Patents by Inventor Katherine Root

Katherine Root 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).

  • Polymers for the release of photographically useful groups
    Patent number: 5372919
    Abstract: A polymeric material is provided comprising a blocked photographically useful group (PUG). The incorporated blocked photographically useful group includes a PUG and a blocking group that is capable of releasing the PUG upon processing the photographic element, wherein the blocking group(a) is capable of reacting with a dinucleophile reagent, and(b) comprises two electrophilic groups that are separated from each other by a substituted atom that enables a nucleophilic displacement reaction to occur with release of PUG upon processing the photographic element in the presence of a dinucleophile reagent, wherein the group that is less electrophilic is bonded directly or through at least one releasable timing group to the PUG.Photographic elements and emulsions including the inventive polymers, and processes for developing an image in the elements, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ralph B. Nielsen, David T. Southby, Katherine Root, Hwei-Ling Yau
  • Polymers for the release of photographically useful groups
    Patent number: 5223581
    Abstract: A polymeric material is provided comprising a blocked photographically useful group (PUG). The incorporated blocked photographically useful group includes a PUG and a blocking group that is capable of releasing the PUG upon processing the photographic element, wherein the blocking group(a) is capable of reacting with a dinucleophile reagent, and(b) comprises two electrophilic groups that are separated from each other by a substituted atom that enables a nucleophilic displacement reaction to occur with release of PUG upon processing the photographic element in the presence of a dinucleophile reagent, wherein the group that is less electrophilic is bonded directly or through at least one releasable timing group to the PUG.Photographic elements and emulsions including the inventive polymers, and processes for developing an image in the elements, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ralph B. Nielsen, David T. Southby, Katherine Root, Hwei-Ling Yau