Phenol Or Naphthol Coupler Patents (Class 430/552)
  • Patent number: 4818670
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which has high image quality in addition to high sensitivity. The photographic material comprises a support and at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer containing a compound being capable of splitting off a diffusible development-inhibitor or a precursor thereof upon a reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent. At least one of the silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer layer and a layer adjacent to the light-sensitive emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion comprising a silver halide grain having an internal fog nucleus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yagi, Hiroshi Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 4818667
    Abstract: In a silver halide color photographic material which has red-, green- and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support, the improvement wherein the total thickness of the hydrophilic colloid layers is not more than 18 .mu.m on a dry basis and at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; Ar is an optionally substituted aryl group; and X is a group that may be eliminated upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Hamada, Hiroshi Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 4818664
    Abstract: A process for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises processing, after color development, a silver halide color photographic material with a processing solution having a bleaching faculty using an aminopolycarboxylic acid ferric complex salt as an oxidizing agent, said color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one compound releasing by the reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent a group releasing or forming development inhibitor by the reaction with another molecule of an oxidation product of a developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ueda, Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 4818673
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises processing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver chloride or silver chlorobromide containing at least 80 mol % of silver chloride with a color developing solution and thereafter processing the material with a bleach-fixing solution, wherein the bleach-fixing solution contains a ferric complex salt of an organic acid and from about 1.times.10.sup.-2 to about 2 mol of bromide ions and/or from about 5.times.10.sup.-4 to about 5.times.10.sup.-2 mol of iodide ions per liter.The method for processing a silver halide color photographic material according to the present invention is excellent in desilvering ability, and enables rapid processing to be conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ueda, Kazunori Hasebe, Junya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 4818672
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a novel cyan dye forming coupler is disclosed. The cyan dye forming coupler is represented by the following formula. ##STR1## In the formula R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each a substituent, and X is a group capable of being splitted off from the coupler residue upon reaction of the coupler residue with the oxydized product of a color developing agent; and the total number of carbon atoms contained in the groups represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and X is from 8 to 50. The spectral absorption characteristics of cyan dye images formed by the coupler of the invention are so sharp and steep that color reproduction can be achieved very advantageously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoaki Masukawa, Yasuo Tsuda, Hidetaka Ninomiya, Noritaka Nakayama, Toshihiko Kimura
  • Patent number: 4814261
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed. The photographic material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide emulsion layer or a layer adjacent to the emulsion layer comprising a compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a group cleaved by an alkali; R.sub.4 represents an electron attracting group having .sigma..rho. value of Hammett's substituent constant of 0.3 or more; R.sub.5 represents a group substitutable on the benzene ring; n represents 0 or 1; and DI represents a development restrainer or a precursor thereof; and when any two of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are adjacent each other, each of the two groups may represent a divalent group and the two groups may be bonded to form a heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 4797350
    Abstract: A process for forming a dye image is disclosed, in which a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer is developed by a color developer comprising an aromatic primary amine and an N,N- dialkylhydroxylamine. The silver halide emulsion layer contains a hydrophobic dye-forming coupler and a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds having a sterically hindered phenol group and polyalkylpiperidine compounds or the water soluble acid salt thereof. The dye image having a high maximum density and a high light-fastness can be obtained when the color developer without benzyl alcohol is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Ohbayashi, Shigeo Chino, Mitsuhiro Okumura, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4791051
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support and at least silver halide emulsion layers on the support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers contains at least one 2-equivalent 5-pyrazolone polymer coupler and at least one of the other emulsion layers contains at least one phenol cyan coupler having an acylamino group in the 5-position and a ureido group in the 2-position. The present material is advantageous over conventional materials in that the color balance of the image dyes remains unchanged over long periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4791050
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, which comprises a support having provided therein at least a blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer, with the blue-sensitive emulsion layer comprising at least two layers differing in sensitivity, one of which is the highest sensitive emulsion layer containing at least one yellow-dye-forming coupler represented by the general formula (I), and the other of which is the lowest sensitive emulsion layer containing at least one yellow-dye-forming coupler represented by the general formula (II), whereby a yellow dye image having high maximum density and excellent in sharpness, graininess and light fastness can be produced: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Hiroshi Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 4791049
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide photographic material contains at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I):A--Time).sub.t X (I)wherein A represents an oxidation reduction moiety comprising an atomic group which does not enable --Time).sub.t X to be released until the oxidation reduction moiety is oxidized during photographic development processing; Time represents a timing group which is connected to A through a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom or an oxygen atom; t represents an integer of 0 or 1; and X represents a group represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight chain or branched chain alkylene group, a straight chain or branched chain alkenylene group, a straight chain or branched chain aralkylene group or an arylene group; Z represents a polar substituent; Y represents ##STR2## R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kojima, Shigeo Hirano, Hideo Usui
  • Patent number: 4783398
    Abstract: A photographic silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising high silver chloride content tabular grains wherein at least 50 mol % of the silver halide is silver chloride and at least 50%, based on the total projected area of emulsion grains, are tabular grains having a ratio of diameter corresponding to a circle of the projected area to thickness of from 2/1 to 10/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Takada, Hiroyuki Mifune, Tadashi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 4778746
    Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material including color developing said silver halide color photographic material containing a cyan coupler represented by the following Formula, then, treating said material with a processing solution having a fixing capability, and then subjecting said material to stabilizing treatment ##STR1## wherein R' represents hydrogen, R.sub.1 represents a straight or branched alkyl group having two to four carbon atoms, X represents hydrogen or a group capable of splitting off with a coupling reaction, and R.sub.2 represents a ballast group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ishikawa, Shigeharu Koboshi, Satoru Kuse
  • Patent number: 4777123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a light-sensitive multi-layer color photographic material having at least each one layer of blue-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer and red-sensitive layer on a support, wherein;at least one blue-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of benzoyl type couplers,at least one green-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of pyrazoloazole type couplers, andat least one red-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of ureido type couplers.According to this invention, it is possible to obtain a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude and is excellent in gradation characteristic, or a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude and is excellent in graininess, or a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude, is excellent in graininess and also good in a desilverization performance during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Toshifumi Iijima
  • Patent number: 4775616
    Abstract: Novel phenolic cyan dye-forming couplers contain a p-cyanophenylureido group in the 2-position and in the 5-position an acylamino substituent containing a sulfone group having bulky substituents sufficient to provide steric interaction within the coupler molecule and the dye molecule derived therefrom. The couplers are useful in photographic emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Kilminster, David Hoke
  • Patent number: 4772543
    Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material for color photography which comprises a phenol type cyan coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a nitro group, or a monovalent organic group;X.sup.1 ' is --SO.sub.2 R.sup.1 ', in which R.sup.1 ' is an alkyl group or an aryl group;Z is a hydrogen atom or a removable group upon coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent;n is 0 to 3; andBall is a ballast group; provided that Ball is not a non-substituted alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sato, Katsunori Kato, Takashi Sasaki, Hiroshi Sugita
  • Patent number: 4770988
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing the combination of cyan couplers of formula (I) and cyan couplers of formula (II). The photographic material provides a dye image excellent in fastness and color reproducibility and free from white background stains. The photographic material undergoes substantially no reduction in density even when processed with a bleaching solution with weak oxidizing capacity or a fatigued bleaching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Minoru Sakai
  • Patent number: 4766057
    Abstract: A method of forming a color image which comprises processing, after imagewise exposure, with a color developing solution which contains not more than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuo Sakai
  • Patent number: 4758501
    Abstract: Novel photographic acetanilide dye-forming couplers comprise a group comprising a stabilizer moiety represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is halogen or alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are individually alkyl; and, X is a linking group. Such couplers provide advantageous stability in dyes formed from the couplers. These couplers are useful in photographic silver halide materials and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul R. Buckland, Siu C. Tsoi
  • Patent number: 4753871
    Abstract: Novel phenolic cyan dye-forming couplers contain a p-cyanophenylureido group in the 2-position and in the 5-position an acylamino group containing bulky alicyclic or heterocyclic substituents sufficient to provide steric interaction within the coupler molecule and the dye molecule derived therefrom. The couplers are useful in photographic emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Kilminster, David Hoke
  • Patent number: 4749644
    Abstract: In a light-sensitive direct posi silver halide color photographic material having photographic constituent layers comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing latent image type silver halide grains not previously fogged, which is capable of giving a direct posi image by subjecting the whole surface to exposure or effecting surface development in the presence of a fogging agent, after image exposure, the improvement wherein said internal latent image type silver halide grains are composed of at least two groups of internal latent image type silver halide grains having average grain sizes different from each other, and at least one compound capable of releasing a development inhibiting substance or its precursor through the reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent is contained in at least one layer of said photographic constituent layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Tosaka, Keiji Ogi, Atsushi Kamitakahara
  • Patent number: 4748107
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having formed thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer is disclosed. The material contains a novel combination of cyan, magenta, and yellow couplers and has improved color forming properties, color reproducibility, and image preservability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Umemoto, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 4748100
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having formed thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer is disclosed. The material cotains a novel combination of cyan, magenta, and yellow couplers and has improved color forming properties, color reproducibility, and image preservability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Umemoto, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 4746602
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan-dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Y represents an atomic group forming an at least 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring containing at least one--NHCO-- group; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable upon coupling with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; R represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a substituted amino group, or any of R, Z and Y form a dimer or higher polymer.The material forms a dye image excellent in fastness and color reproducibility, and free from white background stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ono, Kozo Aoki
  • Patent number: 4734358
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is excellent in raw-stock preservability, physical characteristics of its layers such as glossiness, scratch resistance, and degree of swelling and whose sensitivity changes very little with time after manufacture comprising a compound represented by Formula [I] of the specification, hardened with at least one of the compounds represented by Formula [II] or [III] of the specification. The storage stability is further improved when at least one of the cyan couplers represented by Formula [IX] or [X] of the specification is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4731320
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers formed on a support is disclosed wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one cyan coupler of formula (I) dispersed therein with the aid of a high-boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of not more than 6.0: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group having 2 or 4 carbon atoms; X is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon coupling reaction; and R.sub.2 is a ballast group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Sasaki, Toyoki Nishijima, Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4725530
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer on the support, which contains at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I) and at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NHCORhd 5, --NHCOOR.sub.7, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.7, --NHCONR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHSO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, R.sub.2 represents a group which can be substituted in the naphthol ring, m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, R.sub.3 represents a monovalent group, R.sub.4 represents an aromatic group, and X and Y each represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving through a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of aromatic primary amine developing agent; R.sub.5 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 4717647
    Abstract: A method for the processing of a silver halide color photographic element comprising imagewise exposing the element, color developing the exposed element, followed by de-silvering, characterized in that the de-silvering step comprises processing the developed element in a bleaching bath containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid ferric ion complex salt and subsequently in a blixing bath containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid ferric ion complex salt and a fixing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Abe, Junya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 4717651
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, containing: (1) a compound containing two units selected from the group represented by general formula (I) or (II) in the molecule, or (2) a polymer containing a group represented by general formula (I) or (II) as a pendant. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, A, B and Q are defined herein. This compound or polymer functions as a color stain inhibitor in the light-sensitive material and provides various advantages; for example, it can efficiently remove the oxidized products of color developing agents, it can be used in light-sensitive materials reduced in thickness, and it is not subject to change in performance even after a long-term storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Ohki, Yoshinobu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4707434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color forming method which comprises subjecting a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having a photographic constituent layer comprising blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support and having a total thickness of the photographic constituent layer of 25 .mu.m or less to imagewise exposure, then carrying out color developing processing of the exposed material in the presence of a dye forming coupler and processing the developed image with a bleach-fixing solution.The color forming method of the present invention enables rapid processing of a high sensitivity color light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Moeko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 4696893
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material capable of providing color images having good coloring properties and being excellent in color reproducibility even in a developer using hard water, which contains a cyan coupler represented by formula (I) or (II) and 5-pyrazolone magenta coupler having an arylthio group at the coupling position of said coupler, wherein said arylthio group includes an aliphatic oxy group or an aromatic oxy group at an ortho-position with respect to the sulfur atom of the arylthio group, the aliphatic group or aromatic group of said aliphatic oxy group or aromatic oxy group being unsubstituted or substituted by at least one member selected from(a) a halogen atom,(b) a cyano group,(c) an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic sulfonyl, sulfinyl, or phosphonyl group, and(d) a group represented by the formula ##STR1## (e) a group represented by the formula--A.sub.2 -M).sub.n B.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Umemoto, Kotaro Nakamura, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4692400
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer comprisesa phenol-type cyan coupler having at the 2-position of the penol nucleus thereof a group selected from the group consisting of a phenyl-ureido group, a naphthyl-ureido group and a heterocyclic ureido group, and having at the 5-position thereof an acylamino group, anda negative type silver halide grains of a core-shell structure which consisting of silver bromide or silver iodobromide and a plurality of shells essentially consisting of silver bromide or silver iodobromide, said plurality of shells comprising an outermost shell containing 0 to 10 mol % of silver iodide, a highly iodide-containing shell provided inside said outermost shell of which silver iodide content is at least 6 mol % of silver iodide, a highly iodide-containing shell provided inside said outermost shell of which silver iodide content is at least 6 mol % higher than that of said outerm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kumashiro, Toshifumi Iijima, Hideo Akamatsu, Syoji Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 4690889
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a specific naphthol cyan dye forming coupler is disclosed. Dye images formed by this coupler are excellent in fastness to heat and light and in sharpness, and are free from adverse influences of a bleaching solution having weak oxidative activity or a fatigued bleaching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Kozo Aoki, Yukio Yokota
  • Patent number: 4686177
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having excellent color fastness against light, heat and heat with humidity, particularly against light irradiation, containing a cyan coupler of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents an unsubstituted linear or branched aliphatic group or a linear or branched aliphatic group substituted with one or more substituents selected from a chlorine atom, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a sulfonamido group, an acylamino group, an alkyloxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkylcarbonyloxy group, an arylcarbonyloxy group, a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Michio Ono, Naoki Saito, Makoto Umemoto
  • Patent number: 4666825
    Abstract: A method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises color developing an imagewise-exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and then bleach-fixing said color developed light-sensitive material, said light-sensitive material comprising support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing monodispersed silver halide particles and a photographic cyan coupler having the Formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; R.sub.1 is an aryl or a heterocyclic radical; and R.sub.2 is a ballasting radical which provides non-diffusibility to said cyan coupler and a cyan dye formed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimba, Masao Iwamuro, Kenji Ito, Katutoyo Suzuki, Fumio Hamada
  • Patent number: 4663272
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is described comprising at least one layer which contains at least(1) a polymer comprising as constitutional components thereof a repeating unit having a photographically useful group and at least one repeating unit having a sulfinic acid group or a sulfinate group, and(2) a compound having at least one functional group capable of reacting with at least one of a sulfinic acid group and sulfinate group and at least one functional group capable of reacting with at least one of a sulfinic acid group, a sulfinate group and a primary amino group.Said photographic group-containing polymer (1) may be fixed in a photographic layer according to the present photographic material, and does not substantially migrate therefrom during development or other photographic treatment, thus resulting in formation of color images of high density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4640889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide multi-layer color photographic material having a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer combined with a non-diffusion coupler on a support, which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer farthest from the support which contains mono-dispersed silver halide grains comprising primarily (100) faces and having an average grain size of 0.2 to 0.8 .mu.m.The light-sensitive silver halide multi-layer color photographic material of the present invention has stable performance against fluctuations in developing processing conditions, has high sensitivity and low fogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Komorita, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4623616
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a diffusionproof coupler and being hardened with a hardening agent represented by Formula [II] and/or Formula [III] indicated below is enabled to acquire improved film properties and enjoy increased freedom from repression of latent image by using, as the diffusionproof coupler, a compound represented by Formula [I] indicated below: Formula [I] ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a straight or branched alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 a ballast group; and X a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off through reaction with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent. ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 denotes a chlorine atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, an acylamino group, or a --OM group in which M denotes a monovalent metal atom; R.sub.4 has the same meaning as R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Masao Sasaki, Toyoki Nishijima, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4621047
    Abstract: A method for processing a color photographic light-sensitive material comprising subjecting an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material to color development processing, then to processing with a bleaching solution and thereafter to separately, fixing processing wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I-a) or (I-b) described below, the bleaching solution contains a compound represented by the general formula (II-a) or (II-b) described below and the processing time for the bleaching solution is substantially not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kishimoto, Akira Abe, Shigeru Ohno
  • Patent number: 4617255
    Abstract: Cyan couplers of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R=a ballast groupX=H or a leaving group which may be separated during color couplingY=halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or alkylthion=0 to 2 (if n=2, the radicals Y may be the same or different)have good dark fading stability of the coupled dye, moreover low secondary color densities and a sufficiently long-wave absorption maximum which is density-independent, furthermore they have high coupling activity and good solubility in high-boiling solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Wolff, Hans Langen, Rudolf Braden
  • Patent number: 4614709
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a support with at least one silver halide emulsion layer is provided. The silver halide emulsion layer containing in combination at least one yellow dye image-forming coupler of Formula I and at least one high-boiling organic solvent of Formula II to reduce the light discoloration of a yellow dye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Sasaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4614710
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers formed on a support is disclosed, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains a cyan coupler of formula (I) in combination with a cyan coupler of formula (II): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group; m is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when m is 2 or more, R.sub.2 may be the same or different; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; W is an alkylsulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group or an arylsulfamoyl group; R.sub.4 is an alkylene group; X is a divalent group; l is 0 or a positive integer; Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4613565
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers formed on a support is disclosed, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains a cyan coupler of formula (I) in combination with a cyan coupler of formula (II): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group; R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; W is an alkyl-sulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group or an arylsulfamoyl group; m is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when m is 2 or more, R.sub.2 may be the same or different; and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.4 is an alkyl or alkoxy group; n is an integer of 0 to 5, provided that when n is 2 or more, R.sub.4 may be the same or different; R.sub.5 is an alkylene group; R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4613564
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers formed on a support is disclosed, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains a cyan coupler of formula (I) in combination with a cyan coupler of formula (II) ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group; R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group; m is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when m is 2 or more, R.sub.2 may be the same or different; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; W is a halogen atom or an alkyl group; and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.4 is an alkyl or alkoxy group; n is an integer of 0 to 5, provided that when n is 2 or more, R.sub.4 may be the same or different; R.sub.5 is an alkylene group; R.sub.6 is an alkyl group; R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group; and Z.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4610957
    Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and an acid precursor having a structural moiety represented by the following formula (I) bonded to carbon atoms: ##STR1## The acid precursor is extremely stable at room temperature but when it is heated above a certain temperature, and the development proceeds to the desired appropriate condition, it releases an acid to neutralize a base, whereby the development is stopped. A heat-developable light-sensitive material containing the acid precursor provides color images having a high S/N ratio and a high image density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Kitaguchi
  • Patent number: 4609618
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer thereon, said layer comprising at least one cyan coupler of Formula I, said coupler having been dispersed in said emulsion layer by use of at least one solvent of Formula II, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl radical or an aryl radical; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each is a radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, hydroxyl radical, nitro radical, cyano radical, alkyl radicals, alkoxy radicals, aryl radicals, aryloxy radicals, alkylsulfamoyl radicals, arylsulfamoyl radicals, alkyloxycarbonyl radicals, aryloxycarbonyl radicals, alkylsulfonamido radicals, arylsulfonamido radicals, alkylsulfonyl radicals and arylsulfonyl radicals, provided that when R.sub.2 is a radical selected from said alkylsulfonamido radicals, R.sub.6 also is selected from said alkylsulfonamido radicals; and Z.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Sasaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4609619
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises a cyan coupler for photography represented by the formula [IA] or [IB] shown below in the light-sensitive emulsion; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a group having a bulk sufficient to impart diffusion resistance to said coupler; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, at least one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being a halogen atom; R.sup.2' represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.3' represents a halogen atom; and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a group eliminable during the coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent.According to the material of this invention, good spectral absorption characteristics can be exhibited and a cyan dye image can be given without dye loss even by use of a bleaching bath or bleach fixing bath which is fatigued after running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunori Katoh, Satoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 4594314
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a lower-speed emulsion containing a phenol cyan coupler and a higher-speed emulsion containing a naphthol cyan coupler. Both the lower-speed emulsion and the higher-speed emulsion have the same color sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kimura, Takashi Sasaki, Yutaka Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4594426
    Abstract: Benzoxazole derivatives represented by general formula (I) which are intermediates for synthesis of o-sulfonamidophenol derivatives useful as dye releasing redox compounds in a color diffusion transfer color image forming process: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same as or different from each other, each represents an alkyl group or an aryl group or they may combine and form a ring; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.5 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a halogen atom or an acylamino group, or --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 may combine and form the nucleus ##STR2## which is condensed at the 6- and the 7-positions of the benzoxazole nucleus; and n is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Fujita, Koichi Koyama, Yoshio Inagaki
  • Patent number: H131
    Abstract: Silver halide color photographic materials contain pyrazoloazole type magenta couplers having at least one hydroxyphenyl group bonded thereto. The silver halide color photographic materials are improved in color developability and color image light fastness. The pyrazoloazole type magenta couplers are 5-membered ring/5-membered ring condensed nitrogen heterocyclic type couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Furutachi, Tadahisa Sato, Toshio Kawagishi, Kiyoshi Nakazyo
  • Patent number: H567
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material contains (i) at least one of cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) and cyan dye-forming couplers derived therefrom (ii) and at least one of compounds represented by formula (II), (III), (V), (VI), (VII) or (VIII) and compounds derived therefrom; ##STR1## wherein the symbols are defined as in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagaoka, Hidetoshi Kobayashi