Michael P Swanson

US Patent:

57120790, Jan 27, 1998

Filed:

Dec 11, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/763777

Inventors:

Douglas R. Robello - Webster NY
Michael T. Swanson - Rochester NY
Scott E. Tunney - Ontario NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03C 516

US Classification:

4302701

Abstract:

An ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a barrier layer and a colorant layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, the element containing an infrared-absorbing material, and wherein the barrier layer is prepared from an aqueous latex dispersion of a polycyanoacrylate copolymer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, VA is a vinyl monomer with a pendant ionizable group, and the weight ratios of x:y range from about 97:3 to about 70:30.

US Patent:

59980885, Dec 7, 1999

Filed:

Aug 3, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/128165

Inventors:

Douglas R. Robello - Webster NY
Michael T. Swanson - Peoria IL

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03C 516

US Classification:

430269

Abstract:

A laser ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon a recording layer comprising a pigment dispersed in a polymeric binder, the polymeric binder having an infrared-absorbing material dissolved therein, and wherein the polymeric binder is obtained from an aqueous latex dispersion of a polycyanoacrylate copolymer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms; VA is a repeating unit resulting from the polymerization of a vinyl-containing monomer with a pendant ionizable group; and the weight ratios of x:y range from about 97:3 to about 70:30.