Intercyclic Methine Or Azomethine And Cyclic Ring Containing Patents (Class 430/522)
  • Patent number: 5310630
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material which has been spectrally sensitized to light of wavelengths greater than of about 670 nm in which are highly sensitive to light of wavelength greater than about 670 nm and sufficiently insensitive to visible light having a shorter wavelength. The photosensitive materials comprises a silver halide photosensitive layer containing the yellow coupler, a silver halide photosensitive layer containing a magenta coupler, a silver halide photosensitive layer containing a cyan coupler and at least one non-photosensitive hydrophilic layer. Each of the photosensitive layers are spectrally sensitized such that they have different peak spectral sensitivities at light wavelengths greater than about 670 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Inagaki
  • Patent number: 5308747
    Abstract: A photographic recording material comprising a support bearing at least one photographic layer comprising a sensitized high aspect ratio tabular grain silver halide emulsion and at least one spatially fixed dye layer spatially positioned between said silver halide layer and the upper surface of said recording material, said dye layer comprises a spatially fixed dye that absorbs light in the region of the spectrum to which the silver halide is sensitized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard P. Szajewski, James P. Merrill, Allan F. Sowinski
  • Patent number: 5300409
    Abstract: A method of processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is disclosed. The method comprises a processing steps of developing, fixing and a washing or stabilizing, wherein a replenishing solution for the washing or the stabilizing step is an amount of not more than 3 liters per square meter of the light-sensitive material. The photographic material comprises a support, and a hydrophilic colloidal layer on each of the both side of the support, wherein either one of the hydrophilic colloidal layers contains a dye represented by a specific chemical formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ushiroyama, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5298377
    Abstract: A photographic element is described havinga photographic support;a green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the photographic support and having a magenta dye-forming coupler, anda filter layer on the photographic support and associated with the green sensitive layer, wherein the magenta dye-forming coupler is a 2-equivalent magenta dye-forming coupler, and the filter layer includes a filter dye molecule having the formula:D.dbd.CH--M (I)wherein D is a group which, with the remainder of the molecule, forms a dye having an absorption maximum in the blue or green region of the visible spectrum, andM is a five-membered or six-membered unsaturated heterocyclic ring, which may be fused with another five-membered or six-membered ring system, and which is unsubstituted or substituted with a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an electron withdrawing group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Arlyce T. Bowne
  • Patent number: 5298379
    Abstract: A radiation detecting element, particularly a photographic element having a radiation detecting composition, in particular a silver halide emulsion. The composition provides the element with a wavelength of peak sensitivity, .lambda.peaksens, and a decreasing sensitivity around .lambda.peaksens. An absorber dye of defined characteristics is chosen, which has the effect of decreasing the change in sensitivity which the element otherwise has without the absorber dye (that is, the absorber dye increases the wavelength range over which the sensitivity is relatively constant). The element is preferably sensitive to infra-red.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Anthony Adin, Richard L. Parton
  • Patent number: 5296344
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a dye which colors a specific layer in the light-sensitive material and furthermore is quickly decolored and/or eluted during a development processing. The light-sensitive material contains at least one compound represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.11 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, --COOR.sup.16, or --CONR.sup.16 R.sup.17 ; R.sup.12, R.sup.13 and R.sup.14 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, and an aryl group; R.sup.15 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an amino group; R.sup.13 and R.sup.14 may be combined to form a 6-membered ring; and R.sup.16 and R.sup.17 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, and an aryl group; provided that the compound represented by formula (1) does not have a carboxy group or a salt thereof as a substituent; ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Jimbo, Toshiyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5290670
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive silver halide photographic element which contains an infrared-absorbing dye represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents a sulfoalkyl or a sulfatoalkyl group,Q represents the atoms necessary to complete a 5- to 6- membered carbocyclic ring,Z.sub.3 represents the atoms necessary to complete a 5-membered N-containing aromatic ring,X.sup.- represents an anion,n is an integer of 1 or 2, provided that n is 1 when the dye forms an intramolecular salt, andZ.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted indole nucleus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Ivano Delprato, Stefano Mana, Antonio Luzzi
  • Patent number: 5290669
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having photographic component layers on a support and at least one layer of which contains a silver salt of dye, is disclosed. The material has properties of high sharpness, high speed, less fogging and excellent raw stock stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Hirabayashi, Yasushi Usagawa, Nobuaki Kagawa, Yasuhiko Kawashima
  • Patent number: 5288600
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a dispersion obtained by emulsifying and dispersing a mixed solution containing at least one oil-soluble dye and at least one water-insoluble, organic solvent-soluble polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamanouchi, Yoshihiro Jimbo, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Koji Tamoto, Yukio Karino, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 5283165
    Abstract: Pyrrolinone dyes, and photographic materials containing them, which dyes have the formula: ##STR1## wherein; E.sup.1 represents an electron withdrawing group;R.sup.1 represents an aryl group of 6 to 14 carbon atoms or an alkyl group of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms;R.sup.2 represents an alkyl or alkylthio group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic or cycloalkyl group any of which have 5 to 14 carbon atoms, or R2 represents a hydroxy, cyano, chloro, nitro or hydrogen;M.sup.+ is a cation;each L represents a methine group;m is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and D is a moiety in conjugation with the oxygen of the pyrollinone ring.The dyes are particularly useful as solid particle filter dye dispersions in photographic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Margaret J. Helber, Louis J. Rossi
  • Patent number: 5274109
    Abstract: A microprecipitated dispersion comprising a methine oxonol filter dye is provided which has the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 0, 1, or 2; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are the same or different substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl groups, one or more of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 contains carboxy substituent --CO.sub.2 Z, wherein Z.sup.+ is a statistical mixture of hydrogen (H.sup.+) and alkali or tetraalkylammonium cations (M.sup.+) such that Z.sup.+ =xH.sup.+ +(1-x)M.sup.+, where x is a decimal ranging from about 0.33 to about 0.95, and photographic elements containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John Texter
  • Patent number: 5272050
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic material, which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a group being capable of substitution; W represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; Z represents --Y.sub.1 --(R.sub.3).sub.n2 or R.sub.3 in which R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group being capable of substitution; n.sub.0, n.sub.1, and n.sub.2 each are 0 or 1; h is 1 or 2; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 may bond together to form a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; when n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 each are 1, Y.sub.1 represents --CO--, --C(.dbd.NR.sub.4)--, --C(.dbd.S)--, --C(.dbd.N.sup.+ R.sub.5 R.sub.6)--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --C(.dbd.CR.sub.7 R.sub.8)--, --R.sub.6 C.dbd.N--, or --R.sub.6 C.dbd.CR.sub.9 --, in which R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, and R.sub.9 each represent a hydrogen atom or a group being capable of substitution; when n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 each are 0, Y.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsunori Matsushita, Yoko Idogaki
  • Patent number: 5266452
    Abstract: A photographic element containing a thermal-dye-bleach construction includes a thermal nucleophile-generating agent in association with a polymethine dye having a nucleus of general formula (I): ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Kitchin, Mark P. Kirk, Dian E. Stevenson, Randall H. Helland
  • Patent number: 5266454
    Abstract: Solid particle dispersions of dyes according to the formula: ##STR1## wherein D is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## are disclosed as filter dyes for photographic elements. In this formula, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl. R is a carboxy or sulfonamido substituent. L.sup.1 through L.sup.5 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted methine groups, and m is 0 or 1. The dyes of the invention are particularly useful as filter dyes for light in the ultraviolet and short blue wavelength regions of the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Glenn M. Brown
  • Patent number: 5266453
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which provides an improved safelight property without adversely affecting the photographic properties of the light-sensitive material. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substitutable group; W represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; Z represents --Y.sub.1 --(R.sub.3)n.sub.2 or R.sub.3 in which R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substitutable group; n.sub.0, n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 each represents 0 or 1; h represents 1 or 2; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may combine with each other to form a hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring; Y.sub.1 represents --CO--, --CO(.dbd.NR.sub.4)--, --C(.dbd.S)--, --C(.dbd.N.sup.+ R.sub.5 R.sub.6)--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --C(C.dbd.CR.sub.7 R.sub.8)--,--R.sub.6 C.dbd.N--, or --R.sub.6 C.dbd.CR.sub.9 --in [(R.sub.1).sub.n1 --Y.sub.1 ] when n.sub.1 is 1 and in --Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetunori Matushita, Yoko Idogaki
  • Patent number: 5264333
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material has at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a dispersion obtained by emulsifying and dispersing a solution containing at least one oil-soluble dye and at least one water-insoluble, organic solvent-soluble polymer having at least one repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be the same or different and each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; L represents a bivalent bonding group; and n.sub.1 represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamanouchi, Satoru Toda, Koji Tamoto
  • Patent number: 5262284
    Abstract: A photographic element including a support bearing a silver halide photographic emulsion and an image dye-forming coupler, wherein the image dye-forming coupler includes a ballasted arylidene pyrazolone which is also a filter dye that upon exposure and processing of the element is destroyed in both exposed and unexposed areas of said element or a masking coupler that upon exposure and processing is destroyed only in exposed areas of the element. The arylidene pyrazolone compound includes an oxygen-inclusive electron donating group in conjugation with the arylidene function, preferably positioned para to the arylidene function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Philip T. S. Lau, Danny R. Thompson, Stephen P. Singer
  • Patent number: 5262289
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprises at least one compound represented by general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an electron withdrawing group; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --NHCOR.sup.3, --NR.sup.3 CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, --NR.sup.3 COOR.sup.4, --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.3 COR.sup.4 or --COOR.sup.3 (in which R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group); L.sup.1, L.sup.2 and L.sup.3 each independently represents a methine group; X represents a sulfur atom or NR.sup.6 ; Y represents an oxygen atom or NR.sup.7 (in which R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 have the same meaning as R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuko Ohya, Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 5260179
    Abstract: Imine dyes useful in photographic materials have the formula ##STR1## wherein D is selected from ##STR2## and wherein E.sup.1, E.sup.2, E.sup.3, and E.sup.4 each individually represents strongly electron-withdrawing groups; R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 each individually represents an alkyl group of 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl or cycloalkyl group of 5 to about 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl group of 6 to about 14 carbon atoms; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.11 each individually represents an alkyl group of 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group of 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, or an aryl, aralkyl, or cycloalkyl group of 5 to about 14 carbon atoms; or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 individually represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered fused ring with the phenyl ring to which the nitrogen is attached, or together represent the non-metallic atoms required to form a 5- or 6-membered ring with each other; R.sup.4, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Margaret J. Helber, Hugh Williamson
  • 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: 5258274
    Abstract: A thermal-dye-bleach construction comprising a thermal nucleophile-generating agent in association with a styryl dye having a nucleus of general formula (I): ##STR1## representing the nucleus of a styryl dye in which R=methyl or ethyl groupY=alkoxy of 1 to 20 carbon atomsm=1 or 2,n=1, 2, or 3, andx.sup..crclbar. =an anionThe aromatic fused benzene portion of the indolenine ring may be further substituted with commonly acceptable dye substituents such as alkyl and substituted alkyl (of 1 to 10 carbon atoms) groups, alkoxy groups (preferably of 1 to 10 carbon atoms), fused aromatic rings (as to make the benzene ring a fused naphthalene ring), halogen (including fluoro), cyano, nitro, carboxamido, amido, etc. One or two substituents chosen variously from said group may also be present on the phenyl ring to which the alkoxy group is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Randall H. Helland, George V. D. Tiers, Dian E. Stevenson
  • 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: 5252443
    Abstract: An asymmetrical radiographic element is disclosed comprised of a transparent film support, green sensitized silver halide emulsion layer units of differing sensitometric characteristics coated on opposite sides of the film support, and a processing solution decolorizable means for reducing crossover to less than 10 percent. The element is positioned between intensifying screens and mounted in a cassette for exposure to X-radiation. A processing solution decolorizable pentamethineoxonol dye with insignificant absorption at 550 nm is incorporated into an overcoat layer to distinguish which of the emulsion layer units is positioned nearest a source of X-radiation during exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Robert E. Dickerson
  • Patent number: 5238798
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having on a support a hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one 2-pyrazoline-5-one oxonol dye represented by formula (I) in the form of a dispersion of fine solid particles thereof; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, --COOR.sup.2, --COR.sup.3, --ONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --OR.sup.2, --NHCOR.sup.3, or --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 (wherein R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group); and L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3, L.sup.4, and L.sup.5 each represents a methine group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Usami
  • Patent number: 5238799
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material having a hydrophilic colloid layer which contains a dispersion of fine solid grains of at least one dye of formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group or a group of COOR.sub.3, COR.sub.3, CONR.sub.4 R.sub.5, NR.sub.4 R.sub.5, NR.sub.4 COR.sub.3, NR.sub.4 CONR.sub.4 R.sub.5, OR.sub.3, SR.sub.3, SOR.sub.3 or SO.sub.2 R.sub.3 ; R.sub.3 being an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each being a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 being optionally bonded to each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group; and n represents 0 or 1; provided that R.sub.1, R.sub.2, L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 must not have an ionizable proton-having group or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Usami, Shigeru Ohno, Yoko Idogaki
  • 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: 5227495
    Abstract: A cyanine compound of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein T.sup.1 and T.sup.2 each independently represents an atomic group which is necessary for forming a condensed benzene ring; L.sup.3 represents a methine group or a trivalent connecting group formed by conjugated double bonding of 3, 5 or 7 methine groups; R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23 and R.sup.24 each independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a phenyl group both of which may or may not be substituted; Y is an anion and q is a number which is necessary for neutralizing a positive charge; provided that at least one of R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23 and R.sup.24 is an alkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms and which may or may not be substituted when L.sup.3 consists of 1, 3 or 5 methine groups.The cyanine compound can be used as a coloring material, a sensitizing dye for photographic use, a recording dye for use in optical information recording media, a staining agent, a pharmaceutical agent, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Inagaki, Masao Yabe
  • Patent number: 5223382
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing a dye that can be quickly decolored during development processing and can provide the light-sensitive material with excellent sharpness and less residual color. The light-sensitive material is characterized by having a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a dye represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms necessary to form a 5 or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, .sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 and/or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 may be combined to form a 5 or 6-membered ring; R.sub.6 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3 and L.sub.4 each represent a methine group; X.sup.- represents an anion; m represents 1 or 2; n represents 0 or 1; and p represents 0, 1/2 or 1, provided that when the dye forms an intermolecular salt, p is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 5213956
    Abstract: Solid particle dispersions of dyes according to the formula: ##STR1## wherein D is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## and ketomethylene nuclei are disclosed as filter dyes for photographic elements.In this formula, E.sup.1 and E.sup.2 are each independently electron withdrawing groups R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are each independently R or NHR, where R is substituted or unsubstituted aryl. R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or represent the carbon atoms necessary to form a fused ring with the phenyl ring to which the N atom is attached. R.sup.4 and R.sup.7 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl. R.sup.5 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted 5 or 6 membered heterocyclic nucleus. M.sup.+ is a cation. L.sup.1 through L.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Glenn M. Brown, Margaret J. Helber
  • Patent number: 5213951
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer on at least one side of a support, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer comprises tabular silver halide grains having a grain thickness of 0.3 .mu.m or less and accounting for at least 50% of the total projected area, wherein a blue pigment having a maximum absorption wave length of from 570 to 630 nm is present in said silver halide emulsion layer and/or in another hydrophilic layer of the photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Gerolamo Delfino
  • Patent number: 5213957
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, containing at least one type of dye represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents an acidic nucleus; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 represent methine groups; Z represents non-metal atoms which form a five membered heterocyclic ring; n represents 0 or 1; and the dye comprises at least one group selected from a carboxyl group, a sulfonamido group and a sulfamoyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 5208137
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The photographic material contais fine solid particles of a compound represented by a formula ofA=L.sub.1 -L.sub.2 =L.sub.3).sub.m Bwherein A represents an acidic mother nucleus of 2-pyrazoline-5-one; B represents an aryl group which is substituted at 4th position thereof with an amino group having at least one of alkenyl, alkknyl or heterocyclic group or with a cyclic amino group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represent a methine group; m is an integer of 0 or 1; wherein A contains a carboxyphenyl, sulfonaminodophenyl or aminosulfonylaminophenyl group. The compound is used in a filter layer in the photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Usagawa, Yasuhiko Kawashima, Nobuaki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5204236
    Abstract: The improved silver halide photographic material is provided which contains a compound of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group or a heterocyclic group; Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming a 5- to 7-membered ring; X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or .dbd.N-R.sub.3 ; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, a heterocyclic group or --OR.sub.4 ; R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group or a heterocyclic group; L.sub.1 to L.sub.5 each represents a methine group; and n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 each represents an integer of 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kawashima, Reiko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 5204232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, characterized in that at least one layer of the above silver halide emulsion layers contains a compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n represents 0 or 1; A represents a compound residue which cleaves a bonding to Time in the case of n=1 or a compound residue which cleaves one of bondings to FL in the case of n=0; Time represents a timing group which cleaves a bonding to FL after cleavage from A; and FL represents a compound residue which emits fluorescence by cleavage of a bonding to Time in the case of n=1 and a compound residue which emits fluorescence by cleavage of one of bondings to A in the case of n=0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sato, Shigeo Tanaka, Satoru Ikesu
  • Patent number: 5190854
    Abstract: A photographic laser recording material is disclosed comprising a transparent base and at least one emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion which is sensitized to the near infra-red by the combination of a heptamethine chain containing dye according to general formula (I) and a supersensitizer characterized in that said emulsion layer further contains a compound according to general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent a non metallic atomic group necessary to complete a benzothiazole, benzoxazole, naphtothiazole or naphtoxazole nucleus; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represent an alkyl or substituted alkyl group;R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, amino, phenyl or benzyl group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.3, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 respectively may combine with each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring;X-.sub.n is an anion of the type commonly present in sensitizing dyes, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventor: Rudi A. Goedeweeck
  • Patent number: 5187042
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer comprises a monodisperse emulsion and said emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one hydrazine derivative and at least one redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor when oxidized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Katoh, Hisashi Okamura, Hisashi Okada, Nobuaki Inoue, Toshiro Takahashi, Morio Yagihara, Tetsuo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5180659
    Abstract: A photosensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and provided thereon, photographic component layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. At least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains having silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %; at least one of the photographic component layers comprises a specific dye excellent in decolorization and capable of improving sharpness; at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises a mercapto compound for improving aging stability of silver halide emulsions; a photographic component layer is hardened with cyanuric chloride series hardeners for improving fog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Shun Takada
  • 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: 5164291
    Abstract: Sulfoalkyl substituted indolenine dyes that absorb infrared radiation and photosensitive elements containing said dyes are disclosed. These dyes are useful as antihalation dyes in infrared sensitive photographic elements which show dye low stain. These dyes are represented by the following structure: ##STR1## wherein X is F, Cl, or Br; R is a hydrocarbon moiety containing from two to about five carbon atoms; and Y is a cation. In a preferred embodiment X is Cl. In a more preferred embodiment R is --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 -- or --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 --.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alden D. West, Dietrich M. Fabricius
  • Patent number: 5162195
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photosensitive material is disclosed: (i) subjecting a full-color photographic material to scanning exposure to three lights each having different wavelength; (ii) processing said exposed full-color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine color developing agent and containing chloride ion in amount of from 3.5.times.10.sup.-2 to 1.5.times.10.sup.-1 mole/liter and bromide ion in an amount from 3.5.times.10.sup.-2 to 1.5.times.10.sup.-1 mole/liter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Inagaki
  • Patent number: 5153113
    Abstract: A silver halide photgraphic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material is comprisesa support,a silver halide emulsion layer provided on a surface of said support,an antistatic layer comprising a water-soluble conductive polymer, hydrophobic polymer particles and an epoxy curing agent, which is provided on the surface of said support opposite to the surface on which said emulsion layer is provided, anda hydrophilic colloid layer adjacently provided on said antistatic layer which contains a dye represented by the following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein Qs are independently an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R is a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; Ms are independently a cation; L is a methine group; n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2; and p is an integer of 1 or 2. The photographic material is improved in antistatic property and inhibited in the color remaining after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hirabayashi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Tomonobu Moriya
  • Patent number: 5153114
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic lightsensitive material which comprises a support and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer including a silver halide emulsion layer, said hydrophilic colloid layer layer containing at least one dye represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## (where R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, Y represents a group of atoms necessary to form a saturated hydrocarbon ring or a saturated heterocyclic ring together with the carbon atom on the 3 position of pyrrole ring having Z, Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a benzo condensed ring or a naphtho condensed ring, n represents 1 or 2, m represent 1 or 2 and m is 1 when the dye forms an inner salt, and X.crclbar. represents an anion, with a proviso that a molecule of the dye has at least one acid substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kaneko, Akira Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5153108
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which comprises developing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine color developing agent, wherein the photographic material contains (a) at least one high silver chloride content emulsion layer with a silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more, and (b) a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents --COOR.sub.5, ##STR2## --COR.sub.5 --CN or a halogenated methane R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents an aryl group; X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents a chemical bond or a divalent linking group; Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ishikawa, Kazuaki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5153112
    Abstract: The improved method of processing a silver halide photographic material that has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of a support and which has at least one back coating layer on the other side of the support is characterized in that said silver halide photographic material contains at least one specific dye and at least one anionic surfactant and the development, fixing, washing and/or stabilizing steps are performed within a time period of 40 seconds and at a line speed of at least 1,500 mm/min. The method is capable of processing the silver halide photographic material without producing either substantial or uneven color remnant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshida, Syoji Nishio
  • Patent number: 5147770
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The photographic material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer wherein silver halide grains comprise monodisperse silver chlorobromide containing at least 2 mol % of silver chloride and having an area ratio of crystal face of Mirror indeces (100) satisfying the relationship:5.0.ltoreq.K.ltoreq..infin.wherein K represents the ratio of the intensity of diffracted rays attributable to (200) face to that of diffracted rays attributable to (222) face determined by X-ray diffraction analytical method, represented by: ##EQU1## and wherein said silver halide color photographic material contains at least one dye represented by the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein n, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and L are as defined above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kokichi Waki, Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 5143822
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which is improved in the sharpness of images and whitness of the background. The light-sensitive material comprises a reflective support having thereon a photographic layer including a silver halide emulsion layer and an antihalation layer provided between said support and said silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said antihalation layer contains fine dispersed particles of a compound represented by the following formula I, and at least one layer included in said photographic layer contains a fluorescent whitening agent;A.dbd.L.sub.1 --L.sub.2 .dbd.L.sub.3).sub.m B (I)wherein A is a 2-pyrazoline-5-on nucleus; B is an 4-aminoaryl group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3 and L.sub.4 are each a methine group; and m is 0 or 1, and group represented by A or B should have a specified substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Shouji Nishio
  • 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: 5135842
    Abstract: A thermal-dye-bleach construction comprising a thermal nucleophile-generating agent in association with a polymethine dye having a nucleus of general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: n is 0, 1, 2 or 3;R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, optionally substituted alkyl groups of up to 30 carbon atoms, optionally substituted alkenyl groups of up to 30 carbon atoms and optionally substituted aryl groups of up to 14 carbon atoms; andR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together and/or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together may represent the necessary atoms to complete a 5 or 6-membered optionally substituted heterocyclic ring; orone or more of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 may represent the necessary atoms to complete an optionally substituted 5 or 6-membered heterocyclic ring fused to the phenyl ring on which the NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 or NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 group is attached;R.sup.5 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Kitchin, Mark P. Kirk, Dian E. Stevenson, Randall H. Helland
  • 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: 5107063
    Abstract: Sulfoalkyl substituted indolenine dyes that absorb infrared radiation and photosensitive elements containing said dyes are disclosed. These dyes are useful as antihalation dyes in infrared sensitive photographic elements which show dye low stain. These dyes are represented by the following structure: ##STR1## wherein X is F, Cl, or Br; R is a hydrocarbon moiety containing from two to about five carbon atoms; and Y is a cation. In a preferred embodiment X is Cl. In a more preferred embodiment R is --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 -- or --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 --.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alden D. West, Dietrich M. Fabricius