Substituted At Coupling Position With Other Than Hydrogen Patents (Class 430/557)
  • Patent number: 5567578
    Abstract: Provided is a silver halide color photographic material containing at least one particular acylamide-type yellow coupler in at least one light-sensitive layer therein along with a particular bisphenolic image stabilizer and a particular spirocyclic or bicyclic image stabilizer. The material has excellent coloring properties and excellent color reproducibility and forms thereon color images having high fastness to light all from the high-density areas to the low-density areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Makuta, Nobuo Seto, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5547818
    Abstract: A color photographic print material with the usual three different sensitized silver halide emulsion layers and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing no color coupler (control layer) with a spectral sensitization range outside the sensitization range of the image-producing layers, wherein the control layer contains a substance A, which, on negative development of the silver halide emulsion used in the control layer (control emulsion), releases a compound B which alters the gradation of the image-producing layers, is usable as a print material with variable gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Otto Lapp, Arno Schmuck, Wolfgang Schmidt, J org Siegel
  • Patent number: 5545513
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Larry D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 5543280
    Abstract: A color photographic material which contains in at least one blue sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 means --(X).sub.m --R.sub.4,m means 0 or 1,X means --CO--, --CO--NR.sub.5 -- or --CO--O--,R.sub.4 means H, alkyl, aryl or alkenyl,R.sub.2 means H or alkyl,R.sub.3 means H or alkyl,R.sub.5 means H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl,n means 1 to 20, providing that m is 1 in at least 10% of the R.sub.1 groups, is distinguished by improved color stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Beate Weber, J org Hagemann, G unter Helling, Markus Geiger
  • Patent number: 5541044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one layer of said photographic material contains at least one yellow coupler represented by the following general formulas (3) or (2): ##STR1## as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shigeo Hirano, Akira Ogawa, Kouichi Hanaki
  • Patent number: 5521058
    Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color light-sensitive material including 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, on a support. The light-sensitive material contains, in the yellow color-forming silver halide emulsion layer, at least one acylacetamide-type yellow coupler having an acyl group of a specified structure, and at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of specified epoxy compounds, specified amide compounds, and esters having a melting point of 25.degree. C. or more at normal pressure and a molecular weight of 1000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5518870
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, wherein each silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not lower than 90 mol %, a yellow coupler in said yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer is coated in an amount of at least 1.1 mmol/m.sup.2, oil/coupler ratio by weight in the yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer is 0.32 or less and the magenta coupler-containing layer contains at least one magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 5514531
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material which comprises an acylacetamide yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the following formula (I) and a compound represented by the following formula (II) or (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, Q represents a group of non-metallic atoms required to form together with the C a 3- to 5-membered cyclic hydrocarbon group or a 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic group, and Y.sub.R represents a residue remaining after removing the acyl group from the acylacetamide yellow dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I), provided that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and does not bond to Q to form a ring, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.a1, R.sub.a2, R.sub.a3, R.sub.a4, and R.sub.a5 each represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent such as an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a nitro group, provided that R.sub.a1, R.sub.a2, R.sub.a3, R.sub.a4, and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Shono, Nobuo Seto
  • Patent number: 5498515
    Abstract: The 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, 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;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 a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;R.sub.4 is hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy carbonyl (--CO.sub.2 R), carbamoyl (--CONRR'), carbonamido (--NRCOR'), sulfonamido (--NRSO.sub.2 R') or trifluoromethyl; R.sub.1 is a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;wherein said blue-light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is a low-chloride silver halide emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Hugh M. Williamson, Bernard A. Clark, Paul L. R. Stanley
  • Patent number: 5496693
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material excellent in color reproducibility, color forming property, color image fastness and processing dependency. The material comprises a yellow color forming silver halide emulsion layer formed on a support, said layer containing at least one yellow color forming coupler represented by general formula (I) dispersed by dissolution in a high boiling organic solvent in a weight ratio of the high boiling organic solvent to the yellow color forming coupler of 0.6 or more: ##STR1## wherein X represents an organic residue necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocycle with a nitrogen atom; Y represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; Z represents a group which is eliminatable by reaction of the coupler represented by general formula (I) with an oxidation product of a developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Kohzaburoh Yamada, Kiyoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 5496692
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Massimo Bertoldi, Vinicio Busatto
  • Patent number: 5492796
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having on a support at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the color photogrphic material contains a nondiffusing coupler represented by formula (I):Cp--(LINK).sub.n --N(R.sub.1)--Ar(OR.sub.2)--X (I)wherein Cp represents a coupler residue (residual group) which can undergo coupling reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent to release --(LINK).sub.n --N(R.sub.1)--Ar(OR.sub.2)--X; LINK represents a group which can release --N(R.sub.1)--Ar(OR.sub.2)--X after cleavage of bond to Cp; n represents 0 or an integar of 1 or 2, Ar represents an arylene group; X represents an amino group, an alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Ogiyama, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 5491052
    Abstract: It has been discovered that when polyalkylene oxide compounds or block polymeric or block oligomeric surface active compounds comprising at least a polyoxypropylene (POP) block and a polyoxyethylene (POE) block are added to conventional dispersions of yellow couplers (that is dispersions in which the dispersed particles have a particle size of 0.1 to 0.6 .mu.m), such dispersions in a coated silver halide photographic element produce substantially higher dye yield compared to the conventional dispersion without any additive. Further, the yellow dye formed from such dispersions containing the addenda of this invention are substantially more light stable compared to dispersions that does not contain such addenda.The invention is carried out just by adding required amounts of the said polyoxyethylene (POE)--polyoxypropylene (POP) compound to a preformed milled coupler dispersion prior to coating the photographic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James P. Van Meter, Pranab Bagchi, Brian Thomas, Thomas A. Rosiek
  • Patent number: 5486450
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a support which is both side coated with a polyolefin resin is disclosed. A hydrophilic colloidal layer containing a white pigment and a silver halide emulsion layer are provided on the support and the silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one of the compounds represented by the following Formula I, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.2 represents a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a dialkylamino group, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group; R.sub.3 represents a group substitutable to a benzene ring; n is an integer of 0 or 1; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off when coupling it to the oxidized product of a developing agent; and Y represents a monovalent organic group including a ballast group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Tosaka, Masayuki Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 5478713
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises a combination of at least one yellow dye-forming coupler of the following general formula (1) with at least one discoloration inhibitor of special amide, phosphorus or hydrazine compound type to prevent the dye images, especially the yellow dye image, formed therein from discoloring or changing their colors; ##STR1## wherein X.sup.3 represents an organic residue completing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl group together with ##STR2## Y represents an aromatic or heterocyclic group; and Z represents a group capable of splitting off when the coupler represented by the foregoing formula reacts with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seto Nobuo, Ogawa Akira, Morigaki Masakazu
  • Patent number: 5474883
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon a layer containing an acylacetamide-type coupler having an acyl group represented by the following formula (YI) and/or a coupler represented by the following formula (1) or (2), wherein the support is made of a poly(alkylene aromatic dicarboxylate) and has a glass transition point of from 50.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. and is heat-treated at a temperature falling within the range from 40.degree. C. to lower than the glass transition point before or after having been coated with a subbing layer and before being coated with silver halide light-sensitive layers, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent; and Q represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming, along with C in the formula, a 3-membered to 5-membered hydrocarbon ring or a 3-membered to 6-membered hetero ring having in the ring structure at least one hetero atom selected from among N, O, S and P, ##STR2## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Kiyoshi Nakazyo
  • Patent number: 5474886
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakazyo, Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi
  • Patent number: 5474884
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material and a method for forming an image using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 5472835
    Abstract: The present invention is a process for continuous preparation of solutions of water-immiscible or water-insoluble organic compounds in substantially non-aqueous organic solvents. Particularly, a process for the continuous preparation of colour forming coupler solutions for use in the photographic industry is described. The process uses a twin screw extruder wherein the compound to be dissolved is introduced into a first section of the extruder. The compound passes along the extruder interior to a section where organic solvent is introduced to form the required solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David R. Bendle, David G. N. English, Jeremy S. Foster
  • Patent number: 5466569
    Abstract: A color photographic material, at least one layer of which contains a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which X means --NH--, --NR-- or --O--,R means alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl,R.sub.1 means a chemical bond or a divalent bridging member,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 mean alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aryloxy, or two residues R.sub.2 or R.sub.3 mean the remaining atoms of a benzene ring condensed with the phenyl residue andm and n mean 0 to 3, wherein all alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aryloxy residues may be further substituted and in each of the two phenyl residues a residue R.sub.1, R.sub.2 or R.sub.3 is in para position relative to the oxygen atom, is characterized by improved dye stability after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Beate Weber, Jorg Hagemann, Markus Geiger
  • Patent number: 5466566
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises at least one red-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer and at least one blue-sensitive layer on a support, in which (1) the blue-sensitive layer contains a magenta colored or cyan colored yellow coupler and contains an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more, (2) the green-sensitive layer contains a cyan colored magenta coupler and contains an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more, or (3) the blue-sensitive layer and/or the green-sensitive layer contain(s) a magenta colored or cyan colored colorless coupler and contain(s) an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more. The material has excellent color reproducibility and gives a color image having good sharpness and storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Tashiro, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 5464732
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers, wherein a silver halide emulsion layer arranged at the position nearest to the support among said silver halide emulsion layers contains a dye-forming coupler and a color stain preventing agent represented by Formula HQ-1 in an amount of 1 mol % to 5 mol % of the dye-forming coupler. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a specified substituent, provided that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is a group having 6 or more carbon atoms in total.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Yukio Oya, Akiyoshi Tai
  • Patent number: 5462842
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element and process of forming an image where the element is a multicolor photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing a yellow image dye-forming coupler, at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light: and containing a magenta image dye-forming coupler, and at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light and containing a cyan dye-forming coupler,wherein the yellow image dye-forming coupler has the formula I: ##STR1## wherein t-Bu is a tertiary butyl group, Ph is an unsubstituted phenyl ring or one containing up to 5 substituents, and Y is a heterocyclic ring, substituted or non, which is capable of leaving upon reaction if the coupler with oxidized developer; andwherein said at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Romano, Jr., Larry D. Edwards, Richard E. Hibbs
  • Patent number: 5462845
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material capable of providing a dye image having excellent color reproduction performance, sharpness and image fastness is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5462844
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material suited for preparing a color proofing image is provided, comprising a support and provided thereon a yellow image forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta image forming silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan image forming silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a silver halide emulsion with a spectral sensitivity having a part common to the respective spectral sensitivity regions pertaining to said yellow, magenta and cyan image forming silver halide emulsion layers is contained in at least one of the image forming silver halide emulsion layers; and the magenta image forming silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the following formula and a yellow dye forming coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuo Tosaka
  • Patent number: 5460928
    Abstract: A color photographic element has a blue sensitive tabular grain silver halide emulsion layer the halide content of which is less than 80% chloride and which has a tabularity of at least 8. The foregoing emulsion is sensitized such that the wavelength of maximum sensitivity of the emulsion between 400-500 nm (".lambda..sub.Bmax "), the sensitivity at 485 nm ("S.sub.485 "), the sensitivity at 410 nm ("S.sub.410 "), and the sensitivity at .lambda..sub.Bmax (".lambda..sub.Bmax "), are defined by:430 nm.gtoreq..lambda..sub.Bmax .gtoreq.440 nm or 450 nm.gtoreq..lambda..sub.Bmax .gtoreq.480 nmandS.sub.485 .gtoreq.50% (S.sub.Bmax)S.sub.410 .gtoreq.60% (S.sub.Bmax)and the maximum sensitivity of the emulsion between 430-440 nm ("S.sub.(430-440)max "), and the maximum sensitivity between 450-480 nm ("S.sub.(450-480)max "), have the following relationship:90% (S.sub.(450-480)max).gtoreq.S.sub.(430-440)max .gtoreq.110%(S.sub.(450-480)max).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mamie Kam-Ng, Drake M. Michno, John D. Buhr
  • Patent number: 5459024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to color photographic materials having improved sharpness, higher photographic speeds and increased fastness by forming the image in the presence of couplers wherein the rate of dye formation is high, the color forming density is high and the dye which is formed has a high degree of fastness. The coupler compound represented by formula (I) indicated below is contained in at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support of a silver halide color photographic material.R.sup.1 R.sup.2 NCOCHXCONH-.phi..sup.1 -SO.sub.2 NR.sup.3 -.phi..sup.2(I)In formula (I), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, X represents a group which can be eliminated when the coupler compound reacts with an oxidized product of a primary aromatic amine developing agent, .phi..sup.1 represents a phenylene group, .phi..sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Akira Ogawa, Hajime Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5457004
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a substrate bearing a photographic silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a high dye-yield coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: COUP is a photographic coupler residue capable of coupling with oxidized color developer to form a first dye;T is a timing group;m is an integer from 0 to 2;L is a linking group selected from the group consisting of --OC(.dbd.O)--, --OC(.dbd.S)--, --SC(.dbd.O)--, --SC(.dbd.S)--, and --OC(.dbd.NSO.sub.2 R) where R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl; andDYE is a releasable second dye or dye precursor having a particular formula including a methine dye chromophore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, James J. Seifert, David Hoke, Zheng Z. Wu, David T. Southby, Frank D. Coms
  • Patent number: 5455149
    Abstract: Yellow azomethine dyes of particularly elevated stability are obtained from yellow couplers of the formula I by chromogenic development ##STR1## In formula I Q means a residue to complete a 4-pyrimidone ring;X means a residue which is eliminable on chromogenic development;R.sup.1 means alkyl with 1 to 6 C atoms;R.sup.2 means halogen, --CF.sub.3, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, acylamino, sulphonamido, sulphuramido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, sulphonyl, sulphamoyl or a heterocyclic residue, wherein two adjacent residues R.sup.2 may complete a ring;n means an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, AG
    Inventor: Peter Bergthaller
  • Patent number: 5455141
    Abstract: Photographic elements are described which contain a release compound that during photographic processing provides an imagewise distribution of a nucleophile which can react with a uniform distribution of a blocked dye moiety contained in the element to release an unblocked dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Zbyslaw R. Owczarczyk, Xiqiang Yang, Daniel L. Kapp, Wojciech K. Slusarek, Louis E. Friedrich, David T. Southby
  • Patent number: 5451493
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, James P. Merrill, Bernard A. Clark, Paul L. R. Stanley, Hugh M. Williamson
  • Patent number: 5451492
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, James P. Merrill, Bernard A. Clark, Paul L. R. Stanley
  • Patent number: 5449592
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Yoshizawa, Keiji Ogi, Nariko Kimura, Shigeto Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 5449598
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein the hydrophilic colloidal layer contains a novel coupler compound having a high dye forming rate and a high color density represented by general formula (I):(R.sup.1 COCHXCONR.sup.2 R.sup.3)--(CONHSO.sub.2 R.sup.4).sub.n(I)wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, --NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --OR.sup.7 ; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic group or --NR.sup.8 R.sup.9 ; R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.7 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X represents a group capable of being released as an anion (X.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Seiji Ichijima, Masuji Motoki, Takayoshi Kamio, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 5447819
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a photographic silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a high dye-yield coupler having the formula:COUP--(T).sub.m --L--DYEwhere COUP is the parent group of the coupler capable of reacting at the coupling position with oxidized color developer to form a first dye, T is one or more timing groups with m=1 or 2, L is a linking group selected from the group consisting of --OC(O)--, --OC(S)--, --SC(O)--, --SC(S)--, or --OC(.dbd.N SO.sub.2 R)--, where R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl, and DYE is a second dye or precursor thereof, wherein there is present at least one T group that contains a substituent having the formula:--(LINK).sub.p --A--B--(C--D).sub.nwherein:LINK is an alkylene group capable of linking the above group to the group T, where p=0 or 1;A is a member selected from the group consisting of --NHCO--, --N(R')C(O)N(R--)--, --CONH--, --NR'SO.sub.2 --, --SO.sub.2 NR'--, and --OPO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, James J. Seifert, David Hoke, Zheng Z. Wu, David T. Southby, Frank D. Coms
  • Patent number: 5441862
    Abstract: A color photographic recording material with at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a color coupler associated with that layer, which contains in the silver halide emulsion layer or in an adjacent non-photosensitive binder layer a combination of a color coupler and a compound corresponding to general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## in which R.sub.4 is the residue of a polymer produced by polycondensation andR.sub.1 to R.sub.3, m and n are as defined in the specification, ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is as defined above and L.sub.1, L.sub.2, X, R.sub.5 to R.sub.11, p, q and r are as defined in the specification,is distinguished by improved stability of the image dyes produced from yellow couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Beate Weber, Gunter Helling, Markus Geiger
  • Patent number: 5441855
    Abstract: A color photographic material which contains in at least one blue-sensitive layer a yellow coupler and a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 means hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.2 means hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.3 means hydrogen or alkyl,1 means 1 to 20X ##STR2## or cycloalkene, R.sub.4 means hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.5 means hydrogen or alkyl andn means 1 to 6,shows improved light-stability of the yellow dye obtained from said yellow coupler by exposure and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Beate Weber, Jorg Hagemann, Gunter Helling, Markus Geiger
  • Patent number: 5441861
    Abstract: A color photographic material with at least one silver halide emulsion layer which contains a color coupler distributed in a polymeric oil former and at least one compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R means alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, acyl, alkylsulphonyl or arylsulphonyl,R.sub.1 means a chemical bond or a divalent bridging member,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 mean alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aryloxy or two residues R.sub.2 or R.sub.3 the remaining atoms of a benzene ring condensed with the phenyl residue andm and n mean 0 to 3, wherein all alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aryloxy and acyl residues may be further substituted,is characterized by improved color stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AB
    Inventors: Beate Weber, Gunter Helling, Klaus Walz, Markus Geiger, Kaspar Wingender, Jorg Hagemann
  • Patent number: 5436116
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a mainly yellow image forming layer, a mainly magenta image forming layer and a mainly cyan image forming layer; wherein, when an exposure is conducted within 1/10 to 10 times of an exposure amount giving minimum density of +0.2 on the first layer selected from said three layers after developing in the main spectra sensitivity region of the first layer, the second layer selected from said three layers is given lower density with said 1/10 to 10 times of exposure than a density without said 1/10 to 10 times of exposure; and reflection densities in 450 nm, 550 nm and 700 nm is not less than 0.8 respectively, before the developing.The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is capable of providing a color proof improved in the approximation degrees of an image quality to a printed printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Hoshino, Susumu Ohkawachi, Yasuo Tosaka, Yoshiyuki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 5436117
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive type silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a mainly yellow image forming layer, a mainly magenta image forming layer and a mainly cyan image forming layer; wherein, when an exposure is conducted with 1/10 to 10 times an exposure amount giving minimum density of +0.2 on a first layer selected from said three layer after developing in the main spectra sensitivity region of the first layer, a second layer selected from said three layers is given lower density with said exposure than a density without said exposure; and after a photographic process comprising a color developing step, the mainly yellow, mainly magenta and mainly cyan image forming layers have the monochromatic yellow, magenta and cyan tones in toe portions thereof each of not less than 1.7. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is capable of providing a color proof improved in the approximation degrees of an image quality to a printed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Hoshino, Susumu Ohkawauchi, Yasuo Tosaka, Yoshiyuki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 5429917
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Naoki Saito, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 5429915
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Shibahara, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 5427902
    Abstract: There is disclosed an acylacetamide-type yellow coupler having an acyl group represented by formula (I) and a silver halide color photographic material containing same. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, Q represents a group of non-metallic atoms required to form together with the C a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 5-membered cyclic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic group having in the group at least one hetero atom selected from a group consisting of N, O, S, and P, provided that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and does not bond to Q to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Shimura, Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5427898
    Abstract: Novel yellow dye-forming couplers, and photographic elements, emulsions and processes for developing images utilizing the novel couplers, are disclosed. The novel couplers include (a) an acyl acetanilide in which the acyl group has a monocyclic or multicyclic carbon center attached to the carbonyl moiety, and (b) an aryloxy coupling-off group at the coupling position of the acylacetanilide, the coupling-off group having in the ortho position a polarizable substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ping W. Tang, Philip T. S. Lau, Stanley W. Cowan, Terrence Mungal
  • Patent number: 5426021
    Abstract: A photographic element containing a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith, a dye-forming coupler and a dye stabilizer which has a melting point of less than 150.degree. C. (and preferably less than 100.degree. C.) and is of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R, m, q, X, Y, r, and (R.sup.7).sub.n are defined in the specification.The element particularly contains a coupler which forms a yellow dye upon reaction with oxidized developer. A method of making stabilizers of the above type using particular solvents and a non-aqueous workup, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Inventors: Sundaram Krishnamurthy, Rakesh Jain, Paul P. Spara, Thomas A. Rosiek
  • Patent number: 5426022
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are suitable as light stabilizers for the image dyes produced during chromogenic development from magenta couplers or yellow couplers ##STR1## In Formula I: R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 signify alkyl, aryl;R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 signify H, alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, ##STR2## alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl; R.sup.7 signifies H, alkyl, aryl;R.sup.8 signifies alkyl, aryl, acyl;X signifies a single bond, --O--, --NH--.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventor: Jorg Hagemann
  • Patent number: 5418118
    Abstract: The invention provides a cyan color producing silver halide emulsion layer or a magenta color producing silver halide emulsion layer wherein said at least one layer has an exposure range of at least 0.6 log E from the point where the instantaneous contrast is 1.0 and wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layer increases as a function of increasing exposure over at least 70 percent of said exposure range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James L. Edwards, Eric L. Bell, Benjamin T. Chen, Richard L. Parton
  • Patent number: 5418122
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support having thereon at least one layer containing at least one compound of the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, --C(.dbd.O)--R.sub.7, --S(.dbd.O)2--R.sub.8 or --P(.dbd.O)(R.sub.7)(R.sub.9); R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents --O--R.sub.10, --S--R.sub.10, an acylamino group or an aliphatic group; R.sub.4 represents --C(.dbd.O)--R.sub.11 or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; R.sub.7 and R.sub.9 each represents an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aryl group or an aryloxy group; R.sub.8 represents an aliphatic group or an aryl group; R.sub.10 represents an aliphatic group or --C(.dbd.O)--R.sub.7 ; and R.sub.11 represents a substituted hydrazino group or a heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Masakazu Morigaki
  • Patent number: 5418121
    Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color light-sensitive material including 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, on a support. The light-sensitive material contains, in the yellow color-forming silver halide emulsion layer, at least one acylacetamide-type yellow coupler having an acyl group of a specified structure, and at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of specified epoxy compounds, specified amide compounds, and esters having a melting point of 25.degree. C. or more at normal pressure and a molecular weight of 1000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5415989
    Abstract: Magenta dye images with excellent stability to light are obtained with a color photographic recording material which contains, associated with a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta coupler corresponding to formula I and at least one compound corresponding to formula II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Givaert AG
    Inventors: Erich Wolff, Dieter Lowski