Patents by Inventor Heinz Wiesen
Heinz Wiesen 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: 6890707Abstract: A print material having a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterised in that the silver halide crystals of the red-sensitive layer have a chloride content of at least 95 mol %, contain 20 to 500 nmol of iridium per mol of silver halide and the cyan coupler is of the formula in which R1 means a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 means an alkyl, aryl or hetaryl group, R3 means an alkyl or aryl group, R4 means an alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, acylamino, sulfonyloxy, sulfamoylamino, sulfonamido, ureido, hydroxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylamino, carbamoyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylamino or arylamino group or a hydrogen atom and Z means a hydrogen atom or a group eliminable under the conditions of chromogenic development, is disType: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6806042Abstract: A print material having a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterised in that the red-sensitive layer contains at least one oil former, the cyan coupler is of the formula in which R1 means a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 means an alkyl, aryl or hetaryl group, R3 means an alkyl or aryl group, R4 means an alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, acylamino, sulfonyloxy, sulfamoylamino, sulfonamido, ureido, hydroxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylamino, carbamoyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylamino or arylamino group or a hydrogen atom and Z means a hydrogen atom or a group eliminable under the conditions of chromogenic development, and the ratio by weight of oil former to cyan coupler is less than 1:1, is distinguished by excType: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6783924Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material comprising a substrate, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterised in that the silver halide crystals of the red-sensitive layer have a chloride content of at least 95 mol %, the cyan coupler corresponding to formula wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 represents an alkyl, aryl or hetaryl group R3 represents an alkyl or aryl group, R4 represents an alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, acylamino, sulphonyloxy, sulphamoylamino, sulphonamido, ureido, hydroxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylamino, carbamoyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylamino or arylamino group or a hydrogen atom and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a group which may be split off under the conditions of cType: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
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Publication number: 20040110103Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material comprising a substrate, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterised in that the silver halide crystals of the red-sensitive layer have a chloride content of at least 95 mol %, the cyan coupler corresponding to formula 1Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert (Belgium)Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6689552Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material which can be developed to form a negative, at least 95 mol % of the silver halides of which consist of AgCl, and which contains at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide of which contains at least one compound of formulae (I), (II) and (III): [IrClnF6-n]2−M2+ (I) wherein n denotes 0 or an integer from 1 to 6 and M2+ denotes 1 or 2 cations with a total number of 2 positive charges, [Fe(CN)6]m−Mm+ (II) wherein m denotes 2 or 3 and Mm+ denotes 1 to 3 cations with a total number of m positive charges, wherein o denotes 0, 1 or 2 and R denotes an alkyl, aryl or aralkyl, is distinguished under scanning exposure and on analogue exposure by sharp contrast which is independent of exposure time and by a stable latent image.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Cuong Ly, Edgar Draber, Matthias Feigl, Günter Helling, Thomas Kaluschke, Michael Missfeldt, Maria Nietgen, Heinz-Horst Teitscheid, Ralf Weimann, Heinz Wiesen
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Publication number: 20040023173Abstract: A print material having a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterised in that the silver halide crystals of the red-sensitive layer have a chloride content of at least 95 mol %, contain 20 to 500 nmol of iridium per mol of silver halide and the cyan coupler is of the formula 1Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
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Publication number: 20040023171Abstract: A print material having a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, characterised in that the red-sensitive layer contains at least one oil former, the cyan coupler is of the formula 1Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Belgium)Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6548238Abstract: The stability of the dyes which are obtained after processing a color photographic material is improved by the addition of a polyvinylcaprolactam.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: AGFA-GevaertInventors: Beate Weber, Bernd Spachmann, Heinz Wiesen
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Publication number: 20030064331Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material which can be developed to form a negative, at least 95 mol % of the silver halides of which consist of AgCl, and which contains at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide of which contains at least one compound of formulae (I), (II) and (III):Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: Cuong Ly, Edgar Draber, Matthias Feigl, Gunter Helling, Thomas Kaluschke, Michael Missfeldt, Maria Nietgen, Heinz-Horst Teitscheid, Ralf Weimann, Heinz Wiesen
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Publication number: 20020064734Abstract: The stability of the dyes which are obtained after processing a color photographic material is improved by the addition of a polyvinylcaprolactam.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Inventors: Beate Weber, Bernd Spachmann, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6379879Abstract: A color photographic recording material having at least one spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion layer, characterized in that said silver halide emulsion layer contains an oil former having a pKa value of less than 18 and a DIR coupler and the material contains at least one color coupler, wherein the color coupler and/or the DIR coupler have specific structures, is distinguished by an increased interimage effect in comparison with the prior art without sensitivity being reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Jörg Hagemann, Günter Helling, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski, Ralf Büscher
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Publication number: 20020018971Abstract: A colour photographic recording material having at least one spectrally sensitised silver halide emulsion layer, characterised in that said silver halide emulsion layer contains an oil former having a pKa value of less than 18 and a DIR coupler and the material contains at least one colour coupler, wherein the colour coupler and/or the DIR coupler have specific structures, is distinguished by an increased interimage effect in comparison with the prior art without sensitivity being reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Jorg Hagemann, Gunter Helling, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski, Ralf Buscher
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Patent number: 6297385Abstract: The present invention relates to new yellow couplers of formula (I) for colour photographic materials wherein R1 represents alkyl or hetaryl, R2 represents halogen, alkoxy, aryloxy, R3 represents alkoxycarbonyl (—COOR′), carbamoyl (—CONHR′R″), urethane (—NHCOOR′), R4 represents a substituent, R5 represents alkyl or aryl, and R6 represents hydroxy-(ethyloxy)n, where n=1 to 2 and to a colour photographic material containing said couplers of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: AGFA-GevaertInventors: Uwe Dahlhaus, Hans Langen, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6242169Abstract: A color photographic material containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer sensitised for the red range of the spectrum, which material contains at least one compound of the formula (I) in which R11 and R12 mutually independently denote an electron-attracting group, X11 denotes H or a group seperable on reaction with the developer oxidation product, Y11 denotes a group to complete a nitrogenous heterocycle, providing that a group represented by R12 is attached to a carbon atom of the heterocycle, n denotes 1 or 2, and at least one compound of the formula (II) in which R21 denotes alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylamino, arylamino, acyl, acylamino, acyloxy, hetaryl, halogen, nitro or cyano, R22 denotes OH or has the same meaning as R21, n,m mutually independently denote 0 or 1, o denotes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, providing that the compound contains a total of at least 16 C atoms, is distinguished by improved light stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Jörg Hagemann, Günter Helling, Heinz Wiesen
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Patent number: 6218097Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material having a support and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a magenta coupler of the formula (I) in which R1 to R3, a, b, c and X have the meaning stated in the description, which material contains a DIR coupler of the formula (II) in which R6 to R11 have the meaning stated in the description, is distinguished by improved processing stability.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Peter Bell, Ralf Büscher, Lothar Rosenhahn, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski
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Patent number: 4873338Abstract: Compounds corresponding to Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 denotes an acyl group andX denotes hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy, aroxy, SO.sub.3 H or a heterocyclic group attached through --O-- or --N<are prepared form a compound corresponding to Formula II ##STR2## wherein X has the meaning already indicated and Q denotes the group required for completing a dicarbonimide ringby reduction of the said compound to the amino compound and acylation into a compound corresponding to Formula III ##STR3## wherein X, Q and R.sup.1 have the meanings indicatedfollowed by conversion of the compound corresponding to Formula III into a compound corresponding to Formula I by hydrazinolytic or hydrolytic decomposition of the dicarbonimide ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1987Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz Wiesen, Erich Wolff
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Patent number: 4855222Abstract: Dye images of high color yield and high gradation are obtained with a color photographic recording material containing 2-equivalent yellow couplers corresponding to formula I, particularly in modern rapid processing methods or in developers free from benzyl alcohol. ##STR1## R.sup.1, R.sup.2 (same or different) represent hydrogen, alkyl or halogen; R.sup.3 represents alkoxyalkyl or an alkyl radical substituted by a heterocyclic group containing at least one oxygen atom;R.sup.4 represents alkyl or aryl;R.sup.5 represents halogen or alkoxy;R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, alkoxy, amino, acylamino or carbamoyl;represents alkoxy, acylamino, carbalkoxy, carbamoyl or sulfamoyl.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1988Date of Patent: August 8, 1989Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunter Renner, Erich Wolff, Heinz Wiesen, Werner Liebe