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).

  • Patent number: 7781373
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
  • Publication number: 20080182212
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 7312012
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Shari L. Eiff, Ramanuj Goswami, Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 7160664
    Abstract: A magenta dye combination having improved lightfastness and keeping properties is described, wherein the magenta dye combination can be used in thermal printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ramanuj Goswami, Gary M. Russo, William B. Vreeland, Donald R. Diehl
  • Patent number: 7108963
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, Shari L. Eiff, Brian Thomas
  • Patent number: 7090969
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Shari L. Eiff, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6900007
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, Shari L. Eiff
  • Patent number: 6846620
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, J. Ramon Vargas, Shari L. Eiff
  • Patent number: 6787294
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert F. Romanet, Susan M. Fischer, David G. Lincoln, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6689551
    Abstract: 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 independen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo, Mathilde R. Triguel
  • Patent number: 6638701
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mbiya Kapiamba, David G. Lincoln, James L. Edwards, Gary M. Russo, Gregg P. Bryant
  • Patent number: 6562558
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6555306
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: J. Ramon Vargas, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6521395
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6521397
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mbiya Kapiamba, Donald R. Diehl, James L. Edwards, David G. Lincoln, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6518000
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Gary M. Russo, Mathilde R. Triguel
  • Patent number: 6387606
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo
  • Publication number: 20020051945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6348306
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Shari L. Eiff, Gary M. Russo
  • Publication number: 20010014432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo