Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Sarah Meeks Roberts
  • Patent number: 5783376
    Abstract: A composition for bleaching or bleach-fixing a silver halide photographic material has a pH of from 2 to 9. The composition comprises a bleaching agent which is either a persulfate or polyvalent metal complex of an aminopolycarboxylic acid, and from 0.01 to 2M of a sulfo-substituted carboxylate represented by Formula I(MO.sub.3 S).sub.n --R--(COOM).sub.m (I)wherein R is a benzene ring or a straight, branched or cyclic saturated aliphatic group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms;M is hydrogen or an organic or inorganic cation; andn is 1 to 7;with the proviso that if R is an aliphatic group, m is 2 to 4 and m and n combined cannot equal more than the number of carbon atoms in R plus two, and if R is a benzene ring, m is 2 to 5 and m and n combined cannot equal more than six.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stuart Terrance Gordon, John Michael Buchanan, Sidney Joseph Bertucci
  • Patent number: 5759757
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element containing an image modifying compound which comprises a magenta coupler moiety which upon reaction with oxidized color developing agent during processing forms a dye, said coupler moiety having attached to the coupling site, either directly or through a timing group, a 1,2,3-triazole moiety, the attachment being through the second nitrogen atom of the triazole moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William James Begley, Frank D. Coms, Daniel L. Kapp
  • Patent number: 5750324
    Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic element for digital exposure comprising a cubical silver chloride emulsion precipitated and/or chemically sensitized in the presence of an aryliodonium compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, alkoxy groups, hydroxy groups, halogen atoms, aryloxy groups, alkylthio groups, arylthio groups, acyl groups, sulfonyl groups, acyloxy groups, carboxyl groups, cyano groups, nitro groups, sulfo groups, alkylsulfoxide or trifluoralkyl groups, or any two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system;R.sup.4 is a carboxylate salt or 0.sup.- ; w is 0 or 1; and X.sup.- is an anionic counter ion; with the proviso that when R.sup.3 is a carboxyl or sulfo group, w is 0 and R.sup.4 is 0.sup.-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jerzy Z. Mydlarz, Roger L. Klaus, Franklin D. Saeva
  • Patent number: 5733717
    Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion precipitated and/or chemically sensitized in the presence of an aryliodonium compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, alkoxy groups, hydroxy groups, halogen atoms, aryloxy groups, alkylthio groups, arylthio groups, acyl groups, sulfonyl groups, acyloxy groups, carboxyl groups, cyano groups, nitro groups, sulfo groups, alkylsulfoxide or trifluoralkyl groups, or any two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system;R.sup.4 is a carboxylate salt or 0.sup.- ; w is 0 or 1; and X.sup.- is an anionic counter ion; with the proviso that when R.sup.3 is a carboxyl or sulfo group, w is 0 and R.sup.4 is 0.sup.-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Franklin D. Saeva, Roger L. Klaus, Jerzy Z. Mydlarz
  • Patent number: 5719017
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element further comprising a photographic coupler represented by the formulaCOUP--(T.sup.1).sub.b --T.sup.2 --(T.sup.3).sub.c --PUGwhereinthe substituents are as defined herein the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William James Begley, Frank Dino Coms, Teh-Hsuan Chen, Donald Singleton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5714311
    Abstract: This invention provides a thermally processable imaging element comprising a support and a thermographic or photothermographic imaging layer, said imaging layer comprising an aryliodonium compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, alkoxy groups, hydroxy groups, halogen atoms, aryloxy groups, alkylthio groups, arylthio groups, acyl groups, sulfonyl groups, acyloxy groups, carboxyl groups, cyano groups, nitro groups, sulfo groups, alkylsulfoxide or trifluoralkyl groups, or any two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system;R.sup.4 is a carboxylate salt or 0.sup.- ; w is 0 or 1; and X.sup.- is an anionic counter ion; with the proviso that when R.sup.3 is a carboxyl or sulfo group, w is 0 and R.sup.4 is 0.sup.-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Cowdery-Corvan, Roger L. Klaus, Franklin D. Saeva
  • Patent number: 5709987
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element further comprising a photographic coupler represented by the formulaCOUP-(T.sup.1).sub.b -T.sup.2 -(T.sup.3).sub.c -PUGwherein the substituents are as defined herein the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William James Begley, Frank D. Coms, Teh-Hsuan Chen
  • Patent number: 5700608
    Abstract: A photographic element is described which comprises a silver halide emulsion having incorporated therein a latent image forming unit, said unit being comprised of an agglomeration of silver halide in conductive contact with a light absorbing center, wherein the center is comprised of:(i) an amorphous or liquid crystalline spectral sensitizing dye; or(ii) a plurality of spectral sensitizing dye crystals.Also described is a process for forming a silver halide emulsion and the emulsion prepared by such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lyn Marie Eshelman, David Darrell Miller, David Howard Levy
  • Patent number: 5700631
    Abstract: A photographic element is provided comprising a support having situated thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, the emulsion layer comprising a compound of the formula:Z--SO.sub.2 S--Au(I)--L (I)whereinZ represents an alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; andL represents a thioether, selenoether or telluroether containing ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roger Lok, Weimar Weatherly White
  • Patent number: 5698383
    Abstract: This invention provides a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit. The photographic element further comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being a layer which provides a site of development for solution physical development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Spencer Alan Pugh, Sang Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 5693460
    Abstract: This invention provides a silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion in reactive association with a dioxide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein b is C(O), C(S), C(Se), CH2 or (CH2)2; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system. This invention further provides a method of making silver halide emulsions containing the dioxide compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5691124
    Abstract: This invention provides color silver halide photographic element comprising a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; the photographic element further comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being a layer which provides a site of development for solution physical development; wherein at least one of the dye-forming units comprises two or more emulsion layers spectrally sensitized to the same region of the visible spectrum, but exhibiting different photographic sensitivities and wherein the first layer is positioned adjacent to the layer containing the slowest emulsion of said dye-forming unit and between the layer co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sang Hyung Kim, Spencer Alan Pugh
  • Patent number: 5686234
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the layer containing a photographic coupler represented by the formulaCOUP--T.sup.1 --T.sup.2 --(T.sup.3).sub.b --PUGwhereinCOUP is a coupler moiety having a coupling site to which T.sup.1 is attached;T.sup.1 is a timing or linking group which releases from COUP during processing and which functions by electron transfer down a conjugated or unconjugated chain, or by nucleophilic displacement reaction, to release T.sup.2, T.sup.2 being an indazole timing or linking group which, after release from T.sup.1, functions by electron transfer down a conjugated chain to release T.sup.3 or PUG, and which is represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein ** denotes the point of attachment to T.sup.1 and *** denotes the point of attachment to T.sup.3 or PUG;R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William James Begley, Teh Hsuan Chen, Donald Singleton, Jr., Frank Dino Coms
  • Patent number: 5686236
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, said emulsion layer comprising a compound of the formula:Z--SO.sub.2 S--Au(I)--SQ (I)whereinZ represents an alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; andQ represents an aryl or heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roger Lok, Weimar Weatherly White
  • Patent number: 5683858
    Abstract: A photographic bleach solution contains hydrogen peroxide, or a compound capable of releasing hydrogen peroxide, and two or more sequestering agents capable of complexing with a transition metal. The bleach solution ha a pH in the alkaline range. A method of using such a photographic bleach solution is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John Richard Fyson
  • Patent number: 5677119
    Abstract: This invention provides a silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion in reactive association with a dithiolone 1-oxide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein b is C(O), C(S), C(Se), CH.sub.2 or (CH.sub.2).sub.2, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, alkoxy groups, hydroxy groups, halogen atoms, aryloxy groups, alkylthio groups, arylthio groups, acyl groups, sulfonyl groups, acyloxy groups, carboxyl groups, cyano groups, sulfo groups, or amino groups, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system. It further provides a method of making a silver halide emulsion containing a dithiolone 1-oxide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5674673
    Abstract: The invention concerns a color negative process wherein a photographic material comprising silver chloride or silver bromide and a DIR or DIAR coupler is processed in the presence of a polyester comprising intralinear thioether atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jacques Roussilhe, John Martin Higgins
  • Patent number: 5670301
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the layer containing a photographic coupler represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein COUP is a coupler moiety having a coupling site to which T.sup.1 is attached;T.sup.1 is a timing or linking group which releases from COUP during processing and which functions by electron transfer down a conjugated chain, or by nucleophilic displacement reaction, to release from HETERO;HETERO is a heterocyclic group containing at least two heteroatoms independently selected from oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, wherein one of the heteroatoms is directly attached to T.sup.1 ;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from hydrogen, or an aliphatic, carbocyclic, or heterocyclic group, or may be bonded together to form a 5, 6, or 7 membered ring; andPUG is a photographically useful group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William James Begley, Teh Hsuan Chen, Frank Dino Coms, Donald Singleton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5670305
    Abstract: A composition for bleach-fixing a silver halide photographic element comprising a fixing agent and a ternary ferric-complex salt formed by a tetradentate ligand and a tridentate ligand and a method of bleach-fixing using said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stuart Terrance Gordon, Keith Henry Stephen, Eric Richard Brown, Celia Ann DeAndrea, Mary Morris Podhorecki, William George Henry
  • Patent number: 5670307
    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 dioxide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein b is C(O), C(S), C(Se), CH.sub.2 or (CH.sub.2).sub.2 ; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system; and a sulfinate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roger Lok