Developing Inhibitor Or Processing Ingredient Containing Patents (Class 430/505)
  • Patent number: 4564586
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Michio Ono, Kiyoshi Nakazyo
  • Patent number: 4564587
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one light-sensitive layer, which is constituted of a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers having substantially the same color sensitiveness but being different in sensitivities and contains a dye image-forming coupler, provided by coating on a support, said material being constituted so as to satisfy at the same time the requirements that (a) said plurality of silver halide emulsion layers in said light-sensitive layer are provided by coating in the order from the support side a low sensitivity emulsion layer, medium sensitivity emulsion layer and high sensitivity emulsion layer, (b) a non-sensitive intermediate layer is provided by coating between said low sensitivity emulsion layer and said medium sensitivity emulsion layer, (c) the density of a dye image-forming coupler in said medium sensitivity emulsion layer is 10 to 60% of the density of a dye image forming coupler in said low sensitivity emulsion layer;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Kenji Ito
  • Patent number: 4557999
    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 and a cyan dye forming coupler. The coupler is a compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the substituents in the general formula (I) are as defined in the specification. The coupler has good solubility in an organic solvent having a high boiling point and a high dye forming rate even in a color developing solution which does not contain benzyl alcohol. Further, the coupler provides a cyan color image having a high maximum density and excellent fastness to light. Decreasing in optical density of the cyan color image is not substantially observed even when the color photographic light-sensitive material is processed with a bleaching solution which has a weak oxidation power or a bleaching solution which is exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Akira Ogawa, Osami Tanabe
  • Patent number: 4556630
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material having a photographic layer containing at least one magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Furutachi, Kotaro Nakamura, Takeshi Hirose
  • Patent number: 4555479
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one layer containing at least one 2-equivalent magenta coupler of the 5-pyrazolone type represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein W represents a phenyl group substituted with at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and a cyano group; Y represents an acylamino group or an anilino group; and Z represents a group capable of being released upon coupling, and at least one compound represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, provided that both R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 do not represent hydrogen atoms at the same time; Z.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Sakai, Masaki Okazaki, Yoshio Inagaki
  • Patent number: 4555481
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed which contains at least one of benzimidazolocarbocyanine dyes represented by the general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein a represents an integer of 1 to 8, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and which may be identical with or different from one another, represent each --CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.b H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, but at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 contains an acid group-containing alkyl group, wherein b, which may be identical with or different from a, represents an integer of 1 to 8, l represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 8, and m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 8, but l+m>0; R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, which may be identical or different from one another, represent each --(CH.sub.2).sub.j (CF.sub.2).sub.k F or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, but at least one of R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represents an acid group (for example, sulfo group or carboxyl group, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinao Ukai, Masaki Okazaki, Haruo Takei, Ichizo Toya
  • Patent number: 4554245
    Abstract: A color reversal photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, an organic compound and colloid grains of a metal or metal sulfide or silver halide grains the surface of which is previously fogged. The silver halide emulsion layer includes fine grains of silver halide particles having a particle size of 0.3.mu. or less. The fine grain particles are present in the emulsion in an amount in the range of about 30% to about 95% based on the total number of silver halide grains in the emulsion. The silver halide emulsion also includes coarse grains having a particle size of more than 0.3.mu.. The organic compound has a solubility product constant of 10.sup.-14 or less when forming a salt with a silver ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hayashi, Naoyasu Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yamagami, Kensuke Goda, Kazunori Hasebe
  • Patent number: 4551420
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which is comprised of a support base having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a light-insensitive layer. The material also includes an ultraviolet ray absorbing polymer latex and a fine grained silver halide having a diameter of 0.2 microns or less. The ultraviolet ray absorbing polymer latex is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## the substituents are defined within the specification. By utilizing the polymer latex of general formula (I) the occurance of static marks is almost completely prevented without causing undesirable effects on other film properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiko Sugimoto, Tetsuro Kojima
  • Patent number: 4547458
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having at least one silver halide emulsion layer thereon, said silver halide emulsion layer having a sensitivity to a certain spectral region and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers comprising a plurality of different-speed light-sensitive layers wherein the difference in speed between the fastest-speed layer and the second fastest-speed layer of said plurality of light-sensitive layers, in terms of log I.multidot.t, is 0.2 to 0.7, and each of at least said fastest-speed and said second fastest-speed layers contains at least one monodispersed silver halide emulsion, said monodispersed emulsion being light-sensitive and consisting essentially of silver halide particles having a granularity distribution represented by the formulaS/r.ltoreq.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Kiyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4547451
    Abstract: Photographic diffusion transfer film units including polymeric diffusion control layers are disclosed. The diffusion control layers comprise polymers which are hydrolyzable in an alkaline medium so as to convert a layer comprising one or more of the polymers from a condition of impermeability to alkali or materials soluble in or solubilized by an aqueous alkaline processing composition to a condition of substantial permeability thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation, Patent Dept.
    Inventors: Stanley J. Jasne, William C. Schwarzel, Charles I. Sullivan, Lloyd D. Taylor
  • Patent number: 4543323
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive layer constituted of a plural number of silver halide emulsions provided on a support, and a non-light-sensitive intermediate layer containing a diffusion resistant coupler capable of forming a migratable color forming dye or a compound capable of forming a flow-out type coupling product provided at least adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer with the highest light sensitivity among the plural number of silver halide emulsion layers on its support side.The light-sensitive material according to this invention exhibits excellent photographic characteristics such as sensitivity, graininess, sharpness, storability and gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Satoshi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Menjo
  • Patent number: 4542091
    Abstract: A process for forming color images, and a silver halide color photographic material for use in the process, are described, said process comprising processing with a developer containing hydroxylamine a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer being disposed at a more upper portion than other color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and said color photographic material further comprising (1) a light-insensitive layer containing at least one of a yellow colored magenta-dye-forming coupler and a yellow non-diffusible organic dye between the lowermost blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the uppermost layer of the other color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and (2) a light-insensitive silver halide emulsion in any layer above sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Sasaki, Takatoshi Ishikawa, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 4542087
    Abstract: Photographic elements and diffusion transfer assemblages are described wherein a sufficient amount of a reflecting agent, such as titanium dioxide, is employed in the yellow dye image-providing material layer so that the layer is an effective yellow filter layer for good color reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: David P. Brust
  • Patent number: 4542092
    Abstract: A photographic element for a diffusion transfer process is described, comprising at least one support having thereon (1) a layer containing a dye-providing compound capable of releasing or forming a diffusible dye or a precursor thereof as a result of development, (2) a silver halide photographic emulsion layer which is in a complementary color relationship with the dye-providing compound, and (3) a substantially non-sensitive spacing layer between the layers (1) and (2) containing a solid pigment, a hydrophilic colloid, and a nondiffusible compound capable of undergoing a redox reaction with the oxidation product of a silver halide developing agent under an alkaline condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichizo Toya, Osamu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4540656
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising, on a reflective support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler and a non-light-sensitive layer provided on the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, located furthest from the reflective support, the non-light-sensitive layer containing:(a) a benzotriazole derivative represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent an alkyl, an alkoxy, an alkenyl, each alkyl, alkoxy, or alkenyl having not less than 4 carbon atoms, an aryl, or an aryloxy, said aryl and aryloxy each being substituted or unsubstituted and wherein R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl, an alkoxy, an alkenyl, each alkyl, alkoxy, or alkenyl having not less than 4 carbon atoms, an aryl, or an aryloxy; and(b) at least one compound having selected from the formulae (II) or (III): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoki Nishizima, Masao Sasaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4537857
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material having a support and at least one silver halide emulsion is provided. The silver halide emulsion layer contains in combination at least one cyan coupler of Formula (I) and at least one cyan coupler of Formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera, Takashi Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 4537853
    Abstract: Photographic silver halide material containing a ballasted electron-donor precursor compound yielding by alkaline hydrolysis an electron-donor compound (ED-compound) capable (1) of donating electrons to an oxidized electron-accepting silver halide developing agent e.g. for scavenging it, said electron-donor precursor compound corresponding to the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein: R represents hydrogen or a substituent, e.g. an acyl group, which on hydrolytic removal allows the replacement of R by H,R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 (same or different) are hydrocarbon substituents or R.sup.3 is H, andZ and Y represent the necessary atoms to close a benzene ring that may be substituted or form a fused ring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Christian C. Van de Sande, Andre Verhecken, Wilhelmus Janssens
  • Patent number: 4536472
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one of these silver halide emulsion layers containing a non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent together with a monodispersed silver halide emulsion. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material provides color images having not only an improved RMS granularity but also an improved visual sensation of graininess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohiko Kato, Seiji Ichijima, Keiichi Adachi, Toshiyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4526864
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material. A support contains at least one silver halide emulsion layer that has in combination at least one cyan coupler of Formula I with at least one dye image stabilizer of Formula II or III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera, Takashi Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 4526863
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers which are sensitive to light of substantially the same spectral region and a relatively light-insensitive layer containing silver halide, zinc oxide or titanium oxide positioned between the two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and at least one of the two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers containing a compound represented by the following general formula (I):A--B (I)wherein A represents a residue of a compound capable of coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent by removal of a hydrogen atom from the active position of the compound, and B represents a group which is released on coupling and exhibits a fogging function in a developing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Shunji Takada, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4524130
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers positioned thereon. The material includes at least one silver halide emulsion layer having a particular sensitivity and color sensitivity, and a second silver halide emulsion layer having the same color sensitivity but having a greater sensitivity with respect to light, the second layer including a silver halide having a silver iodide content in the range of 9% by mol to 15% by mol. The material includes a DIR compound in a layer other than the second silver halide emulsion layer. The DIR compound releases a diffusible development inhibitor or precursor thereof by a coupling reaction. The resulting material has greatly improved granularity and sharpness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Shingo Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 4522917
    Abstract: A photographic silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support and a photographic layer or layers on the support. The photographic layer contains at least one of the compounds represented by the general formula: A--OCH.sub.2 --Z (wherein A is a group capable of undergoing cleavage on application of alkali hydrolysis, and Z is a photographically useful group containing a nitrogen atom through which it is linked to the group A--OCH.sub.2 --). The compounds, i.e., photographically useful group precursors, as used herein are stable during the storage of the raw film and can release the photographically useful group at a controlled speed during development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Keiji Mihayashi, Isamu Itoh
  • Patent number: 4522915
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide light-sensitive material is described. The material contains a 5-pyrazolone magenta coupler represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (all the symbols are as defined in the appended claims). The compounds of the general formula (I) are novel couplers, and are chemically very stable and are particularly superior in two equivalency, sensitivity, and color density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Toshiyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4518688
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which X is a group ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are monovalent organic radicals, at least one of which contains a sterically hindered phenol group and at least one of which contains a polyalkylpiperidine group, are outstanding light stabilizers for color-photographic recording materials. They also have a stabilizing action on the photo dyes and their precursors when stored in the dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Jean Rody
  • Patent number: 4518685
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material contains a blocked photographic agent therein represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a photographic agent moiety which is bonded to a blocking moiety through a hetero atom or a group which is bonded to a blocking moiety through a hetero atom and capable of releasing a photographic agent upon a subsequent reaction after the group is released; Y represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and Z represents an atomic group necessary to form a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring.The precursor of photographic agent is completely stable during the preservation of the photographic light-sensitive material and releases a photographic agent at a desired time upon the processing of the photographic light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Akihiko Ikegawa, Mitsunori Ono, Yuji Mihara
  • Patent number: 4518679
    Abstract: A color-photographic recording material which, in at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, one intermediate layer and/or one protective layer, contains, as a stabilizer, at least one polyalkylpiperidine compound of the formula I or II ##STR1## in which m is the numbers 1 or 2 and, if m=1, A is a group of the formula ##STR2## and, if m=2, A is a group of the formula ##STR3## Color images which are obtained by image-wise exposure and development of this color-photographic recording material, display good stability towards the action of visible and ultraviolet light.Reference is made to the description in respect of the meanings of the substituents and symbols in the formulae I and II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Jean Rody
  • Patent number: 4517283
    Abstract: A color-photographic recording material which, in at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, an interlayer and/or a protective layer, contains a stabilizer mixture comprising(i) a compound with at least one group of the formula ##STR1## or a polymer with recurring structural units of the formula I, and (ii) a phenolic antioxidant.Color images obtained by imagewise exposure and development of this color-photographic recording material show good stability to the action of visible and ultraviolet light.With respect to the definitions of the substituents in formula I, reference is made to the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventors: David G. Leppard, Jean Rody
  • Patent number: 4514490
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing therein a coupler represented by the following general formula (I):Q-B (I)wherein Q represents a coupler residue capable of forming a magenta color image upon the coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; and B represents a group containing an unsubstituted or substituted methylenedioxybenzene group.The magenta coupler containing a methylenedioxybenzene group is useful in preventing the formation of yellow stain due to light irradiation in unexposed areas of a color photographic light-sensitive material after color development processing. Color images formed from the coupler are resistant to fading even if the color images obtained after color development processing are irradiated with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Takayoshi Kamio, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 4513079
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having provided thereon a fine grain silver halide emulsion layer and, positioned adjacent to the fine grain silver halide emulsion layer, a silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler. The coupler is a phenolic cyan coupler substituted at the 5-position with an acylamino group and at the 2-position with an ureido group. The material has high sensitivity and good granularity. The material produces an image which has excellent fastness to light and heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 4511649
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer is described, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a coupler having at the coupling position thereof a group represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkylsulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group, an arylsulfamoyl group, an acylamino group, an amino group, an alkylcarbamoyl group, an arylcarbamoyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group or an arylcarbonyl group; X.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Momotoshi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 4510235
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing a particular combination of dyes is described which prevents aggravated fogging of the emulsion under the influence of high temperature or the combination of high temperature and high humidity, and minimizes the degradation of sensitivity of the emulsion thus providing an emulsion of high stability to withstand the adverse effects of aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinao Ukai, Masaki Okazaki, Haruo Takei, Ichizo Toya, Sadanobu Syuto
  • Patent number: 4504570
    Abstract: High aspect ratio tabular grain direct reversal silver halide emulsions are disclosed. The emulsions can be incorporated in photographic elements, such as multicolor photographic elements. Image transfer film units incorporating these direct reversal emulsions are specifically disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Francis J. Evans, Richard L. Daubendiek, Ronald G. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 4500633
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having formed on a support two or more layers that have different light sensitivities but have substantially the same color sensitivity is disclosed. In the material, the layer having the highest light sensitivity contains only a compound of formula (I) as a DIR compound and at least one of the remaining layers contains at least one compound of formula (II) as a DIR compound:A--TIME--Z (I)A--Z (II)wherein A is a coupling component capable of reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent to release the group TIME--Z (wherein TIME represents a timing group and Z represents a development retarder). The photographic material has improved sharpness and granularity and wide latitude for exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Menjo, Yoshikazu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4500636
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a blocked photographic agent, said blocked photographic agent being represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a photographic agent moiety which is attached to a blocking moiety through a hetero atom; Z represents a divalent linkage group; p represents 0 or 1; X and Y each represents a substituent: m represents an integer of 0 to 4: and n represents an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ono, Isamu Itoh, Keiji Mihayashi, Yukio Karino
  • Patent number: 4497893
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising a backing layer containing both gelatin of an isoelectric point of 5.5 or more and a cationic polymer is disclosed. By utilizing the particular backing layer the color reversal photographic material has increased retouchability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyasu Deguchi, Koji Kameyama, Taku Nakamura
  • 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: 4495273
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic elements comprising a support on which there is spread a plurality of photosensitive layers of gelatin incorporating silver halides and containing coupling agents, and further being associatd with auxiliary gelatin layers tend to suffer from brittleness. An improved element comprises, spread over said support and under said plurality of photosensitive layers, a layer of gelatin in which there is dispersed a fragility reducing quantity of droplets of a water-immiscible high boiling organic solvent, and an adhesion promoting quantity of a vinyl addition polymer latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Mario Pannocchia
  • 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: 4493889
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support having thereon a red-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer comprising a tetramethine melocyanine dye represented by the general formula (I) and a compound represented by the general formula (II) ##STR1## the substituents within these structural formulae are defined within the specification. The material gives improved results with respect to preventing diffuse sensitization. The material also provides a red-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion in which a decline of spectro-sensitivity in the lapse of dissolution is relatively small and which has a small amount of dye fog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Mihara, Satoshi Nagaoka, Masaki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 4490459
    Abstract: The invention relates to multi-layered color photosensitive materials having a support, a red photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a non-diffusible cyan coupler, a green photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a non-diffusible yellow coupler and a blue photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a non-diffusible magenta coupler coated on a support in the order recited and wherein the green photosensitive emulsion layer contains a compound capable of reacting with an oxidized color developing agent to release a development inhibiting substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Kaoru Onodera, Wataru Fujimatsu
  • Patent number: 4490460
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material in which the photographic characteristics do not deteriorate when contacted with formaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimba, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Kazuo Kato, Kiyotoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4489155
    Abstract: In a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The granularity of the material is improved by incorporating a non-diffusible coupler capable of forming a properly smearing diffusible dye by causing a reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a colorless competing compound capable of capturing the oxidation product of a color developing agent in at least one of the foregoing silver halide emulsion layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Shigeo Hirano, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 4483918
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one layer containing at least one kind of 5-pyrazolone type 2-equivalent magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (Ia): ##STR1## wherein W represents phenyl substituted with at least one halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl or cyano; Y represents acylamino or anilino; and Z represents aryloxy, alkoxy, heterocyclic oxy, alkylthio, arylthio, heterocyclic thio, acylthio, acylamino, sulfonamido, alkoxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino or nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring which is bonded to the active position of the pyrazolone ring through the nitrogen atom, and at least one kind of compound represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Sakai, Yoshimasa Aotani, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4481277
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with producing color images of improved quality in photographic processes employing silver ion assisted cleavage reactions to provide a dye image by scavenging, i.e., rendering inert substantially all of the silver ion and/or soluble silver complex in the photographic system when image formation is substantially complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventor: William J. Pfingston
  • 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: 4477559
    Abstract: There is disclosed a photosensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having on one side thereof, an antihalation layer, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer wherein each of said silver halide emulsion layers contains a non-diffusable coupler. The other surface of the support has thereon a dye-containing backing layer. The antihalation layer contains no more than 0.2 g/m.sup.2 of silver and the total amount of silver contained in the silver halide emulsion layers is at least 7.0 g/m.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Iwamuro, Kenji Kumashiro
  • 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: 4473635
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a diffusion resistant coupler, a light-sensitive silver halide and at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I) in the same layer or different layers on a support. ##STR1## Wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded to each other to form a heterocyclic ring together with the nitrogen atom; R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, an alkoxy group, an acylamido group, a sulfonamido group, an alkylsulfonamido group or an alkyl group, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.6 or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be bonded to each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; X represents HPF.sub.6 or HBF.sub.4 ; and n represents an integer from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ishikawa, Katsusuke Endo, Sigeru Kuwazima, Eiichi Kato, Nobutaka Ohki
  • Patent number: 4471049
    Abstract: Photographic elements intended to generate dye images containing at least one colloidal silver layer and at least one hydroquinone antistain agent have been observed to suffer from random fog spotting, which can be reduced by incorporating a catalyst for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. The imagewise exposed elements when photographically processed and bleached of silver produce viewable dye images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roy King, David T. Southby
  • Patent number: RE31893
    Abstract: A color photographic material having a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a DIR compound having an amino group and a DIR compound having no amino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sugita, Shizuo Saito, Ryosuke Sato, Kiyoshi Yamashita