Two Or More Radiation-sensitive Layers Containing Other Than That Characterized By The Composition Of A Single Sensitive Layer Patents (Class 430/502)
  • Publication number: 20070190467
    Abstract: An image-forming method of recording a digital image data in resolution of 2,000 dpi or more, the method comprising: recording a digital image data on a silver halide photographic material with little deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Junichiro Hosokawa, Masaaki Miki, Yoichi Hosoya, Kouichi Yokota, Ryoji Nishimura, Hideyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 7244550
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having, on a support, at least one layer of a blue sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color forming coupler, a green sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color forming coupler, and a red sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color forming coupler, wherein 70% or more of the projection area of the entire silver halide grains has at least one layer of a silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing silver halide grains satisfying the following (a) to (c), and (1) the photosensitive material contains at least one inter-image effect providing layer, or (2) the photosensitive material contains a compound represented by the following Formula (I): (a) the material comprises a tabular silver halide host grain with an aspect ratio of 5 or more having two principal surfaces parallel with each other and a protrusion portion of silver halide epitaxially joined onto the surface of the tabular silver halide host grain,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Yutaka Maeno, Kazumi Nii
  • Patent number: 7244551
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these light-sensitive layer units composed of at least one silver halide emulsion layer, together with at least one non-sensitive layer, wherein compound (A) is contained in at least one layer in the silver halide color photosensitive material, compound (A) being a compound capable of releasing compound (Ac1) by oxidation coupling reaction with a color developing agent, compound (Ac1) being a heterocyclic compound which when added, is capable of enhancing the sensitivity of the photosensitive material as compared with that exhibited when not added, provided that the heterocyclic ring of the heterocyclic compound has 1 or 2 hetero atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Hosokawa, Naoharu Kiyoto, Ryoji Nishimura, Takashi Hoshimiya, Tadashi Inaba
  • Patent number: 7241563
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer, and (1) a substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, and (2) at least one layer selected from a non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and a non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, wherein i) when the light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is included, the layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and ii) when the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor are included, these layers are positioned adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Sakurazawa, Jun Arakawa
  • Patent number: 7241562
    Abstract: This invention relates to a color silver halide photographic element comprising gelatin, a support bearing at least one dye image forming unit selected from a dye image forming unit comprising at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler, a dye image forming unit comprising at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler, and a dye image forming unit comprising at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler; and a polymer represented by Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sidney J. Bertucci, David M. Teegarden, David E. Decker, Thomas H. Whitesides, Larry D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 7238465
    Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material including a substrate and photographic layers containing a yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta color-developing green light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a cyan color-developing red light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein a total gelatin coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 3 to 6 g/m2 and/or a total silver coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 0.2 to 0.5 g/m2, the yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer includes a silver halide emulsion having silver halide grains which have a sphere-equivalent diameter of no more than 0.6 ?m and a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol %, and an image forming method utilizing the photosensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Naoto Ohshima
  • Patent number: 7229749
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion, wherein 70% or more of the total projected area of silver halide grains is occupied by silver halide grains satisfying the following requirements (a) to (d). (a) It is composed of a tabular silver halide host grain with an aspect ratio of 12 or more having two mutually parallel principal planes and a silver halide protrusion portion bonded by epitaxial junction on the surface of the host grain. (b) The silver bromide content rates of the host grain and the protrusion portion both are 70 mol % or more. (c) When the average silver iodide content rate of all grains is I mol %, the average silver iodide content rate of the region of 8%, based on the silver amount of the host grain, of the outer shell of the host grain is (I+12) mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7226727
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Patent number: 7223529
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive photographic element comprising a support having on one side thereof at least one cyan image forming hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a cyan image dye forming coupler, and an outermost protective overcoat layer providing a coefficient of friction of less than 0.20 after standard ECP-2B processing, wherein the ratio of permanent solvent to coupler in the cyan image forming layer is less than 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul L. Zengerle, Christopher J. Haller
  • Patent number: 7223530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a support and at least three color records comprising at least three light sensitive layers and at least two interlayers, wherein the light sensitive layers include cyan, magenta, or yellow dye-forming coupler, the light sensitive layers include silver halide grains comprising greater than 90% silver chloride, scavengers are included in the interlayers, the ratio of the total level of scavenger to the total level of coupler is from 0.15 to 0.50, the ratio of the total level of scavenger to the total level of silver is from 0.05 to 0.15, and the reciprocity characteristics of the silver halide grains are such that for a separation exposure of 1 microsecond and 0.4 seconds, upon development, the difference in maximum density is 10% or less and a method for processing the element comprising color developing the element for less than 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jess B. Hendricks, III, Patti L. Mellars, Jayme D. Ribeiro, Ronald A. Gogle
  • Patent number: 7183044
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one each of blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layers containing yellow, magenta, and cyan couplers, respectively, on a support; wherein said blue-sensitive emulsion layer contains at least one coupler of formula (I); and wherein the light-sensitive material satisfies expression a-1) and/or b-1): wherein, Q forms a 5- to 7-membered ring with the —N?C—N(R1)—; R1 and R2 each are a substituent; m is 0 to 5; and X is a hydrogen atom, or a coupling split-off group; a-1): 0.5?Dmax(UV)/Dmin(UV)?1.1 wherein Dmax(UV)/Dmin(UV) is the smallest of the value in a wavelength range of 340 to 450 nm; b-1): 1300?(B-C)/A?20000 wherein B is yellow Dmax, C is yellow Dmin; and A is an amount mol/m2 of the coupler of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Akira Ikeda, Shin Soejima, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Naoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7179586
    Abstract: A high-sensitivity silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is provided, which is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, in which a dye chromophore is adsorbed in multiple layers on the surface of a silver halide grain and at least one of the dye chromophore-containing compounds satisfies: a specific condition relating to the aggregation property, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity or J-aggregation property; or a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hioki, Katsumi Kobayashi, Ryo Suzuki, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takeshi Suzumoto
  • Patent number: 7175975
    Abstract: This invention relates to a multilayer silver halide photographic element, generally processed with phenylenediamine based developer solutions, comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprised of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, and a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one layer additionally contains a 2-substituted-5-amino-1-napthol DIR according to Formula (I): wherein: X is chosen from among hydrogen, halogen atoms, an alkyl group with 6 carbon atoms or less or a N-substituted carbamoyl group where the N substituent is either an alkyl group with 6 carbon atoms or less or an ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stephen P. Singer, Christopher Grote, Robert C. Stewart, John W. Harder, David S. Ross, Janet N. Younathan, Louis Elbert Friedrich
  • Patent number: 7172855
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a layer containing a compound of the following formula and a fluorine compound, and has a gamma of 5.0 or more for the optical density range of 0.3 to 3.0: wherein R1 is alkyl or alkenyl, R2 are H, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl or aryl, l1 is 1–10, m1 is 1–30, n1 is 0–4, a is 0 or 1, and Z1 is OSO3M or SO3M where M is cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yasuda, Yoshihisa Tsukada
  • Patent number: 7166408
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming method including providing a photothermographic material having image forming layers containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on both surfaces of a support, imagewise exposing the photothermographic material with a fluorescent intensifying screen, and thermally developing the photothermographic material in a thermal developing apparatus having a heating section, wherein the heating section has at least two heating means and a difference between a sensitivity when the photothermographic material is developed at 25° C. and relative humidity of 75% and a sensitivity when the photothermographic material is developed at 25° C. and relative humidity of 20% is 0.20 or less. An image forming method similar to that described above in which the photothermographic material has an antistatic layer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Oyamada, Takeshi Funakubo
  • Patent number: 7163784
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion including silver halide grains and a binder and satisfying Requirement (1) of 0<B/A<0.2, wherein A (mol %) is an iridium content at a surface of the silver halide grains, and B (mol %) is an average iridium content at a subsurface of the silver halide grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiya Kondo
  • Patent number: 7157216
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver halide grains, wherein at least 50% by number of the silver halide grains is accounted for by cubic grains having a chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, an iodide content of from 0 to 2 mol % and a bromide content of from 0.1 to 10 mol % and containing dislocation lines in the edge region or the corner region of the grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Kondo, Katsuya Yabuuchi, Rieko Ren
  • Patent number: 7153640
    Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one cyan image forming hydrophilic colloid layer comprising cyan image dye forming coupler of Formula I and a saturated alcoholic high boiling solvent or mixture of solvents of Formula II: Formula I wherein R1 is an alkyl group, R2 is a ballast group, and X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; Formula II wherein R3 represents an alkyl group, and R4 and R5 individually represent hydrogen or an alkyl group, or R3 and R4 may be joined to form a cycloalkyl group, provided that the total number of carbon atoms contained in R3, R4, and R5 is at least 10 and that the alcoholic solvent or mixture of solvents of Formula II is liquid at 37° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul L. Zengerle, Christopher J. Haller
  • Patent number: 7153641
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazole coupler represented by structure (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected unsubstituted alkyl groups comprising of 3 or less carbons with the proviso that one or more of the R1, R2, and R3 groups can be joined to form a ring; R is a straight, cyclic or branched aliphatic carbon chain group and contains at least 9 aliphatic carbon atoms; each R? is an independently selected alkyl or halogen substituent, n is 0 to 3, and R?, when present, does not include an R? in the ring position between the pyrazolotriazole nucleus and the sulfonamide; and X is hydrogen or halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert F. Romanet, Michael W. Crawley, Susan M. Fischer
  • Patent number: 7153638
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these light-sensitive layer units composed of at least one silver halide emulsion layer, together with at least one nonphotosensitive layer, wherein at least one compound (A) and at least one compound (B) are contained, the compound (A) being a heterocyclic compound of less than 4.5 C log P which when added, is capable of enhancing the sensitivity of the silver halide color photosensitive material as compared with that exhibited when not added, the compound (B) being a heterocyclic compound of 4.5 or greater C log P which when added, is capable of enhancing the sensitivity of the silver halide color photosensitive material as compared with that exhibited when not added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Hosokawa, Takanori Hioki
  • Patent number: 7147982
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging assembly comprises a symmetric radiographic silver halide film has an overall system speed of at least 1100 to provide images with improved contrast and sharpness and reduced fog. The imaging assembly includes a symmetric radiographic film having a speed of at least 700 that includes at least two silver halide emulsions on each side of the support that comprise tabular silver halide grains. The emulsions closer to the support comprise a suitable crossover control agent. The imaging assembly also includes a pair of phosphor intensifying screens that have an average screen sharpness measurement (SSM) greater than reference Curve A of FIG. 4. The screens can have a support that includes a reflective substrate comprising a continuous polyester phase and microvoids containing inorganic particles dispersed within the polyester phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, Phillip C. Bunch, David J. Steklenski
  • Patent number: 7144691
    Abstract: A color photographic material which contains on a support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, together with customary non-light-sensitive layers, characterized in that at least one layer contains a compound of formula (I) or (II) wherein the R1-radicals and R2-radicals are preferably methyl; and wherein the compounds of formula (II) are preferably (III) R3 is a radical —CH(CH3)—X—D, wherein X is phenylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Stéphane Biry, Francesco Fuso, Andreas Kramer
  • Patent number: 7138222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material that includes coupler-containing sensitive emulsion layer units on a support. Each of the photosensitive emulsion layer units are constituted of at least two photosensitive emulsion layers having sensitivities which are different from each other. An emulsion layer of the highest sensitivity among the at least two photosensitive emulsion layers contains at least one silver halide emulsion in which tabular silver halide grains with an average aspect ratio of 3 or more substantially including dislocation lines account for 50% or more of the total projected areas. Photosensitive emulsion layers other than the emulsion layer of the highest sensitivity consist of a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains that account for 70% or more of the total projected areas and include host grains that satisfy a specific aspect ratio condition and epitaxially joined protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Haraguchi, Yasushi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7135258
    Abstract: This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500 and 4000 and wherein said image is in contact with said vacuous polymer base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Thomas M. Laney, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Patent number: 7129031
    Abstract: A green-sensitized black-and-white silver halide negative working photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains, further comprising in said emulsion layer or in a layer adjacent thereto, a heteroatomic sulfinic acid compound, a disulfide compound or a combination thereof, wherein each of said compounds has a solubilizing group having a pKa-value of 10 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Dirk Bollen
  • Patent number: 7129032
    Abstract: The invention provides a black and white photothermographic material including, on at least one surface of a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein 50% or more of the total projected area of the photosensitive silver halide grains is occupied by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and at least one apex portion of each tabular grain has an epitaxial junction. An image forming method is also provided, the method including bringing the photothermographic material into close contact with a fluorescent intensifying screen containing a fluorescent substance, wherein 50% or more of emission light of the fluorescent substance has a wavelength of 350 nm to 420 nm, and applying X-ray exposure. The black and white photothermographic material has high sensitivity and is superior in image storability and raw stock storability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., LTD
    Inventors: Takayoshi Mori, Genichi Furusawa, Hiroyuki Mifune
  • Patent number: 7122298
    Abstract: There is provided a silver halide photographic photosensitive material, containing a support and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the support, the silver halide photographic photosensitive material, further including at least one layer containing an emulsion having at least one surfactant represented by the formula (I), in which the photosensitive material contains a substantially non-color-forming photosensitive emulsion layer. The formula (I) is indicated as (R1—L)n-J-(A)m. In the formula: A represents an acid group or a metal salt thereof; R1 represents an aliphatic group; L represents a divalent group; J represents a linking group, having a valence of n plus m, which links R1—L and A; n represents a natural number of from 1 to 6; and m represents a natural number of from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7115356
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material of less than 320 ISO speed, comprising at least two red-sensitive emulsion layers, at least two green-sensitive emulsion layers, at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one nonsensitive layer, wherein silver halide tabular grains of 0.15 ?m or less grain thickness are contained in an amount of 50% or more in respective layers with the highest speed among the green- and red-sensitive emulsion layers; wherein the total dry film thickness of the material on the emulsion layer side thereof is 24 ?m or less; and wherein the compound (A) is contained in at least one silver halide emulsion layer or the nonsensitive layer. Compound (A): heterocyclic compound having one or more heteroatoms, which heterocyclic compound is capable of substantially increasing the sensitivity of silver halide color photosensitive material by addition thereof as compared with that exhibited when the compound is not added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Toyoda, Junichiro Hosokawa, Takanori Hioki
  • Patent number: 7115357
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photosensitive material comprising a blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color-forming coupler, a green-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color-forming coupler and a red-sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color-forming coupler, on a transparent support, wherein the material includes at least one interimage effect-donating layer substantially forms no image; the wavelength, ?rmax, at which the maximum sensitivity of the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive layer unit is given, satisfies the relation: 620 nm??rmax?680 nm; and the sensitivities of the red-sensitive layer unit satisfy the following relationships: Sr(610) is ? of Sr(?rmax) or more; Sr(680) is 1/10 of Sr(?rmax) or more; and/or Sr(690) is 1/50 of Sr(?rmax) or more wherein Sr(610), Sr(680) and Sr(690) are the sensitivities of the red-sensitive unit at 610 nm, 680 nm and 690 nm, respectively, and Sr(?rmax) is the maximum sensitivity at ?rmax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Haraguchi, Masayuki Kuramitsu, Naoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7108963
    Abstract: A photographic element comprises a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler and a combination of a carbonamide compound, a phenolic compound, and an electron-rich compound. Such a combination provides improved dye stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Jr., Gary M. Russo, Shari L. Eiff, Brian Thomas
  • Patent number: 7105287
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion is disclose, containing silver halide grains, in which at least 50% by number of the silver halide grains is accounted for by (1) cubic grains (2) having a chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, (3) an iodide content of from 0 to 2 mol % and (4) a bromide content of from 0.1 to 10 mol %, and (5) containing dislocation lines in the peripheral region and (6) having rounded corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Kondo, Katsuya Yabuuchi, Rieko Ren
  • Patent number: 7105286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material comprising a paper support having resin layers coated on both sides of a base paper, and in particular, to a silver halide photographic material exhibiting superior glossiness and improved sharpness, long-term stability, fingerprint resistance and pressure resistance. The silver halide photographic material comprising on one side of the paper support having resin coat layers on both sides of a base paper, one or more light-sensitive layers and one or more light-insensitive layers, wherein after the photographic material of an L-size (having a length of 89 mm in a machine direction of the base paper and a length of 127 mm vertical to the machine direction) is processed, the photographic material exhibits an image clarity (C-value) of 20% to 60% which is determined using a 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Takesi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7101659
    Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support bearing at least one blue light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an ultraviolet filter layer above the light sensitive layer, wherein the ultraviolet filter layer comprises an ultraviolet absorbing dibenzoylmethane compound of formula (I) where R1 through R5 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, nitro, or hydroyxl, or further substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxy, acyloxy, ester, carboxyl, alkyl thio, aryl thio, alkyl amine, aryl amine, alkyl nitrile, aryl nitrile, arylsulfonyl, or 5–6 member heterocycle ring groups. The present invention describes photographic elements that include materials that deliver a preferred UV absorption spectrum that provides adequate spark protection, and minimizes UV radiation incident on the element during camera exposure so that accurate color rendition can be achieved, while maximizing photographic speed in the blue record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul L. Zengerle, Kurt M. Schroeder, Rebecca A. Ott, Efrain O. Morales
  • Patent number: 7094525
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a support containing a filler and/or an undercoat layer containing a clay compound coated with an organic substance between the support and an emulsion layer or between the support and a back layer. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material shows good dimensional stability in a processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yasuda, Kunio Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 7090969
    Abstract: A photographic element comprises a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye forming coupler and a compound of the following Formula I1: wherein L is a linking moiety; X is a heteroatom group selected from O, S, or NR? where R? is H or a substituent; w is 0 or 1; R is hydrogen or a substituent group; n is an integer from 0 to 5; and ST represents a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of: A. a thiomorpholine dioxide; B. a dialkoxy aromatic group linked through a phenolic oxygen; C. a dialkoxy aromatic group linked through the aromatic ring; D. a sulfonamido group; E. a hydroxyphenyl benzotriazole group; and F. a phenolic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Mura, Shari L. Eiff, Gary M. Russo
  • Patent number: 7074550
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein (i) the specified speed of the photosensitive material is 350 or higher, (ii) the coating amount of silver in the photosensitive material is 7 g/m2 or less, and (iii) any of the color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers is composed of two or more silver halide emulsion layers of different photographic speeds, of which the silver halide emulsion layer with the highest photographic speed contains tabular silver halide grains of 8 or greater aspect ratio in a ratio of 70% or more based on the total projected area and regular-crystal silver halide grains of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m equivalent sphere diameter in a ratio of 0.5 to 5% based on the total projected area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Miki
  • Patent number: 7052827
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material including at least one methine dye represented by the following general formula (I) and at least one coupler represented by the following general formula (XX): wherein X1 and X2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, a tellurium atom, or a nitrogen atom; Y1 represents a furan, pyrrole or thiophene ring which may be condensed with another 5- or 6-membered carbon ring or heterocycle or may have a substituent group; Y2 represents an atomic group necessary for forming a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered unsaturated heterocycle, which may be further condensed with another 5- or 6-membered carbon ring or heterocycle or may have a substituent group; a bond between two carbon atoms by which Y1 and Y2 are each condensed with the carbon ring or the heterocycle may be a single bond or a double bond; R1 and R2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; L1, L2 and L3 each represents a methine group; n1 represents 0 o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7049055
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material containing a non ionic fluorine compound of formula (1) and an anionic fluorine compound of formula (2). The silver halide photographic material has good static resistance and excellent anti static properties. (1): C4F9—CH2CH(OH)CH2—(OCH2CH2)m—OCnH2n+1 wherein m is 15–40; n is 8–24; (2): wherein R11–R13 are H or substitutent; n1 and n2 are 4–8; L11 and L12 are alkylene, alkyleneoxy, or linking group; m11 is 0–1; M1 is cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terukazu Yanagi, Katsuhiko Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7037641
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, in which emulsion at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic protective colloid layer are applied on both surfaces of a transparent support, and a compound selected from benzotriazoles is contained in said at least one silver halide emulsion layer. A processing method for processing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet with a developer comprising a developing agent represented by formula (A): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group. A developer for use in developing the above-described silver halide emulsion sheet, comprising a developing agent represented by the above-mentioned formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co.,Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken-ichi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 7029819
    Abstract: A phosphor screen comprises an inorganic phosphor capable of absorbing X-rays and emitting electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength greater than 300 nm. The phosphor is disposed on a support that has a reflective substrate comprising a continuous polyester first phase and a second phase dispersed within the continuous polyester first phase. The second phase contains microvoids that in turn contain barium sulfate particles. This support provides improved reflectivity particularly at shorter wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas M. Laney, David J. Steklenski
  • Patent number: 7026107
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material composing respectively at least one red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the color photosensitive material containing a magenta dye which is fixed in the specific layer and is not colored by a coupling reaction with developing agent oxidation products, and/or containing a cyan dye which is fixed in the specific layer and is not colored by a coupling reaction with developing agent oxidation products, and containing an ultraviolet absorptive polymer latex represented by the formula (I) which is impregnated with a non high molecular weight ultraviolet absorptive compound. wherein a phenyl ring or a benzo ring may be optionally substituted, either of m or n is 1 and another is 0, and M and K are represented by the following formula (II): wherein R3 is H or an alkyl group, L is a divalent binding group, and p is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 7008748
    Abstract: Thermally developable materials such as thermographic and photothermographic materials include a co-precipitate comprising first and second organic silver salts, the first organic silver salt comprising a silver salt of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound containing an imino group, and the second organic silver salt comprising a silver salt of a mercaptotriazole. The first organic silver salt can be used in the imaging process as a source of reducible silver ions, and the second organic silver salt can be a source of a toning agent. The co-precipitate can be prepared using double-jet precipitation techniques to provide an aqueous dispersion that can be used in imaging formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dirk J. Hasberg, Doreen C. Lynch, Kui Chen-Ho, Chaofeng Zou
  • Patent number: 7005226
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging assembly comprises a symmetric radiographic silver halide film has an overall system speed of at least 200 but less than 800 to provide images with improved contrast and sharpness and reduced fog. The imaging assembly includes a symmetric radiographic silver halide film having a speed of at least 700 that includes two silver halide emulsions on both sides of the support that comprise tabular silver halide grains. The emulsions closer to the support comprise a suitable crossover control agent. The imaging assembly also includes a pair of phosphor intensifying screens that have a screen sharpness measurement (SSM) greater than reference Curve A of FIG. 4. The screens can have a support that includes a reflective substrate comprising a continuous polyester phase and microvoids containing inorganic particles dispersed within the polyester phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, Phillip C. Bunch, David J. Steklenski
  • Patent number: 6994953
    Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support. The photosensitive material has a layer comprising an emulsified dispersion containing a surfactant represented by formula (I), and an emulsion containing tabular silver halide grains having an average aspect ratio of 8 or greater, and at least one sensitizing dye. (R1-LnJA)m??General formula (I) wherein A represents an acid group or a metal salt thereof, R1 represents an aliphatic group containing a linear aliphatic group having 6 or more carbon atoms as a partial structure thereof and having the total number of carbon atoms of 17 or more, L represents a bivalent group, J represents a linking group of n+m valence, n is an integer of 1 to 6, and m is an integer of 1 to 3. The molecular weight of surfactant of the formula (I) divided by m is 430 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Matsuda, Yasushi Miyamoto, Tomokazu Yasuda
  • Patent number: 6989223
    Abstract: A high-speed (over 700) radiographic silver halide film is useful for radiography to provide images with improved contrast and sharpness and reduced fog. The film includes at least one tabular grain silver halide emulsion layer on each side of a film support which grains are dispersed in a hydrophilic polymeric vehicle mixture comprising at least 0.05% of oxidized gelatin, based on the total dry weight of the hydrophilic polymeric vehicle mixture. Where multiple silver halide emulsion layers are disposed on each side of the film support, the emulsion layers closest to the support on each side can include crossover control agents to reduce crossover to less than 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, Robert D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6967071
    Abstract: An ultra-high-speed radiographic imaging assembly (at least 900 system speed) is useful especially for pediatric radiography to provide images with improved contrast and sharpness and reduced fog. The imaging assembly includes a symmetric film having a speed of at least 400 that includes at least two silver halide emulsion layers on each side of a film support that comprise tabular silver halide grains. The imaging assembly also includes two fluorescent intensifying screens wherein the pair of screens has a screen speed of at least 400 and the screens have an average screen sharpness measurement (SSM) value greater than reference Curve A of FIG. 4. The screens can have a support that includes a reflective substrate comprising a continuous polyester phase and microvoids containing inorganic particles dispersed within the polyester phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, Phillip C. Bunch, David J. Steklenski
  • Patent number: 6936411
    Abstract: A silver halide industrial radiographic material comprising on at least one side of a support a hydrophilic gelatinous non-spectrally sensitized radiation-sensitive emulsion layer, having grains, coated in a total amount in the range from 6 to 20 g, expressed as an equivalent amount of silver nitrate per square meter, and at least one non-radiation sensitive protective gelatinous antistress overcoat layer thereupon, wherein a ratio of gelatin to silver, expressed as silver nitrate in the said layer arrangement is at least 0.70, wherein said gelatinous layers are hardened by a gelatin cross-linking agent in an amount in order to have a dissolving time of at least 40 minutes, said time being defined as the period of time from the moment when the silver halide photographic material, dipped into 50 ml of an aqueous solution of 1.5% by weight of sodium hydroxide at 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert
    Inventors: Marc Van de Zegel, Marleen De Vester
  • Patent number: 6929906
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprises at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one nonlight-sensitive layer. At least one of the nonlight-sensitive layers contains colloidal silver. The colloidal silver-containing nonlight-sensitive layer or a nonlight-sensitive layer adjacent to the colloidal silver-containing nonlight-sensitive layer contains a compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof by a coupling reaction with an oxidized developing agent. At least one layer selected from the group consisting of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the nonlight-sensitive layer contains a compound (B), which is a compound having at least three hetero atoms and capable of enhancing the photographic speed of the photosensitive material in comparison to the same photosensitive materials without the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Ishii, Koji Takaku
  • Patent number: 6927020
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising on a support a silver halide emulsion layer comprising an yellow dye forming coupler represented by formula (I): A—B??formula (I) wherein A is represented by formula (Ia), (Ia?), (Ia?), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Id?), (Ie), (Ie?), (Ie?), (If) or (If?); and B is represented by formula (II) described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Sakuragi, Satoru Ikesu, Takatugu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6902878
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, having 90 mol % or more of a silver chloride content, wherein the silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains have a layer having a silver iodide content of decreasing in the depth direction from the grain surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Aiba, Osamu Yonekura