And Development Inhibitor Or Development Inhibitor Releasing Agent Patents (Class 430/544)
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Publication number: 20020018972Abstract: Blocked photographically useful groups decompose thermally via a Lossen rearrangement reaction, including, for example, compounds represented by the following structure: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Wojciech K. Slusarek, Xiqiang Yang, David H. Levy
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Publication number: 20020018971Abstract: A colour photographic recording material having at least one spectrally sensitised silver halide emulsion layer, characterised in that said silver halide emulsion layer contains an oil former having a pKa value of less than 18 and a DIR coupler and the material contains at least one colour coupler, wherein the colour coupler and/or the DIR coupler have specific structures, is distinguished by an increased interimage effect in comparison with the prior art without sensitivity being reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Jorg Hagemann, Gunter Helling, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski, Ralf Buscher
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Patent number: 6346371Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising at least one emulsion layer comprising at least 50 mol % silver chloride, which layer comprises at least one DIR coupler in association with at least one image dye-forming coupler, characterised in that the relative reactivity ratio krel of at least one DIR coupler and an associated image coupler is less than or equal to 1.0, wherein krel=k1/k2; k1=the second order rate constant for the reaction of DIR coupler with oxidised developer and k2=the second order rate constant for the reaction of image coupler with oxidised developer. The DIR couplers when associated with image couplers such that the above condition is satisfied efficiently reduce development of silver halide emulsions containing at least 50 mol % silver chloride, there being a reduction in contrast providing a linear sensitometric curve over a good latitude with negligible speed penalty.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Andrew S. Craig, Richard P. Szajewski
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Patent number: 6322959Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprises a support and, superimposed thereon, a yellow color-forming blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a magenta color-forming green-sensitive emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler represented by a general formula (MC-1): and a cyan color-forming red-sensitive emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler represented by a general formula (NC-1):Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2000Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoto Matsuda
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Patent number: 6309811Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising: a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound with an aromatic bicyclic nitrogen nucleus of which at least one ring is six-membered and with two nitrogen ring atoms in each ring and with at least one N—H bond provided that the ClogP for the compound is at least 2.0 and less than 7.2; and (b) a second light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, having a spectral sensitivity different from that of the first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, containing a compound of Formula III: COUP-(TIME)j-INH III wherein: COUP is a coupler parent group capable of forming a dye upon reaction with an oxidized developer; TIME is a timing group and j is 0,1 or 2; and INH is a mild silver development inhibitor fragment. The invention provides improved color reproduction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Philip A. Allway, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6284448Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, the photographic material further comprising a 2-equivalent yellow coupler exhibiting superior dye forming capability and enhanced solubility in a solvent, and represented by the following formula:Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Takatugu Suzuki, Noriko Ueda, Takayuki Suzuki, Katsuji Ota, Satoru Ikesu
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Patent number: 6280919Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a coupler based on a 1-aryl-3-arylpyrazol-5-one ring and represented by formula I: wherein the substituents are as described in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Wojciech K. Slusarek, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Zheng Z. Wu
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Publication number: 20010010895Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising:Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 1999Publication date: August 2, 2001Inventors: PHILIP A. ALLWAY, LOUIS E. FRIEDRICH, STEPHEN P. SINGER
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Patent number: 6265142Abstract: A heat developable color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one dye providing compound represented by the formula (L1) shown below and at least one developing agent represented by the formula (1) or (2) shown below: The symbols in the above formulae are defined and described in detail in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Nakagawa, Toshiki Taguchi
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Publication number: 20010008749Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, 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 layers, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains a coupler represented by the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2000Publication date: July 19, 2001Inventors: Osamu Ishige, Emiko Kataoka, Hiroyuki Hoshino
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Patent number: 6261750Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material contains at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive layer on a support, wherein at least one of the non-light-sensitive layers contains a silver halide emulsion having a previously fogged surface, and the non-light-sensitive layer containing the previously fogged emulsion and/or its adjacent layer contains a compound capable of releasing a photographically useful group or its precursor by a coupling reaction with the oxidized form of a developing agent, wherein the previously fogged emulsion is developed during color development to evenly form the oxidized form of a color developing agent, and the photographically useful group or its precursor is released non-imagewise by the coupling reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Ishii, Takayuki Ito, Fumitaka Ueda, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
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Patent number: 6242168Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-sensitive silver halide color multilayer photographic material which comprises a support base having coated thereon at least three red-sensitive emulsion layers having different sensitivity, at least three green-sensitive emulsion layers having different sensitivity, and at least two yellow-sensitive emulsion layers having different sensitivity, wherein (a) a core-shell silver halide emulsion having an average silver iodide content lower than 10% mol is present in at least one of the lowest sensitive red-, green- and yellow layers, (b) a yellow dye forming malonodiamide DIR coupler having in the coupling position thereof a 4,7-dihalogen-2-benzotriazolyl group is present in both the medium sensitive red- and green-sensitive layers, and (c) a yellow dye forming DIR coupler having a 1,2,4-triazolyl group attached to the coupling position, such 1,2,4-triazolyl group comprising a hydrolizable alkoxy- or aryloxy-carbonyl group attached to a benzytlthio substituent on theType: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Ferrania SpAInventors: Mauro Avidano, Raffaella Biavasco, Diego Brignone, Giuseppe Rocca, Luisa Tavella
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Patent number: 6238855Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support bearing one or more silver halide emulsions at least one of which comprises at least 50% silver chloride in association with one or more image dye-forming couplers and one or more DI(A)R couplers of formulae I or II: wherein: TIME is a timing group and R1, R2, Z, n, and j are as defined in the specification, wherein the DI(A)R coupler(s) in association with an emulsion comprising at least 50% silver chloride comprise at least about 25% to about 90% of the total amount of coupler in association with that emulsion and the total amount of coupler is the sum of the number of moles of image coupler(s) and the number of moles of the DI(A)R couplers in association with that emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Philip A. Allway, Christina M. Watts, Paul L. Stanley
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Patent number: 6228572Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising: a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula 1: wherein: M is hydrogen, an alkali metal cation or an ammonium cation, X is oxygen, sulfur or selenium, and Q represents a ballasting moiety; provided further that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is at least 1.0 and less than 7.6; and b) a second light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, having a spectral sensitivity different from that of the first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, containing a compound of Formula II: COUP—(TIME)j—INH II wherein: 1) COUP is a coupler parent group capable of forming a dye upon reaction with an oxidized developer; 2) TIME is a timing group and j is 0 or 1; and 3) INH is a mild silver development inhibitor fragment. The invention provides improved color reproduction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: J. R. Vargas, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6218097Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material having a support and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a magenta coupler of the formula (I) in which R1 to R3, a, b, c and X have the meaning stated in the description, which material contains a DIR coupler of the formula (II) in which R6 to R11 have the meaning stated in the description, is distinguished by improved processing stability.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Peter Bell, Ralf Büscher, Lothar Rosenhahn, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski
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Patent number: 6197488Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a coupler according to Formula I: COUP—(TIME)n—HSM (I) wherein: COUP is an organic fragment which reacts with oxidized developer to release—(TIME)n—HSM, TIME is an optional timing group or linking group which connects HSM to COUP at the site of reaction with oxidized developer, n=0,1 or 2, and HSM is a compound having a minimum of three heteroatoms and having a ClogP sufficient to increase the speed of said element compared to the same element without the coupler. The invention provides improved light sensitivity without significant adverse effect on granularity or ease of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Philip A. Allway, Bernard A. Clark, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6190853Abstract: This application discloses a photographic element comprising an image dye-forming coupler, and in particular a yellow coupler with an indazole coupling-off group which produces images with improved sharpness and comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing an image-dye-forming coupler of formula (I) wherein: R is an alkyl, aryl, alkoxy or heterocyclic group; R1-R5 are hydrogen or an independently selected substituent, provided that R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4 and R4 and R5 may represent fused cyclic groups; Ind is an indazole of formula (II): wherein Ind is linked directly to the coupler via a ring nitrogen atom (Na or Nb); and V, W, X, Y and Z are the same or different and are hydrogen or a substituent; provided that the sum of the Hammett sigma para values of V, W, X, Y and Z is equal to or greater than 0.4.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1999Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Michael W. Crawley
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Patent number: 6190849Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising: a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a tetrazole compound of Formula I: wherein when R1 is hydrogen, then R2 is an alkyl, aryl, alkoxy , aryloxy, alkylthio or arylthio, sulfoxyl, sulfonyl, sulfamoyl, —O—CO—, —O—SO2—, a heterocyclic group, a carbonyl group or an amino group or when R2 is a thiol (—SH) group, then R1 is an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group provided further that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is at least 2.0 and less than 7.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul A. Burns, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6190847Abstract: A color negative silver halide photographic element is disclosed that is capable of producing images that, when converted to electronic form and then converted to a viewable form, exhibit reduced granularity. The photographic elements contain blue, green and red recording layer units capable of forming spectrally differentiated dye images. The layer units are substantially free of masking coupler, each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.5 and an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E. Greater than 50 mole percent of development inhibitor compound in at least one of the layer units exhibits a diffusion factor of less than 0.4.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1998Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Allan F. Sowinski, Richard P. Szajewski, Frank R. Brockler, Edward J. Giorgianni, John D. Buhr, Lois A. Buitano, Maria J. Gonzalez
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Patent number: 6190848Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising: a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula I: wherein Q represents the atoms necessary to form a triazole ring and the associated bonds, provided that the ring members may be substituted and that two of such members may join to form a fused ring; provided further that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is from 4.75 to 9.0; and b) a second light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, having a spectral sensitivity different from that of the first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, containing a compound of Formula II: COUP-(TIME)j-INH II wherein: 1) COUP is a coupler parent group capable of forming a dye upon reaction with an oxidized developer; 2) TIME is a timing group and j is 0 or 1; and 3) INH is a mild silver development inhibitor fragment. The invention provides improved color reproduction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jane S. Boff, Bernard A. Clark, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6174662Abstract: A photographic element comprises: (a) a support; and (b) at least one silver halide emulsion layer; wherein said emulsion layer contains (c) at least one magenta dye-forming pyrazolone DIR coupler of structure I; and (d) at least one magenta dye-forming imaging coupler of structure II, structure IIIa or structure IIIb, below: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, David A. Steele
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Patent number: 6171772Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprises blue-, green-, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support, and at least one layer of the material contains a compound represented by formula (I) below in an amount that satisfies a relation X/(X+Y)≧0.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Ikeda, Takayuki Ito, Koji Takaku
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Patent number: 6171771Abstract: This invention comprises a photographic element having a support bearing one or more silver halide emulsions and one or more DIR couplers of structure I or II below: wherein: Z is a moiety which can react with oxidized developer to release a coupling-off group; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, arylthio, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, carbonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, aryloxy, arylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, sulphonyl and sulphonamido groups; each of the R2 substituents is a halogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, arylthio, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, carbonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, aryloxy, arylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, sulphonyl and sulphonamido groups; X represents the atoms required to make a second ring which is aromatic and contains at least one nitrogen atom; and n is between 0 and the numType: GrantFiled: March 25, 1997Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Philip A. Allway, David A. Steele, Jerrold N. Poslusny
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Patent number: 6159672Abstract: The invention provides a multilayered color photographic element and associated image forming process wherein the element comprises a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers said layers including at least two blue sensitive layers, the blue sensitive layers being the emulsion layers farthest from the support, whereinthe first of said blue sensitive layers is the most sensitive blue layer and is the emulsion layer farthest from the support, the first blue sensitive layer being extremely starved of dye-forming coupler, the second blue sensitive layer being contiguous said first blue sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1993Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Brian Rieger, James Anthony Friday
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Patent number: 6159671Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprises a support and, superimposed thereon, a yellow color-forming blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a magenta color-forming green-sensitive emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler represented by a general formula (MC-1): ##STR1## and a cyan color-forming red-sensitive emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler represented by a general formula (PC-1)or a general formula (NC-1): ##STR2##Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1998Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoto Matsuda
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Patent number: 6156490Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a coupler based on a 1-aryl-3-arylpyrazol-5-one or a 1-aryl-3-alkylpyrazol-5-one ring and represented by formula I: ##STR1## wherein: X represents an aryl, alkyl, alkylamino, or arylamino group;Y can be carbon or sulfur; in is 1 when Y is carbon and 2 when Y is sulfur;R represents a halogen or an alkyl group; and o is 0 to 4, provided that two or more R substituents may join to form one or more additional rings;Z is either (a) an aryl group represented as Ar.sup.3 Q(n) where Q represents n independently selected substituents bonded to the Ar.sup.3 ring; and n is 0 to 5, provided that two or more Q substituents may join to form one or more additional rings or (b) an alkyl group;OAr.sup.4 is an aryloxy group; andP represents p independently selected substituents bonded to the OAr.sup.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Wojciech K. Slusarek, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Xiqiang K. Yang
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Patent number: 6153369Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazol-5-one coupler bearing a 4-aryloxy coupling-off group containing a group capable of releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) wherein:(1) the pyrazol-5-one ring contains a 1-aryl substituent which in turn contains, in a position ortho to the bond linking it to the pyrazolone ring, a secondary carbonamido group or a secondary sulfonamido group;(2) the pyrazol-5-one ring contains either (a) a 3-aryl substituent which in turn contains substituents for which the sum of the Hammett's .sigma. constant values is -0.3 or higher or (b) a 3-alkyl substituent; and(3) the 4-aryloxy coupling-off group:(a) contains ring substituents selected so that the sum of the Hammett's .sigma. constant values for all substituents on the phenoxy ring is at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Wojciech K. Slusarek, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Xiqiang K. Yang
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Patent number: 6150079Abstract: A color photographic material, the cyan coupler of which is of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.11 means an alkyl, aryl, acylamino, alkylcarbamoyl, arylcarbamoyl or a heterocyclic group,R.sub.12 means a group having electron-attracting characteristics,R.sub.13 means a group having electron-attracting characteristics,R.sub.14 means an alkyl or aryl group,R.sub.15 means a divalent linking member having 2 to 4 linking atoms,X means .dbd.O or .dbd.N--SO.sub.2 R.sub.21 andY means a group eliminable by hydrolytic or intramolecular (nucleophilic) attack,is distinguished by improved processing stability.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Agfa Gevaert N.VInventor: Peter Bergthaller
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Patent number: 6150078Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith an 1-arylpyrazol-5-one coupler bearing a 4-aryloxy coupling-off group containing a group capable of releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) wherein:(1) the 1-arylpyrazol-5-one ring contains a 3-aryl substituent which in turn contains substituents for which the sum of the Hammett's .sigma. constant values is at least 0, provide that two or more such substituents may join to form one or more additional rings; and(2) the 4-aryloxy coupling-off group:(a) contains ring substituents selected so that the sum of the Hammett's sigma constant values for all substituents on the aryloxy ring is at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Wojciech K. Slusarek, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Zheng Z. Wu, Xiqiang Yang
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Patent number: 6150077Abstract: Photographic elements are provided which contain a compound having the formula:R.sup.1 --NH--(Q).sub.m --C(R.sup.2)(R.sup.3)--(TIME).sub.n -PAMwherein: R.sup.1 is an electron withdrawing moiety; Q is a group comprising a conjugated system; m is 0 or 1, and when m=1, --NH--Q--C(R.sup.2)(R.sup.3)-- is a timing or linking group which undergoes electron migration along a conjugated system to cause a cleavage reaction; TIME is a timing or linking group; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, preferably 0 or 1; PAM is a photographically active moiety; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, susbtituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups, can be combined with R.sup.1 to form a ring, or can combine together to form a ring, with the proviso R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 cannot together form a double bond with another atom and neither R.sup.2 nor R.sup.3 can be selected from RO--, RS--, R.sub.2 N--, or RSe-- where R represents any substituent.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: J. Ramon Vargas, David A. Dickinson
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Patent number: 6146820Abstract: This invention comprises a photographic element having a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one DIR coupler of structure I: ##STR1## wherein: Z is a moiety which can react with oxidized developer to release a coupling-off group;R.sub.1 is selected from the substituents shown in formulas II, III, IV and V:II --SCH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 R.sub.2, III --NHCOR.sub.3, IV --OCH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 R.sub.4, V --OR.sub.5 ;R.sub.2 is an alkyl group with at least 3 carbon atoms or an aryl group with at least 7 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 is an alkyl or alkoxy group with at least 4 carbon atoms or an aryl or phenoxy group with at least 7 carbon atoms; andR.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are alkyl groups with at least 4 carbon atoms or aryl groups.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Philip A. Allway, David A. Steele, Jerrold N. Poslusny
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Patent number: 6130031Abstract: This invention comprises a photographic element, comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one benzoylacetanilide yellow dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I, below: ##STR1## wherein: each R.sub.1 is individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms and alkyl and alkoxy groups;m is 0, 1, 2 or 3;R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms and alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, sulfonyloxy, acyloxy and cyano groups and each is in the para position or in either meta position relative to the NH group of the anilide;X is a hydrogen or halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group;R.sub.3 is a halogen atom or an alkyl group and may be in the para position or either meta position relative to the NH group of the anilide;n is 0 or 1; andR.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 3 to 10 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: October 10, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, David A. Steele
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Patent number: 6107016Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material contains a coupler capable of releasing a photographically useful group or its precursor by a coupling reaction between the coupler and a developing agent in an oxidized form, wherein the coupler releases the photographically useful group or its precursor by an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction using the nitrogen atom that directly bonds to a coupling position of a product obtained by the coupling reaction and that originates from the developing agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1999Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Koji Takaku, Yasuhiro Shimada, Akira Ikeda, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6087082Abstract: This invention comprises a photographic element, comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one acylacetanilide yellow dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I, below: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is a t-alkyl group or a phenyl group;R.sub.2 is an alkyl group or a phenyl group;X is a halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group; andR.sub.3 is an alkyl group with 3 to 10 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, David A. Steele, Jerrold N. Poslusny
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Patent number: 6063555Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a transparent support having on one side thereof a cyan dye-forming coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a yellow dye-forming coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer and an invisible light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye forming coupler, a colored coupler or a DIR compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Kuniaki Uezawa, Kaoru Onodera, Hideaki Haraga
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Patent number: 6060227Abstract: A color negative film having a support, at least one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of the color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers consists of at least two sub-layers of differing photographic sensitivity, the coupler application rate in the most highly sensitive layer of the color sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, of which there is at least one, consisting of at least two sub-layers of differing photographic sensitivity, is no more than 0.05 mmol/m.sup.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NVInventors: Ralf Buscher, Peter Bell, Hans-Ulrich Borst, Lothar Rosenhahn, Jorg Siegel, Thomas Stetzer
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Patent number: 6054257Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprising:a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula I:COUP.sub.1 --(L).sub.n --A Iwherein1) COUP.sub.1 is a coupler parent group capable of forming a dye upon reaction with oxidized developer wherein --(L).sub.n --A is not attached to the coupling position;2) L is a divalent linking group bonding A to COUP.sub.1, and n is 0 or 1; and3) A is a fragment containing a group is identified by formulas IIIa. IIIb or IIIc: ##STR1## wherein: Het represents a heteroatom; Q represents the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring; V represents an atom of oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; and U represents an ether, thoiether or amino group; provided that the indicated formulas encompass the addition of one or more fused rings; and provided that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is not greater than 20; andb) a second light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula II:COUP.sub.2 --(TIME).sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jane S. Boff, Bernard A. Clark, Louis E. Friedrich, Stephen P. Singer
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Patent number: 6043016Abstract: This invention comprises a photographic element, comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one malonanilide yellow dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I, below: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms and alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, sulfonyloxy, acyloxy and cyano groups and each is in the para position or in either meta position relative to the NH group of the anilide;m and n are individually 0 or 1;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are individually a halogen atom or an alkyl group and may be in the para position or either meta position relative to the NH group of the anilide;X and Y are individually a halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group; andR.sub.5 is an alkyl group with 3 to 10 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Drake M. Michno, Robert C. Stewart
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Patent number: 6027867Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive color photographic material comprising a support having thereon hydrophilic colloid layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, at least one of the hydrophilic colloid layers containing a DIR coupler represented by the following formulas: ##STR1## wherein Y represents a yellow coupler moiety, and the residual atomic group represents a development inhibitor residue capable of being released from Y upon coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Osamu Ishige, Masakazu Tonishi, Masato Nishizeki, Naoki Sato
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Patent number: 6020115Abstract: Multilayer color photographic element having on a support base blue-, green- and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers respectively associated with non-diffusing yellow, magenta and cyan dye-forming couplers, wherein (a) the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprises three green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, respectively uppermost, intermediate and lowermost, sensitive to the same spectral region of visible light, in which the sensitivity of the three green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers decreases in order from the uppermost silver halide emulsion layer to the lowermost silver halide emulsion layer, (b) each of the three green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains an 1-phenyl-3-anilino-4-phenylthio-5-pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler, (c) the weight ratio of the coupler to silver halide (expressed as silver) in the highest sensitivity uppermost green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is higher than the weight ratio of the coupler to silver halide (expType: GrantFiled: June 23, 1998Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Assignee: Tulalip Consultoria Comercial Sociedade UnipessoalInventors: Ferdinando Orengo, Luisa Tavella, Antonio Poggi
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Patent number: 6007974Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the element further containing an image modifying coupler which upon reaction with oxidized color developing agent during processing forms a dye, said image modifying coupler represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein COUP is a photographic coupler moiety;T.sup.1 is a timing or linking group;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from a halide atom, or an aliphatic, carbocyclic, heterocyclic, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, acyl, sulfo, nitro, cyano, amino, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxy, aryloxyalkyl, thioalkoxy, thioalkoxyalkyl, thioaryloxy, or thioaryloxyalkyl group; andn is selected from 0, 1 or 2. More particularly this invention relates to a photographic element containing the above image modifying coupler wherein n is 0 and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently represented by the formula:**--(Z).sub.m -(X).sub.t -R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Teh-Hsuan Chen, Donald Singleton, Jr.
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Patent number: 6004737Abstract: A photographic element comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one acylacetanilide yellow dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I, below ##STR1## wherein: the R.sub.1 is a tertiary alkyl group or a phenyl group;X is a halogen atom, an alkoxy group or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 is one or more substituent in the para position or either meta position relative to the anilino nitrogen and individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, and alkyl, phenyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, sulfonate, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, sulfoxyl, acyloxy, carbamoyl, acyl, carbonamido and cyano groups;n is 1, 2 or 3;R.sub.3 is an alkyl group having at least 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, David A. Steele, Jerrold N. Poslusny
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Patent number: 5998107Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprises a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a 3-indoloylacetanilide yellow dye-forming coupler of structure I, below: wherein:R.sub.1 is an alkyl or phenyl group;R.sub.2 is a phenyl, t-butyl, cyclohexyl or naphthyl group;X is a halogen atom or an alkoxy or alkyl group;each R.sub.3 is in the para position or either meta position relative to the anilino nitrogen and is individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, and alkyl, phenyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, acyloxy, sulfoxyl, sulfonyloxy, alkylthio, acyl and cyano groups;n is 1, 2 or 3;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.5 is hydrogen or an alkyl, alkylthio, alkoxycarbonyl or aryloxycarbonyl group; andeach R.sub.6 is individually a halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group and m is 0 to 4;provided that two substituents may join to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, David A. Steele, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Thomas R. Welter
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Patent number: 5998106Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a 3-indoloylacetanilide yellow dye-forming coupler of structure I, below: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is an alkyl or phenyl group;R.sub.2 is a phenyl, t-butyl, cyclohexyl or naphthyl group;X is a halogen atom or an alkoxy or alkyl group;each R.sub.3 is in the para position or either meta position relative to the anilino nitrogen and is individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, and alkyl, phenyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, acyloxy, sulfoxyl, sulfonyloxy, alkylthio, acyl and cyano groups; and n is 1, 2 or 3;R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group:R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; andeach R.sub.6 is individually a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group and m is 0-4;provided that substituents may join to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, David A. Steele, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Thomas R. Welter
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Patent number: 5994038Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element, comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one 3-indoloylacetanilide yellow dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I, below: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is an alkyl or phenyl group;R.sub.2 is a phenyl, t-butyl, cyclohexyl or naphthyl group;X is a halogen atom or an alkoxy or alkyl group;each R.sub.3 is in the para position or either meta position relative to the anilino nitrogen and is individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, and alkyl, phenyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, acyloxy, sulfoxyl, sulfonyloxy, alkylthio, acyl and cyano groups;n is 1, 2 or 3;R.sub.4 contains at least two carbon atoms and is an alkylthio group or a carbonamido group represented by --NHCOR.sub.5, wherein R.sub.5 contains at least four carbon atoms and is an alkyl, phenyl, alkoxy or phenoxy group;each R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, David A. Steele, Thomas R. Welter
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Patent number: 5989798Abstract: A photographic element comprises: (a) a support; and (b) at least one silver halide emulsion layer; wherein said emulsion layer contains (c) at least one magenta dye-forming pyrazolone DIR coupler of structure I; and (d) at least one magenta dye-forming imaging coupler of structure II, structure IIIa or structure IIIb, below: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, David A. Steele
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Patent number: 5985531Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a compound represented by formula (I) belowformula (I)A--O--C(.dbd.O)--N(X.sub.1)--C(X.sub.2)(X.sub.3)--DIwherein A represents a coupler residue, X.sub.1 represents a heterocyclic group or a --C(X.sub.4)(X.sub.5)--Y group, Y represents an --SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, --CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, --CO.sub.2 Z, --CN, --CF.sub.3, --CCl.sub.3, or --NO.sub.2 group, each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group, Z represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or nonsubstituted cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group, each of X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, and X.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group, and DI represents a development inhibitor residue which is bonded by a hetero atom and released to form mercaptoazole.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Nakamine, Hajime Nakagawa, Osamu Uchida, Hideaki Sato, Toshio Kawagishi
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Patent number: 5981158Abstract: A photographic element comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one acylacetanilide or malonanilide yellow dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I or structure II, below ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, James H. Reynolds, Bernard A. Clark, Robert N. Gourley
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Patent number: 5981157Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material comprising containing a coupler is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1996Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Shinri Tanaka, Michiko Nagato
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Patent number: 5965341Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light having associated therewith (a) a 1-aryl-3-anilino-4-benzotriazolyl-5-pyrazolone magenta dye-forming DIR coupler of a particular formula, and (b) a 1-aryl-3-anilino-4-phenylthio-5-pyrazolone magenta image dye forming coupler of a particular formula. The element of the invention provides an improved interimage of a green sensitized layer in a multicolor silver halide photographic element.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul B. Merkel, Jerrold N. Poslusny, Ronald E. Leone