Patents Represented by Attorney Peter C. Cody
  • Patent number: 5460932
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Keath T. Chen, John V. Nelson, David A. Dickinson, Thomas R. Welter
  • 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: 5443947
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula IMO.sub.2 S--Z--SO.sub.2 SM.sup.1 (I)wherein Z is a non-metallic arylene, alkylene or heterocyclic group, and M and M.sup.1 are independently cationic counter ions and the use of said compound in a silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion which is greater than 50 mole % silver chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5429919
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion in reactive association with a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently an aryl, alkyl or arylalkyl group; and wherein Z represents the atoms necessary to form a 5 or 6 membered heterocyclic ring and contains at least one atom selected from N, O, S, and Se; and methods of making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Steven G. Link, Kenneth J. Lushington, Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5418127
    Abstract: A disulfide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is independently --O--, --NH-- or --NR--, where R is a substituent;m and r are independently 0, 1 or 2;M is --H or a cationic species;Ar is an aromatic group; andL is a linking group, where p is 0 or 1.A silver halide emulsion comprising said disulfide compounds and a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion in reactive association with said disulfide compounds and a method of making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jerzy A. Budz, George J. Burgmaier, Roger L. Klaus, Xin Wen
  • Patent number: 5415992
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion which is greater than 50 mole % silver chloride, said emulsion being in reactive association with a sulfur donating compound and a phosphine compound represented by Formulae I and II, and polymers having a repeating unit derived from the compounds of Formula I,Formula (I) R.sup.18 R.sup.19 R.sup.20 PFormula (II) R.sup.21 R.sup.22 P--A--PR.sup.23 R.sup.24wherein R.sup.18, R.sup.19, R.sup.20, R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23, and R.sup.24 are independently alkyl, or aryl groups, or R.sup.18, R.sup.19, R.sup.20, R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23, and R.sup.24 may combine to form a 5 or 6-membered ring , and wherein A is a divalent carbon linking group, and a method of making the silver chloride emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5413905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water soluble photographic sensitivity increasing alkynylamine compounds. It also relates to photographic elements containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roger Lok, Carl R. Preddy, John W. Harder
  • Patent number: 5411855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic element comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer. The emulsion layer contains an organic compound having a thiosulfonic acid substituent, an organic compound having a sulfinic acid substituent, and an amine borane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gladys L. MacIntyre, Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5399479
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic element comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer. The emulsion layer contains an organic compound having a thiosulfonic acid substituent, an organic compound having a sulfinic acid substituent, and an alkynylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5399477
    Abstract: Disclosed are photographic elements comprising a silver halide emulsion having incorporated therein silver halide grains, wherein the grains are essentially tabular in morphology and have at least two parallel {100} major faces and substantially equivalent {111} corner faces or substantially equivalent {110} corner faces or substantially equivalent {110} side faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Joe E. Maskasky
  • Patent number: 5389510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion, the emulsion comprising silver halide grains which contain an alkynylamine dopant. The presence of the alkynylamine dopant imparts to the photographic element the advantageous characteristic of increased sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Carl R. Preddy, Wai K. Lam, Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5385817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains, a dopant, and a grain surface modifier. The dopant is a transition metal complex comprising a nitrosyl or thionitrosyl ligand with a transition metal selected from the group consisting of ruthenium and osmium. The grain surface modifier is a transition metal selected from Group VIII of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Eric L. Bell
  • Patent number: 5385818
    Abstract: Disclosed are photographic elements comprising a silver halide emulsion having incorporated therein a hollow silver halide grain, wherein the hollow silver halide grain internally contains at least two distinct voids. Also disclosed is a process for making photographic emulsions containing grains that internally contain at least two distinct voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Joe E. Maskasky
  • Patent number: 5378599
    Abstract: A photographic silver halide emulsion comprised of silver halide grains containing chloride, bromide and iodide ions in which the molar ratio of bromide ions to chloride ions ranges from 9:1 to 1:1 and the proportion of iodide has been increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joe E. Maskasky, Carlos A. Reyes, Martin McMillan
  • Patent number: 5372919
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ralph B. Nielsen, David T. Southby, Katherine Root, Hwei-Ling Yau
  • Patent number: 5358828
    Abstract: A color photographic element is disclosed comprising a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer, an image dye-forming coupler, and a coupler (A) capable of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic element upon processing and capable of releasing a bleach accelerator group, wherein the coupler (A) is represented by the formula:(SOL).sub.x --COUP--(R.sup.1).sub.y --(R.sup.2).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Stephen P. Singer, David T. Southby, Donald Singleton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5354650
    Abstract: Photographic elements are described which contain a release compound that during photographic processing provides an imagewise distribution of a photographically inert compound which can react with a uniform distribution of a second compound contained in the element to form a photographically active compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David T. Southby, Daniel L. Kapp, Wojciech Slusarek, Louis E. Friedrich, Zbyslaw R. Owczarczyk, Xiqiang Yang
  • Patent number: 5352570
    Abstract: A new method of preparation of a single isomer of a benzotriazole compound comprises the step of reacting a benzotriazole compound containing symmetrical substituents on the benzo ring with phosgene to produce the corresponding carbamyl chloride. The carbamyl chloride can be reacted with a timeing group of a coupling-off group of a photographic coupler to form a photographic development inhibitor releasing coupler. Such compounds are useful in photographic materials and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: William J. Begley
  • Patent number: 5288603
    Abstract: A photographic silver halide emulsion comprised of a high chloride silver iodohalide grain structure in which the proportion of iodide has been increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joe E. Maskasky, Carlos A. Reyes, Martin McMillan
  • Patent number: 5283162
    Abstract: There are described photographic elements containing novel release compounds which release a blocked photographically useful group, such as a blocked development inhibitor. The blocking group is removed during processing as a result of reaction with sulfite ion contained in one of the processing baths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Daniel L. Kapp, Wojciech Slusarek, David T. Southby