Patents by Inventor Yumiko Nimura

Yumiko Nimura 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: 6338940
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material IS DISCLOSED, comprising a support having thereon a yellow dye image forming layer, a magenta dye image forming layer and a cyan dye image forming layer, wherein when the photographic material is subjected to exposure of not more than 10−3 sec. per pixel element and further to color developing to form yellow, magenta and cyan images, a variation at multiple exposure, based on non-multiple exposure, of an average gradation, which is a slope that connects two pints corresponding to densities of 0.5 and 1.5 on a characteristic curve of each of the yellow, magenta and cyan images, is not more than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Junji Ito, Yumiko Nimura, Shinichi Suzuki, Makoto Kaga, Shuji Murakami
  • Patent number: 5605790
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising steps of:(a) forming fine-grain silver halide emulsion in a mixing vessel B separately provided from a reaction vessel A,(b) removing unnecessary ions contained in said fine-grain silver halide emulsion,(c) supplying the fine-grain silver halide emulsion to said reaction vessel A,(d) forming nucleation of a silver halide grain in said reaction vessel A, and(e) forming crystal growth of the silver halide grain in said reaction vessel A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yumiko Nimura, Chikao Mamiya, Haruhiko Masutomi, Kazuyoshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 5523201
    Abstract: A desalting method of a silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising removing soluble salts from the silver halide emulsion by electrodialysis, wherein said electrodialysis is carried out at a pH within a range of .+-.0.5 of an isoelectric point of a gelatin contained in the silver halide emulsion. Furthermore, by adding a salt during the course of the electrodialysis, the concentration of the emulsion is accomplished concurrently with desalting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yumiko Nimura, Kazuyoshi Ichikawa, Haruhiko Masutomi, Chikao Mamiya