Patents by Inventor James Lawrence Edwards

James Lawrence Edwards 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: 5888716
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a red light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye forming coupler having Formula (I) and a green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta dye forming coupler having formula IIA or IIB: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James Lawrence Edwards, Philip T. S. Lau, Stanley Wray Cowan
  • Patent number: 5792601
    Abstract: A radiation sensitive emulsion is disclosed containing iridium doped composite silver halide grains comprised of (a) host portions having an average aspect ratio of less than 1.3 and consisting essentially of monodisperse silver iodochloride grains containing from 0.05 to 3 mole percent iodide, based on total silver forming the host portions, with maximum iodide concentrations located nearer the surface of the host portions than their center and (b) epitaxially deposited portions containing the iridium dopant and silver bromide accounting for from 0.1 to 5 mole percent of total silver forming the composite grains.The emulsions are prepared by (a) first providing an emulsion containing grains which form the host portions of the grains and (b) modifying the performance properties of the host grains by a combination of silver bromide addition, iridium dopant incorporation and antifoggant addition, in which, prior to antifoggant addition, silver bromide in the amount of from 0.1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James Lawrence Edwards, Benjamin Teh-Kung Chen, Eric Leslie Bell, Roger Lok
  • Patent number: 5783372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element for digital exposure comprising at least one layer comprising an emulsion of cubic silver iodochloride grain wherein said grain has been sensitized with a gold compound and with less than 1 .mu.mole per silver mole of sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jerzy Antoni Budz, Jerzy Mydlarz, Benjamin Teh-Kung Chen, James Lawrence Edwards
  • Patent number: 5736310
    Abstract: Radiation sensitive emulsions are disclosed comprised of silver iodochloride grains having three pairs of equidistantly spaced parallel {100} crystal faces and containing from 0.05 to 3 mole percent iodide, based on total silver, in a controlled, non-uniform iodide distribution forming a core containing at least 50 percent of total silver, a surface shell, and a sub-surface shell that contains a maximum iodide concentration and provides, when the emulsion is exposed to 390 nm electromagnetic radiation at 10.degree. K., stimulated fluorescent emissions in the range of from 450 to 470 nm and at 500, the stimulated fluorescent emission in the range of from 450 to 470 nm having a peak intensity more than twice the stimulated fluorescent emission intensity at 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Teh-Kung Chen, James Lawrence Edwards, Roger Lok, Sanford Howard Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 5728516
    Abstract: Photographic print elements are disclosed of enhanced speed and controlled minimum densities provided by emulsion layer units that contain emulsions that are blends of (a) cubical silver iodochloride grains that contain iodide in a controlled, non-uniform distribution forming a core containing at least half of total silver, a iodide-free surface shell having a thickness of greater than 25 .ANG., and a sub-surface shell that contains a maximum iodide concentration and (b) minimum density controlling silver halide grains that are of smaller mean grain size than the silver iodochloride grains and that consist essentially of chloride and/or bromide and are present in a molar concentration at least equal to that of silver iodide in the silver iodochloride grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James Lawrence Edwards, Benjamin Teh-Kung Chen, Sanford Howard Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 5726005
    Abstract: A photographic print element is disclosed having a reflective support and at least one image recording emulsion layer unit containing cube-like silver iodochloride grains containing from 0.05 to 3 mole percent iodide, based on total silver, in a controlled, non-uniform iodide distribution forming a core, an iodide-free surface shell having a thickness of greater than 50 .ANG., and a sub-surface shell that contains a maximum iodide concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Teh-Kung Chen, James Lawrence Edwards, Roger Lok, Sanford Howard Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 5674674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion wherein at least one layer contains a silver chloroiodide emulsion containing at least 95 mole percent chloride and contains a sensitizing dye of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: Z1 represents a halogen, a cyano group, an amide substituted aromatic group, or a heteroaromatic group that is directly appended to the benzene ring shown or an aromatic group that is attached through an amide linking group andZ2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted amide group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group, halogen, an amide substituted aromatic group, or a heteroaromatic group that is directly appended to the benzene ring shown or an aromatic group that is attached through an amide linking group andW1 is one or more ions as needed to balance the charge on the molecule andR1 and R2 are, independently, substitu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James Lawrence Edwards, Benjamin Teh-Kung Chen, Richard Lee Parton