Substituted At Coupling Position With Other Than Hydrogen Patents (Class 430/385)
  • Patent number: 4904575
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide color photographic material containing a photographic cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, heterocyclic group or a substituted amino group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may combine with each other to form a ring; and X represents a group capable of beiing released upon an oxidative coupling with a developing agent (including a hydrogen atom).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ono, Minoru Sakai, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 4873183
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and, provided thereon, a red light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a novel pyrazoloazole type cyan dye-forming coupler having at least one electron attractive group at a substitutable position except the active site of the coupler for coupling reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kimie Tachibana, Yutaka Kaneko, Fumio Ishii
  • Patent number: 4873179
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises, after color development of a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one compound capable of releasing, upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent, a compound which is capable of releasing a development inhibitor upon a reaction with another molecule of an oxidation product of a developing agent, treating said photographic material with a liquid having a fixing ability, followed by processing thereof while replenishing washing water or a stabilizing solution in an amount of from 2 to 50 times the amount carried over from the preceding bath per unit area of the silver halide color photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Abe, Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 4865961
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler represented by the following general formula [I]. The color photographic material is improved in sensitivity, density of cyan image, density losing of cyan image due to processing by a fatigued bleach or bleach-fix solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Miura, Shuji Kida, Satoshi Nakagawa, Toshihiko Kimura
  • Patent number: 4863836
    Abstract: There is provided a method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises processing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a specific amino compound. According to this method the stability and color forming property of a color developer are improved so that the increased fogging problem in continuous processing is lessened and the processing time is shortened. There is also provided a color developer composition which can be used as the developer, as it is or after adjusting its composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film, Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ishikawa, Nobutaka Ohki, Morio Yagihara
  • Patent number: 4857442
    Abstract: The present invention provides an economical method for the processing of silver halide color photographic materials comprising fixing or bleach-fixing of the material followed by the washing thereof with a small amount of a washing replenisher. The present method is characterized in that the silver halide color photographic material to be processed contains at least one cyan dye-forming coupler of the following formula (I) or (II) and that the amount of the washing replenisher in the washing step falls within the range of 30 to 50 times of the amount of the processing solution carried over from a previous bath based on the unit area of the photographic material being processed, ##STR1## wherein, R.sub.1 represents --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NHCOR.sub.5, --NHCOOR.sub.7, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.7, --NHCONR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHSO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 ;R.sub.2 represents a substituent on the naphthol ring;m is an integer of 0 to 3;R.sub.3 represents a mono-valent organic group;R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujita, Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 4857440
    Abstract: Photographic compound (A) capable of releasing a photographically useful group by means of intramolecular nucleophilic displacement exhibits increased resistance to hydrolysis when the compound contains in a coupling position a coupling-off group represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q, R.sub.q, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, n and PUG are as defined in the application. Such a compound (A) is useful in a photographic silver halide material and process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Michael J. Carmody, John M. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 4842994
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is described, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer and comprising a bleach accelerator-releasing coupler, wherein said bleach accelerator-releasing coupler is represented by formula (I)A--(TIME).sub.n --S--X--(Y).sub.m --(Z)l]a (I)wherein A represents a coupler residual group; TIME represents a timing group; n represents 0 or 1; X represents a cyclic aliphatic group or a saturated heterocyclic group; Y represents an aliphatic group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may contain a group of --O--, a group of --S--, a group of --COO--, a group of --CO--, a group of ##STR1## a group of ##STR2## a group of --SO.sub.2 --or a group of ##STR3## in its chain; m represents an integer of from 0 to 3, and when m represents 2 or more, the two or more Y groups may be the same or different; Z represents a group of --OH, a group of --COOM, a group of --SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 4840884
    Abstract: A new photographic coupler comprises a coupling-off group bonded to the coupler at the coupling position represented by the formula:--L--NR.sup.1 --DYEwherein L is a linking group; NR.sup.1 is a substituted nitrogen atom bonded to DYE that together with NR.sup.1 is a releasable dye comprising an electrically neutral chromophore. Such a coupler enables dye hue stabilization without mordanting the dye formed. Such a new coupler is useful in a photographic silver halide element and process to provide increased dye density, higher contrast dye images, and lower pH sensitivity upon processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, Stephen P. Singer
  • Patent number: 4839263
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing a support and, provided thereon, at least one silver halide emulsion layer, this silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains containing 90 mol % or more of silver chloride, a dye-forming coupler, and a compound represented by general formula [S]; ##STR1## wherein Q is a group of atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or a 5- or 6-membered ring fused with a benzene ring and M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an ammonium group;the silver halide layer having been hardened by a hardener represented by formula [HDA] or [HDB]; ##STR2## wherein Rd.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4837139
    Abstract: There are disclosed a processing solution of a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises containing a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below, and a processing method of the same, which comprises subjecting a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having at least one layer of silver halide emulsion layer on a support to imagewise exposure and then applying processing including at least a color developing processing, characterized in that the color developing solution to be used in the color developing processing contains a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms substituted with an alkoxy group, and R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms substituted with an alkoxy group, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded with each other to form a ring containing an oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Shigeharu Koboshi, Satoru Kuse, Masao Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 4828970
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material in which a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer is exposed imagewise to light and then subjected to processing including at least a color development treatment or a color development treatment followed by a bleach-fixing treatment, the improvement wherein said at least one silver halide emulsion layer is a silver halide emulsion layer in which not less than 80 mole % of the total silver halide in the layer is silver chloride and the pH value of the bleach-fixing solution used in said bleach-fixing treatment is in the range of 4.5 to 6.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kuse, Shigeharu Koboshi
  • Patent number: 4822724
    Abstract: In a reversal process for the formation of color photographic images which consists of a black and white development (first development) to obtain a first negative image, followed by exposure and/or uniform fogging of the residual silver halide and a further processing (including a second color development), to obtain a second visible (in transparency) color positive image, of a silver halide color multilayer material which comprises, coated on a support base, one or more red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers associated with dispersed non-diffusing hydrophobic cyan couplers, one or more green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers associated with dispersed non-diffusing hydrophobic magenta couplers and one or more blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers associated with dispersed non-diffusing hydrophobic yellow couplers, the improvement which consists of the reversal development of said magenta-forming layer being performed in the absence of a significant presence of oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Agostino Baldassarri, Marco Loiacano, Giuseppe Loviglio
  • Patent number: 4818672
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a novel cyan dye forming coupler is disclosed. The cyan dye forming coupler is represented by the following formula. ##STR1## In the formula R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each a substituent, and X is a group capable of being splitted off from the coupler residue upon reaction of the coupler residue with the oxydized product of a color developing agent; and the total number of carbon atoms contained in the groups represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and X is from 8 to 50. The spectral absorption characteristics of cyan dye images formed by the coupler of the invention are so sharp and steep that color reproduction can be achieved very advantageously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoaki Masukawa, Yasuo Tsuda, Hidetaka Ninomiya, Noritaka Nakayama, Toshihiko Kimura
  • Patent number: 4801521
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising the step of processing a silver halide color photographic material after imagewise exposure thereof with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one hydrazine compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be linked to form a heterocyclic ring; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be linked to form a heterocyclic ring; and at least two hydrazine moieties derived from the compound represented by formula (I) may be linked to form a dimer or polymer by any of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Ohki, Nobuo Seto, Hideaki Naruse, Morio Yagihara, Kazuto Andoh, Takatoshi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 4778743
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises including at least the step of color developing, the step of processing with a liquor having fixing ability and the step of processing with a washing solution substitute as the final processing step, after imagewise exposure of a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, characterized in that at least one layer of the silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one coupler selected from the magenta couplers and the cyan couplers; washing solution substitute contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of from 2.0.times.10.sup.-5 to 2.5.times.10.sup.-2 mol per liter of the washing solution substitute of the aldehydes, from 2.0.times.10.sup.-5 to 8.0.times.10.sup.-2 mol per liter of the washing solution substitute of the aldehyde derivatives and from 2.0.times.10.sup.-5 to 8.0.times.10.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ishikawa, Shigeharu Koboshi, Masayuki Kurematsu
  • Patent number: 4778746
    Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material including color developing said silver halide color photographic material containing a cyan coupler represented by the following Formula, then, treating said material with a processing solution having a fixing capability, and then subjecting said material to stabilizing treatment ##STR1## wherein R' represents hydrogen, R.sub.1 represents a straight or branched alkyl group having two to four carbon atoms, X represents hydrogen or a group capable of splitting off with a coupling reaction, and R.sub.2 represents a ballast group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ishikawa, Shigeharu Koboshi, Satoru Kuse
  • Patent number: 4774169
    Abstract: A processing solution for developing a silver halide color photographic material. The material has a color developing agent and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aminocarboxylic acid and an aminophosphonic acid. The processing development solution has a surface tension ranging from 20 to 60 dynes/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kuse, Shigeharu Koboshi, Masahiko Kon
  • Patent number: 4772542
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed. The material has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, said silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler which forms a mobile dye by coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent, and said silver halide emulsion layer having in association therewith a non-light sensitive layer containing substantially non-light sensitive fine silver halide grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Haga
  • Patent number: 4769312
    Abstract: A method of processing silver halide color photographic materials which comprises image-wise exposing said silver halide color photographic materials, color developing and then desilvering them in a bath having bleaching ability, characterized in that the bath having bleaching ability comprises two baths, the oxidation-reduction potential of the first bath being higher than that of the second bath, the oxidation-reduction potential of the second bath falling in the range of +60 mV to -60 mV, the first bath containing a water-soluble bromide in an amount of 0.5 to 1.3 mole/l, and the second bath containing a water-soluble bromide in an amount of 0 to 0.5 mole/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kishimoto, Akira Abe, Junya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 4766060
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing a cyan coupler represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein, R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of an acylamino group, an alkylsulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylureido group, an arylureido group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and a arylcarbonyl group, said groups have at least one carboxy group as a substituent, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a formyl group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an alkylsulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylureido group, an arylureido group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and an aryloxycarbonyl group, R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group substituted with a phenoxy group; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Ninomiya, Ryosuke Sato
  • Patent number: 4725530
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer on the support, which contains at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I) and at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NHCORhd 5, --NHCOOR.sub.7, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.7, --NHCONR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHSO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, R.sub.2 represents a group which can be substituted in the naphthol ring, m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, R.sub.3 represents a monovalent group, R.sub.4 represents an aromatic group, and X and Y each represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving through a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of aromatic primary amine developing agent; R.sub.5 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 4717647
    Abstract: A method for the processing of a silver halide color photographic element comprising imagewise exposing the element, color developing the exposed element, followed by de-silvering, characterized in that the de-silvering step comprises processing the developed element in a bleaching bath containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid ferric ion complex salt and subsequently in a blixing bath containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid ferric ion complex salt and a fixing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Abe, Junya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 4707434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color forming method which comprises subjecting a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having a photographic constituent layer comprising blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support and having a total thickness of the photographic constituent layer of 25 .mu.m or less to imagewise exposure, then carrying out color developing processing of the exposed material in the presence of a dye forming coupler and processing the developed image with a bleach-fixing solution.The color forming method of the present invention enables rapid processing of a high sensitivity color light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Moeko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 4705743
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler capable of producing a dye of such mobilitly that controlled image smearing occurs upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion in which silver halide grains containing at least about 8 mol % of silver iodide grains account for at least about 40% by weight of the total silver halide grains in the emulsion. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has improved RMS graininess as well as improved visual graininess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Shunji Takada
  • Patent number: 4668610
    Abstract: 5-hydroxy-6-acylamino-benzoxazole-2-one compounds, such as those responding to the formula: ##STR1## wherein m is 0, 1; R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group or R.sub.2 --X--, wherein X represents a member selected from the group consisting of CO, SO.sub.2, OCOCO and NHCO and R.sub.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and V and W, the same or different, represent hydrogen, halogen or a lower alkyl or alkoxy group, are described as cyan dye-forming couplers for use in silver halide color photographic elements and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Ivano Delprato, Francesco Squarcia
  • Patent number: 4666825
    Abstract: A method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises color developing an imagewise-exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and then bleach-fixing said color developed light-sensitive material, said light-sensitive material comprising support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing monodispersed silver halide particles and a photographic cyan coupler having the Formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; R.sub.1 is an aryl or a heterocyclic radical; and R.sub.2 is a ballasting radical which provides non-diffusibility to said cyan coupler and a cyan dye formed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimba, Masao Iwamuro, Kenji Ito, Katutoyo Suzuki, Fumio Hamada
  • Patent number: 4621047
    Abstract: A method for processing a color photographic light-sensitive material comprising subjecting an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material to color development processing, then to processing with a bleaching solution and thereafter to separately, fixing processing wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I-a) or (I-b) described below, the bleaching solution contains a compound represented by the general formula (II-a) or (II-b) described below and the processing time for the bleaching solution is substantially not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kishimoto, Akira Abe, Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 4567134
    Abstract: A method for processing of a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a continuous processing method comprising a stabilizing processing step involving substantially no water washing step after fixing processing, characterized in that said light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material contains at least one of cyan couplers represented by the formula (I) or (II) shown below, and the amount of stabilizing solution supplemented is 0.1 to 30 times the amount carried over from the precedent bath per unit area of said light-sensitive material to be processed: ##STR1## wherein X represents ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a hetero ring; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a hetero ring; or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be bonded together to form a 5- or 6-membered ring), R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Masayuki Kurematsu
  • Patent number: 4557999
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye forming coupler. The coupler is a compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the substituents in the general formula (I) are as defined in the specification. The coupler has good solubility in an organic solvent having a high boiling point and a high dye forming rate even in a color developing solution which does not contain benzyl alcohol. Further, the coupler provides a cyan color image having a high maximum density and excellent fastness to light. Decreasing in optical density of the cyan color image is not substantially observed even when the color photographic light-sensitive material is processed with a bleaching solution which has a weak oxidation power or a bleaching solution which is exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Akira Ogawa, Osami Tanabe
  • Patent number: 4540654
    Abstract: A method of forming a color image comprising developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine is disclosed. The developing is carried out in the presence of a coupler represented by the general formula (I) described below and/or a polymer coupler which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a vinyl monomer containing a part represented by the general formula (I) described below in its molecule: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sato, Toshio Kawagishi, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4526861
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a coupler having a group represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein W represents ##STR2## represents an organic residue necessary for forming a 5-membered or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring or a condensed ring thereof together with W; Y represents an organic residue connecting Z and X and containing at least one carbon atom which is bonded to Z; Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and n represents an integer of 1 to 2; at the coupling position of the coupler and a method of forming a color image using the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Takeshi Hirose
  • Patent number: 4518680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bleach-fixing solution for light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, comprising a diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid iron (III) complex salt and having a pH value of 4.0 or higher. Also disclosed is a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material containing a cyan coupler by the use of the above bleach-fixing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Masao Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiko Kimura, Moeko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 4511647
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. Their material is comprised of a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex. This latex is comprised of a recurring unit of a cyan coupler monomer capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent represented by the general formula (I) and a recurring unit of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an acid component represented by the general formula (II) and a recurring unit of methyl acrylate. ##STR1## The cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex has excellent color forming properties and photographic material containing the coupler latex provides a cyan image having good fastness to heat and the combination of heat and humidity. A method for forming a color image utilizing the disclosed photographic material containing the novel couple of latex is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Morio Yagihara, Makoto Umemoto
  • Patent number: 4511649
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer is described, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a coupler having at the coupling position thereof a group represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkylsulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group, an arylsulfamoyl group, an acylamino group, an amino group, an alkylcarbamoyl group, an arylcarbamoyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group or an arylcarbonyl group; X.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Momotoshi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 4500635
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide light-sensitive material is described. The material includes a cyan coupler represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (the symbols are as described in the claims). This coupler is easily soluble in high boiling organic solvents, exhibits a high dye-forming rate in developers, and furthermore, provides color images of high fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Akira Ogawa, Osami Tanabe
  • Patent number: 4496650
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprised of a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex is disclosed. The cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex is comprised of at least one repeating unit capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent represented by the general formula (Ia) and at least one repeating unit represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## the substituents within the general formulae are disclosed within the specification. The cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex has excellent color forming properties and the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which contains the latex provides a photograph in which the occurrence of color stain due to light is substantially prevented. A method of forming a color image using the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Makoto Umemoto
  • Patent number: 4477558
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent; R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Kozo Aoki, Takayoshi Kamio
  • Patent number: 4455366
    Abstract: A silver halide color, photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydroden atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A.sub.1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain; A.sub.2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkylene group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene group; B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Makoto Umemoto, Morio Yagihara
  • Patent number: 4444872
    Abstract: A method for forming a silver halide color photographic image comprising forming a dye image in the presence of a phenol cyan coupler. The phenol cyan coupler has the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl, an aryl or a heterocyclic group; X is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, acyloxy, acylamino, succinimide, and sulfoneamide moiety; Z is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of eliminating itself from the coupler during the coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent; and n is an integer from 1 to 3, and when n is 2 or 3, X may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunori Kato, Ryosuke Sato
  • Patent number: 4433046
    Abstract: The invention relates to silver halide photographic materials comprising a support and a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing as a cyan-dye-forming coupler a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a halogen atom, an alkyl, alkoxy or acylamino group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are individually a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or aryl group and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may form a heterocyclic group by the condensation thereof; n is an integer of 0-3; R.sub.4 is an alkyl, aryl, acyl or heterocyclic group; R.sub.5 is an alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, amino, acylamino, sulfonamide, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, cyano or halogenated alkyl group; and R.sub.6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, alkoxy, carboxy, carbamoyl, hydroxy, acyloxy, nitro, amino, azo, acylamino, sulfonamide or acyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morito Uemura, Kenichi Kishi, Satoshi Nakagawa, Shuji Kida
  • Patent number: 4430423
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a cupport having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer. The color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z represents ##STR2## R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent; Y represents ##STR3## --O-- or --S--; R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Michio Ono
  • Patent number: 4410624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of dispersing oil-soluble photographic additives having a silver-halide base for information recording materials.According to the invention, compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1## are used as auxiliary dispersing agents. The symbolsR represents hydrogen, alkyl with 1 to 8 C atoms,M represents hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium, andX represents OR or SO.sub.3 M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: VEB Filmfabrik Wolfen
    Inventors: Dieter Plaschnick, Christoph Roth, Bernd Noll, Walter Kroha, Lothar Kuhnert
  • Patent number: 4401752
    Abstract: Couplers of good reactivity contain an aryloxy coupling-off group having in an ortho position a polarizable carbonyl, sulfonyl or phosphinyl substituent group which is free of photographic dye groups and photographic reagent groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Philip T. S. Lau
  • Patent number: 4374922
    Abstract: A method for the formation of a dye image. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having a support, component layers which are provided on the support and which have a swelling degree below 250 in the alkaline bath and components including an aromatic primary amine color developing agent or a precursor thereof, a nondiffusing yellow coupler, a nondiffusing magenta coupler and a nondiffusing phenolic cyan coupler having a substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group at the second and fifth positions thereof, is color developed in an alkaline bath. The material is then processed in a bleach-fixing bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Ohbayashi, Akihiko Miyamoto, Masaru Iwagaki, Makoto Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 4368257
    Abstract: A method of forming a cyan dye image by development of an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing a cyan coupler having one of the following formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is alkyl, aryl, or a hetero ring; R.sub.3 is hydrogen or halogen; X is arylene or alkylene; Z is a coupling off group; n is 1 or 2; ##STR2## wherein Cy, Cy' and Cy" are individually a cyclic aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group; R, R' and R" are individually alkyl; A is hydrogen or a monovalent organic group, Y is a divalent organic group, K, l, m, m' m" are individually 0 or 1, provided that when m=0, Cy is a cyclic aliphatic or heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usagawa, Wataru Fujimatsu, Osamu Sasaki, Katsumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4362810
    Abstract: A method of forming a cyan dye image by development of an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing a 2,5-diacylaminophenol cyan coupler containing a substituted alkylsulfonylamino terminal moiety or a substituted alkylaminosulfonyl terminal moiety in the 2- or 5- position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usagawa, Wataru Fujimatsu, Osamu Sasaki, Katsumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4345025
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide light-sensitive material containing a colorless photographic cyan color-forming coupler having, in a position for coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, a coupling-off group represented by the following general formula (I):--O--R--SO--R.sub.1 (I)wherein R represents a substituted straight or branched chain alkylene group or a substituted straight or branched chain alkenylene group; R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted straight or branched chain alkyl group, a straight or branched chain alkenyl group, a straight or branched chain aralkyl group, a straight or branched chain aralkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and R and R.sub.1 may be bonded to each other directly or through a connecting group to form a ring. The 2-equivalent photographic cyan couplers have high coupling speed and excellent dispersibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Yukio Yokota
  • Patent number: 4333999
    Abstract: Novel phenolic cyan dye-forming couplers contain in the 2-position a p-cyanophenylureido group. These couplers are useful in photographic emulsions, elements and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Philip T. S. Lau
  • Patent number: T101601
    Abstract: Novel phenolic cyan dye-forming couplers contain in the 2-position a p-cyanophenylureido group. These couplers are useful in photographic emulsions, elements and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Inventor: Philip T. S. Lau