Patents Examined by Thorl Chen
  • Patent number: 5254455
    Abstract: This invention relates to photographic silver halide emulsions spectrally sensitized to infrared radiation above 800 nm and to a class of pentamethine cyanine dyes of 5-fluorobenzothiazole derivatives useful as the infrared sensitizing dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Zbigniew J. Hinz, Emmett S. McCaskill
  • Patent number: 5252456
    Abstract: Disclosed is (1) a silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion on a support, wherein the light-sensitive emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains which contain at least one complex selected from the group consisting of Ir and Pt metal complexes having at least two cyan ligands which have a silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more and do not substantially contain silver iodide and which have a silver bromide-rich localized phase with a silver bromide content of 10 mol % or more, and (2) a silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion on a support, wherein the light-sensitive emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains which contain at least one complex selected from the group consisting of Ir and Pt metal complexes having at least two cyan ligands, which have a silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more and which are gold-sensitized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Seiji Yamashita, Akira Kase
  • Patent number: 5240827
    Abstract: This invention describes the use of a selenium sensitizer on a large grain size silver chloride emulsion. The process of the invention provides a large and unexpected speed increase on silver chloride emulsion crystals greater than about 0.4 micron in edge length. A photosensitive emulsion according to the invention is particularly useful as a yellow layer in a color print film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John D. Lewis
  • Patent number: 5168029
    Abstract: A multicolor recording material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least two layers each containing a leuco dye which is capable of forming a color by oxidation and a photo-oxidizing agent, wherein the leuco dyes contained in each layer are capable of forming different color from each other and the photo-oxidizing agents contained in each layer respond to light having different wavelength from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Igarashi, Yutaka Fujita
  • Patent number: 5077188
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which is improved in stability of cyan dye image formed therein. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing oleophilic dispersed particles. The particles comprises a cyan coupler represented by the following Formula I, an organic solvent selected from phthalic esters having a dielectrical constant of not more than 6.0 and a polymer compounds which is insoluble in water and soluble in a organic solvent: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tanji, Toyoki Nishijima, Hirokazu Sato, Tomomi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 5024932
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and, provided thereon, photographic component layers including at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less tha 90 mole % and having been subjected to gold sensitization, said photographic component layer containing a gelatin of which isoelectric point being 4.0 to 5.0 and the film pH of said photographic component layer being not more than 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tanji, Toyoki Nishijima
  • Patent number: 4900654
    Abstract: Disclosed are photographic elements having reflective or diffusely transmissive supports shaped from a continuous polyester phase having dispersed therein microbeads of cellulose acetate which are at least partially bordered by void space, the microbeads of cellulose acetate being poresent in an amount of about 10-30% by weight based on the weight of said polyester, said void space occupying about 2-50% by volume of said shaped article. Such articles have excellent physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Pollock, William J. Stowell, James J. Krutak
  • Patent number: 4861637
    Abstract: An optical information recording medium comprises a pair of substrates, with a recording layer comprising an organic dye being formed on one side of at least one substrate, fixed to each other through or without through a spacer and by an adhesive agent, in such a manner that the recording layer comes between the substrates, the adhesive agent comprising:(a) a compound of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein L.sup.1 represents ##STR2## L.sup.2 represents ##STR3## R.sup.1 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group, and k is an integer of 1 to 4; and(b) one compound of selected from the group consisting of: a compound of formula (II), ##STR4## wherein R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and l is an integer of 3 to 15, a compound of formula (III),CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHCOO--CH.sub.2).sub.l' OCOCH.dbd.CH.sub.2 (III)wherein l' is an integer of 4 to 6, and a mixture of the two compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Ueda, Eiji Noda