Patents by Inventor Raffaella Biavasco

Raffaella Biavasco 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: 7862868
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an ink-jet recording material comprising a support, and at least one ink receiving porous layer coated on the support, wherein at least one porous layer comprises, dispersed therein, an organic solvent having a logP value higher than 2.00, an antifading compound, a non-ionic surfactant having low EDLB, an anionic surfactant, and a carboxylic derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Ferrania Technologies, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Corrado Balestra, Silvia Biancolini, Raffaella Biavasco, Danilo Ferraro, Alessandro Gunnella, Luisa Tavella
  • Publication number: 20080138544
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an ink-jet recording material comprising a support, and at least one ink receiving porous layer coated on the support, wherein at least one porous layer comprises, dispersed therein, an organic solvent having a logP value higher than 2.00, an antifading compound, a non-ionic surfactant having low EDLB, an anionic surfactant, and a carboxylic derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Corrado Balestra, Silvia Biancolini, Raffaella Biavasco, Danilo Ferraro, Alessandro Gunnella, Luisa Tavella
  • Patent number: 6518005
    Abstract: The present invention refers to photographic elements having, coated on a support base, at least one silver halide emulsion layer sensitized to a radiation different from the blue one in addition to its intrinsic sensitivity to the blue region, and a yellow filter layer positioned between said at least one silver halide emulsion layer and the exposure source, where such yellow filter layer contains a yellow filtering dye represented by the formula (1): wherein R and R1 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group and R3 and R4 may be combined to form a 6-membered ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Ferrania, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Piero Cavalleri, Raffaella Biavasco, Stefano Parodi
  • Publication number: 20020031735
    Abstract: The present invention refers to photographic elements having, coated on a support base, at least one silver halide emulsion layer sensitized to a radiation different from the blue one in addition to its intrinsic sensitivity to the blue region, and a yellow filter layer positioned between said at least one silver halide emulsion layer and the exposure source, where such yellow filter layer contains a yellow filtering dye represented by the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Ferrania, S.P.A.,
    Inventors: Piero Cavalleri, Raffaella Biavasco, Stefano Parodi
  • Patent number: 6261756
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a light-sensitive silver halide multilayer color photographic element having a support base and coated thereon blue-, green- and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers respectively associated with non-diffusing yellow, magenta and cyan dye-forming couplers, wherein at least one green-sensitive layer contains a 2-equivalent 3-anilino-4-phenylthio-5-pyrazolone magenta coupler and a 4-(4-hydroxy-phenylazo)-5-pyrazolone colored magenta coupler. The multilayer color photographic element of the present invention presents an improved speed and contrast, without a detrimental effect on the other sensitometric properties, such as Dmin and Dmax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Terrania, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Emilio Prosperi, Roberto Sardelli
  • Patent number: 6242168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-sensitive silver halide color multilayer photographic material which comprises a support base having coated thereon at least three red-sensitive emulsion layers having different sensitivity, at least three green-sensitive emulsion layers having different sensitivity, and at least two yellow-sensitive emulsion layers having different sensitivity, wherein (a) a core-shell silver halide emulsion having an average silver iodide content lower than 10% mol is present in at least one of the lowest sensitive red-, green- and yellow layers, (b) a yellow dye forming malonodiamide DIR coupler having in the coupling position thereof a 4,7-dihalogen-2-benzotriazolyl group is present in both the medium sensitive red- and green-sensitive layers, and (c) a yellow dye forming DIR coupler having a 1,2,4-triazolyl group attached to the coupling position, such 1,2,4-triazolyl group comprising a hydrolizable alkoxy- or aryloxy-carbonyl group attached to a benzytlthio substituent on the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Ferrania SpA
    Inventors: Mauro Avidano, Raffaella Biavasco, Diego Brignone, Giuseppe Rocca, Luisa Tavella
  • Patent number: 5770354
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon red-, green- and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers comprising, respectively, cyan, magenta and yellow dye-forming couplers, wherein the blue-sensitive emulsion layer comprises at least two blue-sensitive emulsion layers, the uppermost of which has the highest-sensitivity and the lowermost of which has the lowest sensitivity, characterized in that the uppermost highest sensitivity blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprises a yellow dye-forming coupler and a cyan dye-forming coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Sergio Massirio, Raffaella Biavasco, Flavio Costa
  • Patent number: 5705676
    Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising a support bearing at least one heat-developable, photosensitive, image-forming photothermographic emulsion layer comprising:(a) a photosensitive silver halide;(b) a non-photosensitive, reducible source of silver;(c) a chromogenic leuco dye reducing agent; and(d) a binder;wherein the chromogenic leuco dye reducing agent is a chromogenic leuco redox-dye-releasing compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: (i) Cp is a coupler group;(ii) N--D is a photographic developer group; and(iii) R.sup.1 is a --C(O)--NH--A--Dye group wherein Dye represents the chromophore of a thermally mobile dye; and A represents a single bond or a divalent linking group of the formula --X--R.sup.5 --L--, wherein R.sup.5 is a divalent hydrocarbon chain containing up to 12 carbon atoms, L is a single bond or a divalent group that binds the chromophore of the thermally mobile dye to R.sup.5, and X represents a single bond or an --SO.sub.2 -- group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Lori S. Harring, Larry R. Krepski, Daniel E. Mickus, Mark B. Mizen, Sharon M. Simpson, Cristina Soncini, Kim M. Vogel
  • Patent number: 5583255
    Abstract: Photothermographic elements capable of producing a high density yellow or magenta image upon image-wise exposure and thermal development at a relatively low temperature and for a short period of time are described. The photothermographic elements of the invention comprise coated on a support base at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer comprising (a) a leuco dye reducing reducing agent, (b) a photosensitive silver halide, (c) an organic silver compound capable of being reduced by the leuco dye reducing agent, and (d) a binder; wherein the leuco dye reducing agent thereto comprises a chromogenic yellow or magenta leuco dye compound.The photothermographic elements of the invention may be used to obtain yellow and magenta images of suitable density in single color or multicolor photothermographic articles. At the same time the chromogenic leuco dye is stable enough not to be oxidized by oxygen of the air or by simple heating and to limit the fog formation after development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Stefano Parodi, Sharon M. Simpson, Kim M. Vogel
  • Patent number: 5492804
    Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising a support bearing at least one heat-developable, photosensitive, image-forming photothermographic emulsion layer comprising:(a) a photosensitive silver halide;(b) a non-photosensitive, reducible source of silver;(c) a chromogenic leuco dye reducing agent; and(d) a binder;wherein the chromogenic leuco dye reducing agent is a chromogenic leuco redox-dye-releasing compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: (i) Cp is a coupler group;(ii) N--D is a photographic developer group; and(iii) R.sup.1 is a --C(O)--NH--A--Dye group wherein Dye represents the chromophore of a thermally mobile dye; and A represents a single bond or a divalent linking group of the formula --X--R.sup.5 --L--, wherein R.sup.5 is a divalent hydrocarbon chain containing up to 12 carbon atoms, L is a single bond or a divalent group that binds the chromophore of the thermally mobile dye to R.sup.5, and X represents a single bond or an --SO.sub.2 -- group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Lori S. Harring, Larry R. Krepski, Daniel E. Mickus, Mark B. Mizen, Sharon M. Simpson, Cristina Soncini, Kim M. Vogel
  • Patent number: 5468599
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer on at least one side of a support, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer comprises tabular silver halide grains having a grain thickness of 0.3 .mu.m or less and accounting for at least 50% of the total projected area, and a phthalocyanine blue pigment having a maximum absorption wave length of from 640 to 700 nm is present in said silver halide emulsion layer and/or in another hydrophilic layer of the photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Mark Kirk, Giovanni Giribone
  • Patent number: 5432041
    Abstract: Photothermographic elements capable of producing a high density yellow or magenta image upon image-wise exposure and thermal development at a relatively low temperature and for a short period of time are described. The photothermographic elements of the invention comprise coated on a support base at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer comprising (a) a leuco dye reducing reducing agent, (b) a photosensitive silver halide, (c) an organic silver compound capable of being reduced by the leuco dye reducing agent, and (d) a binder; wherein the leuco dye reducing agent thereto comprises a chromogenic yellow or magenta leuco dye compound.The photothermographic elements of the invention may be used to obtain yellow and magenta images of suitable density in single color or multicolor photothermographic articles. At the same time the chromogenic leuco dye is stable enough not to be oxidized by oxygen of the air or by simple heating and to limit the fog formation after development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Stefano Parodi, Sharon M. Simpson, Kim M. Vogel
  • Patent number: 5330864
    Abstract: Phothermographic material capable of producing a high density cyan image upon image-wise exposure and thermal development at a relatively low temperature and for a short period of time. The photothermographic material of the invention comprise coated on a support base at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing: (a) a binder; (b) a silver source material; (c) a light sensitive silver halide in catalytic proximity to said silver source material, wherein said emulsion layer or an adjacent layer thereto comprises a chromogenic cyan leuco dye.The photothermographic material of the invention may be used to obtain good cyan image of suitable density in single color or multicolor photothermographic articles. At the same time the chromogenic leuco dye is stable enough not to be oxidized by oxygen of the air or by simple heating and to limit the fog formation after development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Raffaella Biavasco, Cristina Soncini