Patents by Inventor Ken-ichi Kuwabara

Ken-ichi Kuwabara 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: 7037641
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, in which emulsion at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic protective colloid layer are applied on both surfaces of a transparent support, and a compound selected from benzotriazoles is contained in said at least one silver halide emulsion layer. A processing method for processing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet with a developer comprising a developing agent represented by formula (A): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group. A developer for use in developing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet, comprising a developing agent represented by the above-mentioned formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co.,Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20050233267
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, in which emulsion at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic protective colloid layer are applied on both surfaces of a transparent support, and a compound selected from benzotriazoles is contained in said at least one silver halide emulsion layer. A processing method for processing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet with a developer comprising a developing agent represented by formula (A): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group. A developer for use in developing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet, comprising a developing agent represented by the above-mentioned formula (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 6916600
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, in which emulsion at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic protective colloid layer are applied on both surfaces of a transparent support, and a compound selected from benzotriazoles is contained in said at least one silver halide emulsion layer. A processing method for processing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet with a developer comprising a developing agent represented by formula (A): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group. A developer for use in developing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet, comprising a developing agent represented by the above-mentioned formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20030096203
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, in which emulsion at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic protective colloid layer are applied on both surfaces of a transparent support, and a compound selected from benzotriazoles is contained in said at least one silver halide emulsion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 6472132
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3): wherein R1 represents a phenyl, aromatic heterocyclic or aliphatic group, having at least one electron-withdrawing group as a substituent, PUG represents a residue of a development inhibitor, Y1 and Z1 respectively represent a substituent which is substitutable on a benzene ring, and n1 and p1 denote integers from 0 to 4, Ar represents an aryl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, PUG represents a residue of a development inhibitor, TIME represents a timing group and t denotes 0 or 1, A represents a connecting group, m denotes an integer from 2 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohzaburoh Yamada, Hirokazu Kyota, Masahiko Taniguchi, Takashi Hoshimiya, Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Toshihide Ezoe
  • Patent number: 6458522
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes a compound selected from: (1) a quaternary nitrogen or phosphorus salt compound, having 20 or more of total recurring units consisting of an ethyleneoxy group and/or a propyleneoxy group; (2) a quaternary salt compound represented by formula (A): wherein Q represents nitrogen or phosphorus, R1, R2 and R3 represent an alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or heterocyclic group, L1 represents an alkylene group, Y represents —C(═O) or —SO2—, L2 represents a divalent connecting group having at least one hydrophilic group, Xn− represents an n-valent counter anion, n being an integer of 1 to 3; and (3) a quaternary salt compound represented by formula (B): wherein A represents an organic moiety necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring. L2 represents a divalent connecting group having at least one hydrophilic group that divides L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Taniguchi, Kohzaburoh Yamada, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Tetsuo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5288590
    Abstract: A high contrast photographic image is formed by development of a photographic material with an amine-free developer having a low pH value. The photographic material has at least one silver halide emulsion on a support. The silver halide emulsion in the emulsion layer contains an iridium salt and/or a rhodium salt and comprises a gold-sensitized and sulfur-sensitized silver chlorobromide emulsion or silver chloroiodobromide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 50 mol% or more and a silver iodide content of 5 mol% or less. The emulsion layer contains a hydrazine compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, which contains a partial structure, --O(--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --, --O(--CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)O).sub.n -- or --O(--CH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --, wherein n is an integer of 3 or more, as a part of the R.sub.1 substituent, or contains a quaternary ammonium cation as a part of the R.sub.1 substituent; G.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Takashi Hoshimiya
  • Patent number: 5238801
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein there is incorporated at least one electrically conductive layer of which the surface resistance is not more than 10.sup.12 .OMEGA. under conditions of 25.degree. C., 25% RH, which photographic material has been dried out at a relative humidity of not more than 50% when the water content is not more than 300 wt% with respect to the total dry weight of the binder included in the silver halide emulsion layers and other hydrophilic layers on the support, which was subjected, after drying, to a heat treatment of duration at least 6 hours at a temperature of at least 30.degree. C. in an atmosphere of absolute humidity not more than 0.01, and which has been stored under conditions of absolute humidity not more than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Ishigaki, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Akira Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 5085970
    Abstract: A method for forming an image is disclosed which comprises providing a photosensitive material comprising at least one light-sensitive layer and having a gamma value of not less than 10 and a capability of being handled under bright light, subjecting said light-sensitive layer image-wise exposure to light having substantially exclusive of wavelengths of 370 nm or shorter through originals, for example, a line original and a halftone original arranged in a superposed condition, followed by contrast development processing, whereby excellent quality of images, for example, letter images, can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimitaka Kameoka, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Toshiro Takahashi, Shigenori Moriuchi, Morio Yagihara, Yoshio Inagaki, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 4999276
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which comprises a support having thereon at least one of silver halide emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layer where at least one of said silver halide emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layer contains a hydrazine derivative represented by formula (I), and also having thereon, as a constitutional layer, at least one electroconductive layer having a surface resistivity of 1.times.10.sup.12 .OMEGA. or less in an atmosphere of 25.degree. C. and 25% RH; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, a carbamoyl group or an oxycarbonyl group; G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, ##STR2## or an iminomethylene group; A.sub.1 and A.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Kunio Ishigaki, Takayuki Inayama
  • Patent number: 4847180
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which may be handled in a bright room, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver chlorobromide grains (bromide content: not more than 20 mol %) or silver chloride grains, said emulsion layer containing 1.times.10.sup.-7 mol to 5.times.10.sup.-4 mol of a rhodium salt per mol of silver, and said emulsion layer or at least one other hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one hydrazine derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; A represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthylene group; X represents --NH--or --O--; L.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Miyata, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Toshiro Takahashi, Yoshio Inagaki, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 4818659
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for use in a bright room is disclosed comprising a support having thereon at least two silver halide emulsion layers, each of the emulsion layers having a different sensitivity and comprising silver chloride grains or silver chlorobromide grains having at least about 80 mol % silver chloride, each of the silver halide emulsions layers containing from about 1.times.10.sup.-7 mol to about 1.times.10.sup.-4 mol of a rhodium salt per mol of silver, wherein the sensitivity of the lower emulsion layer (the emulsion layer coated nearer to the support) is higher than the sensitivity of the upper emulsion layer (the emulsion layer coated farther from the support) and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers or different hydrophilic colloid layers contains a hydrazine derivative and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers of different hydrophilic colloid layers contains a dry compound having a .sup..lambda. max of from about 400 nm to about 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro Takahashi, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Kimitaka Kameoka, Masahiro Okada
  • Patent number: 4803149
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for a bright room and a process for producing the photographic material are disclosed, wherein the silver halide photographic material for a bright room comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver chloride grains or silver chlorobromide grains containing at least 80 mol % silver chloride, at least one of said silver halide emulsion layer or another hydrophilic colloid layer(s) present containing a yellow dye making the silver halide photographic material substantially insensitive to visible light of 420 n.m. or more and an ultraviolet absorbent in an amount sufficient to reduce the specific sensitivity of the silver halide emulsion at 360 n.m. to 1/2 or lower than 1/2 thereof in the absence of the ultraviolet absorbent, and the .gamma. value of the silver halide photographic material being at least 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro Takahashi, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Masahiro Okada
  • Patent number: 4786587
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one negative type silver halide emulsion layer coated on a support, said emulsion comprising two kinds of monodisperse emulsions each having a means grain sizes of not more than 0.5 micron and, differing in mean grain size from each other at least by 0.1 micron, and said photographic material further comprising a hydrazine derivative in at least one photographic layer, whereby negative images of high density and very high contrast can be obtained with a high photographic speed and without black spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 4762769
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver chloride or silver chlorobromide grains which has a bromide content of 5 mol % or less, and containing a rhodium salt in an amount of from 1.times.10.sup.-6 to 5.times.10.sup.-4 mole per mole of silver in said layer, and contains both a hydrazine derivative and a dye having an absorption peak in the wavelength region of from 400 nm to 550 nm in at least one of said emulsion layer another hydrophilic colloid layer, to thereby control the ratio of sensitivity at 360 nm to sensitivity at 400 nm (S.sub.360 /S.sub.400 ratio) to not less than 30, thereby achieving ultra-high contrast, high sensitivity, and a satisfactory aptitude for safelight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro Takahashi, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Masahiro Okada
  • Patent number: 4746594
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for a photomechanical process is disclosed. The material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light-insensitive upper layer disposed on the upper side of the emulsion layer. The light-sensitive upper layer has a greater melting time than the light-sensitive emulsion layer. The emulsion layer contains starch, modified starch and/or macromolecular polysaccharides produced from starch using a microbial fermentation process. The material has greatly improved reduction processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kasama, Inoue Nobuaki, Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 4740453
    Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material is described, comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer or another layer contains a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X represents an atomic group forming a redox center of benzene type having substituents by linking with C.sub.A and C.sub.B, and which does not enable Time-PUG to be released until the redox center is oxidized during development processing; EWG represents an electron withdrawing group having a Hammet's .sigma. para value exceeding 0.3; C.sub.A and C.sub.B each represents a carbon atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a suitable substituent; Time represents a timing group connecting to C.sub.B through a sulfur, nitrogen, or selenium atom thereof, t is an integer of 0 or 1, and when t=0, Time is a chemical bond; PUG represents a photographically useful group and connects to C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Nakamura, Shigeo Hirano, Tadashi Ikeda, Keiji Mihayashi, Mitsunori Ono, Toshiro Takahashi, Ken-ichi Kuwabara, Morio Yagihara, Isamu Itoh