And Development Inhibitor Or Development Inhibitor Releasing Agent Patents (Class 430/544)
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Patent number: 5510235Abstract: Photographic elements comprising certain 2-phenylcarbamoyl-1-naphthol couplers exhibit proper hue, a resistance to dye crystallization, and a resistance to leuco cyan dye formation. Such couplers can be utilized for their image-modifying effect and can contribute substantially to the overall dye density of an image.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1993Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Daniel L. Kapp, John R. Ross
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Patent number: 5508154Abstract: An image-forming process of a silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which comprises imagewise exposing the photographic material and developing the exposed photographic material using a developer under the presence of a compound represented by formula (I); ##STR1## wherein Q represents a non-metallic atomic group having at least one of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom. and which is necessary for forming a 5-membered heterocyclic ring together with the two carbon atoms of the 1,2,3-triazole ring; Y represents a substituent; and n represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3, when n is 2 or 3, Y's may be the same or different; and a silver halide photographic material and a developer each containing the compound represented by formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1994Date of Patent: April 16, 1996Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Mizukawa, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 5506094Abstract: Photographic elements comprising certain 2-phenylcarbamoyl-1-naphthol image-modifying couplers exhibit proper hue, a resistance to dye crystallization, and a resistance to leuco cyan dye formation. Such couplers can be utilized for their image-modifying effect and can contribute substantially to the overall dye density of an image.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1993Date of Patent: April 9, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Melvin M. Kestner, Ronald E. Leone, David A. Steele
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Patent number: 5500338Abstract: The invention provides a black and white photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion, the element containing a release compound that provides a non-imagewise distribution of a photographically active moiety, wherein the release compound has the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an electron withdrawing moiety;m is 0, 1, 2 or 3;R.sup.2 is a group containing an aqueous solubilizing group;q is 1 or 2;TIME is a timing group;n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; andPAM is a photographically active moiety.Also provided is a method of preparing a photographic emulsion comprising precipitating silver halide grains in a colloidal medium, washing the grains, sensitizing the grains by adding dyes, chemical sensitizers and heating, and adding to the emulsion a methanolic solution comprising a release compound as described above.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1995Date of Patent: March 19, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald L. Kerr, Jerome J. Looker
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Patent number: 5500330Abstract: A photographic element comprises at least three light sensitive silver halide layers spectrally sensitized to the same region of the electromagnetic spectrum wherein the least sensitive such layer, or a nonsensitive layer adjacent thereto, comprises a compound which contains a releasable thiol fragment or a precursor thereof wherein:A. the amount of the thiol-containing compound or precursor contained in such layers is both sufficient to increase the extent of silver bleaching during bleaching and is greater than the amount contained in any of the more sensitive layers of the same sensitivity; andB. the thiol fragment contains a sulfur atom which is not directly bonded to an aromatic atom and contains a water-solubilizing group.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1994Date of Patent: March 19, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard P. Szajewski, Allan F. Sowinski
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Patent number: 5498513Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one photosensitive emulsion layer comprising a DIR coupler which is represented by general formula (I) below and a compound which is represented by general formula (R-1) below; ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residual group, n represents an integer of 0 or 1 with the proviso that when A represents a phenol type or naphthol type coupler residual group then n is 1, and when A represents some other coupler residual group then n is 0, and R represents an alkyl group which has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a pyridyl group;A-(L.sub.1).sub.v -B-(L.sub.2).sub.w -INH-HYD Formula (R-I)wherein A represents a group which reacts with the oxidized form of the developing agent and cleaves (L.sub.1).sub.v -B-(L.sub.2).sub.w -INH-HYD, L.sub.1 represents a group which cleaves the bond with B after cleavage of the bond with A, B represents a group which reacts with the oxidized form of a developing agent and cleaves (L.sub.2).sub.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1994Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
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Patent number: 5496692Abstract: Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a) an alkoxybenzoylacetanilide DIR coupler having bonded to the coupling active position a group which provides a compound having a development inhibiting property when the group is released from the coupler active position upon the color development reaction, wherein said group is a 4,7-dihalogen-2-benzotriazolyl group and b) an alkoxybenzoylacetanilide yellow dye forming coupler having a 3-hydantoinyl leaving group bonded to the coupling active position to provide, upon exposure and development, color images of improved image sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Massimo Bertoldi, Vinicio Busatto
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Patent number: 5487968Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one compound represented by a general formula (I) on a support:A-(TIME).sub.m -(RED).sub.n -Q (I)wherein A represents a group capable of releasing (TIME).sub.m -(RED).sub.n -Q by a reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent;TIME represents a timing group capable of releasing (RED).sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1994Date of Patent: January 30, 1996Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Mizukawa, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 5478711Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the emulsion layer containing a development accelerator and a release compound that provides a non-imagewise distribution of a development inhibitor moiety. The release compound is characterized in that it comprises a blocking group from which the development inhibitor moiety is released.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1994Date of Patent: December 26, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Keath T. Chen, John V. Nelson, David A. Dickinson, Thomas R. Welter
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Patent number: 5478704Abstract: i) A method of forming color images improved in color reproducibility and sharpness, which comprises providing a silver halide color photographic material which has on a support at least one emulsion layer unit constituted of at least two silver halide emulsion layers having the same color sensitivity and different photographic speeds, and which contains at least one DIR compound represented by the following general formula (II) in at least one layer selected from said emulsion layer unit and other constituent layers; exposing said color photographic material, and processing said color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group containing; R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group containing, or a straight-chain or branched hydroxyalkyiene group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1994Date of Patent: December 26, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Taniguchi, Nobutaka Ohki, Mitsuru Yamamoto, Akimitsu Haijima
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Patent number: 5476759Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed, wherein said light-sensitive material contains a DIR coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue; R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a pyridyl group; and n represents 1 when A represents a phenol type or naphthol type coupler residue, or n represents 0 when A represents other coupler residues, and said emulsion layer contains chemically sensitized silver halide grains which individually have a distinct layer comprising silver iodobromide containing from 7 to 45 mol % of silver iodide and which individually have an overall silver iodide content of more than 4 mol %.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1993Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi, Naoki Saito, Masuji Motoki
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Patent number: 5474886Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The silver halide color photographic material contains a developing solution-deactivated type timing DIR which forms either a nondiffusing dye or a dye dissolved out from the light-sensitive material during development and an acylacetamide type coupler having a specific acyl group and/or an N,N-substituted linear or cyclic malondiamide type coupler.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1993Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakazyo, Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi
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Patent number: 5464733Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer color photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers, the layers including blue sensitive, green sensitive and red sensitive layers, the photographic element comprising at least one of a bleach accelerating releasing coupler and a bleach accelerating silver salt in at least one layer of the photographic element and a layer containing finely divided silver. An interlayer is disposed between the layer containing finely divided silver and a layer containing dye forming coupler.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1993Date of Patent: November 7, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: James A. Friday
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Patent number: 5462848Abstract: Color photographic materials comprise a support bearing a silver halide emulsion and a coupler composition. The coupler composition comprises a two-equivalent pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler, a ballasted carbonamide compound, and a developer inhibitor-releasing coupler. The carbonamide compound reduces continued coupling of the pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler during the bleach step in a color photographic process without altering the advantageous properties provided by the combination of the two-equivalent pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler and the developer inhibitor-releasing coupler.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1993Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 5460932Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon a first layer which does not contain colloidal silver and a second layer, the first layer containing a release compound that comprises a development inhibitor moiety and a blocking group from which the development inhibitor moiety is non-imagewise released, and the second layer containing a development accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1994Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Keath T. Chen, John V. Nelson, David A. Dickinson, Thomas R. Welter
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Patent number: 5455151Abstract: Colour photographic silver halide material with at least two blue-sensitive yellow-coupling, two green-sensitive magenta coupling and two red-sensitive cyan coupling silver halide emulsion layers of differing photographic sensitivity, in which the silver halide emulsion of the highest sensitivity blue-sensitive and the highest sensitivity green-sensitive layers have an iodide content of .ltoreq.4 mol % and an average particle size of .gtoreq.0.65 .mu.m and the silver halide emulsions of the lowest sensitivity blue-sensitive and the lowest sensitivity green-sensitive layers have an iodide content of .gtoreq.8 mol % and an average particle size of .ltoreq.0.3 .mu.m and which material contains at least one DIR compound in an effective quantity, the inhibitor of which has diffusibility of .gtoreq.0.4, is characterised by great sharpness and very good colour separation.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1994Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AGInventor: Reinhart Matejec
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Patent number: 5451496Abstract: Color photographic materials comprise a substrate bearing a silver halide emulsion and a coupler composition comprising (a) a 2-phenylcarbamoyl-1-naphthol compound selected from the group consisting of development inhibitor releasing couplers and timed development inhibiting releasing couplers, and (b) a phenolic coupler solvent. The phenolic coupler solvent is employed to reduce dye density changes and/or dye hue changes resulting from cold storage of the photographic materials.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1994Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Melvin M. Kestner, Paul L. Zengerle
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Patent number: 5451493Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a blue-light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing an acylacetanilide yellow image dye-forming coupler having formula I or II: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, alkoxy group or aryloxy group;R.sub.b is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group;R.sub.c is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;R.sub.1 is a substituent;n is an integer from 0 to 2;R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, and substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy and aryloxy;R.sub.3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl;R.sub.4 is hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy carbonyl (--CO.sub.2 R), carbamoyl (--CONRR'), carbonamido (--NRCOR'), sulfonamido (--NRSO.sub.2 R') or trifluoromethyl; andX is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;and wherein the blue-light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer has associated therewith a development inhibitor releasing coupler.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1994Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, James P. Merrill, Bernard A. Clark, Paul L. R. Stanley, Hugh M. Williamson
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Patent number: 5451492Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a blue light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing an acylacetanilide yellow image dye-forming coupler having formula I: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group;R.sub.b is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group;R.sub.c is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;R.sub.1 is a substituent;R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, and substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy and aryloxy;each R.sub.3 is bonded at the 4- or 5- position relative to the anilino nitrogen and is independently a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkoxycarbonyl (--CO.sub.2 R), carbamoyl (--CONRR'), sulfonate (--OSO.sub.2 R), sulfamoyl (--SO.sub.2 NRR'), sulfonyl (--SO.sub.2 R), trifluoromethyl, cyano, and sulfonamido (--NRSO.sub.2 R'), in which each R and R' is independently hydrogen or a substituent;q is 1 or 2;R.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1994Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, James P. Merrill, Bernard A. Clark, Paul L. R. Stanley
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Patent number: 5449592Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for making a color proof and a method for making the color proof using the light-sensitive material. Halftone color proofs having a similar color tone of small dots and large dots can be obtained by the light-sensitive material and the method using it. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprises a yellow image forming light-sensitive layers, a magenta image foming light-sensitive layer and a cyan image forming light-sensitive layer which are different from each other in spectral sensitivity, and the magenta image forming layer contains a magenta coupler and an yellow coupler.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1994Date of Patent: September 12, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tomomi Yoshizawa, Keiji Ogi, Nariko Kimura, Shigeto Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 5447833Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which contains at least one precursor of the kind which releases at least two groups selected from the group consisting of a photographically useful group and a precursor thereof via a timing group, wherein plural photographically useful groups or precursors thereof are present on different constituent atoms of said timing group, provided that when the plural photographically useful groups have different functions, the timing group is a group which does not utilize an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuji Motoki, Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Keiji Mihayashi
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Patent number: 5441851Abstract: A photographic element with a support and a silver halide emulsion layer includes a two-equivalent pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler and a heterocyclic nitrogen addendum which is a protic imidazole or a pyridine. The heterocylic nitrogen compound reduces continued coupling of two-equivalent magenta dye-forming couplers after removal from a developer solution, obviating the need for a stop bath after the development stage.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1991Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Stephen P. Singer, Paul B. Merkel
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Patent number: 5441847Abstract: A method of processing, by use of an automatic processor, a black-and-white silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a hydrazine compound and a redox compound capable of releasing an inhibitor upon oxidation, wherein a developer is replenished by a developer replenisher at a rate of not more than 200 ml per m.sup.2 of the photographic material, and the developer has a pH of 9.5 to 10.8. The developer further contains a compound represented by the following formulas [1], [2] or [3].Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1994Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Junichi Fukawa, Takeshi Sampei, Kenji Goto
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Patent number: 5437965Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one yellow coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BL), at least one magenta coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GL) and at least one cyan coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RL); wherein the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of GL (.lambda..sub.G) of the photographic material is between 520 nm and 580 nm (520 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.G .ltoreq.580 nm), the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of RL (.lambda..sub.R) of the photographic material is between 590 nm and 650 nm (590 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.R .ltoreq.650 nm), and the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of BL (.lambda..sub.B) of the photographic material is between 430 nm and 480 nm (430 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.B .ltoreq.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1994Date of Patent: August 1, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Uchida, Toshio Kawagishi, Shunichi Tomita
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Patent number: 5429915Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan coupler and a yellow coupler with a relative coupling rate of 0.7 to 3.0 with respect to the cyan coupler. In addition, at least one layer may contain a specific DIR compound, the average silver iodide content of a silver halide emulsion contained in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion may be higher than that of a silver halide emulsion contained in the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, or at least one layer may contain a monodisperse silver halide grain emulsion with a grain diameter/grain thickness ratio of 2 to 8.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1993Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Shibahara, Kei Sakanoue
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Patent number: 5429917Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The photographic material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing a coupler represented by the general formula (I) and/or a coupler represented by the general formula (II), silver iodobromide containing 15 to 45 mol % silver iodide in a definite layer structure in the emulsion layer, and chemically sensitized silver halide grains having a total silver iodide content of more than 7 mol %: ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X.sup.3 represents an organic residue which forms a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with >N--; Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; and Z represents a group capable of being separated from the coupler upon the reaction of the coupler with the oxidation product of a developing agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1994Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Naoki Saito, Seiji Ichijima
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Patent number: 5411839Abstract: An improved color reversal element comprising: a support having thereon at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and a compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor, the element comprising a compound having the structural formulaCAR--(TIME).sub.n --INHwherein:CAR is a carrier moiety from which --(TIME).sub.n --INH is released during color development;TIME is a timing group; INH is comprised of a development inhibitor moiety selected from the group consisting of oxazole, thiazole, diazole, oxathiazole, triazole, thiatriazole, benzotriazole, tetrazole, benzimidazole, indazole, isoindazole, mercaptotriazole, mercaptothiadiazole, mercaptotetrazole, selenotetrazole, mercaptothiazole, selenobenzothiazole, mercaptobenzoxazole, selenobenzoxazole, mercaptobenzimidazole, mercaptobenzothiazole, selenobenzimidazole, benzodiazole, mercaptooxadiazole, or benzisodiazole, the INH havina an inhibitor strength greater than 1 (one), andn is 0, 1 or 2.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: May 2, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John W. Harder, Paul A. Burns, J. Ramon Vargas, Arlyce T. Bowne, Philip D. Knight, William J. Begley, Hans G. Ling
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Patent number: 5403703Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, contains a pyrazoloazole-based coupler, and further contains a compound represented by Formula (I) and/or Formula (II) below:Formula (I) A--(L.sub.1).sub.j --(L.sub.2).sub.m --[(L.sub.3).sub.n --PUG].sub.sFormula (II) A--L.sub.4 --L.sub.5 --PUGwhere A represents a coupler moiety or an oxidation-reduction group, each of L.sub.1 and L.sub.3 represents a divalent timing group, L.sub.2 represents a timing group with a valency of 3 or more and does not use electron transfer via a conjugated system, L.sub.4 represents a coupling group such as --OCO--, L.sub.5 represents a group for releasing PUG by electron transfer along a conjugated system or L.sub.4, PUG represents a photographically useful group, each of j and n independently represents 0, 1, or 2, m represents 1 or 2, and s represents a number obtained by subtracting 1 from a valence number of L.sub.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1992Date of Patent: April 4, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Atsuhiro Ohkawa
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Patent number: 5399466Abstract: Photographic reversal elements, preferably color reversal elements, and methods of processing them, which elements use both an inhibitor releasing compound in a causer layer and fogged grains in the receiver layer to obtain a high interimage effect. The elements can be processed by standard processing (which provides for exhaustive color development). The elements have at least a first and a second layer, the first layer containing latent image forming iodide containing silver halide grains and the second layer containing latent image forming silver halide grains. An inhibitor releasing compound is provided in the first layer or a non-imaging layer associated with the first and second layers, the inhibitor releasing compound having the structural formulaCAR-(TIME).sub.n -INHwherein:CAR is a carrier moiety from which -(TIME).sub.n -INH is released during-color development;TIME is a timing group;INH is comprised of a development inhibitor moiety; andn is 0, 1 or 2.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 5399472Abstract: A silver halide emulsion is disclosed including a blend of a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of silver halide. The intrinsically development inhibiting couplers are defined empirically versus a standard coupler. For purposes of this invention DIR couplers are not considered intrinsically development inhibiting couplers. Photographic elements and methods for developing images using the coupler blends are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1992Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jeffrey L. Hall, Richard Szajewski
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Patent number: 5399465Abstract: A reversal photographic element, preferably a color reversal element, is provided with development inhibitors of a defined class, and an absorber dye. The combination improves acutance. The element has a light sensitive layer containing latent image forming silver halide grains, and an inhibitor containing compound in the light sensitive layer or a non-imaging record associated with the light sensitve layer, the compound having the structural formulaCAR-(TIME).sub.n -INHwherein:CAR is a carrier moiety from which -(TIME).sub.n -INH is released during color development;TIME is a timing group;INH is comprised of a development inhibitor moiety selected from the group defined in the specification, the INH having an inhibitor strength greater than 1. The element is further provided with a dye which absorbs light to which the light sensitive layer is sensitive. Elements of the present invention are preferably processed in a standard reversal process.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: John D. Baloga
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Patent number: 5399469Abstract: This invention relates to color photographic elements and processes and especially to color photographic elements comprising two or more image forming layers sensitized to the same region of the electromagnetic spectrum where a more sensitive layer is positioned closer to an exposure source than a less sensitive layer and the less sensitive layer additionally comprises a spatially fixed absorber dye. The combination provides improved image sharpness without compromising photographic sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1993Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Richard P. Szajewski
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Patent number: 5399471Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support. The silver halide emulsion layer contains tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 10 or more dislocation lines per grain, in an amount of 30% or more of a total projected area of all grains in the layer. At least 30 mole % of all couplers contained in the emulsion layer is occupied by a DIR coupler which releases a diffusing development inhibitor or a precursor thereof upon reaction with an oxidized form of a developing agent, or cleaves to form another compound upon reaction with an oxidized form of a developing agent, which cleaved compound in turn reacts with another molecule of oxidized form of a developing agent to release a development inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1993Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ashita Murai
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Patent number: 5395732Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises (a) at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a hydrazine derivative and (b) a hydrophilic colloid layer which is different from the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and which contains a redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor as a result of oxidation.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1992Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunobu Katoh, Morio Yagihara, Takahiro Goto
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Patent number: 5385816Abstract: This invention provides a color photographic element comprising, in an adjacent silver halide emulsion layer,(1) a development inhibitor releasing developer (IRD) which comprises a hydrazide, sulphonamidophenol, sulphonamidonaphthol, or hydroquinone moiety attached directly or via a linking group to a development inhibitor moiety which compound is oxidizable during silver halide development enabling release of the development inhibitor moiety under alkaline conditions,(2) a sulphonhydrazide color developing agent, and(3) a color coupler capable of forming image dye with the sulphonhydrazide during silver halide development.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1993Date of Patent: January 31, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul L. R. Stanley, Siu C. Tsoi
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Patent number: 5385812Abstract: The invention discloses a continuous method of manufacture of gelled dispersion melts of "small-particle" microprecipitated photographic agents. The continuous melt manufacturing process of this invention provides dispersion melts that are invariant in agent concentration, melt viscosity, and turbidity as a function of the run time and are also very reproducible and robust in repetitive preparations. Many photographic melts of this invention exhibit high photographic activity and light stability of the agents when exposed to light.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1992Date of Patent: January 31, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Pranab Bagchi, James T. Beck, Vincent J. Flow, III
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Patent number: 5385814Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having blue-, green-, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains a pyrazoloazole-type compound which releases a development inhibitor in at least one layer and contains an acylacetamide-type yellow coupler having a novel acyl group in at least one layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1992Date of Patent: January 31, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Uchida, Toshio Kawagishi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
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Patent number: 5384234Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material which has high saturation, excellent color reproduction and excellent graininess, the material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer which imparts an interlayer effect to a red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing dye represented by formula (I) and contains a development inhibitor releasing compound represented by formula (II).Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1993Date of Patent: January 24, 1995Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumitaka Ueda, Junji Nishigaki, Akihiko Ikegawa
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Patent number: 5380639Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing a compound capable of the timed release of photographically useful groups is disclosed. The material contains at least one compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group; R.sub.2 is an alkyl or aryl group; R.sub.3 is an oxycarbonyl, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, acylamino, ureido, oxycarbonylamino, sulfonyloxy, carbonyloxy or sulfamoyl group; R.sub.4 is a substituent; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and X is a group, preferably of the formula (II) or (III), which, when eliminated upon coupling with the oxidation product of a developing agent, forms an o-quinonemethide or p-quinonemethide to release a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1992Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Osamu Ishige, Eisaku Katoh, Hiroko Fujiwara, Shigeto Hirabayashi, Shuichi Sugita
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Patent number: 5380633Abstract: An improved color reversal element is disclosed capable of development in black and white developer, and of development in a color developer comprising:a support having thereon at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and a combination of compounds (A) and (B)Compound (A) capable of releasing a development modifier having the structural formulaM(Time).sub.n --INH(1)whereinM is a carrier, moiety from which --(Time).sub.n --INH(1) is released during black and white development to provide a weak inhibitor;Compound (B) having the structural formulaCAR--(TIME).sub.n --INH(2)wherein:CAR is a carrier moiety from which --(TIME).sub.n --INH(2) is released during color development to provide a strong inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John W. Harder, John D. Baloga
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Patent number: 5378593Abstract: Color photographic materials comprise a substrate bearing a silver halide emulsion and a coupler composition comprising (a) a 2-phenylcarbamoyl-1-naphthol compound selected from the group consisting of development inhibitor releasing couplers and timed development inhibiting releasing couplers, and (b) a carbonamide coupler solvent. The carbonamide coupler solvent is employed to reduce dye density changes and/or dye hue changes resulting from cold storage of the photographic materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1992Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Melvin M. Kestner, Paul L. Zengerle
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Patent number: 5378590Abstract: A color reversal photographic element comprises a support bearing a red-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit, a green-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit, and a blue-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit, each unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide layer and an image-dye forming coupler; the element contains an interimage effect-controlling means which is characterized as having the capability of simultaneously forming a red image of high relative chroma and a yellow-red tint image of substantially lower relative chroma when the element is exposed to a red color standard object having CIELab values for D.sub.55 reference white a*=30.46, b*=19.16, C*=35.98, L*=40.12 and a yellow-red tint color standard object having CIELab values for D.sub.55 reference white a*=17.26, b*=18.01, C*=24.95, L*=66.98; the resulting images have a red reproduction coefficient equal to or greater than 0.88 and a ratio of red reproduction coefficient to yellow-red tint reproduction coefficient equal to or greater than 1.15.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Frederick E. Ford, Arlyce T. Bowne, Carl Kotlarchik, Jr.
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Patent number: 5376519Abstract: A color photographic material and process provide a two-equivalent 3-anilino pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler, a phenolic coupler solvent and at least one amine compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1992Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 5372919Abstract: A polymeric material is provided comprising a blocked photographically useful group (PUG). The incorporated blocked photographically useful group includes a PUG and a blocking group that is capable of releasing the PUG upon processing the photographic element, wherein the blocking group(a) is capable of reacting with a dinucleophile reagent, and(b) comprises two electrophilic groups that are separated from each other by a substituted atom that enables a nucleophilic displacement reaction to occur with release of PUG upon processing the photographic element in the presence of a dinucleophile reagent, wherein the group that is less electrophilic is bonded directly or through at least one releasable timing group to the PUG.Photographic elements and emulsions including the inventive polymers, and processes for developing an image in the elements, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1993Date of Patent: December 13, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ralph B. Nielsen, David T. Southby, Katherine Root, Hwei-Ling Yau
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Patent number: 5372920Abstract: A multilayered color photographic element contains a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers including at least one blue-sensitive and at least three red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, said red-sensitive layers respectively being most, mid, and least red-sensitive relative to each other, said most and mid red-sensitive layers being contiguous, and the most red-sensitive layer being a coupler starved layer, which element comprises:(a) a yellow image dye-forming coupler and substantially no development inhibitor releasing coupler in the most red-sensitive layer; and(b) at least one development inhibitor releasing coupler in the mid red-sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1993Date of Patent: December 13, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Larry D. Edwards
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Patent number: 5362880Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a photographic coupler comprised of 1-aryl-3-substituted-4-heterocyclic-5-pyrazolone development inhibitor releasing coupler for use in a photographic element, said coupler capable of reacting with oxidized color developer to release a heterocyclic coupling-off group containing an inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1992Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: William J. Begley
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Patent number: 5360709Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising on a support at least a silver halide emulsion layer, comprising a compound represented by general formula (I):A--(L).sub.r --INH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Q(I)wherein A represents a coupler residue excepting 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b]-1,2,4-triazole and 1H-pyrazolo[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazole; L represents a timing group or a group which reduces an oxidation product of a developing agent; r represents an integer of 2 to 4; n represents an integer of 0 to 3; Q represents a group having a molecular weight of 80 to 250; and INH represents a development inhibitor residue bonded to A--(L).sub.r via hetero atoms and selected from a group ##STR1## wherein * represents the position at which the group is connected to L and ** represents the position at which the group is connected to --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Q.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1993Date of Patent: November 1, 1994Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Masuji Motoki, Keiji Mihayashi
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Patent number: 5356764Abstract: A color photographic element having a support bearing at least one radiation sensitive emulsion layer comprising dispersing medium and silver halide grains is disclosed. The emulsion layer is a tabular grain silver halide emulsion layer Wherein at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by tabular grains (a) bounded by {100} major faces having adjacent edge ratios of less than 10, (b) each having an aspect ratio of at least 2, and (c) internally at their nucleation site, containing iodide and at least 50 mole percent chloride. The emulsion layer has in reactive association an image dye-forming compound and a compound that contains a photographically useful group and is capable of reacting with oxidized developing agent to thereby release such group. A process for preparing the radiation sensitive tabular grain silver halide emulsions is also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1993Date of Patent: October 18, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard P. Szajewski, Gary L. House, Thomas B. Brust, Debra L. Hartsell, Donald L. Black, Anne E. Bohan, James P. Merrill
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Patent number: 5356763Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material enables rapid processing, provides a high quality image and has excellent light fastness under extensive conditions, even under high humidity comprises a support, provided thereon at least three silver halide emulsion layers each containing at least one different coupler for forming a different dye by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and each having a different light sensitivity, and at least one anti-color mixing layer provided between each of the emulsion layers and comprising a light-insensitive layer, wherein at least one of the above silver halide emulsion layers contains silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of 90 mole % or more and a magenta coupler represented by the following formula (I) and at least two of the anti-color mixing layers contain at least one anti-color mixing agent having a molecular weight of 350 or more and at least one high boiling organic solvent having the dielecType: GrantFiled: March 1, 1993Date of Patent: October 18, 1994Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Nobutaka Ohki
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Patent number: 5356767Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes a support, and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer formed on the support, wherein at least one of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one type of an acylacetamide type yellow dye forming coupler having an acyl group represented by formula (I) below, and at least one type of a compound represented by formula (W) below: ##STR1## wherein DI represents a development inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1992Date of Patent: October 18, 1994Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Toyoda, Yasuhiro Yoshioka