And Antifoggant Or Color Stabilizer Patents (Class 430/551)
  • Patent number: 5242789
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one coupler represented by the following formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.2 or R'.sub.2 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group; and X represents a coupling split-off group liked through a nitrogen or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sato, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 5242785
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains (1) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (I), (II) or (III) and dimers or higher polymers containing at least one moiety derived from the compounds, and (2) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of organic color fading preventing agents represented by the general formula (IV) and dimers or higher polymers containing at least one moiety derived from the agents, organic metal complexes containing copper, cobalt, nickel, palladium or platinum as the central metal and having at least one organic ligand having at least one conformation and dimers or higher polymers containing at least one moiety derived from the complexes: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.30 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Nobuo Seto
  • Patent number: 5242788
    Abstract: Color photographs of which the colored image has improved storage stability, which have a good overall cyan, magenta and yellow image color balance even after long term storage, and with which, moreover, little staining of the white base occurs, are obtained by means of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Tadahisa Sato
  • Patent number: 5236803
    Abstract: A color light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer containing light-sensitive silver halide, and further comprising in the at least one light-sensitive layer or any other layer, independently, a binder, a reducible dye-providing compound, and a reducing agent represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, any of which groups may be substituted; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aryl group, an acylamino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a carbamoyl group or a sulfamoyl group, any of which groups may be substituted; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be combined together to form a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; and the reducing agent may be in the form of a dimer or a trimer through R.sup.1 or R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ono, Takeshi Nakamine, Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 5236815
    Abstract: A new class of photographic masked stabilizers is disclosed showing following general chemical formula (Ia) or (Ib): ##STR1## wherein X and Y each independently represent N or CR, R being hydrogen or lower alkyl,Z represents a lower alkyl group, a nitro group, a halogen atom or hydrogen, andM represents a positive counterion, preferably an alkali cation, ammonium or substituted ammonium.The compounds are demasked by hydrolysis under alkaline conditions. They can be incorporated in a developing solution or in a photographic material, preferably in the backing layer. They show an enhanced solvability in water compared to the corresponding unmasked stabilizers.A preferred compound is 1-(2-sulphonatobenzoyl)-5-nitroindazole trimethylamine, sodium or potassium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie O. Dewanckele, Richard A. Ooms, Marc B. Graindourze, Piet Kok
  • Patent number: 5236819
    Abstract: A photographic material having a support and a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a magenta coupler represented by Formula M-I, a compound represented by Formula A and a compound represented by Formula B: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kadokura, Katsumasa Yamazaki, Shigeto Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 5232821
    Abstract: Photographic coupler compositions comprise (a) a magenta dye-forming coupler compound, and (b) a sulfoxide compound or a sulfone compound in an amount sufficient to improve the light stability of a magenta dye formed from the magenta dye-forming coupler compound. The sulfoxide compound is of the formula ##STR1## and the sulfone compound is of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Merkel, Edward Schofield
  • Patent number: 5232827
    Abstract: Stabilized photographic recording materials are described which comprise ammonium salts of inorganic acids or of organic acids and preferably those that contain polyhydroxyalkyl residues. Use of these stabilizing compounds in combination with recognized antifogging agents provides enhanced storage stability of coated photographic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roger Lok, Arthur H. Herz
  • Patent number: 5230992
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light containing a cyan coupler; at least one silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light containing a magenta coupler; at least one silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light containing a yellow coupler; and at least one non-light-sensitive layer; at least one layer thereof containing at least one nondiffusible, non-color-forming compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.11, R.sup.12 and R.sup.13, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R.sup.14 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group; G.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Miyahashi, Morio Yagihara
  • Patent number: 5219724
    Abstract: A method of producing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support, provided thereon, a photographic layer including a silver halide emulsion layer and the photographic layer contains a hydrazine compound for forming an extremely high contrast image even when developed with a developer having a pH value of not higher than 11. The light-sensitive material is produced by the method comprising steps ofcoating a coating solution to form the photographic layer on the support,drying the coated layer, andpacking the light-sensitive material after the drying step,wherein the drying of the coated layer is carried out with air having relative humidity of not more than 50% after the time when water amount contained in the coated layer reaches 300% of the dry-weight of binder contained in the coated layer. The light-sensitive material has inhibited in formation of pepper spots and gives high contrast image even after prolonged storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Mariko Kato, Takeshi Sampei
  • Patent number: 5212055
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a dispersion of silver halide grains in a binder, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains (a) at least one coupler represented by formula (I), (b) at least one compound represented by the formula (II), and (c) at least one compound represented by formula (III), and the photographic material contains (d) at least one compound represented by formulae (IV), (V) or (VI): ##STR1## wherein R, Y, Za, Zb and Zc each is as defined in the specification; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 each is as defined in the specification ##STR3## wherein R.sub.11, R.sub.12 and R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.15, R.sub.16 and R.sub.17 each is as defined in the specification; ##STR4## wherein R.sub.21, R.sub.22 A, B, X, Y.sub.1 and n each is as defined in the specification; andR.sub.30 --Z (VI)R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Nobuo Seto, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 5208140
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive emulsion layer of a support, the improvement wherein a coupler represented by the following formula (M-I) and an anti-fading additive having a quenching rate constant of a singlet oxygen of 1.times.10.sup.7 M.sup.-1 .multidot.sec.sup.-1 or more provided that 2,5-dialkylhydroquinones are excluded are contained in at least one layer of the light-sensitive emulsion layer, and a compound represented by the following formula (II) is contained in at least one layer selected from the light-sensitive emulsion layer and the non-light-sensitive emulsion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toyoki Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5200304
    Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a yellow color forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta color forming silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan color forming silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the cyan color forming silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one oil-soluble cyan coupler capable of coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent to form a substantially diffusion-resistant dye, represented by formula (I), at least one member selected from the compounds represented by formulae (II) and (III), and at least one compound represented by formula (IV).The silver halide color photographic material can be rapidly processed. Fluctuations of cyan dye density obtained therefrom owing to change in compositions of processing solutions can be prevented, and deterioration of the image formed therefrom during storage, due to cyan dye density caused after color development processing, can also be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Nobutaka Ohki
  • Patent number: 5200309
    Abstract: 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 ballasted aniline or amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Merkel, Stephen P. Singer
  • Patent number: 5194348
    Abstract: Disclosed in a color photograph containing a storability-improving compound capable of forming a chemical bond with an aromatic amine series color developing agent that remains in a photographic material after having been processed for color development to give a chemically inactive and substantially colorless compound in at least one photographic layer on a support. Also disclosed is a method for preparation of color photographs wherein a photographic material containing a silver halide emulsion layer and a color image-forming coupler capable of forming a dye by an oxidation-coupling reaction with an aromatic amine series color developing agent, as coated on a support, is imagewise exposed to light and then subjected to photographic processing, comprising carrying out the photographic processing in the presence of the afore described storability-improving compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Nobuo Seto, Osamu Takahashi, Hideaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 5192652
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support and provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a pyrazolo azole magenta dye-forming coupler represented by general formula M-I; ##STR1## (wherein Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being split off upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent), to said silver halide emulsion layer an elementary sulfur having been added at an arbitrary timing before the formation of said silver halide emulsion layer on said support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 5192650
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having thereon a photographic layer containing at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.01, R.sub.02 and R.sub.03, which may be the same or different, represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.01 and R.sub.02, R.sub.02 and R.sub.03, and R.sub.01 and R.sub.03 may be combined with each other, provided that all of R.sub.01, R.sub.02 and R.sub.03 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; each of X.sub.01, X.sub.02 and X.sub.03, which may be the same or different, represents a mere bond, --O--, --S-- or ##STR2## and R.sub.04 has the same meaning as R.sub.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Masakazu Morigaki
  • Patent number: 5190853
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material is disclosed. The photosensitive material comprises a support and a hydrophilic colloidal layer containing a yellow coupler. According to the present invention, the layer further contains a color image stabilizer in an amount of 10 to 200 mole % based on the amount of the yellow coupler. The color image stabilizer and the yellow coupler are together contained in droplets of a medium which are dispersed in the layer. The color image stabilizer is an organic compound having the following formula [I] or [II]: ##STR1## in which each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, a phosphoryl group, a carbamoyl group or a sulfamoyl group; each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Masakazu Morigaki
  • Patent number: 5183731
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, at least an emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler represented by the general formula (I) and a sparingly water soluble epoxy compound represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## An excellent dye images with improved yellow image storability, particularly, heat and wet heat fastness can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 5180659
    Abstract: A photosensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and provided thereon, photographic component layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. At least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains having silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %; at least one of the photographic component layers comprises a specific dye excellent in decolorization and capable of improving sharpness; at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises a mercapto compound for improving aging stability of silver halide emulsions; a photographic component layer is hardened with cyanuric chloride series hardeners for improving fog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 5178991
    Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material is provided, containing at least one coupler represented by formula (C-I) and at least one compound represented by formula (A-I) or (A-II) ##STR1## wherein Q.sub.1 represents an atomic group containing at least one nitrogen atom required to form a 5- or more membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring together with the carbon atoms to which it is bonded; Z.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group; R.sub.C1 represents an acyl or sulfonyl group; and R.sub.C2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-8 aliphatic group, or the substituents for R.sub.C1, R.sub.C2, Z.sub.1, or Q.sub.1 form a dimeric or polymeric coupler; ##STR2## wherein R represents a hydrogen atoms, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a hydrolyzable protective group; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 5178992
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for processing a silver halide color photographic material paper base of which contains at least one of specified sizing agents with a color developer containing a hydroxylamine compound. According to the disclosure edge stain due to penetration of the color developer into the paper base is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yoshida, Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 5176989
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing an emulsified dispersion of at least one color image forming coupler and at least one organic synthetic polymer, the silver halide color photographic material further containing at least one compound capable of forming a chemical bond with an aromatic amine developing agent or an oxidation product thereof remaining after color development processing to form a chemically inactive and substantially colorless compound in a hydrophilic colloid layer on the support in the same side in which the silver halide emulsion layer is positioned. In the silver halide color photographic material light fading and dark fading are controlled with good balance to provide excellent image preservability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Osamu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5169742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic material which comprises on a base at least one silver halide emulsion layer that is made up of at least one coupler and silver halide grains of high silver-chloride and at least one-non-photosensitive layer containing at least one oil-soluble color-mixing inhibitor and at least a homopolymer or copolymer represented by formula (I), with or without one of the substantially non-diffusible oil-soluble compounds represented by formula (II) or (III), and a method for forming an image by developing said silver halide color photographic material. The disclosure as described provides a color photographic material and a method for forming an image that is excellent in image quality and in color separation and has less mixing of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Junichi Yamanouchi
  • Patent number: 5168033
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer formed on a base is disclosed said base is a reflective base having an oxygen permeability of no more than 2.0 ml/m.sup.2.hr.atm, at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers is a magenta dye forming layer containing at least one magenta coupler of formula (I) shown below, and the layers positioned above said silver halide emulsion layer with respect to said base have a gelatin content of no less than 3 g/m.sup.2 : ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of the non-metallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, provided that the ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being eliminated upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; and R is a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 5166042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic photosensitive materials comprising, on a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The ISO speed of the photosensitive material is S. The difference (S.sub.G.sup.560 -S.sub.R.sup.560) is in the range of from -0.2 to 1.0. Here, S.sub.G.sup.560 and S.sub.R.sup.560 are, respectively, the speed of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the speed of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer with respect to monochromatic light of a wavelength of 560 nm, measured after subjecting the photosensitive material to a uniform exposure of 2/S lux.sec with white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5164288
    Abstract: Photographic elements are described havinga silver halide emulsion layer,a pyrazoloazole coupler in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion, anda competitor for oxidized developer in reactive association with said coupler having the formula: ##STR1## R.sup.1 represents an electron donating group, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, aralkyl or amino of the formula --NHR.sup.3, where R.sup.3 is phenyl or benzyl, with the proviso that at least one of the substituents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 (a) represents a ballast group of sufficient size as to render the hydrazide compound non-diffusible in the photographic element prior to developement in alkaline processing solution and (b) comprises a polar group, andn is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John V. Nelson, Arlyce T. Bowne, Terry L. Bistrovich
  • Patent number: 5158864
    Abstract: Light sensitive color photographic silver halide material containing at least one light sensitive silver halide layer with which a conventional diffusion fast color coupler is associated and optionally other layers, both light sensitive and light insensitive, in which material the one or more than one light sensitive silver halide layer contains, at a concentration of 10.sup.-3 to 10 mmol/mol of silver halide, a compound corresponding to the following formulaA(Z).sub.n K (I)absorbed on and adhering to the silver halide grain and reacting with the developer oxidation product (EOP) with an effective reaction rate constant of K.sub.eff .gtoreq.10.sup.3, in which formulaA is a grain active bonding group,Z denotes a divalent intermediate membern is 0 or 1 andK denotes a group which forms a colored or uncolored reaction product in the reaction with the developer oxidation product,is found to have an improved sensitivity/graininess ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: AGFA Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhart Matejec, Erich Wolff, Heinrich Odenwalder, Hans hlschlager
  • Patent number: 5156945
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photosensitive material contains at least one compound represented by General Formula (I), and at least one type of compound represented by General Formula (II) or an organometallic complex which has copper, cobalt, nickel, palladium or platinum as the central metal and which has at least one bidentate organic ligand, wherein general Formula (I) has the following formula: ##STR1## and general Formula (II) has the following formula:R.sub.10 --W--R.sub.11 (II)wherein the variables are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Masakazu Morigaki, Shigeo Hirano, Satoshi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 5153109
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photosensitive material, which comprises developing a silver halide color photosensitive material containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula [A], bis or tris compounds and polymers derived therefrom, and alkali unstable precursors thereof, in a color developer which is replenished at a rate of not more than 9 ml per 100 cm.sup.2 of the silver halide color photosensitive material; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.a and R.sub.b each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, --SO.sub.3 M, --COOM (wherein M represents H, an alkali metal atom or NH.sub.4), an alkyl group, an acylamino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkythio group, an arylthio group, a sulfonyl group, an acyl group, a carbamoyl group or a sulfamoyl group and they may together form a carbon ring; X represents a --CO-- group or a --SO.sub.2 -- group; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Abe, Yoshihiro Fujita, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5147764
    Abstract: Photographic elements are described havinga silver halide emulsion layer,a 2-equivalent 5-pyrazolone coupler is reactive association with said silver halide emulsion, anda competitor for oxidized developer in reactive association with said coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an electron donating group,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, aralkyl or amino of the formula --NHR.sup.3, where R.sup.3 is phenyl or benzyl, with the proviso that at least one ofthe substitutents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 (a) represents (1) a ballast group of sufficient size as to render the hydrazide compound non-diffusible in the photographic element prior to development in alkaline processing solution and (b) comprises a polar group, andn is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Arlyce T. Bowne
  • Patent number: 5145766
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or hydroxyl, R.sub.1 is alkyl, alkoxy, amino or aryl, and R.sub.2 is hydrocarbylcarbonyl or hydrocarbylsulfonyl, are highly suitable for stabilizing magenta couplers in photographic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, David H. Steinberg, Henri Dubas
  • Patent number: 5139931
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed having at least one coupler of the following formula (I), at least one compound of the following formula (II), and at least one compound of the following formula (III) in the same layer: ##STR1## wherein the substituent groups are as defined in the specification. The material resists fogging and forms a color image having excellent light-fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Masakazu Morigaki
  • Patent number: 5134061
    Abstract: Photographically useful organic compounds containing secondary-branched alkyl radicals with at least 15 C atoms corresponding to formula I have a low melting point, good solubility in oil formers and a low tendency towards crystallization which makes them particularly suitable for photographic applications. ##STR1## In formula I: PNOV is the residue of a photographically useful organic compound, for example a coupler or oil former;L is a chemical bond or a link between PNOV and X;X represents --O--, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --NH--, --NR-- (R.dbd.alkyl or acyl), --CO-- or alkylidene;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are unbranched alkyl radicals containing at least 6 C atoms, with the proviso that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together contain at least 14 C atoms and, where X represents --CO-- or --CH.sub.2, at least 17 C atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Erich Wolff
  • Patent number: 5132202
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having an improved light-fastness of magenta dye image is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoki Nishijima, Masaki Tanji
  • Patent number: 5128237
    Abstract: Significant improvement in color reproduction can be achieved by a direct positive silver halide color photographic material having at least one each of a blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and a red-sensitive direct positive silver halide emulsion layer, in which material at least one of said direct positive silver halide emulsion layer contains both silver chloride or a silver halide composed of silver chlorobromide or silver chloroiodobromide containing no less than 50 mol % of AgCl, and a specific compound that is capable of reacting with the oxidation product of a developing agent to release a specific compound capable of scavenging said oxidation product or a precursor of said scavenging compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Nariko Kimura, Tomomi Yoshizawa, Shigeto Hirabayashi, Toyoaki Masukawa
  • Patent number: 5126234
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material, wherein the silver halide color photographic material having a layer containing at leasst one pyrazolone-based magenta coupler having a coupling releasing group represented by formula (I) and at least one compound represented by formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V) is processed with a color developing solution having a developing solution temperature of 36.degree. to 50.degree. C. and a developing solution pH of 10.3 to 12.0; ##STR1##R.sup.11 --Z.sub.2 (IV) ##STR2## wherein the substituents are as defined in the text of the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Naruse, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5122444
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprised of a support having thereon at least three kinds of silver halide emulsion layers each sensitive to radiation each having a different spectral region; at least one of said silver halide emulsion layer containing the combination of a coupler represented by formula (I), a compound represented by formula (II) and a compound represented by formula (III), and the amount of the compound represented by formula (III) being not more than 30 mol % based on the amount of the coupler represented by formula (I) or the amount of the compound represented by formula (III) being more than 30 mol % based on the amount of the coupler represented by formula (I), excluding the compounds represented by formula (III) where both substituent groups at the ortho-positions against the hydroxyl group are tert-alkyl group: ##STR1## wherein the compound is as defined in the specification; ##STR2## wherein the compound is as defined in the specification; ##STR3## wherein the compound is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuo Sakai
  • Patent number: 5120636
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one magenta coupler represented by the general formula (I) described below, at least one organic solvent having a high boiling point which has at least one ##STR1## bond in its molecule, wherein R.sub.13 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group, and at least one compound represented by the general formula (II) described below: ##STR2## wherein Za and Zb each represents ##STR3## or .dbd.N--; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; when the Za-Zb bond is a carbon-carbon double bond, it may form a part of a condensed aromatic; and R.sub.1, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Hideaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 5118598
    Abstract: Color photographic silver halide material which contains in at least one silver halide emulsion layer a magenta coupler of the formulae (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes alkyl, aryl or a ballast radical,R.sub.2 denotes a ballast radical, alkyl, or aryl andZ denotes hydrogen or a group which can be split off on reaction with the developer oxidation product,and a compound of the formula (III) ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 denotes alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, optionally substituted amino or the radical of a heterocyclic compound andR.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Erich Wolff
  • Patent number: 5116723
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material suitable for rapid processing is disclosed which is prevented in fogging and improved in raw stock storage stability. The photographic material comprises photographic component layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, and the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, and at least one of the photographic component layers contain a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound capable of forming a compound with silver ion having a solubility product of not more than 1.times.10.sup.-10 and a sulfur- containing compound selected from the group consisting of organic compounds having a polysulfer linkage comprised of three or more sulfer atoms, and organic compounds having a heterocyclic ring having at least two thioether linkages or at least one disulfer linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Hideki Ono
  • Patent number: 5116716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-developable color photographic material containing a compound represented by Formula (1) shown below: ##STR1## wherein X represents a halogen atom, and Y represents a group of nonmetallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring bearing on the ring at least one substituent having 4 or more carbon atoms.Disclosed is also a process for forming an image on a heat-developable color photographic material, which comprises carrying out heat-development processing in the presence of the compound represented by Formula (1) mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tawara Komamura, Masaru Iwagaki, Hiroyuki Kaguchi
  • Patent number: 5116717
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one silver halide photosensitive emulsion layer, at least one layer of the material containing a blocked photographic reagent precursor represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 represents a divalent linking group containing a hetero atom bonded to the carbon atom, provided that X.sub.1 is linked to the carbon atom by a group other than ##STR2## PUG represents a photographically useful group containing a hetero atom bonded to X.sub.1 ; W represents .dbd.N-- or ##STR3## Y.sub.1 represents hydrogen or a group capable of being substituted; Z represents an atomic group necessary for forming a heterocyclic ring, provided that when W represents a ##STR4## the group adjacent to W in the heterocyclic ring is a group other than ##STR5## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsunori Matsushita, Morio Yagihara
  • Patent number: 5110718
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tanji, Toyoki Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5108888
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer on the support, wherein at least one compound represented by general formula (I) is contained in the silver halide emulsion layer or another hydrophilic colloid layer:A--B m(I)wherein A represents a blocking group capable of releasing B during processing, and B represents a group capable of releasing a residual color improving agent which satisfies Condition 1 after being released from A--B, and is linked to A via a hetero atom in B.Condition 1:When a 2 ml aqueous solution of 4.0.times.10.sup.-4 mole/l of anyhydro-5,5'-dichloro-9-ethyl-3,3'-bis(3-sulfopropyl)-thiacarbocyanine hydroxide.pyridinium salt is mixed with a 1 ml aqueous solution of 1.0.times.10.sup.-1 mole/l of potassium chloride, and 4 ml of an aqueous solution of 8.0.times.10.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ikegawa, Masaki Okazaki, Junji Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 5108886
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a base, which comprises in the silver halide emulsion layer a magenta coupler represented by formula (I), which has been dispersed by using a chlorinated paraffin having 8 or more carbon atoms. The disclosure as described provides a color photographic material being excellent in color reproduction and having improved light-fastness of the magenta color image from the high density part to the low density part, even when the color photographic material is processed by the color developer contaminated by a small amount of bleaching solution formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Za and Zb each represent .dbd.CH--, ##STR2## or .dbd.N--, R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R.sub.2 represents a substituent, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group or an atom capable of being released, andi) when there is no R.sub.2 in the molecule, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoko Idogaki
  • Patent number: 5108876
    Abstract: A color photograph comprising a support having provided thereon at least one photographic layer, wherein said at least one photographic layer contains a storage stability improving compound which forms a chemically inert and substantially colorless compound by combining chemically with the oxidation product of an aromatic amine color developing agent remaining in said color photograph after color development processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Nobuo Seto, Osamu Takahashi, Hideaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 5104782
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material wherein at least one pyrazoloazole dye forming coupler, at least one compound represented by formula (A) and at least one compound represented by formula (B) are included in the same layer: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Masakazu Morigaki
  • Patent number: H1091
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material which comprises, in a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material provided by coating at least one layer of hydrophilic colloidal layer including light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer on a support, containing a specific hydrazide derivative in the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and containing, in the hydrophilic colloidal layer, at least one compound selected from each of the groups A and B consisting of the compounds represented by the formulae (II) to (VII) as specified in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Takamuki, Junichi Fukawa, Takeshi Habu
  • Patent number: H1127
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material that contains a polymer including a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I) and having a weight average molecular weight of no more than 30,000: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Z represents the atomic group necessary to form a lactam ring, an oxazolidone ring or a pyrrolidone ring; A is a simple linkage, --CO--, --COO(CH.sub.2).sub.n or --CONR.sup.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.n where R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and n is an integer of 1-6. This photographic material experiences a minimum level of increase in fogging during rapid processing and produces image having improved sharpness and granularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimazaki, Fumie Fukazawa, Masayuki Kurematsu, Kenjiro Ushiyama, Satoru Shimba