Patents by Inventor Keiji Mihayashi

Keiji Mihayashi 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).

  • Patent number: 5543282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic photosensitive material wherein a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which is comprised of tabular grains. The grains have an aspect ratio at least 2 account for at least 50% of the total number of silver halide grains. The emulsion layer or the layer adjacent thereto also contains a cyan coupler represented by formula (Ia): ##STR1## wherein the variables in the formula are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Yasuhiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 5541050
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer formed on a support containing light-sensitive silver halide grains which have been chemically sensitized by at least one of a selenium sensitizer, a gold sensitizer and a sulfur sensitizer and at least one of the layers of the material contains a compound represented by the following formula (I) and/or a compound represented by the following formula (II) in which A is a coupler residue or a redox group, L.sub.1 and L.sub.3 are divalent timing groups, L.sub.2 is a timing group with a valency of 3 or more, PUG is a photographically useful group, j and n are integers, each of 0 to 2, m is 1 or 2, s is 2 or a greater integer obtained by subtracting 1 from the valence of L.sub.2, L.sub.4 is --OCO-- group, and L.sub.5 is a group which releases PUG by electron transfer along a conjugated system.Formula (I)A'--(L.sub.1).sub.j --(L.sub.2).sub.m --[(L.sub.3).sub.n --PUG].sub.8Formula (II)A--L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Mikio Ihama
  • Patent number: 5538837
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which causes less fluctuation in the photographic processing activity of a processing solution in continuously processing the light-sensitive material and which has less unevenness in processing and excellent color reproducibility and sharpness. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support, and provided thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, and containing a coupler represented by the following Formula (I) and a coupler represented by the following Formula (II):Formula (I)A.sub.1 -(TIME).sub.a -DIFormula (II)A.sub.2 -(TIME).sub.a -DIwherein A.sub.1 represents a group having an anti-diffusion group and releasing (TIME).sub.a -DI upon a reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; A.sub.2 represents a group having no anti-diffusion group and releasing (TIME).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi
  • Patent number: 5534399
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, at least one layer of which is a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer. At least 50% of the total projected area of the silver halide grains constituting the at least one silver halide emulsion layer is accounted for by tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of at least 2:1, and a yellow colored cyan coupler is contained in at least one hydrophilic colloid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5529894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material which comprises a support having thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a pyrazoloazole based magenta coupler, and a coupler which contains a plurality of photographically useful groups or precursors thereof. The photograhically useful groups or precursors thereof are capable of being released when the coupler undergoes a coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 5514529
    Abstract: A light-sensitive material having at least one emulsion layer containing silver halide grains, wherein tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of 2 or more occupy at least 50% of the total projected area of all grains, and the material contains a compound which releases two photographically useful groups from one molecule through a timing group and/or a compound which releases a photographically useful group through two timing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 5498513
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one photosensitive emulsion layer comprising a DIR coupler which is represented by general formula (I) below and a compound which is represented by general formula (R-1) below; ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residual group, n represents an integer of 0 or 1 with the proviso that when A represents a phenol type or naphthol type coupler residual group then n is 1, and when A represents some other coupler residual group then n is 0, and R represents an alkyl group which has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a pyridyl group;A-(L.sub.1).sub.v -B-(L.sub.2).sub.w -INH-HYD Formula (R-I)wherein A represents a group which reacts with the oxidized form of the developing agent and cleaves (L.sub.1).sub.v -B-(L.sub.2).sub.w -INH-HYD, L.sub.1 represents a group which cleaves the bond with B after cleavage of the bond with A, B represents a group which reacts with the oxidized form of a developing agent and cleaves (L.sub.2).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 5476759
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed, wherein said light-sensitive material contains a DIR coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue; R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a pyridyl group; and n represents 1 when A represents a phenol type or naphthol type coupler residue, or n represents 0 when A represents other coupler residues, and said emulsion layer contains chemically sensitized silver halide grains which individually have a distinct layer comprising silver iodobromide containing from 7 to 45 mol % of silver iodide and which individually have an overall silver iodide content of more than 4 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi, Naoki Saito, Masuji Motoki
  • 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: 5474886
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The silver halide color photographic material contains a developing solution-deactivated type timing DIR which forms either a nondiffusing dye or a dye dissolved out from the light-sensitive material during development and an acylacetamide type coupler having a specific acyl group and/or an N,N-substituted linear or cyclic malondiamide type coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakazyo, Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi
  • 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: 5449598
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein the hydrophilic colloidal layer contains a novel coupler compound having a high dye forming rate and a high color density represented by general formula (I):(R.sup.1 COCHXCONR.sup.2 R.sup.3)--(CONHSO.sub.2 R.sup.4).sub.n(I)wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, --NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --OR.sup.7 ; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic group or --NR.sup.8 R.sup.9 ; R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.7 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X represents a group capable of being released as an anion (X.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Seiji Ichijima, Masuji Motoki, Takayoshi Kamio, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5447833
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which contains at least one precursor of the kind which releases at least two groups selected from the group consisting of a photographically useful group and a precursor thereof via a timing group, wherein plural photographically useful groups or precursors thereof are present on different constituent atoms of said timing group, provided that when the plural photographically useful groups have different functions, the timing group is a group which does not utilize an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuji Motoki, Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5429917
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The photographic material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing a coupler represented by the general formula (I) and/or a coupler represented by the general formula (II), silver iodobromide containing 15 to 45 mol % silver iodide in a definite layer structure in the emulsion layer, and chemically sensitized silver halide grains having a total silver iodide content of more than 7 mol %: ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X.sup.3 represents an organic residue which forms a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with >N--; Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; and Z represents a group capable of being separated from the coupler upon the reaction of the coupler with the oxidation product of a developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Naoki Saito, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 5403703
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, contains a pyrazoloazole-based coupler, and further contains a compound represented by Formula (I) and/or Formula (II) below:Formula (I) A--(L.sub.1).sub.j --(L.sub.2).sub.m --[(L.sub.3).sub.n --PUG].sub.sFormula (II) A--L.sub.4 --L.sub.5 --PUGwhere A represents a coupler moiety or an oxidation-reduction group, each of L.sub.1 and L.sub.3 represents a divalent timing group, L.sub.2 represents a timing group with a valency of 3 or more and does not use electron transfer via a conjugated system, L.sub.4 represents a coupling group such as --OCO--, L.sub.5 represents a group for releasing PUG by electron transfer along a conjugated system or L.sub.4, PUG represents a photographically useful group, each of j and n independently represents 0, 1, or 2, m represents 1 or 2, and s represents a number obtained by subtracting 1 from a valence number of L.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 5380625
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material, which comprises processing an image-wise exposed silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and containing an N,N-substituted malondiamide type coupler with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent represented by the following general formula (D) or (E): ##STR1## In a preferred embodiment, the photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan coupler represented by the following general formula (C): ##STR2##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Masato Taniguchi, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 5376513
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the light-sensitive material contains a yellow colored cyan coupler and an acylacetamide yellow dye forming coupler having an acyl moiety represented by the general formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a univalent group, Q represents a group of non-metal atoms required to form, together with C, a three to five membered hydrocarbon ring or a three to five membered heterocyclic ring which has within the ring at least one hetero atom selected from among N, O, S and P, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and it does not join with Q to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5360709
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising on a support at least a silver halide emulsion layer, comprising a compound represented by general formula (I):A--(L).sub.r --INH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Q(I)wherein A represents a coupler residue excepting 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b]-1,2,4-triazole and 1H-pyrazolo[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazole; L represents a timing group or a group which reduces an oxidation product of a developing agent; r represents an integer of 2 to 4; n represents an integer of 0 to 3; Q represents a group having a molecular weight of 80 to 250; and INH represents a development inhibitor residue bonded to A--(L).sub.r via hetero atoms and selected from a group ##STR1## wherein * represents the position at which the group is connected to L and ** represents the position at which the group is connected to --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Masuji Motoki, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5350666
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having on a support, at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, which contains a coupler which releases at least two groups selected from the group consisting of a photographically useful group and a precursor thereof via a timing group upon undergoing a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a developing agent, in which a plurality of photographically useful groups or precursors thereof are present on different atoms of the timing group, provided that when the plurality of photographically useful groups have a different function to each other, the timing group is not a group utilizing an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuji Motoki, Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5338654
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing at least one coupler compound of the formula (1) in at least one hydrophilic colloid layer which is provided on a support:R.sup.1 OCOCHXCONR.sup.2 R.sup.3 (1)where R.sup.1 represents a branched alkyl group including a cyclic alkyl group and a cyclic alkyl-substituted alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X represents a group which splits off from the coupler compound when the coupler compound is reacted with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring. The coupler has a high dye-forming rate to give a dye having a high color density and a high color fastness. The material has improved sharpness and color fastness and an elevated sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Takayoshi Kamio, Seiji Ichijima, Keiji Mihayashi