Patents by Inventor Jane Sarah Boff

Jane Sarah Boff 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).

  • Photographic material containing magenta dye forming coupler
    Patent number: 5667946
    Abstract: The invention provides a light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta coupler having formula I: ##STR1## wherein: R represents a ballasted monosubstituted amino group which enables the coupler to form, upon development with 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline sulfate developing agent, a magenta dye having a wavelength of maximum absorbance of 545 nm or greater; andX represents hydrogen or a coupling-off group. The resulting dye has an improved spectral absorption curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jane Sarah Boff, Bernard Arthur Clark, Paul Louis Stanley, Christina Mary Watts, Stephen Paul Singer
  • Photographic element containing an azopyrazolone masking coupler exhibiting improved keeping
    Patent number: 5641613
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a light-sensitive photographic silver halide layer containing (1) a bicyclic azole coupler (2) an azopyrazolone masking coupler and (3) a low impact development inhibitor releasing (LIDIR) coupler having at least one hydrogen atom at the coupling site and which does not substantially reduce contrast in the layer in which it is coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jane Sarah Boff, Stephen Paul Singer