Patents by Inventor Gary M. Russo
Gary M. Russo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7781373Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyan dye donor element for thermal transfer imaging comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of at least two cyan dyes dispersed in a polymeric binder, wherein at least one of the at least two cyan dyes is a light stabilizing dye represented by Formula I and a thermal image recording method utilizing the same cyan dye donor element. The present invention also relates to a cyan inkjet dye comprising a light stabilizing cyan dye represented by Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
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Publication number: 20080182212Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyan dye donor element for thermal transfer imaging comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of at least two cyan dyes dispersed in a polymeric binder, wherein at least one of the at least two cyan dyes is a light stabilizing dye represented by Formula I and a thermal image recording method utilizing the same cyan dye donor element. The present invention also relates to a cyan inkjet dye comprising a light stabilizing cyan dye represented by Formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 7312012Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal donor comprising a dye mixture and a urea light-stabilizing compound, wherein the light-stabilizing compound is represented by structure I: wherein: R1, R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkenyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group, provided that at least one of R1, R2, and/or R3 is a hydrogen atom; R4-R8 represent a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkenyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic group, aryloxy group, or alkoxy group; and R3 forms a heterocyclic ring with either R4 or R8, and an imaging system comprising a donor sheet having a layer containing a dye and an image receiving sheet having a dye receiving layer, wherein either the donor sheet or the image receiving sheet comprises a dye mixture and a urea light-stabilizing compound of structure I.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Ramanuj Goswami, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 7160664Abstract: A magenta dye combination having improved lightfastness and keeping properties is described, wherein the magenta dye combination can be used in thermal printing.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ramanuj Goswami, Gary M. Russo, William B. Vreeland, Donald R. Diehl
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Patent number: 7108963Abstract: A photographic element comprises a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler and a combination of a carbonamide compound, a phenolic compound, and an electron-rich compound. Such a combination provides improved dye stability.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, Shari L. Eiff, Brian Thomas
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Patent number: 7090969Abstract: A photographic element comprises a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler and a compound of the following Formula I1: wherein L is a linking moiety; X is a heteroatom group selected from O, S, or NR? where R? is H or a substituent; w is 0 or 1; R is hydrogen or a substituent group; n is an integer from 0 to 5; and ST represents a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of: A. a thiomorpholine dioxide; B. a dialkoxy aromatic group linked through a phenolic oxygen; C. a dialkoxy aromatic group linked through the aromatic ring; D. a sulfonamido group; E. a hydroxyphenyl benzotriazole group; and F. a phenolic group.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Albert J. Mura, Shari L. Eiff, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6900007Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith (a) a 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazole dye-forming coupler; (b) a sulfonamide compound free of aromatic substituents directly linked to the sulfonamide nitrogen or sulfur atoms and (c) a dialkoxy substituted aromatic compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, Shari L. Eiff
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Patent number: 6846620Abstract: Photographic elements are disclosed comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler and a compound of the following Formula I: R1R2N—C(O)—(R)p—C(O)—NR3R4 wherein R represents a hydrocarbon linking group; p=0 or 1; and each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently represents an aromatic, cyclic, linear or branched chain hydrocarbon group, or R1 and R2 or R3 and R4 combine together to form a ring with the associated nitrogen atom to which they are attached; with the proviso (i) at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 comprises an aromatic, cyclic, secondary alkyl, or otherwise or branched hydrocarbon group, or (ii) at least R1 and R2 or R3 and R4 combine together to form a ring with the associated nitrogen atom. Photographic elements of the present invention upon exposure and photographic processing exhibit good activity and yield dye images that have unexpected and substantial improvements in the stability of the formed image dyes.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, J. Ramon Vargas, Shari L. Eiff
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Patent number: 6787294Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and, having associated with that layer, a 1H-pyrazo[1,5-b]-1,2,4-triazole dye forming coupler having a fully substituted carbon atom at the 6-position, a chloro group at the 7-position, and, at the 2-position, a propionic ester moiety.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Robert F. Romanet, Susan M. Fischer, David G. Lincoln, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6689551Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a phenolic “NB magenta coupler” having the formula: wherein: the term “NB magenta coupler” represents a coupler of formula (I) that forms a magenta dye with the developer 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N-(2-methanesulfonamidoethyl) aniline sesquisulfate hydrate for which the maximum absorption of the dye upon spin coating is in the range of from 520 to 590 nm and the left bandwidth (LBW) or the right bandwidth (RBW) using spin-coating, is at least 5 nm less than that of the same dye in solution form; R1 is a heterocyclic, carbocyclic, or alkenyl group with substituents of sufficient electron withdrawing capacity to obtain a spin-coated dye as described in the preceding subparagraph that exhibits a maximum absorption in the range of 520-590 nm; Y is H or a coupling-off group; each Z* is an independently selected substituent group where p is independenType: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo, Mathilde R. Triguel
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Patent number: 6638701Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazolotriazole dye forming coupler having formula I in which is and L1 is linked to the C atom; L1 is a carbon atom of the triazole ring, substituted by one or two alkyl or aryl groups; L2 is a chain of one or two carbon atoms that may be further substituted by alkyl or aryl groups; R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups containing 1-3 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and aryl groups; R3 is a substituted carbonyl, carbamoyl, sulfonyl, or sulfamoyl group; and X is H or a coupling-off group. Such an element provides a red dye forming coupler of improved stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mbiya Kapiamba, David G. Lincoln, James L. Edwards, Gary M. Russo, Gregg P. Bryant
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Patent number: 6562558Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): wherein: the term “NB coupler” represents a coupler of formula (I) that forms a dye for which the left bandwidth (LBW) using spin-coating is at least 5 nm less than that of the same dye in solution form; X is selected from O, NR* or S and R* is an alkyl, carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; L is a linking group and a is 0 or 1; Y is H or a coupling-off group; Z* is a substituent group and p is 0 to 2; and R1 and R2 are independently selected H or substituents; provided that the combined sum of the aliphatic carbon atoms in R1, R2, R*, L and all Z* is at least 8.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6555306Abstract: Photographic elements are disclosed comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler and a compound of the following Formula I: wherein n=0-6 and each R is independently hydrogen, an aromatic, cyclic, linear or branched chain hydrocarbon group, NR′R″, or OR′; where R′ is an aromatic, cyclic, linear or branched chain hydrocarbon group and R″ is hydrogen or an aromatic, cyclic, linear or branched chain hydrocarbon group. Photographic elements of the present invention upon exposure and photographic processing exhibit good activity and yield dye images that have unexpected and substantial improvements in the stability of the formed image dyes.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: J. Ramon Vargas, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6521395Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic element containing a phenolic infrared dye-forming coupler bearing in the 2-position either a benzamido group substituted with a sulfonyl group or a heterocyclic carbonamido group, and bearing in the 5-position a non-carbonamido group, which element is useful for incorporating and recovering metadata, such as sound data, into a photographic image and is specifically concerned with the incorporation of non-visually perceptible sound information into a photograph.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6521397Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a support bearing a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler having a formula I, wherein: Ballast is a group containing at least 6 aliphatic carbon atoms, V represents a chain of three or four atoms, which may be substituted, selected from C, N, O and S sufficient to form an aromatic ring fused to the azole ring and n is 0 or 1, provided that if n is 0, Y and Ballast are directly attached to the 5-membered azole ring, W is an electron withdrawing group selected from the group consisting of —CN, —CONR1R2, —CO2R1, —NO2, and —SO2R1 where R1 and R2 are H or substituents; X is H or a coupling-off group; Y is H or a substituent; Z is an atom or group selected from >N—R, —O—, and —S—.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mbiya Kapiamba, Donald R. Diehl, James L. Edwards, David G. Lincoln, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6518000Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a coupler that forms a dye for which the &lgr;max using spin-coating is shifted towards the infrared region of the spectrum by at least 30 nm, when compared to the &lgr;max of the same dye in solution form, to a value of at least 700 nm. Such an element is useful for recording metadata with an image.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo, Mathilde R. Triguel
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Patent number: 6387606Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): wherein: the term “NB coupler” represents a coupler of formula (I) that forms a dye for which the left bandwidth (LBW) using spin-coating is at least 5 nm less than that of the same dye in solution form; Y is H or a coupling-off group; each Z″ and Z* is an independently selected substituent group where n is 0 to 4 and p is 0 to 2; W2 represents the atoms necessary to complete a heterocyclic ring group; and V is a sulfone or sulfoxide containing group; provided that the combined sum of the aliphatic carbon atoms in V, all Z″ and all Z* is at least 8. The element exhibits improved cyan dye hue.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2001Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo
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Publication number: 20020051945Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6348306Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith (a) a pyrazolotriazole dye-forming coupler; (b) a cyclic aminosulfone first stabilizer; and (c) a sulfonamide compound co-stabilizer free of aromatic substituents and having a melting point of less than 150° C. The image dye formed by the coupler exhibits improved dye light stability.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Shari L. Eiff, Gary M. Russo
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Publication number: 20010014432Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo