Patents by Inventor Klaus Sinzger

Klaus Sinzger 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: 6890707
    Abstract: 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 dis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
  • Patent number: 6806042
    Abstract: 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 exc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
  • Patent number: 6783924
    Abstract: 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 c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
  • Publication number: 20040110103
    Abstract: 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 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert (Belgium)
    Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
  • Publication number: 20040023173
    Abstract: 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 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
  • Publication number: 20040023171
    Abstract: 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 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Belgium)
    Inventors: Ralf Weimann, Markus Geiger, Cuong Ly, Klaus Sinzger, Beate Weber, Heinz Wiesen
  • Patent number: 6228568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a color photographic recording material which contains, in at least one layer between the substrate and light-sensitive emulsion layer situated nearest to the substrate, a compound of formula (I) wherein X and Y, independently of each other in each case, represent an electron-attracting group, and X and Y together can form a group which is necessary for the completion of a 5- or 6-membered ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Thomas Stetzer, Hans Langen, Heinz Schütz, Hans-Joachim Schumann, Klaus Sinzger, Johannes Willsau, Dirk Hübner, Engelbert Wiel
  • Patent number: 6057085
    Abstract: A colour photographic material having a yellow filter layer containing at least one decolourisable dye or dye to be able to be rinsed out of the material of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 mutually independently mean a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group,R.sub.3 means a hydrogen or halogen atom, an alkyl or alkoxy groupR.sub.4 means a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or cyano group,R.sub.5 means a dissociable group having a pK.sub.a value of between 4 and 11 andX means an oxygen or sulphur atom,is distinguished in that the dyes are non-diffusible and completely decolourisable and do not impair the properties of the silver halide emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Klaus Sinzger, Hans Langen
  • Patent number: 6025121
    Abstract: A color photographic recording material contains at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer which is spectrally sensitized with a monomethine cyanine dye of the formula I ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 denotes a benzothiophene radical which is coupled by way of the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-position thereof to the benzo ring of the benzothiazole group,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 (the same or different) denote sulphoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SO.sub.2 --NH--SO.sub.2 -alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SO.sub.2 --NH--CO-alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--NH--SO.sub.2 -alkyl or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--NH--CO-alkyl and (n=1-6);R.sup.4 to R.sup.6 (the same or different) denote hydrogen, halogen, --CN, --CF.sub.3, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or a heterocyclic group;orR.sup.5 together with R.sup.4 or R.sup.6 denotes the remainder which is necessary to complete an optionally substituted condensed-on benzene or naphthalene ring;M denotes a cation necessary to balance the charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Klaus Sinzger, Stefan Herrmann, Michael Missfeldt
  • Patent number: 5942382
    Abstract: A color photographic recording material contains at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer which is spectrally sensitized with a monomethine cyanine dye of the formula I in which:R.sup.1 denotes a benzothiophene radical which is coupled by way of the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-position thereof to the benzo ring of the benzothiazole group,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 (the same or different) denote sulphoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SO .sub.2 --NH--SO.sub.2 -alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SO.sub.2 --NH--CO-alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--NH--SO.sub.2 -alkyl or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--NH--CO-alkyl (n=1-6);R.sup.4 to R.sup.6 (the same or different) denote hydrogen, halogen, --CN, --CF.sub.3, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or a heterocyclic group;orR.sup.5 together with R.sup.4 or R.sup.6 denotes the remainder which is necessary to complete an optionally substituted condensed-on benzene or naphthalene ring;M denotes a cation necessary to balance the charge.The recording material has increased blue sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Klaus Sinzger, Stefan Herrmann, Michael Missfeldt
  • Patent number: 5932402
    Abstract: A colour photographic recording material, comprising of a transparent film base, red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer units which are disposed thereon and which contain colour couplers, and optionally of further light-insensitive layers, wherein the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit comprises at least two green-sensitive partial layers, the partial layer of which which is furthest from the film base has the highest sensitivity and is situated further from the film base than is each partial layer of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and wherein each partial layer of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit is situated further from the film base than is the highest-sensitivity partial layer of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, contains, in the highest-sensitivity partial layer of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, an organic yellow dye which can be decolorised during processing; the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Heinz Schutz, Rainer Scheerer, Klaus Sinzger
  • Patent number: 5776667
    Abstract: A color photographic recording material comprises in a yellow filter layer at least one dye of one of the formulae I and II ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 (mutually independently) mean alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl;R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 (mutually independently) mean hydrogen or alkyl;R.sup.21 means a residue as R.sup.1 ;R.sup.22 means a residue as R.sup.2 ;R.sup.23 means a residue as R.sup.1 ;provided that in formula I none of the residues R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 contains an alkyl chain of more than 3 carbon atoms.The dyes exhibit suitable absorption as yellow filter dyes and are completely decolored during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: AGFA AG
    Inventors: Hans Ohlschlager, Hans Langen, Klaus Sinzger