Patents by Inventor Kathleen M. Yahn

Kathleen M. Yahn 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 element containing sulfon amido compounds that boost dye formation from photographic couplers
    Patent number: 6120981
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-foaming coupler compound and a sulfonamido compound (a) bearing on the sulfur atom of the sulfonamido group an alkyl group and (b) bearing on the nitrogen atom of the sulfonamido group both a hydrogen atom that exhibits a pKa value of less than 9 and a second substituent that is either (1) an aryl group containing one or more electron withdrawing substituents for which the sum of the Hammett's values (.SIGMA..sigma..sub.p) is greater than 0.5, or (2) a heteroaryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David Hoke, Jared B. Mooberry, Kathleen M. Yahn, Kevin P. Dockery, David T. Southby