Identified Cyan Dye Color Patents (Class 430/384)
  • Patent number: 4666825
    Abstract: A method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises color developing an imagewise-exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and then bleach-fixing said color developed light-sensitive material, said light-sensitive material comprising support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing monodispersed silver halide particles and a photographic cyan coupler having the Formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; R.sub.1 is an aryl or a heterocyclic radical; and R.sub.2 is a ballasting radical which provides non-diffusibility to said cyan coupler and a cyan dye formed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimba, Masao Iwamuro, Kenji Ito, Katutoyo Suzuki, Fumio Hamada
  • Patent number: 4621047
    Abstract: A method for processing a color photographic light-sensitive material comprising subjecting an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material to color development processing, then to processing with a bleaching solution and thereafter to separately, fixing processing wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I-a) or (I-b) described below, the bleaching solution contains a compound represented by the general formula (II-a) or (II-b) described below and the processing time for the bleaching solution is substantially not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kishimoto, Akira Abe, Shigeru Ohno
  • 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: 4567134
    Abstract: A method for processing of a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a continuous processing method comprising a stabilizing processing step involving substantially no water washing step after fixing processing, characterized in that said light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material contains at least one of cyan couplers represented by the formula (I) or (II) shown below, and the amount of stabilizing solution supplemented is 0.1 to 30 times the amount carried over from the precedent bath per unit area of said light-sensitive material to be processed: ##STR1## wherein X represents ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a hetero ring; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a hetero ring; or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be bonded together to form a 5- or 6-membered ring), R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Masayuki Kurematsu
  • 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: 4518680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bleach-fixing solution for light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, comprising a diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid iron (III) complex salt and having a pH value of 4.0 or higher. Also disclosed is a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material containing a cyan coupler by the use of the above bleach-fixing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Masao Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshihiko Kimura, Moeko Higuchi
  • 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: 4500635
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide light-sensitive material is described. The material includes a cyan coupler represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (the symbols are as described in the claims). This coupler is easily soluble in high boiling organic solvents, exhibits a high dye-forming rate in developers, and furthermore, provides color images of high fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Akira Ogawa, Osami Tanabe
  • 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: 4481268
    Abstract: A method of forming a photographic azo or azamethine dye image in an exposed photographic silver halide element, the method of comprising the steps of (a) developing the imagewise exposed material to form an imagewise pattern of oxidized color developing agent, (b) reacting the oxidized color developing agent with a color coupler to produce an image dye, characterized in that at least one of the color developing agent and the color coupler possesses a metal chelating site such that the image dye is capable of forming a bi-, tri- or higher-dentate metallized dye, and (c) contacting the image dye with polyvalent metal ions to form a metallized dye image. Specified color developing agents include heterocyclic substituted hydrazides and specified couplers include benziso-oxazolones and 2H-pyrazolo-[3,4-b]pyridines in addition to more conventional compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph Bailey, David Clarke, Michael W. Crawley, Peter D. Marsden, Jasbir Sidhu
  • Patent number: 4477558
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent; R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Kozo Aoki, Takayoshi Kamio
  • 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: 4444872
    Abstract: A method for forming a silver halide color photographic image comprising forming a dye image in the presence of a phenol cyan coupler. The phenol cyan coupler has the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl, an aryl or a heterocyclic group; X is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, acyloxy, acylamino, succinimide, and sulfoneamide moiety; Z is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of eliminating itself from the coupler during the coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent; and n is an integer from 1 to 3, and when n is 2 or 3, X may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunori Kato, Ryosuke Sato
  • Patent number: 4430423
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a cupport having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer. The color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z represents ##STR2## R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent; Y represents ##STR3## --O-- or --S--; R.sup.1 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Michio Ono
  • Patent number: 4374922
    Abstract: A method for the formation of a dye image. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having a support, component layers which are provided on the support and which have a swelling degree below 250 in the alkaline bath and components including an aromatic primary amine color developing agent or a precursor thereof, a nondiffusing yellow coupler, a nondiffusing magenta coupler and a nondiffusing phenolic cyan coupler having a substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group at the second and fifth positions thereof, is color developed in an alkaline bath. The material is then processed in a bleach-fixing bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Ohbayashi, Akihiko Miyamoto, Masaru Iwagaki, Makoto Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 4368257
    Abstract: A method of forming a cyan dye image by development of an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing a cyan coupler having one of the following formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is alkyl, aryl, or a hetero ring; R.sub.3 is hydrogen or halogen; X is arylene or alkylene; Z is a coupling off group; n is 1 or 2; ##STR2## wherein Cy, Cy' and Cy" are individually a cyclic aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group; R, R' and R" are individually alkyl; A is hydrogen or a monovalent organic group, Y is a divalent organic group, K, l, m, m' m" are individually 0 or 1, provided that when m=0, Cy is a cyclic aliphatic or heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usagawa, Wataru Fujimatsu, Osamu Sasaki, Katsumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4362810
    Abstract: A method of forming a cyan dye image by development of an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing a 2,5-diacylaminophenol cyan coupler containing a substituted alkylsulfonylamino terminal moiety or a substituted alkylaminosulfonyl terminal moiety in the 2- or 5- position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Usagawa, Wataru Fujimatsu, Osamu Sasaki, Katsumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4333999
    Abstract: Novel phenolic cyan dye-forming couplers contain in the 2-position a p-cyanophenylureido group. These couplers are useful in photographic emulsions, elements and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Philip T. S. Lau
  • Patent number: 4315069
    Abstract: Color photographic material is described in which a yellowish image is formed which can be used to print black and white prints. Also present in the layer is a small amount of a more reactive coupler which produces a colored image to which black and white paper is not sensitive. This more reactive coupler reduces the fog in the highlight areas.Most preferably small amounts of other couplers are present which result in a green or brown image which makes it easier for the operator to focus the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: Ciba Geigy AG
    Inventors: John G. V. Scott, Anthony K. Harvey
  • 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: 4304844
    Abstract: A method for forming a cyan dye image by developing an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing a color developing agent in the presence of a cyan coupler, wherein the coupler is a 2,5-diacylaminophenol in which each acylamino group has a substituent containing an oxycarbonyl, sulfonyloxy, oxysulfonyl, arylsulfonamide or arylsulfamoyl group or other organic group containing a sulfone group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Inventors: Wataru Fujimatsu, Yasushi Usagawa, Osamu Sasaki, Katsumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4299914
    Abstract: A method for forming a cyan dye image by development of an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing a cyan coupler of the following formula: ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of one to twenty; R.sub.1 represents an alkylsulfonamide or alkylsulfamoyl group; R.sub.2 represents an alkyl, aryl group or a 5 or 6-membered heterocyclic group containing a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom; X represents an alkylene, metaphenylene or orthophenylene group; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a split-off radical; and n has an integral value of one or two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Fujimatsu, Yasushi Usagawa, Osamu Sasaki, Katsumi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4297438
    Abstract: Color images are obtained by chromogenic development of a colorphotographic material comprising several differently spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsions and color couplers associated thereto, a hydrophobic cyan coupler being incorporated by means of a hydrophobic coupler solvent and a hydrophobic yellow coupler being incorporated without a coupler solvent, when a color developing composition is used comprising a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic color developer compound. The color images have good stability of the cyan partial image to tropical conditions and good lightfastness of the yellow partial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Haseler, Heinz Meckl, Karl Lohmer, Willibald Pelz
  • Patent number: 4294900
    Abstract: A process for producing a multicolor optical filter by exposing a multilayer color photographic material comprising:(1) a silver halide emulsion layer containing a colored coupler (1b) which has one of cyan, magenta or yellow colors and which forms a dye of one of the other two colors than the color of the colored coupler by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, and(2) a silver halide emulsion layer containing (i) a silver halide emulsion having a sufficiently high sensitivity that it can be exposed without exposing emulsion layer (1) and without increasing the color density in emulsion layer (1) and (ii) a colored coupler (2b) which has the same color as that of the dye formed by the coupling reaction of the colored coupler (1b) and which forms a cyan, magenta or yellow dye but not the color of the colored coupler (1b) or the color of the dye formed by the coupling reaction of the colored coupler (1b); the exposure is through a stripe or mosaic fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Aono
  • Patent number: 4282312
    Abstract: A multilayer color photographic material having at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom and n is a positive integer of 8 to 20, is processed by a color developer containing a developing agent of the formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a methoxy group or an ethoxy group; R.sub.5 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group wherein the number of carbon atoms in said alkyl moiety is 1 to 4, or a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m R.sub.6 ; R.sub.6 represents a hydroxy group, a methylsulfonamido group, or an ethylsulfonamido group; and m represents a positive integer of 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Takeshi Hirose, Morio Yagihara, Yukio Yokota
  • Patent number: 4272613
    Abstract: A color photographic process is described for a silver halide photographic material having at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler, comprising developing in a color developer solution containing components (1) an aromatic primary amino color developing agent, (2) a 1-aryl-3-pyrazolidone compound having two substituents at the 4-position, and (3) at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R represents a carboxylic acid group, a water-soluble carboxylic acid salt group, a water-soluble carboxylic acid ester group, or a water-soluble carboxylic acid amide group; m is 1 or 2; and n is 0 or 1; and then fixing by an acid hardening fix solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Shibaoka, Junkichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 4268616
    Abstract: A process for forming photographic images comprising a silver image and a dye image, which comprises development processing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in the presence of a carboxy- and sulfo-free naphthalene compound wherein at least two hydrogen atoms in the naphthalene nucleus are substituted at specific positions thereof as indicated in formula (I) below, and a 3-pyrazolidone compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junkichi Ogawa, Tsutomu Hamanka
  • 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: 4242429
    Abstract: The stability of organic substrate materials having an absorption peak between 300 and 800 nm in wavelength can be improved by the presence of a compound having the following general structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein M represents Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, a cyano, an alkyl, an aryl, a cycloalkyl, or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted or unsubstituted and which is attached to the carbon atom in the benzene ring directly or through a divalent connecting group; alternatively, each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may combine to form the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring; and R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4241154
    Abstract: The stability of organic substrate materials having an absorption peak between 300 and 800 nm in wavelength can be improved by the presence of a compound represented by the following general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein M represents Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; Cat represents a divalent cation or two monovalent cations; X represents S or a ##STR2## group where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a CN, a COR.sup.3, a COOR.sup.4, a CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6, or a SO.sub.2 R.sup.7 group and R.sup.1 may combine with R.sup.2 to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.7 each represents an alkyl or an aryl group, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or an aryl group, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Yoshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4241155
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing an organic substrate to light the substrate having an absorption maximum in the range of about 300 nm-about 800 nm, which comprises making at least one complex represented by following general formula (I) coexist with the substrate: ##STR1## wherein M represents an atom selected from the group consisting of Cu, Co, Ni, Pd and Pt, X represents O or S, R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or, when taken together, the R.sub.1 's bound to the same phosphorus atom represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring together with the phosphorus atom. A photographic element containing the above complex is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Kotaro Nakamura, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Shigeru Oono
  • Patent number: 4239851
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a process for preparing the same are disclosed wherein an oil-soluble photographic additive and, in particular, a cyan coupler is dissolved in an epoxy compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents an alkyl group or substituted alkyl group containing 1 to 40 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group or substituted alkoxycarbonyl group containing 1 to 40 carbon atoms, or a hydrogen atom, provided that R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 do not represent hydrogen atoms at the same time and that the sum of the number of carbon atoms of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is 8 to 60, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be the same or different and may combine to form a ring; or in an epoxy compound formed by linking two compounds of said formula (I) which may be the same or different through any of R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 or the ring formed by R.sub.1 to R.sub.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Yukio Yokota
  • Patent number: T101601
    Abstract: Novel phenolic cyan dye-forming couplers contain in the 2-position a p-cyanophenylureido group. These couplers are useful in photographic emulsions, elements and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Inventor: Philip T. S. Lau