Patents by Inventor Cynthia A. Fitzgerald

Cynthia A. Fitzgerald 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).

  • Publication number: 20130052594
    Abstract: A silver halide motion picture film can be used to provide multicolor images for archival storage, exhibiting excellent dark stability as determined by Arrhenius testing. This motion picture film can be imaged using common digital recorders. The resulting multicolor image has a Dmax in each color record of at least 2.3 Status A density. The overall contrast from each of the blue light sensitive color record, the red light sensitive color record, and the green light sensitive color record is the slope of a straight line connecting a point A and a point B on the characteristic curve of Status A density vs. log Exposure (E) for the respective color record, wherein point A is the log Exposure (E) required to attain a density level of 0.4 above Dmin and point B is the point represented by the log Exposure (E) of point A plus 0.7 log Exposure (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Diane M. Carroll-Yacoby, Christopher J. Haller, Paul L. Zengerle, Anabisdally Castro, Cynthia A. Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 6558886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide direct view multicolor photographic element comprising a green record containing a green light sensitized silver halide emulsion and comprising either (a) a magenta dye-forming coupler and a cyan dye-forming coupler in an amount of at least 0.1 mole % of the couplers present in the green record, or (b) a green record having a coupler or couplers sufficient to provide upon development a Status A red density greater than 0.23 as measured using a green light separation exposure at a Status A green density of 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Walter H. Isaac, Jess B. Hendricks, Vincent J. Flow, Patrick W. Webber, Glenn M. Brown, Cynthia A Fitzgerald, Carolyn R. Ellinger
  • Patent number: 6555304
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide direct view multicolor photographic element comprising a red record containing (1) a red light sensitized silver halide emulsion, (2) a cyan dye-forming NB first coupler, and (3) a second coupler selected from (a) a magenta dye forming coupler in an amount of 2-30 mole % of the total coupler in the red record and (b) a cyan dye-forming coupler having a greater absorption in the green spectra than the first coupler in an amount sufficient to provide a Status A green density in the range of 0.27 to 0.40 using a red light separation exposure at a Status A red density of 1.0. Such an element exhibits improved flesh tone reproduction and good dye dark stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Walter H. Isaac, Vincent J. Flow, James S. Honan, Jeffrey C. Smitley, Patrick W. Webber, Glenn M. Brown, Cynthia A. Fitzgerald, Jess B. Hendricks, Thomas A. Rosiek, John H. Harder, Carolyn H. Ellinger