Patents by Inventor John William Boettcher

John William Boettcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5965345
    Abstract: A method of sensitizing a silver halide emulsion comprises the steps of:a) forming a co-dispersion of a first sensitizing dye and a second sensitizing dye in an aqueous medium, wherein the peak absorptance of the second dye is at least 10 nm different from the peak absorptance of the first dye, and wherein the ratio of the first dye to the second dye is from about 0.1 to 20; andb) incorporating the resulting co-dispersion in a silver halide emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Steven George Link, John William Boettcher, Frederick Charles Derks, Heidi Melissa Viterise
  • Patent number: 5677116
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a polyester support bearing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer, the support having adjacent thereto a polymer-containing subbing layer, the subbing layer having adjacent thereto a layer comprising a hydrophilic binder containing dispersed droplets of a high boiling hydrophobic organic liquid, said liquid having a logarithm of its octanol/water partition coefficient (log P) value greater than 7.7. The invention also includes a process for preparing a photographic element of the invention and a process for forming an image in an element of the invention. The invention further includes a photographic element comprising a polyester support bearing a hydrophilic layer containing an antihalation agent, such as elemental silver, with or without an intervening subbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul Leo Zengerle, John Brian Rieger, John William Boettcher, Richard Allen Carmack