Patents Represented by Attorney Gerald E. Battist
  • Patent number: 4218368
    Abstract: Aromatic nitro compounds are disclosed where the aromatic ring contains electron-withdrawing groups and said aromatic nitro compound is capable of undergoing intramolecular nucleophilic displacement after reduction of the nitro group. The compounds are especially useful in photographic elements where an image dye-providing material or a photographic reagent are released upon cleavage from the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jerald C. Hinshaw, Richard P. Henzel