Reversal Process Patents (Class 430/379)
  • Patent number: 10807085
    Abstract: Silver is recovered as Ag0 nanoparticles from the spent solution obtained from the regeneration of an Ag-loaded ion exchange resin using electrolysis. The reclaimed regenerant solution is recycled and reused in a closed-loop scheme over multiple cycles. The recovered Ag0 nanoparticles are monodisperse, spherical in shape, and have a mean diameter of about 6 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Tabish Nawaz, Sukalyan Sengupta, Chen-Lu Yang
  • Patent number: 10738241
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resin composition, a cured photoresist and a display panel. The resin composition includes an initiator, at least one multifunctional monomer, a resin, a solvent, and an agent; wherein the multifunctional monomer comprises a monomer compound with the secondary amine group. Through the above-mentioned method, the present disclosure can realize the low-temperature curing of a photoresist, and can further reduce the phenomenon of high-temperature yellowing of the organic flat layer material during the subsequent curing process, and the high-temperature deformation of the substrate can be avoided in the application of flexible displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xia Zhang
  • Patent number: 7138222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material that includes coupler-containing sensitive emulsion layer units on a support. Each of the photosensitive emulsion layer units are constituted of at least two photosensitive emulsion layers having sensitivities which are different from each other. An emulsion layer of the highest sensitivity among the at least two photosensitive emulsion layers contains at least one silver halide emulsion in which tabular silver halide grains with an average aspect ratio of 3 or more substantially including dislocation lines account for 50% or more of the total projected areas. Photosensitive emulsion layers other than the emulsion layer of the highest sensitivity consist of a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains that account for 70% or more of the total projected areas and include host grains that satisfy a specific aspect ratio condition and epitaxially joined protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Haraguchi, Yasushi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6936412
    Abstract: A method of forming color images comprises forming an original image and duplicating the formed original image on a color photosensitive material having blue-, green- and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a transmission or reflective support. The formed original image contains a dye formed from a cyan coupler represented by formula (CC-1): wherein Ga represents —CC(R13)? or —N?; Gb represents —C(R13)? when Ga represents —N?, or Gb represents —N? when Ga represents —C(R13)?; R11 and R12 represent an electron-withdrawing group having a Hammett substituent constant ?p value of 0.20 to 1.0; R13 represents a substituent; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting-off by a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; and wherein the red-sensitive layer has the maximum sensitivity wavelength, ?max (D), of spectral sensitivity distribution at each density of 630 to 670 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuji Abe
  • Patent number: 6866990
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a weight-averaged wavelength (?ra) of spectral sensitivity distribution satisfying the relationship: 600 nm<?ra<625 nm, which silver halide color reversal photographic lightsensitive material contains at least one interimage effect intensifying layer substantially not forming any image, the interimage effect intensifying layer containing: (a) at least one kind of lightsensitive silver halide grains in an amount of less than 10% in terms of silver quantity based on all the silver halide grains for image formation; and (b) nonlightsensitive silver halide fine grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Maeno
  • Patent number: 6824968
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one interimage effect imparting layer (a) defined below and at least one interimage effect imparting layer (b) defined below, wherein, when the photographic light-sensitive material is exposed to light of a “skin color” having the spectral distribution of Table 1 described in the specification and is then subjected to development, a ratio of the chroma C*70 at a brightness L*=70 represented by CIE Lab color system to the chroma C*50 at a brightness L*=50, C*70/C*50, is 0.7 or more. (a) an interimage effect imparting layer containing a short-wavelength green-sensitive silver halide emulsion having a weight-averaged wavelength of a spectral sensitivity distribution of 500 to 560 nm; (b) an interimage effect imparting layer containing a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion having a weight-averaged wavelength of a spectral sensitivity distribution of 580 to 700 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Maeno, Sadanobu Shuto, Akihiro Kakinuma
  • Patent number: 6645680
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising a layer capable of imparting interimage effects, this interimage effects imparting layer comprising a lightsensitive silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains satisfying the following conditions (i) to (iii). (i) The silver halide grains have an average silver iodide content of more than 6 to 39 mol %. (ii) Grains occupying 60% or more of a projected area of all the silver halide grains are those of triple or greater multiplicity structure having at least one layer of high silver iodide content, the silver iodide content being 8 mol % or more, which layer of high silver iodide content is one formed using silver in an amount of 15 to 80 mol % based on that used in obtaining final grains. (iii) All the silver halide grains have surfaces having an average silver iodide content of 10 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Abe, Minoru Sato
  • Publication number: 20030077548
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material includes at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, on a support. The photographic material further includes at least one short-wavelength blue-sensitive emulsion layer that has a weight-averaged wavelength (&lgr; v) of spectral sensitivity distribution of 400 nm≦&lgr; v≦460 nm and that is substantially free a yellow coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Sato, Masayuki Kuramitsu
  • Publication number: 20030044735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for processing an exposed colour reversal photographic film. This method enables the water consumption of the washing baths to be limited, the water levels being maintained by a counter-current coming from the bath placed downstream, an equivalent volume of water being discharged through an overflow. The wash waters are recovered and treated by a nanofiltration unit capable of giving a permeate which can be recycled to the washing baths. This method makes it possible to overcome the problem of the presence of tin (II) in the first washing bath supplied with water by a counter-current coming from the reversal bath. This process also makes it possible to overcome the problems of discharges of chemical substances to the drains while maintaining a good sensitometry of the developed films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Didier J. Martin, Cecile A. Maudhuit
  • Patent number: 6500606
    Abstract: A photographic prebleaching or conditioning composition is useful for providing color positive images in color reversal photographic materials. This composition includes at least 0.0001 mol/l of a cyclic mercapto bleach accelerating agent and at least 0.0001 mol/l of a water-soluble or water-dispersible 2,6-diarylaminotriazine or diaminostilbene dye stain reducing agent. The amounts of the dye stain reducing agent and bleach accelerating agents are determined according to the following equation: [bleach accelerating agent, mol/l]≧0.01−10[dye stain reducing agent, mol/l].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Harry J. Price, Michael P. Youngblood, Ramanuj Goswami
  • Patent number: 6492100
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein the emulsion layer contains a magenta coupler represented by formula (M-1) below: wherein R1 represents a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl group, each of L1 and L2 independently represents a substituted or nonsubstituted alkylene group, or substituted or nonsubstituted arylene group, in —L3—G, L3 represents —NH—SO2— or —SO2—NH—CO— (in these representations, bonding direction is not defined) and G represents a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl group or substituted or nonsubstituted aryl group, alternatively —L3—G represents —COOH or OH, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group which splits off when coupling with an oxidized form of a developing agent, n represents 1 or 2, when L2 is an alkylene group, or n represents an integer from 1 to 5, when L2 is an arylene group, an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Mikoshiba, Yoshio Shimura, Naoto Matsuda, Hiroshi Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20020182548
    Abstract: A photographic prebleaching or conditioning composition is useful for providing color positive images in color reversal photographic materials. This composition includes at least 0.0001 mol/l of a cyclic mercapto bleach accelerating agent and at least 0.0001 mol/l of a water-soluble or water-dispersible 2,6-diarylaminotriazine or diaminostilbene dye stain reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Harry J. Price, Michael P. Youngblood, Ramanuj Goswami
  • Publication number: 20020168595
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing at least one kind of a compound represented by formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Taniguchi, Naoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6461061
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a system for digital dye color film processing. In one embodiment, a developer station applies a processing solution to film to initiate development of metallic silver grains and at least one dye image within the film. A scanning system illuminates the coated film with light having at least one frequency within the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The light interacts with the silver and at least one dye image within the film. The scanning station measures the light from the film and produces sensor data that is communicated to a data processing system. The data processing system processes the sensor data to produce a digital image. The digital image can then be output to an output device, such as a printer, monitor, memory device, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Applied Science Fiction, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Corbin, Robert S. Young, Jr., Stacy S. Cook, Alexei L. Krasnoselsky
  • Patent number: 6451518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for processing an exposed color reversal photographic film. This method enables the water consumption of the washing baths to be limited, the water levels being maintained by a counter-current coming from the bath placed downstream, an equivalent volume of water being discharged through an overflow. The wash waters are recovered and treated by a nanofiltration unit capable of giving a permeate which can be recycled to the washing baths. This method makes it possible to overcome the problem of the presence of tin (II) in the first washing bath supplied with water by a counter-current coming from the reversal bath. This process also makes it possible to overcome the problems of discharges of chemical substances to the drains while maintaining a good sensitometry of the developed films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Didier J. Martin, Cécile A. Maudhuit
  • Patent number: 6451517
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material includes at least one emulsion layer on a support. At least one of the emulsion layers contains a coupler represented by formula (1) below and a coupler represented by formula (2) below at a molar ratio of 1:9 to 9:1. In formulas (1) and (2), each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. Each of X1 and X2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable splitting off by coupling with the oxidized form of a developing agent. At least one of X1 and X2 is a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Hisashi Mikoshiba, Yoshio Shimura
  • Patent number: 6440650
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photosensitive material comprising at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer on a transparent support, and capable of forming a color image when the photosensitive material was subjected to color development in the presence of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent after the photosensitive material was subjected to first development of black-and-white development, wherein the silver halide content in the photosensitive material before the first development is 2.5 to 6.0 g in terms of silver per m2 of the photosensitive material, the silver halide content in an unexposed portion of the photosensitive material immediately before the color development is 1.0 to 2.5 g in terms of silver per m2 of the photosensitive material, and the maximum density of each of cyan, magenta, and yellow in the color image after the color development is 3.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Matsuda, Hisashi Mikoshiba
  • Patent number: 6423482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising a multilayered blue light sensitive record, a multilayered green light sensitive record, and a multilayered red light sensitive record, the red record comprising two or more layers of differing light sensitivity, the most light sensitive layer of the red record containing a red light sensitized first emulsion having at least one wavelength of peak absorption, and at least one of the two most light sensitive layers of the red record containing a red sensitized second emulsion, wherein the first emulsion exhibits, as measured at 0.2 density units above Dmin, at least one wavelength of peak absorption that is longer than the shortest wavelength of peak absorption of the second emulsion. The element provides an advantageous combination of speed and color rendition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sharon R. Lunt, John F. Sawyer, Mitchell M. Lin
  • Publication number: 20020081540
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising each at least one blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layer on a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Mikoshiba, Yoshio Shimura, Naoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6391533
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising each at least one blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layer on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Mikoshiba, Yoshio Shimura, Naoto Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20020051948
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein the emulsion layer contains a magenta coupler represented by formula (M-1) below: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Hisashi Mikoshiba, Yoshio Shimura, Naoto Matsuda, Hiroshi Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20020039709
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Hisashi Mikoshiba, Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Naoto Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20020037482
    Abstract: A bleach or bleach/fixing solution for processing photographic silver halide materials which, relative to the silver halide content of the unprocessed material, exhibit prior to the bleaching step a content of silver arising from development of at least 65 mol %, in particular for processing color reversal materials, characterized in that the solution contains at least one iron complex of propylenediaminetetraacetic acid or of &bgr;-alaninediacetic acid or a mixture of these complexes and the total concentration of the stated iron complexes in the solution is at least 0.045 and at most 0.25 mol/l and a process for processing, in which such a solution is used, is characterized by a small introduced quantity of iron complexes, a low residual silver content, a low bleaching fog value, elevated resistance to precipitation and in that the bleach solution may be rejuvenated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Ralf Wichmann, Thomas Hubsch, Thomas Stetzer
  • Publication number: 20020025497
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has a red-, green-, and blue-sensitive emulsion layer in this order from the side closest to a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Naoto Matsuda, Hisashi Mikoshiba
  • Publication number: 20020018956
    Abstract: This invention relates to packaged photographic film that is capable of being alternately processed, according to individual consumer choice, by either (1) a traditional wet-chemistry process with a developer solution followed by desilvering in one or more subsequent solutions to obtain a color negative film, or (2) a dry thermal process without the use of aqueous solutions in which a blocked developing agent located within the photographic element is thermally activated or unblocked, optionally followed by electronic scanning of the developed film without desilvering. This invention enables a single film stock to be developed in both a conventional deep tank process and in a dry thermal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: David H. Levy, James H. Reynolds, David T. Southby, Paul D. Zimmerman, Mark E. Irving
  • Patent number: 6346368
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, wherein a RMS value at a density of 0.8 of the red-sensitive layer is within a range of 20 to 90% of a RMS value at a density of 0.8 of the green-sensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Irie
  • Patent number: 6180327
    Abstract: A conditioning solution or bleach accelerating solution can be used to process color photographic films, especially color reversal films, to minimize magenta dye fade. This solution contains an antimicrobial composition that consists essentially of a polyaminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof as the sole antimicrobial agent. This agent is present in an amount of less than about 3 g/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hugh Gerald McGuckin, John Stuart Badger, Mary Ellen Craver
  • Patent number: 6162595
    Abstract: Photographic elements capable of forming a reversal image are disclosed comprising a support and, coated on said support, at least one image recording emulsion layer comprised of a dispensing medium and radiation sensitive silver halide grains and at least one substantially non-image forming layer. In one embodiment, the substantially non-image forming layer comprises: a) a light sensitive silver halide imaging emulsion which is less than 10 percent of the mass of the total imaging emulsion in the element; b) a first non-image forming silver salt emulsion having an average grain size less than 0.15 .mu.m; and c) a second non-image forming silver salt emulsion comprising iodide having an average grain size greater than that of the first non-image forming emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Keath T. Chen
  • Patent number: 6153364
    Abstract: Specific aromatic compounds having an extended planar .pi. system are useful as spectral sensitizing dye stain reducing agents in photographic processing compositions and methods for providing color or black-and-white images in various photographic silver halide materials. These compounds are devoid of diaminostilbene fragments or fused triazole nuclei. They are particularly useful in fixing and bleaching compositions in the processing of color photographic silver halide materials, but can be used in various other processing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ramanuj Goswami, Harry J. Price, Mary E. Craver
  • Patent number: 6074805
    Abstract: Color reversal photographic films are processed using a reversal solution comprising stannous ion and a quaternary ammonium compound as the sole biocide, to reduce formation of biogrowth. The quaternary ammonium compound is present at very low concentrations of 1 to 20 ppm, and is preferably myristyltrimethyl ammonium bromide because it avoids precipitates with components that leach out of processed films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John S. Badger, Mary E. Craver
  • Patent number: 6015658
    Abstract: The invention disclosed is a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having Formula 1 wherein:X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Y and Z are each independently selected hydrogen or a substituent;R.sup.1 is a substituent; andeach R is an independently selected substituent located at any position other than the acylacetamido position, and n is 2 or 3;provided that substituents may join to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Welter, James H. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 5965322
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material that contains, in photographic constitutional layers on a support, a hydrazine-series reducing agent for color formation, and a phenol-series magenta coupler having an acylamino group at the 5-position, and/or a naphthol-series cyan coupler having an amido group at the 5-position. The light-sensitive material makes low-replenishment and low-discharge processing possible, and exhibits good color reproducibility and good color-forming property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Makuta, Koki Nakamura, Kiyoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 5962203
    Abstract: A new fogging photographic processing solution for a reversal process comprises a compound (I) and a bi-nucleophilic agent. Compound (I) corresponds to the following formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a group capable of being adsorbed to the silver halide surface, L is a linking group and r is 0 or 1, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from an alkyl group, substituted or unsubstituted, and an aryl group substituted or unsubstituted. A process of producing a positive image by imagewise exposure of a reversal silver halide material comprises contacting the material with the above fogging solution or by imagewise exposure of such a material containing a compound (I) and contacting the material with a solution comprising a bi-nucleophilic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Siu C. Tsoi, Peter J. Twist, David T. Southby
  • Patent number: 5869224
    Abstract: In reversal processing, washing between the first development and the reversal bath can be avoided without any loss of photographic quality if the reversal bath is operated in countercurrent over at least two stages and hydroquinone sulfonic acid is used as the first developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Herbert Mitzinger
  • Patent number: 5846697
    Abstract: A photographic concentrate for preparing a color developer comprises benzyl alcohol, water and organic solvents. This concentrate can be part of a kit for preparing a color developer along with 2 other concentrated solutions.The noted concentrated solution comprises benzyl alcohol at between 25 and 35%, water at between 3 and 8%, ethylene glycol at between 10 and 20% and diethylene glycol at between 35 and 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jean Pierre Masson
  • Patent number: 5837432
    Abstract: A conditioning or bleach accelerating solution is prepared by diluting a concentrate up to 25 times. The concentrate contains a formaldehyde bisulfite precursor salt at from 200 to 600 g/l, sulfite ions at 0 to 200 g/l, a bleach accelerating agent at from 1.5 to 25 g/l, and a metal ion chelating agent present at up to 60 g/l. The concentrate is free of sodium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jean Marie Buongiorne, Michael John Haight
  • Patent number: 5811225
    Abstract: Color reversal photographic films are processed using a reversal solution comprising stannous ion and a quaternary ammonium compound as the sole biocide, to reduce formation of biogrowth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hugh G. McGuckin, John S. Badger, Edgardo Lopez, Paul A. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5753422
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one emulsion layer contains a monodisperse tabular silver halide emulsion having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and less than 100 and relative standard deviation of grain sizes of 20% or less, and at least one layer contains at least one of the anionic water-soluble polymer represented by formula (1), the dispersion of alkali-soluble polymer represented by formula (2), or the dispersion of polymer represented by formula (3): ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined herein the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Shibahara, Junichi Yamanouchi
  • Patent number: 5736299
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, wherein it comprises a support having thereon one or more constituent layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one hydrophilic colloid layer of said constituent layers contains a coupler represented by the following formula (M) or formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer of said constituent layers contains a compound represented by the following formula (H): ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Michio Ono, Takashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5736302
    Abstract: A photographic reversal bath concentrate is formulated in such a manner as to avoid precipitates while including new biocides and excluding propionic acid. The concentrate is prepared by adding stannous ion nucleating agent to a solution of an organic phosphonic or phosphinic acid chelating agent, followed by addition of a quaternary ammonium compound as the sole biocide at a concentration of at least about 1 g/l. The quaternary ammonium compound has a molecular weight of from about 175 to about 440.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jean M. Buongiorne, Michael J. Haight
  • Patent number: 5723263
    Abstract: A multicolor negative photographic element comprises a support bearing a blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion first layer and a green light-sensitized silver halide emulsion second layer wherein said second layer contains a dye sensitized to green light and wherein said first layer has associated therewith a hue correction coupler which upon coupling with oxidized developer produces a dye having a maximum absorbance in the range of 460 to 510 nm. so that the element has a D480/D440 density ratio which is greater than that exhibited by the element without the hue correction coupler. The invention also encompasses a blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer associated with the hue correction coupler and a method of forming an image in the photographic element of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Singer, Paul Barrett Merkel, Jeffrey Walter Schmoeger
  • Patent number: 5698383
    Abstract: This invention provides a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit. The photographic element further comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being a layer which provides a site of development for solution physical development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Spencer Alan Pugh, Sang Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 5695914
    Abstract: A method of producing a dye image by processing an imagewise exposed color photographic element containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the emulsion layer being comprised of both latent image and non-latent image containing silver halide grains, and having a distribution of Compound X, Compound X being either a ballasted coupler capable of reacting with an oxidized developing agent of a developing solution, or a ballasted developing agent capable, in an oxidized state, of reacting with a component of a developing solution, said method comprising:A. contacting the photographic element with a first developing solution to develop the latent image containing grains and to imagewise convert the distribution of Compound X to a first dye;B. rendering the non-latent image containing grains developable; andC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard Alan Simon, James Edward Sutton, James Thomas Kofron
  • Patent number: 5691124
    Abstract: This invention provides color silver halide photographic element comprising a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; the photographic element further comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being a layer which provides a site of development for solution physical development; wherein at least one of the dye-forming units comprises two or more emulsion layers spectrally sensitized to the same region of the visible spectrum, but exhibiting different photographic sensitivities and wherein the first layer is positioned adjacent to the layer containing the slowest emulsion of said dye-forming unit and between the layer co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sang Hyung Kim, Spencer Alan Pugh
  • Patent number: 5658715
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material processing method which forms a color reversal image by performing first black-and-white development, fogging process, color reversal development, and desilvering process by using a color reversal developer with a composition containing a non-dye-forming competing coupler, a silver halide fogging agent, and a carboxybenzenesulfonic acid compound and not containing hydroxylamine or its derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Yasuhisa Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5652087
    Abstract: A ferric-EDTA bleach regenerator composition can be mixed with bleach overflow to provide a bleach replenisher for reversal color silver halide photographic processes. The bleach regenerator composition has a critically controlled pH between about 6.0 and about 6.5, and comprises a total bromide ion concentration of at least about 210 g/l, and ferric ion in an amount of at least about 50 g/l. At least 50% of the bleach overflow and the bleach regenerator composition are mixed in at least a 1:1 volume ratio. After pH adjustment to from about 5.4 to about 5.6, the pH adjusted replenisher is supplied to the bleach tank for use in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mary Ellen Craver, Jean Marie Buongiorne, Michael John Haight
  • Patent number: 5620837
    Abstract: This invention provides a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; wherein at least one of the dye-forming units comprises two or more emulsion layers spectrally sensitized to the same region of the visible spectrum, but exhibiting different photographic sensitivities, each such emulsion layer containing an image dye-forming coupler wherein at least one, but not all, of the emulsion layers of the dye-forming unit contains the hydrolyzed or unhydrolyzed form of a benzazolium compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sang H. Kim, Arlyce T. Bowne, Thomas J. Dannhauser
  • Patent number: 5578427
    Abstract: A conditioning or bleach accelerating solution can be used to process color photographic films, especially color reversal films, to minimize magenta dye fade while reducing the needed amount of formaldehyde stabilizer. This solution is provided in highly concentrated form and diluted up to 9:1 prior to or during use. The concentrate contains a formaldehyde precursor at .ltoreq.450 g/l, a sulfite at from 0 to 100 g/l, a bleach accelerating agent at .ltoreq.13.5, and a metal ion chelating agent at .ltoreq.45 g/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ann M. Cullinan, Charles M. Darmon, Rosa P. Sauter, Charles F. Leith
  • Patent number: 5576158
    Abstract: A color reversal photographic element comprises a support bearing a red-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit, a green-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit, and a blue-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit, each unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide layer and an image-dye forming coupler; the element contains an interimage effect-controlling means which is characterized as having the capability of simultaneously forming a red image of high relative chroma and a yellow-red tint image of substantially lower relative chroma when the element is exposed to a red color standard object having CIELab values for D.sub.55 reference white a*=30.46, b*=19.16, C*=35.98, L*=40.12 and a yellow-red tint color standard object having CIELab values for D.sub.55 reference white a*=17.26, b*=18.01, C*=24.95, L*=66.98; the resulting images have a red reproduction coefficient equal to or greater than 0.88 and a ratio of red reproduction coefficient to yellow-red tint reproduction coefficient equal to or greater than 1.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Frederick E. Ford, Arlyce T. Bowne, Carl Kotlarchik, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5563027
    Abstract: A color reversal element having a red sensitive layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, a green sensitive layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, and a blue sensitive layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, the red, green and blue sensitive layers each having a speed .gtoreq.120 as measured at a density of 0.3, a Dmax of .gtoreq.3.30 and a .increment.logE .ltoreq.1.85 measured from a density of 0.20 to 3.20, the Dmax and .increment.logE being measured following exposure and processing of the element. Daylight and tungsten balanced versions of the film are also provided. A method for processing such films and exposing them in electronic film writers is also provided. Film of the present invention allows a wide range of density values in an original film to be more faithfully reproduced and enable more faithful reproduction of colors recorded in the original scanned film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Cheryl S. Johnston, John D. Baloga