive silver halide particle dispersion and silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material using thereof A method for separating photosensitive silver halide particles by precipitation from a dispersion comprising the silver halide particles and a protective colloid of a natural polymer, the method comprising the step of mixing the dispersion with an organic polymer ha... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7241562 | Color photographic element having improved speed This invention relates to a color silver halide photographic element comprising gelatin, a support bearing at least one dye image forming unit selected from a dye image forming unit comprising at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232652 | Photothermographic material and image forming method A photothermographic material including, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a first organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer which is disp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229631 | Preparation of oil-in-water emulsions stabilised with recombinant collagen-like material and related products The invention provides oil-in-water emulsions comprising recombinant collagen-like polymer in an amount sufficient to act as stabiliser of the emulsion. The polymer is especially a polypeptide which is free of helix structure, has an isoelectric point at least 0.5 p... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220536 | Silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material, thermal development method of the same, and thermal development apparatus for the same A photothermographic imaging material comprising a support having thereon, (a) a photosensitive layer containing an organic silver salt, photosensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent and a binder, (b) a light-insensitive layer, and (c) a protective layer, wh... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192907 | High performance water-based drilling mud and method of use A water based drilling fluid for use in drilling a subterranean well through a subterranean formation that swells in the presence of water, the drilling fluid is formulated to include: an aqueous based continuous phase; a weigh material; a shale encapsulator and an ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189501 | Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material that has, on a support, at least one yellow color-forming photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta color-forming photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one cyan co... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186501 | Photothermographic material containing particular hydrophilic polymer The present invention provides a photothermographic material, having a support and an image-forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and a reducer for the organic silver salt on at least one surface of the su... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7132227 | Silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material and image recording method A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material including a support provided thereon a light-sensitive layer containing an organic silver salt, light-sensitive silver halide particles and a reducing agent, wherein the dry imaging material contains organic soli... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7094526 | Silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material and production method of the same A photothermographic imaging material containing a support having thereon photosensitive silver halide grains, light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and polymer, wherein and average particle size of the photosensitive silver ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067608 | Process for preparing branched polyarylene ethers Disclosed is a process for preparing branched polyarylene ether polymers by (A) providing a reaction mixture comprising (i) a polyfunctional phenol compound of the formula Ar(OH)x wherein x≧3 and wherein Ar is an aryl moiety or an alkylaryl moiety, prov... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7035929 | Method for dynamically allocating IP addresses for time sensitive hosts based on priorities and guard bands A method and system is provided for periodically and dynamically updating allocation pools of IP address which are reserved for wireless or wireline hosts. A system IP address server controls an entire address pool, contains predictive analysis logic, performs a pre... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001978 | Unsaturated ester substituted polymers with reduced halogen content Polymers of the formula wherein x is 0 or 1, R1-4 are alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl groups, X1-4 are halogens, a′, b′, c′, and d′ are 0–4, UE is an unsaturated ester group, e, f, g... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969733 | Organometallic monoacylalkylphosphines Compounds of the formula I (I), in which Ar is a group or unsubstituted or substituted cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, naphthyl, biphenylyl or an O-, S- or N-contai... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6927273 | Process for preparing substituted polyarylene ethers Processes for preparing polymers of the formula wherein m is 0 or 1, X is chlorine, bromine, or iodine, and n, e, and f are each, independently of the others, integers wherein e may be 0 and n and f are each at least 1... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6887657 | Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and image-forming method A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material, which containes at least one specific compound containing at least one alkenylcarbonyl group, in at least one layer on a support; and an image-forming method using the same. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6887656 | Color photographic element containing improved heterocyclic speed enhancing compound Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound that does not react with oxidized developer, has a Log Kow high enough to improve speed, compared to the same layer without the compo... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6875565 | Silver halide photographic emulsion and photographic element comprising it A silver halide emulsion which comprises silver halide tabular grains showing an average thickness lower than 0.15 μm, an average diameter of at least 1.20 μm and an average aspect ratio of at least 8:1 dispersed in a hydrophilic colloid mixture comprising from 10... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6800220 | OPTICALLY ACTIVE POLYESTER, PHOTOREACTIVE CHIRAL AGENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL COLOR FILTER, OPTICAL FILM, RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF CHANGING THE HELICAL STRUCTURE OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL, AND METHOD OF FIXING THE HELICAL STRUCTURE OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL The present invention discloses an optically active polyester comprising at least constituent units represented by the general formula (I) and the general formula (II): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 each inde... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6787299 | Silver salt photothermographic imaging material A silver salt photothermographic imaging material is disclosed, comprising a light-sensitive aliphatic acid silver salt, a light-sensitive emulsion containing light-sensitive halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions, a binder and a cross-linking agent, wherei... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6770412 | Black and white photographic material The invention provides black and white silver halide material for optical contact copying, comprising: at least one photographic emulsion layer including a silver-halide-containing matrix in which the matrix includes a polymer and a hydrophilic binder, wherein the r... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6720134 | Silver halide photographic emulsion and silver halide photographic lightsensitive material using the same A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising grains, wherein 70% or more of the total projected area of the grains is occupied by silver halide grains each meeting requirements (a) to (d) below (a) the grain is composed of a tabular silver halide host gra... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6664020 | Transfer imaging elements A mass transfer imaging element comprising a substrate having a surface colourant layer containing a pigment to be imagewise transferred, wherein said colourant layer comprises a fluorocarbon additive in an amount to provide a fluorocarbon additive:pigmen... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6645712 | Oil-in-water emulsion stabilized with recombinant collagen-like material The invention provides oil-in-water emulsions comprising recombinant collagen-like polymer in an amount sufficient to act as stabiliser of the emulsion. The polymer is especially a polypeptide which is free of helix structure, has an isoelectric point at ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645690 | Photographic member with flexibilizer material The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a base and hydrophillic colloid layers comprising at least one layer comprising photosensitive silver halide, wherein said hydrophilic colloid imaging layers further comprise a flexibilizer agent ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6639044 | Use of NIR (Near-Infrared Spectroscopy) in composite production A method for controlling the production of formaldehyde resin compositions in which formaldehyde takes part in a reaction with one or a combination of co resin forming material (of the type phenol, urea, melamine) the method includes monitoring at least o... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6589724 | Color photographic element containing speed-improving benzotriazole polymer Disclosed is color silver halide photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non-silver containing light-insensitive layer, said light-sensitive or light-insensitive layer containing a polymer compound comprising a ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6562540 | Process for medical implant of cross-linked ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having improved balance of wear properties and oxidation resistance A medical implant of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having an improved balance of wear properties and oxidation resistance is prepared by irradiating a preform of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene, annealing the irradiated preform in the ab... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6548238 | Color photographic recording material The stability of the dyes which are obtained after processing a color photographic material is improved by the addition of a polyvinylcaprolactam.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6410637 | Water-based composition for coating a donor member A waterborne coating composition for application to a donor member surface includes a resin binder, a conductive particle material, an additional particle material of either (1) graphite particles with a dispersant of polyacrylamide, polyethylene oxide, p... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6361916 | Loaded latex compositions with dye and stabilizer A composition that is useful in a wide variety of applications comprises a latex having water as a continuous phase and, as the dispersed phase, hydrophobic polymer particles having associated therewith both a dye and a stabilizer for the dye. In a partic... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6316158 | Process for medical implant of cross-linked ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having improved balance of wear properties and oxidation resistance A medical implant of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having an improved balance of wear properties and oxidation resistance is prepared by irradiating a preform of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene, annealing the irradiated preform in the ab... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6316177 | Color photographic element containing speed-improving polymers Disclosed is a color silver halide photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non-silver containing light-insensitive layer, said light-sensitive or light-insensitive layer containing a polymer compound comprising ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6280917 | Latex and silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing the same A latex comprising a polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an active methylene group and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit selected from methacrylic acid ester, acrylic acid ester, maleic acid ester and diene derivati... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6210872 | Optical film A novel optical film capable of readily vitrifying the tendency and state of liquid crystal alignment, excellent in the ability to retain the alignment state, and suitable for the application to optical elements. The film is produced from a liquid-crystal... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6203973 | Polymer latexes with core-shell morphology The present invention is a polymer latex that includes polymer particles having a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion contains polymerized hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomers with a water solubility less than 1% at room temperatu... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6187510 | Digital lithographic printing plate and method of making thereof A radiation sensitive plate structure and method for digitally producing a lithographic printing plate. The radiation sensitive plate structure comprises a substrate, a photosensitive layer which changes solubility in a developer liquid upon exposure to a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6171774 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a yellow dye image-forming emulsion layer, a magenta dye image-forming emulsion layer, and a cyan dye image-forming emulsio... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6165702 | Imaging element containing polymer particles and lubricant The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support, at least one image forming layer, and a surface protective layer. The surface protective layer includes polymer particles having a mean particle size of less than 500 nm including a pol... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6156475 | Image forming process using silver halide, reducing agent and polymerizable compound An image forming process comprises the steps of image-wise exposing to light a light-sensitive material, heating the light-sensitive material to develop the silver halide within the exposed area and to harden the hardening layer, and removing the light-se... | 12/05/2000 |
