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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425409 | Photothermographic material 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... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422835 | Imaging element having improved durability The invention provides an imaging element comprising a support having thereon, in order, at least one imaging layer, at least one interlayer containing a lubricant which provides scratch-resistance and at least one outermost layer containing a different lubricant wh... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7402365 | Thermally transferable image protection overcoat The present invention relates to a protective heat transferable overcoat element comprising a support having thereon a protective polymer layer of at least one benzoated phenoxy resin of Formula I. The present invention also relates to a thermal transfer dye donor e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384732 | Method of manufacturing a photothermographic material by aqueous coating and a photothermographic material prepared therewith The invention provides a method of manufacturing a photothermographic material excellent in coating stability with less haze in images, wherein the photothermographic material has, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384730 | Top coating composition for photoresist and method of forming photoresist pattern using same Top coating compositions capable of being used in immersion lithography, and methods of forming photoresist patterns using the same, are provided. The top coating composition includes: a polymer, a base; and a solvent, wherein the polymer may be represented by Formu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7368229 | Composite layer method for minimizing PED effect A novel composite layer structure method which is suitable for reducing post-exposure delay (PED) effects associated with fabricating a photolithography reticle or mask and eliminating or at least minimizing variations between intended and realized critical dimensio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354697 | Process for producing wiring circuit board The invention provides a process for producing a wiring circuit board, which comprises the steps of: (A) forming a conductor layer of a predetermined pattern on an insulating layer; (B) forming a photosensitive solder resist layer on the insulating layer and the pat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326522 | Device manufacturing method and a substrate A method of reducing the effect of bubbles on the imaging quality of an immersion lithography apparatus, in which a top coating is applied to a substrate to keep bubbles away from a radiation sensitive layer of the substrate. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303858 | Photoacid generating polymer, its preparation method, top anti-reflective coating composition comprising the same, method of forming a pattern in a semiconductor device, and semiconductor device Disclosed herein is a photoacid generating polymer represented by Formula 1 below: wherein R1 is a C1-10 hydrocarbon or a C1-10 hydrocarbon in which the hydrogen atoms are wholly ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7205093 | Topcoats for use in immersion lithography A method of forming a top coat layer and a topcoat material for use in immersion lithography. A topcoat layer is formed on a photoresist layer from an aqueous solution that is immiscible with the photoresist layer. The topcoat layer is then rendered insoluble in neu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7169546 | Thermally transferable image protective sheet, method for protective layer formation, and record produced by said method Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lig... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153636 | Thermally developable materials with abrasion-resistant backside coatings Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials have an outermost backside layer that includes a combination of a polysiloxane and a smectite clay that has been modified with a quaternary ammonium compound. The resulting oute... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7132217 | Organic anti-reflective coating composition and pattern forming method using the same Disclosed are an organic anti-reflective coating composition which is introduced to top portion of a photoresist and a pattern forming method using the same, in a process for forming ultra-fine patterns of photoresist for photolithography by using 193 nm ArF or 157 ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7105284 | Thermally developable materials with narrow disperse amorphous silica Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials having an outermost backside layer that includes amorphous silica particles having a narrow particle size distribution. The narrower particle size distribution provides reduced ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094524 | Thermally development imaging materials having backside stabilizers Thermally developable photothermographic materials comprise a backside layer that includes a backside stabilizer to reduce fog formation in high humidity conditions, thereby providing improved shelf stability. Useful backside stabilizers include an amine organic bas... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7078134 | Photolithographic mask having a structure region covered by a thin protective coating of only a few atomic layers and methods for the fabrication of the mask including ALCVD to form the thin protective coating A photolithographic mask for patterning a photosensitive material, in particular on a wafer, has at least one structure region for imaging a structure on the photosensitive material, and an absorber structure for absorbing incident radiation. At least one structure ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063925 | Expansion of color gamut for silver halide media The invention relates to a photographic article comprising a base material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers. | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056650 | Thermally developable materials containing cationic overcoat polymer Thermally developable imaging materials have an outermost protective layer that is composed of one or more hydrophilic film-forming components. The predominant film-forming component is a positively-charged latex polymer that has cationic groups. The charged latex p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056551 | Protective overcoat and process for thermal dye sublimation prints Disclosed is a protective transparent overcoat comprising a protective polymer and a surfactant compound having multiple non-end-group hydrogen bonding groups directly or indirectly bonded to the backbone chain of the surfactant compound. The coating enables simplif... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049054 | Thermally developable materials containing ionic polymer interlayer Thermally developable imaging materials have an outermost protective layer that is composed of one or more hydrophilic film-forming components. Between the outermost protective layer and the underlying thermally developable imaging layers is an interlayer containing... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033743 | Barrier layers for use in substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording materials A substantially light-insensitive black and white monosheet thermographic recording material has a support and on one side of the support comprises a thermosensitive element, a barrier layer and an outermost protective layer, the thermosensitive element being exclus... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029834 | Thermally developable imaging materials having backside stabilizers Thermally developable photothermographic materials comprise a backside layer that includes a backside stabilizer to reduce fog formation in high humidity conditions, thereby providing improved shelf stability. Useful backside stabilizers are nitrogen-containing arom... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026092 | Thermally-transferable polyester image-protecting layer A thermal transfer medium for use in mass transfer printing comprises a substrate bearing on at least part of one surface thereof a coating of an overlay material comprising polyester having a glass transition greater than 50° C. (preferably at least 75° C.) and a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018787 | Thermally developable materials with improved backside layers Thermally developable materials such as photothermographic and thermographic materials have a backside conductive layer with increased conductive efficiency. This backside conductive layer is a buried conductive coating and is overcoated with a layer that contains a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018772 | Method of transferring a protective overcoat to a dye-donor element This invention relates to a method for transferring a protective overcoat for a thermal print wherein the protective overcoat is applied to a dye-donor element under predesigned conditions after thermal dye transfer, the dye-donor element comprising patches of dye f... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6998213 | Thermal transfer film, thermal transfer recording medium, and method for image formation using the same There are provided a thermal transfer film which can yield an image formed object possessing excellent fastness or resistance properties such as excellent abrasion resistance and lightfastness, has good sensitivity in transfer, and is free from blocking during stora... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991894 | Thermally developable imaging materials with barrier layer Thermographic and photothermographic materials comprise a barrier layer to provide physical protection and to prevent migration of diffusible imaging components and by-products resulting from high temperature imaging and/or development. The barrier layer comprises a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6984424 | Thermally transferable image protective sheet, method for protective layer formation, and record produced by said method Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lig... | 01/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6942956 | Process of transferring transferable protection overcoat to a dye-donor element A process of transferring a protection layer from a dye-donor receiver after thermal dye transfer. In one embodiment, the transferable protection layer contains inorganic particles, a polymeric binder, organic particles and an organic gloss-enhancing agent that enha... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942950 | Protective overcoat and process for thermal dye sublimation prints Disclosed is a protective transparent overcoat comprising a protective polymer and a surfactant compound having multiple non-end-group hydrogen bonding groups directly or indirectly bonded to the backbone chain of the surfactant compound. The coating enables simplif... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6913874 | Highly lubricated imaging element with elastomeric matte A photographic imaging element is disclosed comprising a support having on a front side thereof a silver halide imaging layer and an outermost protective overcoat layer comprising a film-forming binder, and on the backside thereof an outermost protective backcoat la... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6844145 | High-speed thermally developable imaging materials and methods of using same High-speed black-and-white photothermographic materials can be imaged in any suitable fashion using ultraviolet, visible, infrared, or X-radiation. They can have one or more thermally developable imaging layers on either or both sides of the support and can be image... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6821720 | Method of producing thermal-developable photosensitive material A method of producing a thermal-developable photosensitive material is provided, which prevents mixing of materials between layers to ensure that the coating surface is in a good condition. In this method, liquids for forming a photosensitive layer, an intermediate ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6821556 | Process for producing heat sensitive recording material Disclosed are a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support, a heat-sensitive recording layer comprising a leuco dye and a developer, and a protective layer comprising a resin in the form of a film, the protective layer being obtained by coating the heat-... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6777163 | Process for forming a photosensitive element having a layer of particulate material The invention relates to a process and apparatus for forming a photopolymerizable element useful as a flexographic printing plate having at least one layer of particulate material. The process includes forming a layer of a molten photopolymerizable material onto a s... | 08/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6749993 | Planographic printing precursor and printing method employing the same Disclosed is a planographic printing plate precursor comprising a support, and provided thereon, an image forming layer, a first outermost layer on the image forming layer side and a second outermost layer on the side of the support opposite the first outermost laye... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6730461 | Thermally developable imaging materials with reduced mottle providing improved image uniformity A photothermographic material that comprises a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers comprising a binder and in reactive association, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, and a reduci... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6712994 | Method and composition for the preservation of film The present invention provides a non-evaporating lubricant and cleaner formulation that protects all types of film by forming a slick protective coating that reduces or eliminates dirt, scratches and static charges. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a... | 03/30/2004 |
