Filter Layer Containing Patents (Class 430/507)
  • Patent number: 5286616
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support having provided therein a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and plural light-insensitive layers, wherein the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a monodisperse silver halide emulsion and a yellow coupler represented by formula (I) defined below, and at least one light-insensitive layer which is positioned farther from the reflective support than the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is a hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one hydrophobic compound represented by formula (II) defined below, and a relative refractive index of an organic phase containing the hydrophobic compound with the exception of a volatile organic solvent and an amphipathic solute to a hydrophilic polymer thin film which forms the light-insensitive layer is in a range from 0.9875 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Sakai, Fuyuhiko Mori
  • Patent number: 5283164
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide negative working duplicating element comprising a support bearing, in order from the support, at least one red-sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer package comprising at least one cyan image-dye forming coupler that is capable upon exposure and processing of forming a cyan image dye that absorbs in the range of the original image; at least one green-sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer package comprising at least one magenta image-dye forming coupler that is capable, upon exposure and processing, of forming a magenta image dye that absorbs in the range of the original image; and at least one blue-sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer package comprising at least one yellow image-dye forming coupler that is capable upon exposure and processing of forming a yellow image dye that absorbs in the range of the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David E. Fenton, John F. Sawyer, Donald H. Hunger
  • Patent number: 5273866
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising: a support; at least a blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive emulsion layer on the support, and one or more hydrophilic colloidal layers thereon containing a dispersion of microcrystals of at least one compound represented by general formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI); and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a silver density (d) of 0.4 g/cm.sup.3 or more, wherein d is N/V; where N represents the total number of grams of silver in said one or more light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and V represents the cm.sup.3 of said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munehisa Fujita, Katsuro Nagaoka, Shinsuke Bando
  • Patent number: 5270155
    Abstract: A dye diffusion transfer type heat developable color light-sensitive material is described including a support having thereon at least three light-sensitive layers containing, in combination, silver halide emulsions which are sensitive in different spectral regions from one another and dye providing compounds capable of releasing or forming diffusible dyes having different hues from one another, wherein the material has an exposure side which is subjected to incident light from a light source, wherein at least two layers of the at least three light-sensitive layers include a first light-sensitive layer containing an emulsion spectrally sensitized to a part of infrared rays and a second light-sensitive layer which is positioned on the exposure side nearer to the light source than is the first light-sensitive layer and contains an emulsion spectrally sensitized to a part of infrared rays having a wavelength shorter than that of the infrared rays applied to the emulsion of the first light-sensitive layer, and th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ozaki, Hiroshi Arakatsu, Toru Harada
  • Patent number: 5266451
    Abstract: A color photographic recording material with a reflective support which contains a spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion containing at least one sensitizer for the spectral region B in a layer free from color coupler adjacent at least one dye-producing silver halide emulsion layer sensitized for the spectral region A, the sensitivity of the spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion of the layer free from color coupler being lower by 0.6 to 2.5 log H units than the sensitivity of the sensitized silver halide emulsion of the dye-producing silver halide emulsion layer, is distinguished by an extended gradation range in the region of the maximum densities and, hence, by distinctly improved fine detail resolution at high densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arno Schmuck, Manfred Peters, Helmut Kampfer, Wolfgang Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5258271
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which comprises, in said photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a coupler selected from the group consisting of yellow dye-forming couplers represented by formulas (Y-I) to (Y-III), as defined in claim 1, and a quenching coupler selected from the group consisting of cyan dye-forming couplers or magenta dye-forming couplers represented by formula (C-I), (C-II), (C-III), (M), or (m), as defined in claim 1, or a quenching dye obtained by a coupling reaction of above couplers with the oxidized product of a developing agent represented by formula (A) as defined in claim 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimitsu Haijima, Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5252447
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising:a reflective support having thereonat least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,wherein the reflective support comprises a support substrate covered with a water resisting resin layer,wherein the water resisting resin layer, on the side of the silver halide light-sensitive layer, contains titanium oxide grains in an amount of 14 wt % or more,wherein the photographic material has an optical reflection density of 0.70 or above at 680 nm, andwherein the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one nondiffusible oil-soluble coupler, which forms a dye on coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, dispersed therein together with at least one water-insoluble homo- or copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Ohtani, Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 5238794
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal light-sensitive material comprising on a transparent support having a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler is disclosed, wherein the light-sensitive material has a magnetic recording layer containing from 4.times.10.sup.-3 to 3 g/m.sup.2 of a ferromagnetic powder, and the minimum density area of the light-sensitive material after development processing has a chromaticity having an a* value of from -5 to 5, a b* value of from -5 to 5, and an L* value of not less than 80 as calculated from tristimulus values in CIE 1964 X.sub.10 Y.sub.10 Z.sub.10 Colorimetric System under an illuminant C as specified in JIS Z8720 according to the method of JIS Z8729. The photographic material exhibits improved color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirose, Koji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5238797
    Abstract: Disclosed is 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, wherein at least one of green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one of colored magenta couplers represented by Formula CM-1 and at least one of dyes having absorption maximum at 590 nm to 610 nm is contained in at least one of layers selected from the layers consisting of silver halide emulsion layers and photographic constitution layers; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent, R.sub.2 represents an acylamino group, a sulfonamide group, an imide group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkoxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, R.sub.3 represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, m is an integer of 0 to 5, n is an integer of 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Hirabayashi, Shuichi Sugita, Katsumasa Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 5206125
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support and coated thereon at least one each of a cyan dye-forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming silver halide emulsion layer and a yellow dye-forming silver halide emulsion layer, each of the emulsion layers containing substantially silver iodide-free silver chloride or silver chlorobromide and respectively having spectral sensitivity peaks in different wavelength regions, at least one of the emulsion layers containing silver halide grains having an average grain size of 0.35 .mu.m to 0.65 .mu.m and a silver halide content of 0.19 g Ag/m.sup.2 or less, the total silver amount in all the silver halide emulsion layers being 0.78 g/m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5204231
    Abstract: A film containing a filter layer comprised of a combination of a green dye and a yellow dye, which prevents the blue wavelength of white safelight from exposing the film. The filter layer permits handling of the film under white safelight for longer periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Imaging, U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Elfriede Stockel, Thomas R. Smith
  • Patent number: 5200307
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing a support having thereon photographic constitutional layers, which comprises(a) a magenta coupler represented by formula (I) that is contained with a high-boiling organic solvent at a prescribed weight ratio in a magenta coupler containing layer, and(b) a ultraviolet absorbing agent represented by formula (II) that is contained with a hydrophobic polymer in a non-photosensitive layer located at a position farther than a cyan coupler containing emulsion layer for the base: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, Z.sub.a, Z.sub.b, and Z.sub.c each represent a methine, substituted methine, .dbd.N--, or --NH--, Y represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a developing agent, and the compound may form a dimer or higher polymer through R.sub.1, Y, or Z.sub.a, Z.sub.b, or Z.sub.c, that is a substituted methine, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5173395
    Abstract: A method for forming a color image which comprises developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine developing agent, wherein said silver halide color photographic material comprises a reflective support, whose transmission density in the red region ranges from 0.2 to 0.9, having thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing at least one coupler capable of forming a dye on coupling with an oxidation product of the developing agent and silver chlorobromide grains comprising at least 80 mol % of silver chloride and containing substantially no silver iodide, said support having further provided thereon a dye represented by formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.101 and R.sub.102 each represents --OR.sub.105, --COOR.sub.105, ##STR2## --COR.sub.105, --CN or --R.sub.107, wherein R.sub.105 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Asami
  • Patent number: 5158865
    Abstract: Novel photographic filter dyes are immobile as incorporated in a photographic element, but during processing, are uniformly converted to a form which is removable from the element. 2 The filter dye is represented by the structure:DYE--LS--BALwhere:BAL is a ballast group;DYE is a filter dye moiety;LS is a splittable linking group attached to a position in DYE that is not in conjugation with the dye chromophore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John W. Harder, Peter R. Seoane, Michael P. Youngblood
  • Patent number: 5151336
    Abstract: A masking material with a semiopaque layer containing a coloring agent, characterized in that the semiopaque layer permits the transmission of the light at a wavelength corresponding to the "green-lack" wavelength of color paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Kimoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshie Yokosuka
  • Patent number: 5139930
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which contains, on a support, a compound represented by the following Formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylamino or arylamino;R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy;R.sub.3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl; or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be bonded together to form a 5- or 6-membered ring condensed to the phenolic ring; andZ is hydrogen or a group releasable by the coupling reaction with the oxidation product of an organic primary amine color developing agent,and a compound represented by the following Formula [II]: ##STR2## where R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are alkyl, aryl, --COOH', --COOR', --OR', --NR', --NR'R", --CN, --NHCOR', --NHCONHR', or --CONHR', where R' and R" are alkyl or aryl; andR.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are alkyl or aryl containing at least one carboxy group or sulfonic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kadowaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 5122432
    Abstract: A photosensitive material includes a support having microcapsules and a color correction dye on its surface. The microcapsules include first, second and third sets of microcapsules, each set containing an internal phase. The first set of microcapsules is sensitive to red light and is associated with a cyan image-forming agent, the second set of microcapsules is sensitive to green light and is associated with a magenta image-forming agent, and the third set of microcapsules is sensitive to blue light and is associated with a yellow image-forming agent. The cyan, magenta and yellow image forming agents are respectively soluble in the internal phases of the first, second and third sets of microcapsules whereas the color correction dye is insoluble in the internal phase. The first, second and third sets of microcapsules are present in one or more layers containing a binder on the surface of the support. The color correction dye absorbs at least one of red, green, and blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Hammann, IV, Peter Gottchalk, James A. Dowler
  • Patent number: 5112728
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler and an non-light-sensitive layer containing a binder and a UV absorbent, wherein said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has not more than 7.6 g/m.sup.2 of gelatin, said UV absorbent is liquid at an ordinary temperature, and said magenta coupler is a compound represented by Formula I; ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic group necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent, and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tanji, Toyoki Nishijima, Takahiro Ogawa, Shun Takada, Kazuhiro Murai
  • Patent number: 5108883
    Abstract: Color photographic recording material containing as cyan correction dyes, azomethine dyes corresponding to the general formula IV or V ##STR1## is distinguished from materials containing the cyan correction dyes hitherto used by its increased stability of latent image nuclei when stored under tropical conditions (35.degree. C. at 90% relative humidity).In formulae IV and V,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 denote H, optionally substitued C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy,R.sub.3 denotes H, optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy nd halogen,R.sub.4 denotes H, optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy, CN, halogen, SO.sub.2 R.sub.7, COOR.sub.7, SO.sub.2 OR.sub.7, COR.sub.7, SO.sub.2 NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 and CONR.sub.7 R.sub.8,R.sub.5 denotes NHCOR.sub.9, NHCOOR.sub.9, NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.9 and NHPO(R.sub.9).sub.2,R.sub.6 denotes CON(R.sub.9).sub.2, NHCOR.sub.9, NHCOOR.sub.9, NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhart Matejec, Erich W. Boon, Hans Langen
  • Patent number: 5098820
    Abstract: Solid particle dispersions of dyes according to the formula: ##STR1## are disclosed as filter dyes for photograhic elements. In this formula,m is 0 or 1.R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or together with R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 form a heterocyclic ring.R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each H or together with R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 form a heterocyclic ring.A is a ketomethylene residue.X represents a carboxyphenyl or sulfonamidophenyl, or a carboxy or sulfonamido substituent that is appended to an aryl ring that is part of A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael J. McManus, Donald R. Diehl, Glenn M. Brown
  • Patent number: 5091294
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material that has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (T) and a yellow coupler represented by the following general formula (Y-I): ##STR1## (where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; X is a divalent group having a carbon atom as a constituent atom of the 6-membered ring; and n is 0, 1 or 2): ##STR2## (where R'.sub.1 is an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; R'.sub.2 is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group or an aryl group; R'.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoki Nishijima, Masaki Tanji
  • Patent number: 5091295
    Abstract: 'A positive-positive silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, and at least one colloidal silver layer on a support wherein said silver halide emulsion layer, hydrophilic colloid layer, or colloidal silver layer contains at least one dye of formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and each represents an alkyl group, an aryl gorup or a heterocyclic group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group; n.sub.1 represents 1 or 2; and any of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 has a sulfo group and the total of the groups is at least two or more. A method of forming a color image using the same is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kuwashima, Mario Aoki
  • Patent number: 5084375
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one each of cyan color image forming couplers represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## and at least one compound represented by the formulae (III) or (IV): ##STR2## wherein all the symbols are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Umemoto, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 5081008
    Abstract: In a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which includes at least one layer of each of red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and a yellow filter layer containing yellow colloidal silver on a support, an average grain size of at least one of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsions is 0.4 .mu.m or less, a maximum absorption peak of yellow colloidal silver in the yellow filter layer appears at 430 to 450 nm, and 1/4 absorption of the maximum absorption at the longer wavelength side occurs within the range of 500 to 560 nm. This photographic light-sensitive material can reduce a fog by the yellow filter layer without degrading other photographic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyasu Deguchi
  • Patent number: 5079132
    Abstract: A method for forming a color positive image which comprises steps of:(a) exposing a color positive type silver halide material including a support having thereon at least two silver halide emulsion layers which have different spectral sensitivity distribution from each other, to light passed through a filter having at least one absorption band where light is absorbed in a sharp width; at least one absorption peak thereof being in a wavelength of from 480 to 520 nm or from 580 to 620 nm, the optical density of the absorption peak being at least 0.8; the 3/4 value width of the absorption peak, designated as W 3/4, being at least 5 nm and the 3/4 value width of the absorption peak and the 1/4 value width of the absorption peak, designated as W 1/4, satisfying the following relation:W3/4= W1/4.ltoreq.30 nm.and(b) developing the exposed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Mitsui, Nobuyuki Kimura, Junichi Tamano, Mitsugi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 5077182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer (BL) spectrally sensitized such that the specific spectral sensitivity range falls within the scope of from 400 nm to 520 nm, at least one magenta coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer (GL) spectrally sensitized such that the specific spectral sensitivity range falls within the scope of from 470 nm to 620 nm, and at least one cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer (RL) spectrally sensitized such that the specific spectral sensitivity range falls within the scope of from 540 nm to 700 nm, wherein the center of gravity of the sensitivity wavelength of the GL's spectral sensitivity distribution (.lambda..sub.G) falls within the range of from about 520 nm to about 580 nm, the center of gravity of the sensitivity wavelength of the RL's spectral sensitivity distribution (.lambda..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Sasaki, Keisuke Shiba
  • Patent number: 5051342
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing surface latent image-type silver halide grains, coated on a reflective support, in which said at least one emulsion layer contains regular crystal grains of silver chloride or silver chlorobromide having a mean silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more on the basis of the total silver halide grains contained therein and substantially does not contain silver iodide, and in which a colloidal silver-containing layer is located adjacent to said emulsion layer, wherein at least one of said colloidal silver-containing layer, said emulsion layer and an interlayer therebetween contains at least one mercaptoazole compound. The material is, after having imagewise exposed, processed with a color developer within 90 seconds. The material forms an image with excellent sharpness and whiteness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shiba, Kazunori Hasebe, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 5028518
    Abstract: Photothermographic emulsions sensitive to ultraviolet radiation can be coated on both sides of polymeric film which is inherently absorptive of the ultraviolet radiation, preventing crossover effects in cassette loading of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas D. Lyons, Sergio Pesce, John M. Winslow
  • Patent number: 5009988
    Abstract: A photographic material including a support having thereon photographic component layers including a red-sensitive emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, a green-sensitive emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler. At least one of these silver halide emulsion layers contains a diffusible DIR compound, wherein the total dry-thickness of the photographic component layers is not greater than 16 .mu.m and the total silver halide content of the silver halide emulsion layers is not more than 6.5 g/m.sup.2 of silver. A colloidal layer, formed in a position farther from the support than the silver halide emulsion layer which is farthest from the support, contains substantially non-light-sensitive fine grain silver halide grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yagi, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 4994356
    Abstract: Solid particle dispersions of dyes according to the formula: ##STR1## are disclosed as filter dyes for photographic elements. In this formula, n is 0 or 1.R.sub.1 is CO.sub.2 H or NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.2 where R.sub.2 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.R.sub.3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic nucleus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Glenn M. Brown
  • Patent number: 4977069
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having arranged thereon at least two each of red-sensitive layers, green-sensitive layers and blue-sensitive layers, wherein, with respect to each of the red-sensitive layers, the blue-sensitive layers and the green-sensitive layers, there are not less than two silver halide layers having different sensitivities, said material satisfying the following four requirements:a. the highest blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BH) is arranged to serve as the silver halide emulsion layer in the farthest position from the support;b. the highest green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GH) and the highest red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RH) are interposed between the highest blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BH) and a lower blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (Bh);c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yamada, Kenji Kumashiro, Hideo Akamatsu, Takashi Kamio
  • Patent number: 4965170
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, said emulsion layer or at least one of other hydrophilic colloid layers containing a compound represented by formula (I):PWR--Time--.sub.T LA (I)wherein PWR represents a group which undergoes reduction to release (Time).sub.t LA; Time represents a group which release LA upon reaction following release of (Time).sub.t LA from PWR; t represents an integer of 0 or 1; and LA represents a group having a maximum light absorption in a wavelength range of 310 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinao Ukai, Kazuhiro Shirasu, Koki Nakamura, Keizo Koya, Masahiro Okada, Kazunobu Katoh
  • Patent number: 4956269
    Abstract: 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, wherein each of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the blue-sensitive silver emulsion layer contains at least one color image forming coupler, and wherein 50% or more of the total projected area of the silver halide grains in at least one of the emulsion layers comprises tabular silver halide grains having a thickness of less than 0.5 .mu.m, a diameter of 0.6 .mu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Ikeda, Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 4950586
    Abstract: Solid particle dispersions of dyes according to the formula: ##STR1## are useful as filter dyes in photographic elements. In this formula, n is 0 or 1. R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or taken together with R.sub.6, R.sub.7, N and the atoms to which they are attached, represent the atoms necessary to complete a julolydyl ring.R.sub.3 is H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently represents H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, secondary or tertiary amino, CO.sub.2 H, or NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.8, with the proviso that at least one of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 or a substituted on an aryl ring in R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is CO.sub.2 H or NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.8. R.sub.8 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 independently represents H, or R.sub.7 taken together with R.sub.2, or R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Ronda E. Factor
  • Patent number: 4948717
    Abstract: Dyes having the structure ##STR1## A represents a substituted or unsubstituted nucleus selected from the group consisting of rhodanines, hydantoins, 2-thiohydantions, 4-thiohydantoins, 2,4-oxazolidindiones, 2-thio-2,4-oxazolidindiones, isoxazolinones, barbiturics, 2-thiobarbiturics, and indandiones, said nucleus having a carboxyphenyl substituent or sulfonamidophenyl substituent,R represents hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or benzyl,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents alkyl or aryl, or taken together with R.sup.5, R.sup.6, N, and the carbon atoms to which they are attached represent the atoms needed to complete a julolydyl ring,R.sup.3 represents H, alkyl, or aryl,R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each independently represents H, or R.sup.5 taken together with R.sup.1, or R.sup.6 taken together with R.sup.2, each may represent the atoms necessary to complete a carbocyclic ring, andm is 0 or 1are disclosed. The dyes are useful as filter dyes in photographic filter layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Ronda E. Factor
  • Patent number: 4946767
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the material having a specific photographic sensitivity of at least 320 and a surface spectral reflectance of from 20% to less than 35% at a wavelength of 600 nm on the emulsion side film surface. The high sensitivity color photographic light-sensitive material provides superior exposure when used in an automatic exposure camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yamagami
  • Patent number: 4946768
    Abstract: 3-Aminoallylidenemalononitrile compounds corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a short alkyl chain having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and R is a substituted or unsubstituted long alkyl chain greater than 10 carbon atoms, are useful in photography for absorbing ultraviolet radiations in the range from 360 to 400 nm, with no undesired absorption near 420 nm, when introduced in a photographic gelatin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Angelo Vallarino
  • Patent number: 4925777
    Abstract: A direct positive color image forming method which comprises processing an imagewise exposed photographic light-sensitive material with a surface color developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, after fogging treatment and/or during fogging treatment, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon at least one internal latent image type silver halide emulsion layer that has not been previously fogged, a color image forming coupler, colloidal silver, and at least one compound represented by general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein Z represents an atomic group necessary for completing a 5-membered or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; D and D', which may be the same or different, each individually represents an atomic group necessary for completing an acidic nucleus and D and D' may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic structure; R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Inoue, Takashi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 4923788
    Abstract: Photographic elements comprising filter dyes of the formula: ##STR1## R, R', L, L', L", X, and n are as defined herein are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Leslie Shuttleworth, Paul B. Merkel, Glenn M. Brown
  • Patent number: 4904578
    Abstract: This invention provides a light absorbing dye for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is represented by the following formula [I] or [II]: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 which may be identical or different each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group and may link to each other to form a ring, R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group substituted with at least one sulfo group or an aryl group substituted with at least one sulfo group, R.sub.4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a carboxy group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, and n represents an integer of 1-4; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sub.2 represents an aryl group substituted with sulfo group and R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Koichi Sumioka
  • Patent number: 4900652
    Abstract: A radiographic element is disclosed which exhibits high covering power, reduced crossover without emulsion desensitization, reduced wet pressure sensitivity, and can be fully processed in a rapid transport processor in less than 90 seconds. The radiographic is comprised of tabular grain emulsion layers on opposite sides of a transparent film support and processing solution decolorizable dye particles in hydrophilic colloid layers interposed between the emulsion layers and the support. Hydrophilic colloid on each side of the support is in the range of from 35 to 65 mg/dm.sup.2, with the interposed layer containing hydrophilic colloid in the amount of at least 10 mg/dm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, James E. Kelly, Donald R. Diehl, Ronda E. Factor
  • Patent number: 4877721
    Abstract: A methine oxonol dye having a bis-(2-pyrazolin-5-one nucleus) substituted with(a) acyl groups in the 3 and 3' position;(b) aryl groups in the 1 and 1' position; and(c) bearing from 4 to 6 acidic substituents, each of which are capable of forming a monovalent anion provided that at least two of such substituents are other than carboxyl, is disclosed for use as filter dyes in photographic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Ralph C. Reed
  • Patent number: 4857446
    Abstract: Dyes having structure ##STR1## A represents a substituted or unsubstituted nucleus having a carboxyphenyl or sulfonamidophenyl substituent selected from the group consisting of 2-pryazolin-5-ones free of any substituent bonded thereto through a carboxyl group, rhodanines, hydantoins, 2-thiohydantoins, 4-thiohydantoins, 2,4-oxazolidindiones, 2-thio-2,4-oxazolidindiones, isoxazolinones, barbiturics, 2-thiobarbiturics, and indandiones,R represent hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or benzyl,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl, or taken together with R.sup.5, R.sup.6, N and the carbon atoms to which they are attached, represent the atoms needed to complete a julolydyl ring,R.sup.3 represents H, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl,R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each independently represents H, or R.sup.5 taken together with R.sup.1, or R.sup.6 taken together with R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Ronda E. Factor
  • Patent number: 4851326
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a reflective support is, after having been imagewise exposed, subjected to color development with a color developer which does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol and which contains a bromide ion in an amount of 4.times.10.sup.-3 mol/liter or less, for a period of time of 2 minutes or less, to obtain a color images with a high colored density. The silver halide color photographic material specifically has at least one silver chlorobromide emulsion layer which does not substantially contain silver iodide and which contains silver chloride in an amount of 50 mol % or more.In the color images thus formed by the present process, the colored density is high and the fog is less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ishikawa, Junya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 4830954
    Abstract: The sensitivity of color photographic negative films may be increased without loss of color quality or sharpness by applying at least one panchromatically sensitized, highly sensitive and black-coupling layer as uppermost, additional light sensitive and dye-forming layer on the side of the film facing the object and including in the negative material sufficient DIR-Coupler to produce an interimage effect of .gtoreq.10% in the yellow region, .gtoreq.25% in the magenta region and .gtoreq.15% in the cyan region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Reinhart Matejec
  • Patent number: 4818663
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive element suitable for the preparation of half-tone color proofs comprising a substrate bearing at least four separate positive acting imaging media coated thereon, said imaging media including:(1) an imaging medium capable of forming a yellow image upon imagewise exposure and processing,(2) an imaging medium capable fo forming a magenta image upon imagewise exposure and processing,(3) an imaging medium capable of forming a cyan image upon imagewise exposure and processing, and(4) an imaging medium capable of forming a black image or a balancing black image upon imagewise exposure and processing,each imaging medium (1), (2) and (3) having a maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength different from that of the maxiumu sensitivity of the other imaging medium of (1) to (3), the imaging medium (4) having spectral sensitivity at each of the wavelengths of the maximum sensitivity of the other imaging media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Stephen R. Powers, Thomas D. G. Hellings
  • Patent number: 4801525
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon a silver halide emulsion layer that has been infrared-sensitized so as to have a sensitivity maximum at a wavelength longer than 750 nm and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer on said silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said light-insensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer contains at least one dye having an absorption maximum at a wavelength shorter than 750 nm. The material has high sensitivity to infrared light, but can be handled under bright safelight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Mihara, Kunio Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 4770984
    Abstract: Color photographic motion picture projection film element comprising a transparent film support and coated thereon in succession, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a yellow-forming coupler, a red-sensitized silver halide emulsion layer comprising a cyan-forming coupler, an intermediate layer, a green-sensitized silver halide emulsion layer comprising a magenta-forming coupler, and an antistress layer, wherein between said support and said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer a yellow antihalation undercoat is provided, which comprises at least one yellow non-diffusing dye that absorbs blue light and is removable and/or decolorizable in a processing bath and between said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and said red-sensitized silver halide emulsion layer a bluish antihalation intermediate layer is provided, which comprises at least one blue non-diffusing dye that absorbs red light and is removable and/or decolorizable in a processing bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Marc W. Ailliet, Felix J. Moelants, Ronnie G. Mampaey
  • Patent number: 4745042
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition of a water-soluble photopolymer which is synthesized from a water-soluble organic matter, which matter is a base polymer produced and refined particularly by bacterial culture biotechnically and contains at least one of polysaccharides, protein, gelatin, casein, polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol, in particular pullulan which is a natural polysaccharide, and chemicals to add functions to aqueous solution of the base polymer, for example, water-soluble radiation sensitive chemical, crosslinking agent, catalyst, epoxy compound, and a compound possessing bleaching or fading action with respect to radiation.The water-soluble photopolymer can be developed in water, and is high in safety and small in aging, and is expected to be used as the material of single-layer resist or multi-layer resist of high resolution and high resistance, or as the material for contrast enhanced litography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Sasago, Masayuki Endo, Kenichi Takeyama, Noboru Nomura
  • Patent number: 4725529
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material, having two or more light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivities on a support, at least two of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivities containing a DIR compound capable of releasing a developing inhibitor or developing inhibitor precursor through the reaction with the oxidized product of a developing agent, the developing inhibitor or developing inhibitor precursor released from the DIR compound being diffusive, wherein the following conditions A:DIR compounds are added and incorporated in the emulsion layers so that the developing inhibitor released from the DIR compound incorporated in one color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the developing inhibitor released from the DIR compound incorporated in the other color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer are reversed in developing inhibiting power when the DIR compounds to be incorporated in the respec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimazaki, Eiichi Sakamoto, Satoshi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Inoie, Minoru Ishikawa