Patent ID: 9235130
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G03F,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing an electrically-conductive article using photosensitive silver halide, the method comprising: imagewise exposing a conductive film element precursor that comprises a transparent substrate comprising a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side and a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on at least the first supporting side, to radiation to provide, in the photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on at least the first supporting side: (a) a latent electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid, (b) a latent electrically-conductive silver connector wire pattern different from the latent electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid, and optionally, (c) transparent regions outside of both the latent electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid and the latent electrically-conductive silver connector wire pattern; and processing the latent electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid and the latent electrically-conductive silver connector wire pattern using at least solution physical development and silver halide fixing, to provide: (a) an electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid from the latent electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid, (b) an electrically-conductive silver connector wire pattern from the latent electrically-conductive silver connector wire pattern, and optionally, (c) transparent regions outside of both the electrically-conductive silver metal electrode grid and the electrically-conductive silver connector wire pattern,