Patents by Inventor Vincent J. Flow

Vincent J. Flow 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).

  • Direct view photographic element containing a particular green record
    Patent number: 6558886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide direct view multicolor photographic element comprising a green record containing a green light sensitized silver halide emulsion and comprising either (a) a magenta dye-forming coupler and a cyan dye-forming coupler in an amount of at least 0.1 mole % of the couplers present in the green record, or (b) a green record having a coupler or couplers sufficient to provide upon development a Status A red density greater than 0.23 as measured using a green light separation exposure at a Status A green density of 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Walter H. Isaac, Jess B. Hendricks, Vincent J. Flow, Patrick W. Webber, Glenn M. Brown, Cynthia A Fitzgerald, Carolyn R. Ellinger
  • Direct view photographic element containing a particular red record
    Patent number: 6555304
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide direct view multicolor photographic element comprising a red record containing (1) a red light sensitized silver halide emulsion, (2) a cyan dye-forming NB first coupler, and (3) a second coupler selected from (a) a magenta dye forming coupler in an amount of 2-30 mole % of the total coupler in the red record and (b) a cyan dye-forming coupler having a greater absorption in the green spectra than the first coupler in an amount sufficient to provide a Status A green density in the range of 0.27 to 0.40 using a red light separation exposure at a Status A red density of 1.0. Such an element exhibits improved flesh tone reproduction and good dye dark stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Walter H. Isaac, Vincent J. Flow, James S. Honan, Jeffrey C. Smitley, Patrick W. Webber, Glenn M. Brown, Cynthia A. Fitzgerald, Jess B. Hendricks, Thomas A. Rosiek, John H. Harder, Carolyn H. Ellinger
  • Microprecipitation process for dispersing photographic filter dyes
    Patent number: 5624467
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing microprecipitated dispersions of filter dyes by preparing a concentrated slurry in aqueous medium of a filter dye having ionizable acid sites on the dye molecule, adding sufficient aqueous hydroxide to dissolve the filter dye, acidifying the solution with a stoichiometric amount of acidic protons to reprotonate up to 100% of the total ionizable acid sites on the dye molecule and provide a microprecipitated dispersion of the filter dye that is insoluble in aqueous media at pH values less than 3 but soluble in aqueous media at pH greater than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John Texter, William B. Travis, Vincent J. Flow
  • Photographic elements containing pyrazolone couplers and process
    Patent number: 5262292
    Abstract: Pyrazolone magenta dye-forming couplers having a particular arylthio coupling-off group enhance the photographic properties and improve the manufacturing and handling characteristics of materials and processes employing such couplers. The coupler contains an N-phenyl group, a 3-anilino group and a 4-(arylthio) coupling off group containing a particular aryloxymethylacylamino group as an ortho substituent. A broad range of improvements are realized including stability, reactivity, hue, and dye density in addition to simplified and safer manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sundaram Krishnamurthy, Thomas A. Rosiek, Vincent J. Flow, David S. Bailey, David J. Giacherio, John L. Pawlak, Stephen P. Singer