Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter and an application of the same. The photosensitive resin composition includes an alkali-soluble resin (A), a compound (B) having an ethylenically unsaturated group, a photoinitiator (C), an organic solvent (D) and a pigment (E). The alkali-soluble resin (A) includes a first alkali-soluble resin (A-1) having the structure represented by formula (1). The aforementioned photosensitive resin composition is advantageously applied for the color filer with better contrast.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reading an image, which comprises exposing a color photosensitive material having at least three photosensitive layers containing blue-, green- and red-photosensitive silver halide emulsions, respectively, on a transparent support, processing the exposed color photosensitive material at a processing temperature of 50° C. or more to form a silver image, and substantially reading the silver image.

Abstract: A self-developing diffusion transfer photographic film unit which includes a latent image which becomes visible upon photographic processing of the film unit. The latent image is formed with a chemical compound such as an indicator dye and the visible image formed from the latent image as a result of photographic processing may be transient or permanent. Also described are diffusion transfer photographic methods.

Abstract: A self-developing diffusion transfer photographic film unit which includes a latent image which becomes visible upon photographic processing of the film unit. The latent image is formed with a chemical compound such as an indicator dye and the visible image formed from the latent image as a result of photographic processing may be transient or permanent. Also described are diffusion transfer photographic methods.

Abstract: Providing a method of producing a semiconductor device and a structure of the semiconductor device employing a trench isolation structure for isolating semiconductor elements wherein volumetric expansion of a trench-filling material due to oxidation process after forming the trench isolation structure is controlled thereby making it possible to prevent deterioration of the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device. A nitriding treatment is applied to the trench surface of the silicon substrate after forming the trench by etching, thereby to form a thin nitride layer having a better effect of preventing oxidation in the interface of silicon.

Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium ion secondary battery is composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and non-aqueous electrolyte. In the battery, the positive electrode is composed of an positive electrode active material of the formula: Li.sub.x Ni.sub.1-y M.sub.y O.sub.2-z X.sub.a in which M is at least one element such as Mg, Ca, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Sn, Ge, Pb and at least one transition metal element; X is a halogen atom; x, y, z and a are numbers satisfying the conditions of 0.2<x.ltoreq.1.2, 0<y.ltoreq.0.5, 0.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1 and 0.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.2z, and the negative electrode is composed of amorphous metal complex oxide or a combination of crystalline and/or amorphous metal complex oxide and carbonaceous material.

Abstract: There are described novel image-receiving elements for use in diffusion transfer photographic systems. The novel image-receiving elements include a layer capable of reducing the light-absorbing capacity of an optical filter agent. The layer comprises nonylphenoxypolyoxyethylene and polyoxyethylene stearate.Diffusion transfer photographic systems utilizing the novel image-receiving elements of the present invention exhibit substantial clearing of optical filter agents during about the first five minutes of photographic processing, enabling the viewing of the emerging image against a whiter, brighter background, and show substantially diminished haze in the film coatings.

Abstract: An image formation method comprising imagewise exposing a silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide, a binder, a slightly water soluble basic metal compound, and a dye composition which is decolorized or discolored on heat development; contacting the surface of the light-sensitive material with a sheet coated with a binder and a compound which forms a complex with a metal ion constituting the basic metal compound and heating them in the presence of a reducing agent and water after or during the imagewise exposing; and peeling off the sheet to obtain an image on at least the light-sensitive material and the sheet, wherein the dye composition comprises an oil-soluble dye formed by a leuco dye and a color developer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element comprising on one side of a support a photosensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion and an image receiving layer containing physical development nuclei in water permeable relationship with said emulsion layer and on the other side of the support at least one backing layer comprising gelatin and a dye and/or a dye precursor characterized in that said dye or dye precursor is such that after treatment of said imaging element in an alkaline solution with a pH of 10.9 for 20 s at a temperature of 30.degree. C. the backing layer has a reflection spectrum when treated for 20 s at 20.degree. C. in a neutralizing solution with a pH of 7.5 that is visually different from the reflection spectrum when treated for 20 s at 20.degree. C. in a neutralizing solution with a pH of 8.5.

Abstract: An element for cleaning processing solutions contained in a radiographic film processor is disclosed. The element is comprised of a transparent film support and hydrophilic colloid layers coated on opposite sides of the film support. An infrared opacifying dye is contained within the element capable of reducing specular transmission through the element before, during and after processing to less than 50 percent, measured at a wavelength within the spectral region of from 850 to 1100 nm. A processing solution soluble colorant can be contained in one or more of the hydrophilic colloid layers.

Abstract: Xanthene derivatives having cations of the formula: ##STR1## in which X is an --SO.sub.2 --N(R.sup.6)--COR.sup.7 or --SO.sub.2 --N(R.sup.6 --CO.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.2 Y grouping, wherein R.sup.6 is an alkyl group containing not more than about 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.7 is an alkyl or aryl group containing not more than about 10 carbon atoms and Y is an electron-withdrawing group; Z is a hydrogen atom or an --SO.sub.2 --N(R.sup.1)--R.sup.2 --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 R.sup.5 grouping; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing not more than about 6 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is an alkylene group containing from 2 to about 10 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently an alkyl group containing not more than about 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing not more than about 6 carbon atoms, are useful as light-screening dyes in photographic products and processes.

Abstract: A novel class of bridged indicator dyes is disclosed which possess absorption in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. These bridged indicator dyes are useful as light-absorbing, pH-sensitive optical filter agents in diffusion transfer photographic processes adapted to be performed in the presence of ambient light and to diffusion transfer products useful in such processes. These indicator dyes will also find utility in titrations and other analytical techniques and products where pH-sensitive indicator dyes are employed and absorption of infrared is useful.

Abstract: This invention relates to diffusion transfer photographic processes adapted to be performed in the presence of ambient light and to diffusion transfer products useful in such processes wherein a substantial increase in opacification in the red and near infrared region of the visible spectrum and a substantial increase in opacification in the blue and green region is achieved by employing certain alkyl-substituted phenanthrol/carboxynaphthol phthaleins as the light-absorbing, pH-sensitive optical filter agent for the longer wavelength region of the visible spectrum.

Abstract: This invention relates to diffusion transfer photographic processes adapted to be performed in the presence of ambient light and to diffusion transfer products useful in such processes wherein unexpectedly enhanced opacification in the red and near infrared region of the visible spectrum is achieved by employing phenanthrol/carboxynaphthol phthaleins as the light-absorbing, pH-sensitive optical filter agent for the longer wavelength region of the visible spectrum.

Abstract: Diffusion transfer films and processes are disclosed wherein the processing composition includes a light reflecting pigment and an optical filter agent, and the image-receiving layer carries an overcoat comprising a polyoxyalkylene decolorizing agent hydrogen bonded with at least one other polymer and a salt of polyvinyl hydrogen phthalate, the overcoat layer being adapted to decolorize optical filter agent immediately adjacent the interface between the processing composition and the overcoat layer.

Abstract: A peel-apart instant film unit including two separate sheets comprising a photosensitive sheet and an image-receiving sheet, has a coloring member provided on one end of the photosensitive sheet so as to contact a developer reagent spread between the two sheets for processing. The coloring member is adapted to change in color upon the completion of the processing of the film unit as a result of the chemical reaction of the coloring member brought into contact with the developer reagent. The color change of the coloring member, which is observed from the outside of the film unit, indicates the completion of the processing of the film unit. The coloring member includes a time delay substance that initially separates the reagent spread between the sheets, from the substance that changes color. That time delay substance is permeable by the reagent at a rate such that the reagent reaches that substance and causes the color change only upon the completion of the development of the film unit.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a color diffusion transfer film unit comprising a transparent support carrying on a first side at least a first photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer having dye image-providing material associated therewith, a substantially opaque layer, a reflective layer and a dye image-receiving layer; said transparent support carrying on a second side a layer initially transparent to radiation actinic to said silver halide emulsion, said initially transparent layer adapted to convert an opaque layer upon contact with alkali which prevents transmission of exposing radiation to said silver halide emulsion layer wherein said photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer is intermediate said initially transparent layer and said opaque layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to diffusion transfer photographic processes adapted to be performed in the presence of ambient light and to diffusion transfer products useful in such processes wherein enhanced opacification particularly, in the green region of the visible spectrum is achieved by employing a 7-sulfonamido/5- or 6-sulfamoyl indole phthalein as the light-absorbing, pH-sensitive optical filter agent for the shorter wavelength region of the visible spectrum.

Abstract: Polymeric optical filter agents and products and processes using same are disclosed. The polymeric optical filter agents are pH-sensitive materials comprising a polymeric backbone having a plurality of pendant moieties of the formula (I). ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## and R is alkyl, aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl; A is hydrogen, alkyl or the radical ##STR3## where each of Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2 and Y.sup.3 is hydrogen or an electron-withdrawing group; and each Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 and Z.sup.3 is hydrogen or an electron-withdrawing group; with the proviso that, when each of Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 and Z.sup.3 is hydrogen, said A is a radical ##STR4## wherein at least one of said Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2 and Y.sup.3 groups comprises an electron-withdrawing group. These agents upon contact with alkali are converted from a substantially non-light absorbing form to a highly colored light-absorbing form useful in photographic products.

Abstract: This invention relates to diffusion transfer processes and products wherein the transmission density of the pigmented processing composition layer is increased by employing an alkali earth metal salt to increase the light-absorbing ability of a carboxynaphthol phthalein optical filter agent within said processing composition layer. In another embodiment, a carboxyindole phthalein optical filter agent also is included in said processing composition layer, and a zinc or cadmium salt is employed to shift the spectral absorption of the carboxyindole phthalein into the green region of the visible spectrum. In a further embodiment, a calcium salt is employed in a viscous pigmented processing compositon comprising a light-reflecting pigment, colloidal silica and a metal chelating agent, e.g., an alkylene polyamine polyacetic acid to stabilize the spreading characteristics of the compositions.

Abstract: A class of quaternary nitrogen-containing polymeric materials, which upon contact with alkali provide substantial light-absorbing or opacifying properties, is disclosed. The polymeric materials comprise repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein the cyclic quaternary nitrogen-containing moiety is a 2-, 3-, or 4-pyridinium moiety; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, halo, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together comprise the atoms necessary to complete a six-membered, substituted or unsubstituted benzenoid ring; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl; X is an anion; and Y is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl or halo.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R.sup.1 is the same and is selected from ##STR2## R.sup.2 is alkyl, R.sup.3 is an electron-withdrawing group positioned ortho, meta or para to said N atom, R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or an electron-withdrawing group positioned ortho, meta or para to said N atom; R.sup.5 is alkyl; X is hydrogen, an electron-withdrawing group or an electron-donating group; and A is an anion. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds, e.g., as photographic light-screening dyes.

Abstract: A color photographic material for the dye diffusion transfer process contains a temporary barrier layer that is applied from organic solution and consists of a mixture of(a) 40 to 95% by weight of a copolymer of 40 to 80% by weight of monomer I (vinylidene chloride, dimethyl butadiene or dichlorobutadiene) 18 to 50% by weight of monomer II ((meth)acrylonitrile or alkyl (meth)acrylate) and 2 to 10% by weight of monomer III (olefinically unsaturated copolymerizable mono or dicarboxylic acids, sulfonic acids or phosphonic acids) and(b) 5 to 60% by weight of a homopolymer of alkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl acrylate, N-alkyl acrylamide, N-hydroxyalkyl acrylamide vinyl acetate, or polycarbonate or cellulose acetate, or a copolymer of 80 to 99% by weight of alkyl or hydroxyalkyl acrylate and 1 to 20% by weight of a copolymerizable acid.

Abstract: Diffusion transfer films and processes are disclosed wherein the processing composition includes a light-reflecting pigment and an optical filter agent, and the image-receiving layer carries over it a layer of unhardened gelatin adapted to decolorize optical filter agent immediately adjacent the interface between said processing composition and said decolorizing layer.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing certain pH-sensitive xanthene compounds as light-screening dyes, which compounds may be represented by the formulae ##STR1## wherein A and A', the same or different, are selected from ##STR2## each R is hydrogen or an electron-withdrawing group; each R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl; each R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl or an electron-withdrawing group; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl; R.sup.4 is alkyl; and n is 0 or 1 and which compounds in their colored, i.e., ring-opened form may be represented by the formulae ##STR3## wherein A, A', R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and n have the same meaning given above and Z is an anion.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R.sup.1 the same or different is hydrogen or alkyl, each R.sup.2 the same or different is alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.3 is phenyl or alkyl, Y is an electron-withdrawing group and A is an anion. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes, particularly diffusion transfer products and processes employing certain colored triarylmethane compounds possessing in their triaryl structure a 4'-oxo-1'-naphthylidene (or a 4'-oxo-1'-phenylidene) moiety, a naphthyl (or phenyl moiety) and a phenyl moiety substituted in the ortho-position to the central carbon atom with a non-nucleophilic group that cannot add to the central carbon atom but in alkaline solution undergoes an irreversible cleavage reaction with base that is complete within a predetermined time at a predetermined alkaline pH to provide a nucleophilic moiety that adds to the central carbon atom to form a ring-closed compound which is colorless.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds selected from those of the formulae ##STR1## wherein each R.sup.1 the same or different is alkyl, each R.sup.2 the same or different is an electron-withdrawing group having a positive sigma value greater than 0.6, X is ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3 is alkyl, Y is an electron-withdrawing group, n is 0 or 1 and A is an anion. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds, e.g., as photographic light-screening dyes.

Abstract: Diffusion transfer films and processes are disclosed wherein the processing composition includes a light-reflecting pigment and a pH-sensitive optical filter agent, and the image-receiving element carries a layer containing a substantially non-diffusible agent adapted to decolorize optical filter agent immediately adjacent the interface between said processing composition and said layer containing said decolorizing agent.

Abstract: Optical filter agents and photographic products and processes using same are disclosed. The optical filter agents are pH-sensitive hydrazone compounds conforming to the following structural formula: ##STR1## where R is any group which can provide a double bond for conjugation with the ##STR2## portion of the compound to provide light-absorbing capability or color for the agent at a pH above its pKa, X is a substituent of R providing at least one electron-withdrawing group and each R' can be defined as any substituent that does not impair the light-absorbing capacity of the compound at a pH above the pKa thereof. The pH-sensitive optical filter agents have a highly colored light-absorbing form at a pH above the pKa and are substantially non-absorbing at a pH below the pKa. The pH-sensitive optical filter agents are useful in photographic film units and processes for the protection of photoexposed photosensitive elements against the occurence of fogging during in-light development.

Abstract: Diffusion transfer films and processes are disclosed wherein the processing composition includes a light-reflecting pigment and an optical filter agent, and the image-receiving layer carries over it a layer containing a substantially non-diffusible agent adapted to decolorize optical filter agent immediately adjacent the interface between said processing composition and said decolorizing layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## wherein R' is alkyl, Y is an electron-withdrawing group and n is 0 or 1. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R.sup.1 the same or different is hydrogen or alkyl, each R.sup.2 the same or different is alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.3 is phenyl or alkyl, Y is an electron-withdrawing group and A is an anion. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## wherein R' is alkyl; Y is an electron-withdrawing group and A is an anion. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds.

Abstract: Polymeric optical filter agents and photographic products and processes using same are disclosed. The polymeric optical filter agents are pH-sensitive optical filter agents comprising polymeric backbone units having the following hydrazone moiety: ##STR1## where R is a group which can provide a double bond for conjugation with the ##STR2## portion of the moiety to provide light-absorbing capability for the agent at a pH above its pKa, and X represents a substituent of R providing at least one electron-withdrawing group. The polymeric pH-sensitive optical filter agents have a highly colored light-absorbing form at a pH above the pKa and are substantially non-absorbing at a pH below the pKa. The polymeric optical filter agents are useful in photographic film units and processes for the protection of photoexposed photosensitive elements against the occurence of fogging during in-light development.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## wherein R' is alkyl, Y is an electron-withdrawing group and n is 0 or 1. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is concerned with novel xanthene compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R' is alkyl; Y is an electron-withdrawing group and A is an anion. In another embodiment, the present invention is concerned with photographic products and processes employing these xanthene compounds.

Abstract: A composition comprising a mixture of (1) from 5 to 95 percent by weight of a copolymer comprising from 55 to 85 percent by weight of vinylidene chloride, 5 to 35 percent by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and 0 to 20 percent by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and (2) from 5 to 95 percent by weight of a polymeric carboxy-ester-lactone, is useful as a temporary barrier between reactants in photographic products. The barrier is particularly useful as a process timing layer in color image transfer film units.