Polymeric Or Bis Coupler Patents (Class 430/381)
  • Patent number: 8227165
    Abstract: A receiver having an image side and a non-image side bent in a bend area including a bend axis. Toner is deposited on the image side of the receiver in the bend area using an electrophotographic print engine. The deposited toner is fused to the receiver. During or after fusing, the fused toner is heated to a selected fusing temperature greater than or equal to the Tg of the toner. A heat-shrinkable film is affixed to the heated toner after heating the toner, wherein the Tg of the film is greater than the Tg of the toner. The toner is cooled below its Tg after affixing the film. The bend area of the receiver is reheated after cooling the toner, so that the temperature of the heat-shrinkable film rises above its Tg, the heat-shrinkable film contracts, and the receiver bends at the bend axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Dinesh Tyagi
  • Patent number: 6057164
    Abstract: The method for the aptitude testing of protein fractions containing factor VIII the further processing of which comprises a pasteurizing step is performed in such a way that the starting material is examined for fragments within a range of from 20 to 50 kD. Fragments of factor VIII within this range evidently cause inhibitor formations in patients pretreated with factor VIII. Batches contaminated with such fragments can also be utilized, i.e., for the preparation of a high purity virus-free factor VIII by size exclusion chromatography on hydrophilic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Octapharma AG
    Inventors: Andrea Buchacher, Monika Stadler, DJuro Josic
  • Patent number: 5508421
    Abstract: A pyrrolotriazole azomethine dye represented by formula (I), (II) or (IV) is disclosed: ##STR1## Also, a heat transfer dye providing material is disclosed, in which the material includes a support having thereon a dye providing layer containing a heat migrating dye, with the dye providing layer containing at least one pyrrolotriazole azomethine dye represented by any of the above formulae (I), (II) and (IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Suzuki, Hisashi Mikoshiba, Seiiti Kubodera, Osamu Takahashi, Yasuhiro Shimada, Koushin Matsuoka, Shigeru Yamazaki, Katsuyoshi Yamakawa, Kozo Sato
  • Patent number: 5385815
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a UV absorbing polymer latex which is loaded with a non-polymeric UV absorbing compound. The polymer is a homopolymer or heteropolymer comprising monomeric units containing a 2-hydroxybenzotriazole. The benzotriazole preferably is of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein: the phenyl ring and benzo ring are optionally additionally substituted; and one of m and n is 1, and M and N have the formula: ##STR2## wherein R3 is H or an alkyl group; L is a bivalent linking group; and p is 0 or 1. The elements may additionally have a polmer present (which is preferably different from the UV absorbing polymer) which has a glass transition temperature (T.sub.g) of less than 5.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward Schofield, Richard P. Szajewski
  • Patent number: 5384235
    Abstract: A photographic element with particular polymeric ultraviolet absorbers. The ultraviolet absorbers have repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X is O or NH;Y is H or halogen;R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, alkoxy , straight chain or branched alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbons;R.sub.2 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkylene which may be straight chain or branched; andR.sub.3 is H or CH.sub.3.Elements of the invention have good fresh Dmin and image dye stability, and the ultraviolet absorbers therein are highly light stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Tien-Teh Chen, Edward Schofield, Hwei-Ling Yau, Lal C. Vishwakarma
  • Patent number: 5362882
    Abstract: A novel pyrrolotriazole derivative is disclosed, represented by any one of formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), or (V): ##STR1## A heat transfer dye providing material is also disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a dye providing layer containing a heat migrating dye, said dye providing layer containing at least one pyrrolotriazole azomethine dye represented by any one of formulae (I), (II), (III), or (IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Suzuki, Yasuhiro Shimada, Koushin Matsuoka, Shigeru Yamazaki, Katsuyoshi Yamakawa, Kozo Sato
  • Patent number: 5358835
    Abstract: The invention provides new yellow-dye-forming couplers, new yellow dyes formed therefrom, and new photographic elements containing the new couplers. The new couplers have the structure (I): ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## has the structure (II) ##STR3## wherein each --R-- is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkoxylene, arylene, or aryloxylene group, and Q-- has the structure (III): ##STR4## wherein: each R.sup.1 -- is independently t-butyl or a substituted aryl group;each Z-- is independently H--, halo, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group; andeach X-- is independently H-- or a coupling-off group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ping-Wah Tang, Philip T. S. Lau, Stanley W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 5358838
    Abstract: The invention provides new yellow-dye-forming couplers, new yellow dyes formed therefrom, and new photographic elements containing the new couplers. The new couplers have the structure (I): ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## has the structure (II) ##STR3## wherein each --R-- is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkoxylene, arylene, or aryloxylene group, and Q-- has the structure (III): ##STR4## wherein: each R.sup.1 -- is independently t-butyl or a substituted aryl group;each Z-- is independently H--, halo, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group;each M-- is independently H-- or a substituent; and each R.sup.2 -- is independently H-- or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ping-Wah Tang, Philip T. S. Lau, Stanley W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 5358836
    Abstract: The invention provides new magenta-dye-forming couplers, new magenta dyes formed therefrom, and new photographic elements containing the new couplers. The new couplers have the structure (I): ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## has the structure (II) ##STR3## wherein each --R-- is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkoxylene, arylene, or aryloxylene group, andeach --L-- is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkoxylene, arylene, aryloxylene, or aryloxyalkylene group, and Q-- has the structure (III): ##STR4## wherein: each R.sup.1 -- is independently H-- or a substituent; each X-- is independently H-- or a coupling-off group; andeach of D, E, and Z is independently a substituted or unsubstituted methine group, .dbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ping-Wah Tang, Philip T. S. Lau, Stanley W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 5340708
    Abstract: Dye-forming couplers provided by the invention are tris coupler compounds, each comprising three coupling moieties bonded to a phosphorous-containing tris linking group represented by ##STR1## has the structure (I): ##STR2## wherein each --R-- is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkoxylene, arylene, or aryloxylene group. Dyes of the invention are the dyes that are formed by coupling reaction of an oxidized photographic color developing agent and the new tris couplers of the invention. Photographic elements of the invention each comprise a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer and one or more of the new tris couplers of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ping-Wah Tang, Philip T. S. Lau, Stanley W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 4946771
    Abstract: Photographic materials which comprise novel color photographic couplers are provided. The silver halide color photographic material is improved in sharpness and prevention against the mixing of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Maekawa, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4857442
    Abstract: The present invention provides an economical method for the processing of silver halide color photographic materials comprising fixing or bleach-fixing of the material followed by the washing thereof with a small amount of a washing replenisher. The present method is characterized in that the silver halide color photographic material to be processed contains at least one cyan dye-forming coupler of the following formula (I) or (II) and that the amount of the washing replenisher in the washing step falls within the range of 30 to 50 times of the amount of the processing solution carried over from a previous bath based on the unit area of the photographic material being processed, ##STR1## wherein, R.sub.1 represents --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NHCOR.sub.5, --NHCOOR.sub.7, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.7, --NHCONR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHSO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 ;R.sub.2 represents a substituent on the naphthol ring;m is an integer of 0 to 3;R.sub.3 represents a mono-valent organic group;R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujita, Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 4822728
    Abstract: A color image, wherein granularity is reduced under conditions allowing any sharpness loss to be kept under control, is obtained by image-wise exposing and developing in an alkaline water solution containing a color developer a silver halide color photographic element comprising a support base and at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing dispersed a non-diffusing hydrophobic coupler which upon reactiong with an oxidized developing agent forms a non-diffusing dye, characterized by the fact that said emulsion contains dispersed therein oil droplets, said droplets containing said non-diffusing coupler dissolved therein, and furthermore polymer particles in a quantity sufficient to obtain controlled smearing of the image-forming dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Marco Loiacono, Angelo Vallarino
  • Patent number: 4789626
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material by fixing or bleach-fixing the material and immediately thereafter subjecting it to washing or stabilization, wherein (A) the silver halide color photographic material contains at least one of sensitizing dyes represented by the formulae (I) and (II) specified in the specification and at least one two-equivalent magenta polymer coupler which is derived from a specified monomer coupler, and (B) the amount of a replenisher in the washing step and/or the stabilization step falls within the range of 3 to 50 times, based on unit area of the material after being processed, the amount of each processing solution having been carried over from the preceding bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Shinzo Kishimoto, Tadashi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 4782012
    Abstract: Photographic elements and processes are described which employ compounds capable of releasing, as a function of silver halide development, a deactivatable development inhibitor to provide a combination of desirable sensitometric results. The deactivatable development inhibitor has the structure: ##STR1## wherein X is alkylene of 1 to 3 carbon atoms;R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; andthe sum of the carbon atoms in X and R is 5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roy C. DeSelms, Jon A. Kapecki
  • Patent number: 4769313
    Abstract: A method of forming an image comprising, after color developmenmt of an exposed silver halide color photographic material, processing the developed silver halide color photographic material with a bath having a bleaching ability and subsequently with a bath having a bleach-fixing ability, wherein the silver halide color photographic material comprises a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one pyrazoloazole type magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.22 represents a hydrogen atom of a substituent; X represents a group capable of being split off upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; Za, Zb and Zc each represents a methine group, a substituted methine group, .dbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Shinzo Kishimoto, Akira Abe, Junya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 4762773
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer associated with a magenta coupler provided on a support, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layer and the layer(s) adjacent to the emulsion layer contains a hydroquinone derivative,wherein said coupler is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (I), bis-compounds derived from the compounds, and polymers having coupler residues derived from the compounds, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or group which can be released therefrom upon coupling with an oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine-developing agent; and Za, Zb, and Zc each represents a methine, substituted methine, .dbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Nobuo Sakai
  • Patent number: 4748105
    Abstract: A method of processing of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The color photographic material to be processed comprises a support and photographic component layers including a blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and at least one of the photographic emulsion layers comprises a silver halide containing 0.5 to 25 mol % of silver iodide. The total thickness of the photographic component layers is from 8 to 25 .mu.m and the swelling rate T1/2 of this layers is not more than 25 sec. At least one of the emulsion layers contains a specific coupler. The color photographic material is processed with a bleach-fixing solution containing an organic acid ferric complex after a developing treatment.The processing by this invention provides high sensitivity and minimized cyan dye loss of the photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Konisiroku Photo Industry Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzi Kadota, Shigeharu Koboshi, Moeko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 4745048
    Abstract: A quick desilvering process of silver halide color photographic materials is provided, wherein the total amount of coated silver is 5.2 g/m.sup.2 or less, an average iodide content in the whole light-sensitive silver halide grains is 5.5 mol % or less; and a 2-equivalent magenta polymer coupler is included as a magenta coupler, and bleach-fixing treatment, or bleaching treatment at a pH of 5.5 or less, or desilvering treatment in the presence of a specific desilvering accelerator is carried out. Silver halide color photographic materials which permit the quick desilvering are also provided. These contain a specific desilvering accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kishimoto, Kei Sakanoue, Noboru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 4725530
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer on the support, which contains at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I) and at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NHCORhd 5, --NHCOOR.sub.7, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.7, --NHCONR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHSO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, R.sub.2 represents a group which can be substituted in the naphthol ring, m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, R.sub.3 represents a monovalent group, R.sub.4 represents an aromatic group, and X and Y each represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving through a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of aromatic primary amine developing agent; R.sub.5 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 4717651
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, containing: (1) a compound containing two units selected from the group represented by general formula (I) or (II) in the molecule, or (2) a polymer containing a group represented by general formula (I) or (II) as a pendant. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, A, B and Q are defined herein. This compound or polymer functions as a color stain inhibitor in the light-sensitive material and provides various advantages; for example, it can efficiently remove the oxidized products of color developing agents, it can be used in light-sensitive materials reduced in thickness, and it is not subject to change in performance even after a long-term storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Ohki, Yoshinobu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4695530
    Abstract: A method for forming an image in a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and then bleach fixing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material in a bleach fixing bath, the silver halide photographic color light sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer containing the magneta coupler contains at least one kind of pyrazoloazole type coupler represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Nakamura, Takatoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 4668613
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a polymer coupler which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is polymerized using a polymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; an R.sub.2 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.The polymer coupler according to the present invention has a good stability to humidity and heat during storage of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing thereof and provides decreased formation of fog in non-image areas of color photographs obtained by means of color development processing of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 4621046
    Abstract: A novel pyrazolo[1,5-b]-1,2,4-triazole derivative represented by the general formula (I) is described. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon coupling; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or an aralkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sato, Toshio Kawagishi, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4612278
    Abstract: Photographic silver halide materials comprise a polymeric coupler which is at least a copolymer having a repeating unit (A) which comprises at least one coupler moiety (COUP) capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidized color developing agent and at least one repeating unit (B) which is derived from a monomer which is an alkoxyalkylacrylate. The polymeric coupler optionally comprises at least one repeating unit (C) derived from such monomers as those useful for repeating unit (A), those useful for repeating unit (B) and other monomers which can be selected to provide useful physical and chemical properties. The photographic material comprising such a polymeric coupler upon exposure and processing enables formation of a dye image having increased dye density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Philip Lau, Ping W. Tang
  • Patent number: 4594313
    Abstract: A color image forming process which comprises developing a silver halide photographic material using an aromatic primary amine developing agent in the presence of a blocked magenta image forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a carboxy group or a coupling releasable group; Cp represents a coupling block group capable of forming a colorless or alkali-soluble product by reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; A represents ##STR2## when Cp is bonded and --N.dbd. when Cp is not bonded; B and E each represents ##STR3## when Cp is bonded and --N.dbd. or ##STR4## when Cp is not bonded; D represents --N.dbd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Furutachi, Yoshinobu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4576894
    Abstract: A photoimaging system and method for photoimaging employing said photoimaging system, the latter comprising (i) a photosensitive element having a substrate coated with a photosensitive layer containing dispersed silver halide particles in operative association with a continuous film-forming phase of polymeric coupler, the coupler characterized by the ability to couple with the developing agent of component (ii) to become insoluble in aqueous media; and (ii) an oxidized hydroquinone or aminophenol-type developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Dennis S. Donald
  • Patent number: 4576910
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing in its silver halide emulsion layer a latex of magenta color image-forming polymer or copolymer coupler capable of coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, wherein said coupler has repeating units derived from the monomer represented by the formula (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (V) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4557998
    Abstract: Essentially colorless, hydrophilic ligand-releasing polymers are prepared from ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers represented by the structure: ##STR1## wherein R' is hydrogen or lower alkyl, COUP is a photographic color coupling moiety, LINK is a coupling-off group which can be cleaved by an oxidized developer composition, and LIG is a ligand capable of complexing with metal ions, while joined to the polymer, to form a dye. These polymers also have recurring units which impart hydrophilicity to the polymer. These polymers form metal complex dyes in unexposed areas of photographic elements only, while the ligand is cleaved from the polymer in the exposed areas and washed out of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William N. Washburn, Kenneth R. Hollister
  • Patent number: 4540654
    Abstract: A method of forming a color image comprising developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine is disclosed. The developing is carried out in the presence of a coupler represented by the general formula (I) described below and/or a polymer coupler which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a vinyl monomer containing a part represented by the general formula (I) described below in its molecule: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sato, Toshio Kawagishi, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4522916
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein [Q] represents a magenta color image forming coupler residue; Za, Zb, Zc and Zd each represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group, or --N.dbd.; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a chlorine atom; A represents --NHCO--, --OCO--, or a phenylene group; Y represents --O--, --NH--, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4520093
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition, a photosensitive element employing said composition, and an improved photoimaging method that utilizes the disclosed composition. The improved method concerns a photosensitive element, formed from a photosensitive composition having a substrate layered with silver halide particles in operative association with a polymeric coupler, latently imaged, developed to render the imaged area insoluble, and washed to remove the undeveloped portion of the layer, wherein the improvement comprises addition of selected dispersed pigments to the polymeric coupler so that the optical density of the final image is neutral black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: William J. Chambers
  • Patent number: 4518687
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming oleophilic polymer coupler. The polymer coupler is comprised of three repeating units including a repeating unit of a cyan coupler corresponding to general formula (I), an ethylene type unsaturated monomer repeating unit corresponding to general formula (II) which contains an acid component and an ethylene type unsaturated monomer repeating unit corresponding to general formula (III). The cyan dye-forming oleophilic polymer coupler is present in the form of a dispersed product, said polymer coupler having been dissolved in an organic solvent followed by emulsion dispersion of a gelatine aqueous solution in the presence of a surfactant. The general formulae and their substituents are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Makoto Umemoto, Mitsunori Hirano
  • Patent number: 4511647
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. Their material is comprised of a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex. This latex is comprised of a recurring unit of a cyan coupler monomer capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent represented by the general formula (I) and a recurring unit of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an acid component represented by the general formula (II) and a recurring unit of methyl acrylate. ##STR1## The cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex has excellent color forming properties and photographic material containing the coupler latex provides a cyan image having good fastness to heat and the combination of heat and humidity. A method for forming a color image utilizing the disclosed photographic material containing the novel couple of latex is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Morio Yagihara, Makoto Umemoto
  • Patent number: 4496650
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprised of a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex is disclosed. The cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex is comprised of at least one repeating unit capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent represented by the general formula (Ia) and at least one repeating unit represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## the substituents within the general formulae are disclosed within the specification. The cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex has excellent color forming properties and the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which contains the latex provides a photograph in which the occurrence of color stain due to light is substantially prevented. A method of forming a color image using the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Makoto Umemoto
  • Patent number: 4495272
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an artomatic primary amine developing agent wherein the cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex contains at least one repeating unit represented by the general formula (I) described below and at least one repeating unit represented by the general formula (II) described below. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; and Q represents a cyan coupler residue capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidized aromatic primary amine developing agent, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; and R.sub.3 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Mitsunori Hirano, Makoto Umemoto
  • Patent number: 4474870
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; R.sub.2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Company Limited
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Keiji Mihayashi, Takashi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 4455366
    Abstract: A silver halide color, photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydroden atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A.sub.1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain; A.sub.2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkylene group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene group; B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Makoto Umemoto, Morio Yagihara
  • Patent number: 4444870
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing at least one copolymer coupler latex having a layered structure capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent. The polymer coupler latex having a layered structure has an exceptionally good color forming property and is capable of forming a dye with a high yield and without the formation of undesired stains and fogs. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing the polymer coupler latex has good film strength and a reduced layer thickness and provides a color image having an improved sharpness. A method of forming a color image using the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Keiji Mihayashi, Morio Yagihara
  • Patent number: 4436808
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a homopolymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, each represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain, an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group or an unsubstituted or substituted aralkylene group; X represents --CONH-- or --COO--; Y represents --O--, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CONH-- or --COO--; Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 4409320
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; and X represents a halogen atom, an acylamino group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfonamido group, a sulfamoyl group, a cyano group or an alkoxycarbonyl group and which is present at the 4-position or 5-position of the phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Keiji Mihayashi, Takashi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 4388404
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is described containing a magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex and at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group; and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a tertiary alkyl group and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be the same or different. The disclosed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has good film strength, a reduced layer thickness and provides a stable magenta image having an improved sharpness and fastness to light while preventing the formation of yellow stain in non-image areas. A method of forming a color image using the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Morio Yagihara, Takashi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 4367282
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is described comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a 2-equivalent magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; X represents --CONH--, --NH--, --NHCONH-- or --NHCOO--; Y represents --CONH-- or --COO--; A represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene group; Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; Za, Zb, Zc and Zd can each represent a methine group, a substituted methine group or -N.dbd.; m represents 0 or 1; and n represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 4335197
    Abstract: A method for producing a photopolymer image comprising (a) exposing, imagewise, a photosensitive element to actinic radiation, said element comprising a substrate coated with a photosensitive layer containing dispersed silver halide particles in operative association with a continuous film-forming phase of polymeric coupler, said coupler having (i) a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to 100,000, (ii) a content of about 10 to 100 milliequivalents per 100 g of polymeric coupler of acidic methylene coupler groups and about 15 to 175 milliequivalents per 100 g of polymeric coupler of at least one of carboxylic, sulfonic and phosphonic acid groups, and (iii) the ability to couple with a monofunctional developing agent thus becoming water-insoluble; (b) developing (insolubilizing) the latent image; and (c) removing the undeveloped, soluble portion of the photosensitive element by washing with aqueous solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: William J. Chambers, Louis Plambeck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4310618
    Abstract: Novel dye-forming couplers have the structure: ##STR1## wherein: Z represents the atoms to complete, with the attached oxygen atom, the same or different 5-pyrazolone dye-forming coupler moiety, phenol dye-forming coupler moiety or naphthol dye-forming coupler moiety, the * in the ring completed by Z representing the coupling position;R is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Bl is a blocking group removable, during development, from the coupler moiety completed by Z to which it is directly attached; andn is an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1982
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jose M. Fernandez, Joseph P. Pepe
  • Patent number: 4283472
    Abstract: Novel 5-pyrazolone magenta dye-forming couplers are blocked with a coupler moiety which yields an alkali-soluble or colorless reaction product. The coupler moiety is joined via its coupling position to the enol oxygen of the 5-pyrazolone and is displaced therefrom during processing as a result of reaction by means of oxidized color developing agent to thereby activate the 5-pyrazolone coupler. These couplers have good reactivity and good resistance to aerial contaminants, such a formaldehyde, and can be incorporated in photographic emulsions and elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas E. Gompf, Howell A. Hammond, Jared B. Mooberry
  • Patent number: 4268591
    Abstract: Light-sensitive recording material for color photography, which contains, in at least one silver halide emulsion layer, at least one yellow coupler of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is alkyl, R.sub.2 is alkyl or aryl and R.sub.3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy or alkylmercapto, cycloalkylmercapto, aryl, aryloxy or arylmercapto, the sum of the carbon atoms in the substituents R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 being 3 to 30 and at least two of these substituents being able to form a cyclic radical together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, the R.sub.4 s are each halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, alkylsulfonyl or aryloxy, X is a radical detachable during the coupling reaction, A is a 5-membered, heterocyclic, unsaturated ring system which contains 2 or 3 hetero-atoms, at least one of which is a nitrogen atom, and can be fused with a benezene ring and which is substituted by at least one ballast group and r is 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventor: Paul Tschopp
  • Patent number: 4254213
    Abstract: A process for forming a dye image is disclosed which comprises processing an image-wise exposed silver halide photographic emulsion with an aromatic primary amine color developing agent in the presence of bis pyrazolines obtained by reacting 3-acylamino-5-pyrazolones with para-hydroxybenzaldehydes having at least one of the ortho positions to the hydroxy group substituted with a member selected from halogen, alkyl, aryl, amino or amido groups. The invention includes the present dye forming coupler alone and combined with the silver halide emulsion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosaku Masuda, Hajime Wada, Kiyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4254212
    Abstract: A photographic silver halide light-sensitive emulsion containing a cyan color forming colorless coupler having at the coupling position at which the coupler reacts with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent at least one alkoxy group having a sulfonyl group as a substituent and represented by the following general formula (I):--O--R--SO.sub.2 --R.sub.1 (I)wherein R represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent aliphatic group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be straight or branched chain and may be substituted (except those having an aryl group as a substituent on the carbon atom adjacent the oxygen atom bonded to the coupling position); and R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; and wherein R and R.sub.1 can combine directly or through a bonding group to form a ring and an image-forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Yukio Yokota, Akira Ogawa, Hiroshi Sawaguchi
  • Patent number: 4248961
    Abstract: Light-sensitive recording material for color photography is provided which contains, in at least one silver halide emulsion layer, a yellow coupler of the formula ##STR1## in which R and R' are alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are radicals which are detachable during the coupling reaction, Y is halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylmercapto, --CN, --COOH, carbalkoxy, --NH.sub.2, --NHR.sub.1, --NR.sub.1 R.sub.2 or --NHCOR.sub.1, in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are alkyl or phenyl, Z is alkyl having 5 to 40 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 5 to 40 carbon atoms, cycloalkoxy having 5 to 12 carbon atoms or aralkyl; alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycycloalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkyl, optionally substituted phenoxyalkyl, alkylamino- and dialkylamino-alkyl, optionally substituted arylamino- and diarylamino-alkyl, alkylmercaptoalkyl or optionally substituted arylmercaptoalkyl, in which radicals the sum of the carbon atoms in each case is 6 to 40; or --COOR.sub.3, --COR.sub.3, --NR.sub.3 R.sub.4, --CONR.sub.3 R.sub.4, --NR.sub.4 COR.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: Remon Hagen, Mario Fryberg