Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Yoshioka

Yasuhiro Yoshioka 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: 5409807
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material excellent in color reproducibility, color forming property, color image fastness and processing dependency. The material comprises a yellow color forming silver halide emulsion layer formed on a support, said layer containing at least one yellow color forming coupler represented by general formula (I) dispersed by dissolution in a high boiling organic solvent in a weight ratio of the high boiling organic solvent to the yellow color forming coupler of 0.6 or more: ##STR1## wherein X represents an organic residue necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocycle with a nitrogen atom; Y represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; Z represents a group which is eliminatable by reaction of the coupler represented by general formula (I) with an oxidation product of a developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Kohzaburoh Yamada, Kiyoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 5403704
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material which contains at least one pyrrolotriazole cyan coupler having two electron attracting groups and at least one non-color forming, nondiffusing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Shigeo Hirano, Makoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5397688
    Abstract: In a multilayered silver halide color light-sensitive sensitive material having a yellow dye forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye forming silver halide emulsion layer, and a cyan dye forming silver halide emulsion layer on a support, at least one type of an acylacetamide-based yellow coupler in which the acyl group in the acylacetamide is represented by formula (I) below and at least one type of a water-insoluble polymer are contained in the yellow dye forming layer, In formula (I), R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, and Q represents a nonmetallic atom group required to form, together with C, a 3- to 5-membered hydrocarbon ring or a 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic ring having at least one hereto atom selected from N, S, O, and P in the ring, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5385814
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having blue-, green-, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains a pyrazoloazole-type compound which releases a development inhibitor in at least one layer and contains an acylacetamide-type yellow coupler having a novel acyl group in at least one layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Uchida, Toshio Kawagishi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5376512
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material, which comprises, in a yellow color-forming silver halide emulsion layer, one of nondiffusible yellow couplers represented by formula (I-1) or (I-2) and an organic compound represented by formula (II), or further an organic compound represented by formula (III): ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, X.sup.3 represents an organic residue to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with the >N--, Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-releasing group, ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 each represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an aliphatic-oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic-oxycarbonyl group, or a carbamoyl group, provided that each of R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 does not represent a hydrogen atom at the same time, ##STR3## wherein R.sup.8, R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5374507
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material capable of providing a dye image having excellent color reproducibility, sharpness and image fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5362617
    Abstract: A light-sensitive material comprising a support provided thereon at least one layer containing a coupler represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a group represented by the following Formula (a), (b) or (c): ##STR2## wherein the groups are as defined in the specification provided that at least one of the groups represented by A, B and Z has at least one of the partial structures represented by the following Formulas (P-I) to (P-V): ##STR3## wherein the substituent groups are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Kohzaburoh Yamada, Nobuo Seto, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5359080
    Abstract: There is disclosed an acylacetamide-type yellow coupler having an acyl group represented by formula (I) and a silver halide color photographic material containing same. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, Q represents a group of non-metallic atoms required to form together with the C a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 5-membered cyclic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic group having in the group at least one hetero atom selected from a group consisting of N, 0, S, and P, provided that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and does not bond to Q to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Shimura, Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5356767
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes a support, and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer formed on the support, wherein at least one of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one type of an acylacetamide type yellow dye forming coupler having an acyl group represented by formula (I) below, and at least one type of a compound represented by formula (W) below: ##STR1## wherein DI represents a development inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Toyoda, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5352573
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having an improved color forming property, color reproducibility and image preservative performance is described. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprising (a) a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by the following formulas (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein Za, Zb, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and X represent substituents described herein; (b) a compound represented by the following formula (A): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.a1 -R.sub.a6 represent substituents described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Makoto Suzuki, Masakazu Morigaki
  • Patent number: 5348847
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer containing one or more cyan couplers of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents a branched or cyclic alkyl group, a branched or cyclic alkoxy group, a substituted aryl group, or a substituted aryloxy group; R.sub.21 represents a substituent which may optionally be substituted. R.sub.12 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylamino group, an anilino group, a heterocyclic-oxy group, or a heterocyclic-amino group; R.sub.22 and R.sub.32 each represents a substituent; r.sub.2 represents an integer of from 0 to 4; provided that when r.sub.2 is a plural number, the plurality of R.sub.32 groups may be the same or different; R.sub.13, R.sub.23 and R.sub.33 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; provided that the total of Taft's substituent constant .sigma.* values of R.sub.13, R.sub.23 and R.sub.33 is 1.5 or more; R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Suzuki, Osamu Takahashi, Yasuhiro Shimada, Koushin Matsuoka, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5342747
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a pyrrolotriazole cyan coupler and a specific lipophilic compound. The color photographic material have improved color reproducibility and preservability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Nobuo Seto
  • Patent number: 5330888
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer. At least one layer of silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one pyrrolotriazole cyan coupler of formula (I) or (II) and at least one lipophilic compound selected from the group consisting of phenol compounds of formula (A), sulfur peroxide compounds of formula (B) and amide compounds of formula (C): ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Nobuo Seto
  • Patent number: 5328817
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material which comprises at least one yellow coupler represented by the following formulas (1) or (2), and at least one cyan coupler represented by the following formula (C): ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, X.sup.3 represents an organic residue required to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with >N--, Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and Z represents a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction of the coupler represented by said formula with the oxidized product of a developing agent, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclyc group, R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5314797
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer that contains an acylacetamide yellow dye-forming coupler whose acyl group is represented by formula (I) and a high-boiling organic solvent, wherein the weight ratio of the high-boiling solvent to the coupler contained in said layer is 0.3 or below. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, Q represents a group of nonmetallic atoms required to form together with C a 3- to 5-membered hydrocarbon ring or a 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic ring that contains a hetero atom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, and P, provided that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and it does not bond to Q to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Yoshio Shimura, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5294531
    Abstract: A bicyclo[m.n.0]alkane-1-ylcarbonylacetamide-based yellow dye-forming coupler wherein m represents an integer of 2 to 5, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, the sum of m and n is an integer of 3 to 7, and 0 represents zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Yoshio Shimura
  • Patent number: 5294524
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material which comprises in a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer acylacetamide yellow dye-forming couplers represented by the following formula (I) and in a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer cyan dye-forming couplers represented by the following formula (II) or (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, Q represents a group of non-metallic atoms required to form together with the C a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 5-membered cyclic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic group having therein at least one heteroatom selected from a group consisting of N, O, S, and P, and Y.sub.R represents a residue remaining after removing the acyl group from the acylacetamide yellow dye-forming coupler, provided that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and does not bond to Q to form a ring, ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, --NHCOR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Ishii, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5283166
    Abstract: An acylacetamide-type yellow dye-forming coupler. The acyl group of the coupler is a bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1-carbonyl group, a bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane-1-carbonyl group, a bicyclo[2.2.1.]heptane-1-carbonyl group, a bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1-carbonyl group, a tricyclo[3.1.1.0.sup.3,6 ]heptane-6-carbonyl group, a tricyclo[3.3.0.0.sup.3,7 ]octane-1-carbonyl group, or a tricyclo[3.3.1.0.sup.3,7 ]nonane-3-carbonyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Yoshio Shimura
  • Patent number: 5258271
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which comprises, in said photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a coupler selected from the group consisting of yellow dye-forming couplers represented by formulas (Y-I) to (Y-III), as defined in claim 1, and a quenching coupler selected from the group consisting of cyan dye-forming couplers or magenta dye-forming couplers represented by formula (C-I), (C-II), (C-III), (M), or (m), as defined in claim 1, or a quenching dye obtained by a coupling reaction of above couplers with the oxidized product of a developing agent represented by formula (A) as defined in claim 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimitsu Haijima, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5126234
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material, wherein the silver halide color photographic material having a layer containing at leasst one pyrazolone-based magenta coupler having a coupling releasing group represented by formula (I) and at least one compound represented by formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V) is processed with a color developing solution having a developing solution temperature of 36.degree. to 50.degree. C. and a developing solution pH of 10.3 to 12.0; ##STR1##R.sup.11 --Z.sub.2 (IV) ##STR2## wherein the substituents are as defined in the text of the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Naruse, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Yoshioka