Filter Layer Containing Patents (Class 430/507)
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Patent number: 6225036Abstract: A multicolor photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers comprises tabular grains having {111} major faces containing greater than 50 mole percent bromide, and accounting for greater than 50 percent total grain projected area precipitated in a peptizer that is a water dispersible cationic starch, and contains a fragmentable electron donating sensitizer.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2000Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joe E. Maskasky, Kenneth J. Reed, Victor P. Scaccia, James A. Friday
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Patent number: 6210871Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one nonlight-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer containing black colloidal silver, on a support, contains a dye whose maximum absorption in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 1100 nm is given at a wavelength in an infrared region of 700 nm to 1100 nm, contains 3.2 g/m2 or less of silver in terms of silver, and has a transmission density of 1.7 or more at 950 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Ishii, Yoshiharu Yabuki
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Patent number: 6140029Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide photographic element comprising a non-light sensitive layer containing elemental silver and a nitrogen heterocycle compound having a ClogP of at least 4.5, which compound comprises a ring system of one or more fused rings containing at least one --N--H bond, the ring system comprising a total of at least three nitrogen ring members and the associated bonds; provided that the compound does not contain an --SH group or >C.dbd.S group and does not react with an oxidized developer.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Bernard A. Clark, Jane S. Boff, Philip A. Allway, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6136519Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material and a method for forming a color photographic image by processing said color photographic material with a color developer substantially free from sulfite. Said color photographic material comprises the uppermost non-photosensitive colloid layer of photographic constitutional layers containing a dispersion obtained by emulsifying and dispersing a solution containing at least one ultraviolet-absorbing agent represented by the following formula (I) or (II) and at least one water-insoluble polymer compound, and a gelatin having an isoelectric point of 6.0 or over: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, or an acylamino group; R.sub.4 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1993Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazunori Hasebe
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Patent number: 6127104Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel film for light boxes, in particular a reversal film for light box displays comprising a transparent support covered, in order, with a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the support being covered on at least one of its faces with a layer comprising an opacifying compound in a quantity such that the minimum density of the film is between 0.2 and 0.6. This film also has compatibility with existing processing methods intended for reversal photographic products.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gerard M. Droin, Yannick Begel, Didier M. Chigot
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Patent number: 6057085Abstract: A colour photographic material having a yellow filter layer containing at least one decolourisable dye or dye to be able to be rinsed out of the material of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 mutually independently mean a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group,R.sub.3 means a hydrogen or halogen atom, an alkyl or alkoxy groupR.sub.4 means a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or cyano group,R.sub.5 means a dissociable group having a pK.sub.a value of between 4 and 11 andX means an oxygen or sulphur atom,is distinguished in that the dyes are non-diffusible and completely decolourisable and do not impair the properties of the silver halide emulsions.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NVInventors: Klaus Sinzger, Hans Langen
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Patent number: 6045985Abstract: Photographic elements are disclosed having on a support a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to radiation other than blue light in addition to its intrinsic sensitivity to blue region, and a yellow filter layer between the silver halide emulsion layers and the source of exposure, the yellow filter layer containing a yellow filter dye represented by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is hydrogen, alkyl group or aryl group;R.sub.1 is aryl group or heterocyclic group;X is O or N--R.sub.2 where R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl group;Y is N--R.sub.3 where R.sub.3 is hydrogen or alkyl group;n is 0 or 1;Z is hydrogen, alkyl group or aryl group;W is hydrogen, or W and Z, taken together, represent the atoms necessary to form an aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1998Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Tulalip Consultoria Comercial Sociedade Unipessoal S.A.Inventors: Piero Cavalleri, Sergio Massirio
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Patent number: 6043013Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a non-light sensitive layer containing elemental silver and a heterocyclic thiol compound having a Clog P of at least 2.0 but less than 12.0, provided that the ring system of the compound comprises a --N.dbd.C--S--H group or its tautomer and does not react with an oxidized developer. The invention provides improved minimum densities in imaging layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul A. Burns, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer, J. R. Vargas
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Patent number: 6043011Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color photographic element comprises a support having coated thereon a silver antihalation layer, an interlayer, at least two red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, at least two green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers a yellow filter layer, and at least two blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, wherein a silver halide emulsion layer or a nonsensitive layer adjacent thereto comprises a bleach accelerator releasing coupler of formulaA-(TIME).sub.n -S-X-Rwherein A represents a coupler residue releasing from (TIME).sub.n -S-X-R upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; TIME represents a timing group releasing S-X-R with delay under developing conditions; n represents 0 or 1; X represents a divalent linking groups consisting of an alkylene group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and R represents a group selected in the group consisting of a), b) and c): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: Tulalip Consultoria Comercial Sociedade Unipessaol S.A.Inventors: Isabella Cogliolo, Paolo Beretta, Ivano Delprato, Sergio Massirio
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Patent number: 6037112Abstract: A radiation-sensitive medical diagnostic film for soft tissue imaging, particularly mammography, is disclosed. The film allows more rapid processing than films currently available for mammographic imaging and maintains acceptably high levels of image sharpness and low levels of mottle. The radiographic film records medical diagnostic images of soft tissue through (a) exposure by a single intensifying screen located to receive an image bearing source of X-radiation and (b) processing, including development, fixing and drying, in 90 seconds or less comprised of a film support transparent to radiation emitted by the intensifying screen and having opposed front and back major faces and an image-forming portion for providing, when imagewise exposed by the intensifying screen and processed, an average contrast in the range of from 2.5 to 3.5, measured over a density above fog of from 0.25 to 2.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Robert E. Dickerson
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Patent number: 6033841Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material having at least two red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layers of different photographic sensitivity, at least two green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layers of different photographic sensitivity and at least one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, and having intermediate layers at least between silver halide emulsion layers of different color sensitivity, wherein at least one color coupler is provided in an intermediate layer which is directly adjacent to a lowest-sensitivity silver halide emulsion layer which is sensitive to a defined spectral region and which couples to the complementary color, which color coupler couples in a non-complementary manner with respect to the aforementioned lowest-sensitivity silver halide emulsion layer, is distinguished by its improved reproduction of yellow color shades.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert NVInventors: Peter Bell, Hans-Ulrich Borst, Ralf Buscher, Jorg Siegel, Rainer Scheerer, Heinz Schutz
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Patent number: 6015655Abstract: A color photographic recording material comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and optionally a light insensitive layer which is disposed nearer the source of light than is the light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of said layers contains particles of cerium(IV) oxide, zinc oxide or barium titanate with an average diameter <300 nm, is characterized by improved protection from UV light.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1999Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NVInventors: Jorg Hagemann, Werner Hoheisel
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Patent number: 6013426Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer containing black colloidal silver on a support, wherein a ratio A/T of a coating amount A (g/m.sup.2) of black colloidal silver in the hydrophilic colloidal layer to a dry film thickness T (.mu.m) of the hydrophilic colloidal layer containing black colloidal silver is 0.2 or more. In the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention, the minimum density (fog density) of a light-sensitive material is small and a change in photographic property in a running processing is small.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1998Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshio Ishii
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Patent number: 5998113Abstract: A color photographic element is disclosed containing in its blue recording layer unit a blue light reflective layer positioned to receive light from a layer in the blue recording layer unit containing latent image forming silver halide grains of maximum sensitivity. The blue light reflective layer is free of blue absorbing dye and contains tabular silver halide grains having a thickness in the range of from 0.12 to 0.15 .mu.m, an average aspect ratio of greater than 15, and a coating coverage of 0.5 to 1.5 g/m.sup.2, and are formed of greater than 50 mole percent bromide, based on silver. The layer containing grains of maximum sensitivity additionally contains from 0.01 to 0.5 g/m.sup.2 of randomly oriented grains having an ECD in the range of from 0.01 to 0.5 .mu.m.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1999Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, James A. Friday, Roger A. Bryant
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Patent number: 5998116Abstract: The invention relates to a color-photographic recording material comprising, on a support, a blue-sensitive, a green-sensitive and/or a red-sensitive silver-halide emulsion layer, a protection layer above the sensitive layers, and, if desired, separation layers between the sensitive layers, where at least one of said layers includes a UV absorber of the formula ##STR1## The stabilizers of the formula (1) or (1a) have good inherent stability and high light absorption; the photographic recording material described has excellent stability of the magenta, cyan and yellow layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1997Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Pascal Hayoz, Christophe Bulliard, David George Leppard
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Patent number: 5994042Abstract: A color photographic element is disclosed containing in its blue recording layer unit a blue light reflective layer positioned to receive light from a layer in the blue recording layer unit containing latent image forming silver halide grains of maximum sensitivity. The blue light reflective layer is free of blue absorbing dye and contains tabular silver halide grains having a thickness in the range of from 0.12 to 0.15 .mu.m, an average aspect ratio of greater than 15, and a coating coverage of 0.5 to 1.5 g/m.sup.2, and are formed of greater than 50 mole percent bromide, based on silver.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, James A. Friday, Roger A. Bryant
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Patent number: 5994044Abstract: A color photographic recording material which contains particles of elemental silicon and/or of solid compounds in which silicon is present in stoichiometric excess, having an average diameter of .ltoreq.120 nm, is distinguished by improved protection against UV radiation.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1998Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AGInventors: Jorg Hagemann, Werner Hoheisel, Reimer Holm
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Patent number: 5994043Abstract: A color photographic element is disclosed containing in its blue recording layer unit a blue light reflective layer positioned to receive light from first and second latent image forming layers in the blue recording layer unit. The first layer overlies the second layer and contains a silver coating coverages in the range of from 0.1 to 0.7 g/m.sup.2. The second layer contains latent image forming silver halide grains of maximum sensitivity. The blue light reflective layer is free of blue absorbing dye and contains tabular silver halide grains have a thickness in the range of from 0.12 to 0.15 .mu.m, an average aspect ratio of greater than 15, and a coating coverage of 0.5 to 1.5 g/m.sup.2, and are formed of greater than 50 mole percent bromide, based on silver.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1999Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, James A. Friday, Roger A. Bryant
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Patent number: 5981155Abstract: A silver halide color photographic film element and more particularly a color motion picture projection film element is provided comprising a transparent thermoplastic film support having a subbing layer unit, coated thereon at least one color forming hydrophilic layer and protective layer, characterized in that at least said subbing layer unit comprises at least one light-stabilizer, preferably absorbing ultraviolet radiation, and at least one chemical compound having reducing properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1996Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: AGFA-Gervaert, N.V.Inventors: Geert Vercruysse, Jean Burtin
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Patent number: 5976775Abstract: In a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having each at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RL), green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GL) and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BL) on a support and further having a hydrophilic colloidal layer (AH-1) containing black colloidal silver between the support and the nearest light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the light-sensitive material further has a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (DL) between the hydrophilic colloidal layer (AH-1) and the support, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer (DL) comprises at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, and optical information is recorded by an exposure to light through the support, and the light-sensitive emulsion layer (DL) or its adjacent layer has a color-forming coupler.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshio Ishii
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Patent number: 5965338Abstract: This invention contemplates a multilayer, multicolor photographic element comprising a support, a plurality of dye-forming hydrophilic colloid containing silver halide emulsion layers which are spectrally sensitized to different regions of the visible spectrum including at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive emulsion layer wherein the topmost silver halide emulsion layer has a water swell percentage which is greater than any other light-sensitive emulsion layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1998Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gary W. Visconte, Alfred B. Fant, Yongcai Wang
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Patent number: 5932402Abstract: A colour photographic recording material, comprising of a transparent film base, red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer units which are disposed thereon and which contain colour couplers, and optionally of further light-insensitive layers, wherein the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit comprises at least two green-sensitive partial layers, the partial layer of which which is furthest from the film base has the highest sensitivity and is situated further from the film base than is each partial layer of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and wherein each partial layer of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit is situated further from the film base than is the highest-sensitivity partial layer of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, contains, in the highest-sensitivity partial layer of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, an organic yellow dye which can be decolorised during processing; theType: GrantFiled: December 16, 1997Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AGInventors: Heinz Schutz, Rainer Scheerer, Klaus Sinzger
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Patent number: 5928847Abstract: This invention contemplates a multilayer, multicolor photographic element comprising a support, a plurality of dye-forming hydrophilic colloid containing silver halide emulsion layers which are spectrally sensitized to different regions of the visible spectrum including at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive emulsion layer. Each of the silver halide emulsion layers includes imaging silver having at least 25 weight percent ultrathin tabular grains having a thickness of less than 0.07 microns. One of the silver halide emulsion layers is a topmost silver halide emulsion layer having a water swell percentage which is greater than any other light-sensitive emulsion layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1998Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gary W. Visconte, Alfred B. Fant, Yongcai Wang, Ronald G. Olsen
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Patent number: 5925506Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having on one surface thereof photographic layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, at least one of the photographic layers contains a fluorescent whitening agent, and satisfies the following equation 1:(A/B)<0.03 Equation 1wherein A is an intensity of fluorescent light at the maximum fluorescent wavelength generated from the light-sensitive material before processing when the light-sensitive material is irradiated by exciting light of wavelength of 360 nm and B is an intensity of fluorescent light at the maximum fluorescent wavelength thereof generated from the area not exposed to light of the light-sensitive material after processing when the processed light-sensitive material is irradiated by exciting light of wavelength of 400 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1997Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Sato, Shigeo Chino, Masahiro Shibuya
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Patent number: 5879869Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon photographic constituting layers comprising blue, green and red sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein the photographic constituting layers contain, in combination or separately, at least one compound represented by the following formula(1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 represent specific groups, and L.sup.1, L.sup.2, and L.sup.3 each independently represents methine; andat least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following formulas (2) and (3):A.sup.1 .dbd.L--Q (2)A.sup.1 .dbd.L--A.sup.2 (3)wherein A.sup.1 or A.sup.2 each independently represents an acidic nucleus, Q represents aryl or a heterocyclic ring, and L represents methine. The light-insensitive hydrophlic colloidal layer exhibits antihalation effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1996Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., LtdInventors: Akira Kase, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Shigeaki Otani
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Patent number: 5814438Abstract: An ultraviolet absorbing compound of formula (I) below, and photographic elements containing such a compound as an ultraviolet absorber: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 -R.sub.4 independently is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom such as fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo or a combination thereof; a carbalkoxy group having at least one asymmetric carbon or asymmetric silicon atom; an alkoxy group having at least one asymmetric carbon or asymmetric silicon atom, with the proviso that R.sub.2 or R.sub.3, or both R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are other than hydrogen;A* is a group having a carbon atom directly attached to 2'-hydroxyphenyl ring at the 5'-position which contains at least one asymmetric carbon atom or an asymmetric silicon atom, and;wherein the ultraviolet absorbing compound of formula (I) is a mixture of two enantiomers about the asymmetric carbon or silicon atom of A*.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1997Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lal C. Vishwakarma, Glenn M. Brown, Barry F. Briffa
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Patent number: 5800971Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer color negative photographic element comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to each of the blue, green and red regions of the visible spectrum, one or more yellow or orange-yellow cyano benzoxazolyl or cyano benzothiazolyl arylidene type methine filter or density correction dyes of structure I, below, codispersed with one or more hydroquinone, catechol or sulfonamidophenol reducing agents, ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 is an alkyl group or an aryl group;R.sub.3 is hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.5 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.6 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;X is oxygen or sulfur;each R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1996Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul Leo Zengerle, Paul Barrett Merkel
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Patent number: 5783379Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for industrial radiography is disclosed comprising a film support and on one or both sides thereof at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer wherein each silver halide emulsion layer comprises as silver halide crystals silver chloride and/or silver chlorobromide crystals the amount of bromide therein being at most 25 mole %; has a gelatin to silver halide (expressed as silver nitrate) ratio from 2:10 to 6:10 and has an amount of silver halide corresponding to from 5 g to 15 g of silver per m.sup.2 and wherein said photographic material has been fore-hardened to such an extent that when it is immersed in demineralized water of 25.degree. C. for 3 minutes there is absorbed less than 2.5 g of water per gram of gelatin, characterized in that said silver chloride or silver chlorobromide emulsion crystals are chemically ripened in the presence of at least one sulphur compound and at least one gold compound, wherein gold is present in an amount from 0.01 to 1 .mu.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.Inventors: Peter Willems, Freddy Henderickx
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Patent number: 5776667Abstract: A color photographic recording material comprises in a yellow filter layer at least one dye of one of the formulae I and II ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 (mutually independently) mean alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl;R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 (mutually independently) mean hydrogen or alkyl;R.sup.21 means a residue as R.sup.1 ;R.sup.22 means a residue as R.sup.2 ;R.sup.23 means a residue as R.sup.1 ;provided that in formula I none of the residues R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 contains an alkyl chain of more than 3 carbon atoms.The dyes exhibit suitable absorption as yellow filter dyes and are completely decolored during processing.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: AGFA AGInventors: Hans Ohlschlager, Hans Langen, Klaus Sinzger
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Patent number: 5759754Abstract: A radiation-sensitive medical diagnostic film for soft tissue imaging, particularly mammography, is disclosed. The film allows more rapid processing than films currently available for mammographic imaging and maintains acceptably high levels of image sharpness and low levels of mottle. The radiographic film records medical diagnostic images of soft tissue through (a) exposure by a single intensifying screen located to receive an image bearing source of X-radiation and (b) processing, including development, fixing and drying, in 90 seconds or less comprised of a film support transparent to radiation emitted by the intensifying screen and having opposed front and back major faces and an image-forming portion for providing, when imagewise exposed by the intensifying screen and processed, an average contrast in the range of from 2.5 to 3.5, measured over a density above fog of from 0.25 to 2.5.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Robert Edward Dickerson
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Patent number: 5719014Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer color negative photographic film comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer sensitive to each of the blue, green and red regions of the visible spectrum and a yellow or orange-yellow methine dye of structure I, ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 is an alkyl group or an aryl group;R.sub.3 is hydrogen, a halogen atom (such as chlorine or fluorine), an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.5 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.6 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;X is oxygen or sulfur;each R.sub.7 is independently a substituent selected from the group consisting halogen atoms, and alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, acyloxy, acyl, sulfamoyl, sulfonyl, sulfoxyl, sulfonyloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, and cyano groups;n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; andR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may join to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1996Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul Barrett Merkel, Melvin Michael Kestner, James Anthony Friday
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Patent number: 5716768Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a plurality of light-sensitive layers having different spectral sensitivities, wherein two nearest light-sensitive layers interposing a light-insensitive layer containing colloidal silver each contains in the proportion of 50% or more (of the projected area) of tabular grains having an aspect ratio of from 3 to 100 and 10 or more dislocation lines per one grain, and a light-insensitive layer is provided between each of the light-sensitive layers and the light-insensitive layer containing colloidal silver.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1997Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Maruyama, Toshihiro Nishikawa, Nobuyuki Haraguchi
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Patent number: 5716764Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer silver halide color negative photographic element comprising in the same layer a cyan dye of formula (I) and a ballasted stabilizer compound of formula (II), where the respective formulas are: ##STR1## andB--L--A--R (II)wherein:the substiuents are as defined herein the specification.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1996Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Brian Rieger, Charles Leo Bauer
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Patent number: 5693457Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon hydrophilic colloid layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains photosensitive silver halide grains which have been selenium-sensitized or tellurium sensitized; and at least one of the hydrophilic colloid layers contains an organic dye represented by the following formula.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1995Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Takaaki Kojima, Yasuhiko Kawashima, Tomoyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 5693370Abstract: A method is described to provide a radiographic silver halide material by coating on at least one side of a support, covered with a hydrophobic subbing layer comprising as a latex copolymer vinylidene chloride, methylacrylate and itaconic acid, following hydrophilic layers: at least one gelatinous dye containing layer comprising one or more dyes, at least one silver halide emulsion layer, at least one protective antistress layer, and optionally an afterlayer, characterized in that said hydrophilic layers have a swelling ratio of not more than 200% and in that said hydrophilic layers are coated simultaneously by the slide-hopper coating or by the slide-hopper curtain coating technique.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.Inventor: Marc Van den Zegel
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Patent number: 5683860Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic element comprising a support bearing on one side thereof at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer or a separate hydrophilic colloid layer of the element comprises a soluble absorber dye of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each M is H or a counterion; each R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represents H or a photographically acceptable substituent; m+p equals from 1 to 4; n+q equals from 1 to 4; and each of r and t represents from 0 to 3. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the element comprises at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a dye of formula (I) is coated on the same side of the support as the red-sensitive emulsion layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1996Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Linda J. Beattie, Gary N. Barber
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Patent number: 5674668Abstract: A color photographic recording material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which material contains in at least one of its layers a combination of at least one UV absorber of the formula I and at least one low molecular weight or polymeric oil formula containing acid groups, for example of the formula T--?R.sup.21 --(Q.sup.1).sub.p !.sub.q --X.sup.21 --OH (II), exhibits improved absorption for UV light. ##STR1## In the formula I: R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 mean H, halogen, hydroxy, mercapto, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, --NR.sup.5 --R.sup.6, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl or sulphamoyl;R.sup.2 means H, hydroxy, halogen or alkyl;R.sup.4 means alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, aryloxy, arylthio or a residue of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.5 means H, alkyl or aryl; R.sup.6 means H, alkyl, aryl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, sulphamoyl or sulphonyl;m, n and o mean 1, 2, 3 or 4,wherein two or more residues R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different;in the formula II:X.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1996Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Jorg Hagemann, Gunter Helling, Beate Weber
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Patent number: 5609978Abstract: A photographic element, is disclosed which includes a support and at least three silver halide emulsion layers, that records exposure information. The exposure information is recorded in three image-recording units and wherein the spectral sensitivities of said image-recording units are chosen such that the average color error, .DELTA.E*.sub.ab, is less than or equal to 3.1. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is computed for a specified set of test colors of known spectral reflectance, and the light source is specified as D.sub.65. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is the average CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) .DELTA.E*.sub.ab between the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates of said test colors and the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates corresponding to transformed exposure signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: March 11, 1997Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Edward J. Giorgianni, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Jose E. Rivera, Richard A. Simon, Teresa A. Smith, James E. Sutton
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Patent number: 5601967Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by providing an inverted order film in which the lowermost light sensitive layer is a blue-sensitive layer of blue-sensitized tabular grains. The blue-sensitized tabular grains are preferably sensitized to a wavelength of between 450 and 520 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1991Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas B. Brust, James T. Kofron
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Patent number: 5597854Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is 1 or 2, A is CH or a nitrogen atom, and the other radicals R.sup.1 to R.sup.25 are as defined in claim 1.The compounds of the formula I can advantageously be employed for stabilizing organic material against the harmful effect of light, oxygen and/or heat.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Jean-Luc Birbaum, Gerhard Rytz, Vien Van Toan, Andreas Valet, Norbert W urms
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Patent number: 5593818Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic material having a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer on at least one side of the support, which comprises a layer containing at least one ultraviolet absorbent that is present on one or both surfaces or a support containing at least one ultraviolet absorbent, the total content of the ultraviolet absorbent being 0.01 to 10 g/m.sup.2, and the support being made of a polyethylene naphthalate or its derivative. As the ultraviolet absorbent, at least one of compounds represented by formula (I) to (VI) is preferably used.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1995Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fumio Kawamoto
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Patent number: 5582961Abstract: A photographic element, is disclosed which includes a support and at least three silver halide emulsion layers, that records exposure information. The exposure information is recorded in three image-recording units and wherein the spectral sensitivities of said image-recording units are chosen such that the average color error, .DELTA.E*.sub.ab, is less than or equal to 3.1. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is computed for a specified set of test colors of known spectral reflectance, and the light source is specified as D.sub.65. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is the average CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) .DELTA.E*.sub.ab between the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates of said test colors and the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates corresponding to transformed exposure signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Edward J. Giorgianni, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Richard A. Simon, Teresa A. Smith, James E. Sutton
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Patent number: 5580708Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which has on a reflective support at least one light-sensitive layer containing silver halide emulsion grains, wherein said reflective support has at least one waterproof resin coated layer which contains at least 2 g/m.sup.2 of a white pigment in waterproof resin coated layer at the light-sensitive layer coated side and further at least one light-sensitive layer contains at least one compound represented by following general formula (I) in a molecular dispersion state of a monomolecule or a dimer; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, the sum total of the atomic weights of at least one of (R.sub.1 +R.sub.3) and (R.sub.2 +R.sub.4) being not more than 160; n represents 0, 1, or 2; and M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1994Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Kawai, Mario Aoki
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Patent number: 5576156Abstract: A radiographic element is disclosed having emulsion layers coated on opposite surfaces of a transparent film support. To facilitate rapid processing the emulsion layers are fully forehardened and less than 35 mg/dm.sup.2 of hydrophilic colloid is coated on each major surface. To reduce crossover and hydrophilic colloid, emulsions on the opposite sides of the support are each divided into two layers with the layer coated nearest the support containing a particulate dye capable of being decolorized during processing. Particulate dye and silver halide grains together account for between 30 and 70 percent of the total weight of the emulsion layers. Combined with the use of spectrally sensitized tabular grain emulsions crossover can be reduced to less than 15 percent while processing can be completed in less than 45 seconds. The distribution of hydrophilic colloid and silver halide grains chosen achieves low wet pressure sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1996Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Robert E. Dickerson
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Patent number: 5571664Abstract: A negatively developing color photographic silver halide material containing at least two blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layers, at least two green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layers, at least two red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layers and a yellow filter layer on a transparent support, the layers of the same spectral sensitivity having different photographic sensitivities and the blue-sensitive layers being arranged further from the support than the yellow filter layer and the green-sensitive and red-sensitive layers being arranged nearer the support than the yellow filter layer, is distinguished by improved development kinetics if at least one of the green-sensitive layers of highest sensitivity and the red-sensitive layers of highest sensitivity contains a crown ether.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1995Date of Patent: November 5, 1996Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AGInventors: J org Siegel, Peter Hankofer, Hans-Ulrich Borst
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Patent number: 5558973Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material is described, which comprises, on a support, at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a non-diffusible dye-donating compound capable of releasing or forming a diffusible dye in correspondence or reverse correspondence with a reaction of reducing the silver halide to silver, and a binder, which contains a specific solid organic pigment in at least one layer of a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or its adjacent layer(s) and which contains an alginic acid derivative in the same layer containing the solid organic pigment.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1995Date of Patent: September 24, 1996Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Makoto Yamada
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Patent number: 5545513Abstract: A multilayered color photographic element contains a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers including at least three layers each having the same spectral sensitivity but having, respectively, the most, mid, and least light sensitivity wherein the most and mid sensitive layers are contiguous and the most sensitive layer is extremely starved of image dye-forming coupler.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1993Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Larry D. Edwards
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Patent number: 5541046Abstract: An accurate digital representation of a color photograph can be obtained by proper registration of blue, green, and red images taken from a black-and-white photographic film having a unique structure including an antiabrasion layer, a first silver halide emulsion layer with silver grains which are sensitive to blue light, a filter layer being transmissive to a band of wavelengths corresponding to a given color other than blue, a timing layer for delaying penetration of processing fluids, a second silver halide emulsion layer with silver grains which are sensitive to the given color, and a base. The film excludes image dyes, dye developers or dye forming materials. The film also excludes components for emitting electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength different than a received wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: Polaroid CorporationInventor: F. Richard Cottrell
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Patent number: 5538840Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic recording material comprising, on a base, at least one silver-halide emulsion layer and, if desired, at least one interlayer and/or a protection layer, where at least one of said layers contains a UV absorber of the 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine type, as described in greater detail in claim 1; this UV absorber can also be in the form of a homopolymer or copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1995Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Vien Van Toan, David G. Leppard, Gerhard Rytz, Norbert Wurms, Pascal Hayoz
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Patent number: H1593Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is provided, comprising photographic component layers comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a nonlight-sensitive layer, and having an ISO speed of 320 to 800, wherein the total coating weight of silver in the component layers is within a range of 3.0 to 8.0 g/m.sup.2 ; a dry coating thickness is 22 .mu.m or less; and at least one of the component layers contains a dye in the form of a dispersion of solid particles dispersed in a binder.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1994Date of Patent: September 3, 1996Inventors: Hideaki Haraga, Masaru Iwagaki