Patents Examined by Lee C. Wright
  • Patent number: 5478720
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is provided, containing a monomethine-cyanine dye, a trimethine-cyanine dye and a supersensitizer represented by the following Formula [I] or Formula [II]. The cyanine dyes are incorporated in the form of a dispersion of solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Heki
  • Patent number: 5476762
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support and provided thereon, a photographic component layer comprising a silver halide emulsion layer, the material being processed in 10 seconds to less than 45 seconds, wherein the photographic component layer comprises polymer latex of a polymer containing in its chemical structure a unit derived from a monomer having a solubility in water of 25.degree. C. of 0.000 to 0.025% by weight and the pH of the surface on the silver halide emulsion layer side of the material is not more than 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5476757
    Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye-forming coupler dispersed in an organic solvent, the coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein A, B, and C are hydrogen or fluorine;X is selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkoxy and methyl groups;R is a straight chain aliphatic group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or members selected from the group consisting of --F, --R", --OR", --SO.sub.2 R", --SO.sub.2 NHR", --CONHR", --COOR", --NHCOR", --NHSO.sub.2 R", and --OCOR" where R" is a primary or secondary alkyl group;R' is a substituent group and m is from 0 to 4;COG is hydrogen or a coupling-off group capable of being split-off by an oxidized color developer; andwherein the substituent groups X, R, and R' are selected so as to ballast the coupler and prevent it from wandering within the photographic coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Philip T. S. Lau, Thomas H. Jozefiak, Thomas R. Welter
  • Patent number: 5474873
    Abstract: An optical recording medium in which a recording layer (4) on which optically readable data are recorded is formed on a rectangular base material (1), a protective layer (5) is formed by roll coating on the recording layer (4) and wherein the base material (1) on which the recording layer (4) and the protective layer (5) have been formed is cut into a predetermined shape. The protective layer (5) provided on the recording layer (4) is formed of a material having a low Young modulus and a lower thermal conductivity as compared with the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Akamatsu, Masato Yamamura
  • Patent number: 5474883
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon a layer containing an acylacetamide-type coupler having an acyl group represented by the following formula (YI) and/or a coupler represented by the following formula (1) or (2), wherein the support is made of a poly(alkylene aromatic dicarboxylate) and has a glass transition point of from 50.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. and is heat-treated at a temperature falling within the range from 40.degree. C. to lower than the glass transition point before or after having been coated with a subbing layer and before being coated with silver halide light-sensitive layers, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent; and Q represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming, along with C in the formula, a 3-membered to 5-membered hydrocarbon ring or a 3-membered to 6-membered hetero ring having in the ring structure at least one hetero atom selected from among N, O, S and P, ##STR2## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Kiyoshi Nakazyo
  • Patent number: 5472839
    Abstract: A photographic recording material having a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer which is spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing dye of one of the formulae I and II ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 denote sulfoalkyl;R.sup.3 denotes alkyl;R.sup.4 denotes H, F, Cl, --CN, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl;R.sup.5 denotes Cl, --CN;M.sup..sym. denotes a counter ion (cation) which is optionally necessary to balance the charge exhibits a high degree of sensitivity which is stable under warm, humid conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventor: Michael Missfeldt
  • Patent number: 5470697
    Abstract: A magenta coupler and a light sensitive silver halide color photographic material containing the coupler are disclosed. The magenta coupler is represented by formulas ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, L is an alkylene group, n is 0 or 1, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, where R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may be condensed to form a cycle, and X is a hydrogen atom or an atom or a group that can be released upon the reaction with an oxidation product of color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kita, Hiroshi Ishidai, Yutaka Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5470696
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer and associated therewith a color coupler of the general formula (1) or (2): ##STR1## wherein A and B represent the same or different electron-withdrawing group,X is H or a group which splits off on coupling with oxidized color developer,R is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heterocyclic which may be substituted, --COR.sup.1, --CSR.sup.1, SOR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, --NHCOR.sup.1, --CONHR.sup.1, --COOR.sup.1, --COSR.sup.1, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.1 wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl group any of which are optionally substituted,and wherein two or more of A, B, R, and X optionally form part of a ring,Link is a linking group andn is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Hugh M. Williamson
  • Patent number: 5466571
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which comprises a support and provided thereon, a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains, the silver halide grains are chemically sensitized by a selenium compound and spectrally sensitized by a dye represented by formula (S-1): ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mitsuhashi, Nobuaki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5464732
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers, wherein a silver halide emulsion layer arranged at the position nearest to the support among said silver halide emulsion layers contains a dye-forming coupler and a color stain preventing agent represented by Formula HQ-1 in an amount of 1 mol % to 5 mol % of the dye-forming coupler. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a specified substituent, provided that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is a group having 6 or more carbon atoms in total.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Yukio Oya, Akiyoshi Tai
  • Patent number: 5462822
    Abstract: A photographic print material suited for the production of a multicolor filter array element for use in a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer wherein the print material comprises a glass plate supporting on one side thereof (i) a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing a yellow dye forming color coupler, (ii) a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light and containing a magenta dye forming color coupler, and (iii) a sliver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light and containing a cyan dye forming color coupler. The red light sensitive emulsion layer is disposed on the side of the array remote from the glass supporting plate and in each of the silver halide emulsion layers the equivalent ratio of silver halide to color coupler is at least 1 and preferably 1.2. A water-impermeable organic resin covering layer is applied over the red light sensitive emulsion layer and a transparent electrode layer is vacuum deposited over the covering layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT N. V.
    Inventors: Raymond Roosen, Herman Van Gorp, Marcel Monbaliu
  • Patent number: 5460927
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel and economic method for the production of an activated propene from a malonitrile dimer which comprises reacting a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## with a nucleophile D to provide a compound of the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein substituents A, B and E each individually represent hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl acyl carboxyl or aryl group or an electron withdrawing group, and X is a group capable of displacement via a substitution reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Hugh M. Williamson
  • Patent number: 5460925
    Abstract: A photographic element comprises a support, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer and in or adjacent said silver halide layer a color coupler of one of the general formulas: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a group substantially without any electron-withdrawing capability,R.sup.2 is a substituent not incompatible with the function of the compound,R.sup.3 is an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group any of which may be substituted,provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 or R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 may together form a cyclic group containing at least one heteroatom, andX is a coupling-off group.The invention also provides a coupler composition, a dye composition, and a method of forming an image in the element of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Philip A. Allway
  • Patent number: 5459023
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer containing at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a substituent; m and n each represents an integer of from 0 to 4; provided that said compound of formula (I) has a phosphonic acid ester moiety or a phosphonic acid amide moiety, wherein the carbon atom of the C-P bond contained in said moiety (i) constitutes a part of the skeleton of said compound of formula (I), said skeleton being represented by formula (A) ##STR2## or (ii) is contained in a substituent group represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, or R.sub.6 ; wherein two or more of R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 may combine with said phosphonic acid ester or amide moiety to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohzaburoh Yamada, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5459024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to color photographic materials having improved sharpness, higher photographic speeds and increased fastness by forming the image in the presence of couplers wherein the rate of dye formation is high, the color forming density is high and the dye which is formed has a high degree of fastness. The coupler compound represented by formula (I) indicated below is contained in at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support of a silver halide color photographic material.R.sup.1 R.sup.2 NCOCHXCONH-.phi..sup.1 -SO.sub.2 NR.sup.3 -.phi..sup.2(I)In formula (I), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, X represents a group which can be eliminated when the coupler compound reacts with an oxidized product of a primary aromatic amine developing agent, .phi..sup.1 represents a phenylene group, .phi..sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Akira Ogawa, Hajime Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5459022
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, a yellow-colored cyan coupler, and a compound capable of releasing a bleaching accelerator or a precursor thereof on reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Ishii, Yoshihiro Fujita, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5457004
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a substrate bearing a photographic silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a high dye-yield coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: COUP is a photographic coupler residue capable of coupling with oxidized color developer to form a first dye;T is a timing group;m is an integer from 0 to 2;L is a linking group selected from the group consisting of --OC(.dbd.O)--, --OC(.dbd.S)--, --SC(.dbd.O)--, --SC(.dbd.S)--, and --OC(.dbd.NSO.sub.2 R) where R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl; andDYE is a releasable second dye or dye precursor having a particular formula including a methine dye chromophore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, James J. Seifert, David Hoke, Zheng Z. Wu, David T. Southby, Frank D. Coms
  • Patent number: 5457020
    Abstract: Novel bicyclic pyrazolo couplers containing a ballast group of formula (I): ##STR1## are useful in photographic materials and processes. The couplers exhibit increased coupling activity, and provide formation of dyes having improved maximum magenta image dye density, hue, and dye light stability when employed in color photographic materials and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Philip T. S. Lau, Ping W. Tang, Stanley W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 5457008
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion having associated therewith a coupler compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group;m is an integer from 0 to 4, n is 1 or 2, and p is an integer from 0 to 4; andA, B, and R each independently represent a substituent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Philip T. S. Lau, Thomas H. Jozefiak, Thomas R. Welter
  • Patent number: 5453353
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support and thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound represented by Formula S-I and a compound represented by Formulas S-II or S-III: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Arai, Nobuaki Kagawa