Substituted At Coupling Position With Other Than Hydrogen Patents (Class 430/557)
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Patent number: 6413707Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith an acetanilide based yellow dye forming coupler and a compound of the following Formula I: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently aromatic, cyclic, linear, or branched chained hydrocarbon groups. The invention provides photographic elements which exhibit exceptional yellow dye light stability, and which retain desirable properties derived from the use of acetanilide based yellow dye-forming couplers, particularly when used in combination with substituted phenolic and/or thiomorpholine dioxide stabilizers. In addition to stabilizing properties, compounds of Formula I have organic solvent properties, and accordingly may be advantageously used partly or totally in place of conventional high boiling permanent and/or auxiliary organic coupler solvents to disperse the acetanilide-based couplers.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Kurt M. Schroeder, James S. Honan, Brian Thomas, Thomas A. Rosiek, Paul D. Yacobucci
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Patent number: 6410217Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material which contains at least, on a support, a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a binder, and a dye-providing compound, wherein the light-sensitive material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I) in, for example, a protective layer: formula (I) wherein R1 is a chlorine atom or an alkoxy group, R2 is an acylamino group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, R11 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R12 and R13, which are the same or different from, each are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2001Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Uehara, Nobuhiro Nishita
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Publication number: 20020076661Abstract: The present invention provides a system of a digital color proof in which consistent images are obtained while minimizing density variation in spite of various variations of conditions due to the use of a silver halide light-sensitive color material, specifically, the present invention provides a method for forming proof images similar to printed images in terms of various characteristics such as the paper quality of silver halide light-sensitive materials, the dot gain, and the density.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: KONICA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Kawamura, Shigeo Tanaka, Satoshi Nishino, Hirohide Ito, Naohito Naraoka, Naoyo Suzuki, Shinya Watanabe, Masataka Takimoto, Hideaki Sakata, Junichi Tanabe, Tetsuya Taniguchi, Naoki Nozaki, Yasushi Okubo, Koji Daifuku, Katsuji Kondo, Toshitsugu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20020064734Abstract: The stability of the dyes which are obtained after processing a color photographic material is improved by the addition of a polyvinylcaprolactam.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Inventors: Beate Weber, Bernd Spachmann, Heinz Wiesen
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Publication number: 20020058212Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith one or more dye-forming couplers and a stabilizer compound of formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David Clarke, Llewellyn J. Leyshon, Christopher P. Moore
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Patent number: 6379879Abstract: A color photographic recording material having at least one spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion layer, characterized 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 color coupler, wherein the color 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Jörg Hagemann, Günter Helling, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski, Ralf Büscher
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Publication number: 20020048733Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having superior image sharpness and film strength. Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material in which a yellow-developing photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support contains at least one dye-forming coupler represented by the following general formula (Y-1), and at least one layer of the non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layers on the support contains a dispersion of solid particles of a dye represented by the following general formula [I]. In the general formula (Y-1), Y represents a nitrogen-containing heterocycle; Z represents a substituted aryl group; X represents a hydrogen atom, or a group that leaves by the reaction with an oxidized form of a developing solution. In the general formula [I], D represents a residue of a compound having a chromophoric group; X represents a dissociative hydrogen atom or a group having a dissociative hydrogen atom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventors: Hidekazu Sakai, Yasuhiro Shimada
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Patent number: 6361931Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising a yellow dye-forming coupler having formula I: wherein: B is a substituent containing 6 or more carbon atoms; L is a linking group bonded to the anilide ring by a carbon, sulfur, or oxygen atom; R is a substituent and n is 0-3; X is a solubilizing group containing an acidic proton; Y is a substituent; and Z is selected from the group consisting of H, chloro, an alkoxy group and an aryloxy group. The element provides an improved combination of reactivity and stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Barbara B. Lussier, Michael J. Proseus, Brian Thomas
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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: 6329130Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye-forming coupler having formula I: wherein each A is independently a divalent group selected from the divalent groups consisting of aryl and —C(R1)(R2)—, in which each R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heterocyclic, and aryl groups, and one A can be joined to form a ring with another A or with R3, and m is from 2 to 6; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heterocyclic, and aryl groups, provided that R3 may form a ring with A or is a group joined to R4 to form a heterocyclic five- or six-membered ring; R4 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, heterocyclic, and alkyl groups and may form a heterocyclic ring bonded to R3; Y is selected from the group consisting of —SO2—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)NR9R10—, —C(&boType: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Barbara B. Lussier, Michael J. Proseus, Paul A. Burns, Brian Thomas, Frank D. Coms
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Publication number: 20010038982Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material which contains at least, on a support, a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a binder, and a dye-providing compound, wherein the light-sensitive material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I) in, for example, a protective layer: formula (I) 1Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Kazuki Uehara, Nobuhiro Nishita
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Patent number: 6312881Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a photographic element is disclosed comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith an acetanilide-based yellow dye forming coupler and a stabilizer compound of the formula S-I: wherein R0 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group; Ra is H or a substituent group; L represents an alkylene linking group and p represents 0 or 1; and Rb is a substituent group, provided that substituent groups represented by Ra and Rb may be joined to form a ring. The presence of substituted amine compounds of formula S-I improves the efficiency of dye formation reaction for acetanilide-based couplers. When used in combination with known bis-phenolic stabilizers, substantial improvements in the light stability of the image dyes can be also be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Danuta Gibson, James S. Honan, Llewellyn J. Leyshon, Thomas A. Rosiek, Brian Thomas
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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: 6245497Abstract: A photographic element comprises a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers comprises a) an emulsion with 3D, core/shell grains of at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jon N. Eikenberry, David T. Southby
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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: 6221573Abstract: The specification discloses a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having Formula F-1: wherein: (1) W1 is a heteroatom or heterogroup; (2) X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group other than halogen, and Y and Z are independently selected from hydrogen or a substituent; (3) W4 and W5 are, independently, either hydrogen or a substituent; (4) R1 is hydrogen or a substituent group, other than unsubstituted phenyl, and is attached through the oxygen atom to a position meta or para to the carbon link to the heterocycle containing W1; and (5) each R2 is an independently selected substituent, and n is 0 to 4; provided that any substituents may join to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Faraj Abu-Hasanayn, Beata Owczarczyk, Thomas R. Welter
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Patent number: 6220925Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains a coupler represented by the formula (1) shown below and a non-color forming colorless cyclic imide compound having a diffusion-resistant group: wherein R1 and R2 each represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R3, R4 and R5 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; Z represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a saturated ring; R6 represents a substituent; X represents a heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group or an aryl group and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon color development. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has an excellent color forming property to provide a color image of high maximum color density and good color reproducibility.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Saito, Hisashi Mikoshiba, Masakazu Morigaki, Shin Soejima, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Osamu Takahashi
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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: 6200741Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in association with an image dye-forming coupler and having associated therewith a compound of general formula wherein R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group or 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring group containing one or more heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkyl- or aryl-sulfamoyl, alkyl- or aryl-sulfonamido, alkyl- or aryl-carbamoyl, alkyl- or aryl-carbonamido, alkenyloxy or 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring group containing one or more heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; each Y is independently selected from the groups consisting of —NHSO2 and —SO2NH; wherein the hydrogen therein has a pKa value of less than 9; n is an integer from 1 to 20; x is an integer from 1 to 6 and wherein the compound is ballasted.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Paul L. Stanley, John D. Goddard
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Patent number: 6197493Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the following Formula I; Formula I wherein R, is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, R2 is an anti-diffusion aliphatic group or aromatic group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or halogen atom, Z3 is >N—R2, in which R2, is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or —O—, Z4 is >N—R22 in which R22 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or >C(R23) (R24) in which R23 and R24 are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Satoru Ikesu, Katsuji Ota
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Patent number: 6194135Abstract: A negatively developing color photographic silver halide material having a support and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least 95 mol % of the silver halides of which consist of AgCl, and in which at least one silver halide emulsion layer exhibits solarization on analogue exposure, is distinguished on scanning exposure by elevated color density and on analogue exposure by contrast which is independent of exposure time.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert Naamloze VennootschapInventors: Cuong Ly, Stefan Amann, Jürgen Jung, Dieter Rockser
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Patent number: 6194131Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising a compound represented by general formula (I): COUP—A—E—B (I) wherein COUP represents a coupler residue capable of coupling with a developing agent in an oxidized form, E represents an electrophilic moiety, A represents a single bond or a divalent connecting group which can release B while forming a 4 to 8-membered ring through an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction between the electrophilic moiety E and a nitrogen atom of a coupling product that is obtained by the reaction of COUP with the developing agent in an oxidized form, wherein the nitrogen atom originates from the developing agent and directly binds to a coupling position of COUP, provided that A may be bound to COUP at the coupling position or position other than the coupling position of COUP, and B represents a photographically inert group.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
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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: 6174660Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and at least a nonlight-sensitive layer, wherein said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material contains a compound represented by the following formula (1) and said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material further contains a vinylsulfone group containing hardener. HOCH2(CHOH)mCH2OH Formula (1) wherein m represents an integer of 0 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Takesi Nakamura, Katsumasa Yamazaki
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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: 6171774Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Kunimasa Hiyama, Kazuhiro Murai
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Patent number: 6171773Abstract: A colour photographic material which contains at least one pyrrolo[1,2-b]-1,2,4-triazole cyan coupler of the formula (I) in which R1, X and Y have the meaning stated in the description, is distinguished by excellent reproduction of blue and cyan tones if a 2-equivalent yellow coupler is added to the layer containing the couplers of the formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Agfa N.VInventors: Peter Bergthaller, J{umlaut over (u)}rgen Jung, Edgar Draber, Jörg Hagemann, Ulrich Nickel
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Patent number: 6162598Abstract: A color photographic element includes a support, a silver halide emulsion layer, and associated therewith a yellow dye-forming coupler having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a tertiary alkyl group containing 4 to about 20 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents an alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; X represents hydrogen or a substituent; Y and Z each independently represent a group consisting of those substituents having a Hammett sigma.sub.para constant greater than zero; and m and n is each 1 to 4.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ping-Wah Tang, Robert G. Cameron
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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: 6156489Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material comprising a transparent support and provided thereon a light sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, a magenta coupler and a cyan coupler to form a monochromatic image upon color development after exposure, wherein a relative coupling rate of the magenta coupler with an oxidation product of a color developing agent is higher than that of the yellow or cyan coupler.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1998Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Toshihiko Iwasaki, Masaru Iwagaki
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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: 6140032Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material characterized in that the light-sensitive material contains a yellow coupler represented by the following Formula [I]; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an amino group, a heterocyclic group or an aryl group, R.sup.2 represents a straight chain or branched unsubstituted alkyl group having not less than 2 carbon atoms, X represents a chlorine atom, an alkoxy group or aryloxy group. Y represents an acylamino group or a chlorine atom when R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an amino group or a heterocyclic group , and Y represents an sulfonylamino group, a chlorine atom or oxycarbonyl group when R.sub.1 represents an aryl group. n represents an integer of 0 to 4. When n is not less than 2, plural Y may be either the same or different.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Satoru Ikesu, Katsuji Ota, Kazuhiko Kimura
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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: 6130032Abstract: A photographic element exhibiting improved yellow dye stability comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye forming coupler having the formula: wherein:R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 in the formula are independently selected alkyl, aryl, amino or heterocyclic groups, each free of hydrogen bonded to the atom linking the group to the rest of the coupler;R.sup.3 is a H or a substituent;X is C, S, or P, and n is 1 or 2;each Z is an independently selected substituent group substitutable to a phenyl ring provided that at least one such group is an electron withdrawing group and s is 1 to 3;each Y is an independently selected substituent group and r is 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1997Date of Patent: October 10, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ping W. Tang, James H. Reynolds, Daniel E. Corcoran
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Patent number: 6127107Abstract: A photographic recording material for use in redox amplification comprises a support having thereon a plurality of emulsion layers, each emulsion layer containing a color-forming coupler, and wherein the activity of the couplers is from 45 to 70% as measured by the citrazinic acid method. These materials may be developed by a redox development step which may be followed by a bleach-fix step without any intervening step. Staining is eliminated with the use of these photographic materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2000Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Adrian J. Codling, John R. Fyson
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Patent number: 6120981Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-foaming coupler compound and a sulfonamido compound (a) bearing on the sulfur atom of the sulfonamido group an alkyl group and (b) bearing on the nitrogen atom of the sulfonamido group both a hydrogen atom that exhibits a pKa value of less than 9 and a second substituent that is either (1) an aryl group containing one or more electron withdrawing substituents for which the sum of the Hammett's values (.SIGMA..sigma..sub.p) is greater than 0.5, or (2) a heteroaryl group.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1998Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David Hoke, Jared B. Mooberry, Kathleen M. Yahn, Kevin P. Dockery, David T. Southby
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Patent number: 6096493Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a certain magenta dye forming coupler and a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a certain yellow dye-forming coupler. The element exhibits improved dye fade and equal or better red color gamut than that obtained using comparisons.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Leslie Shuttleworth, Rakesh Jain, John W. Harder
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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: 6083677Abstract: A photographic element comprises a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having Formula F-1: ##STR1## wherein: (1) W.sup.1 is a heteroatom or heterogroup;(2) one of W.sup.2 and W.sup.3 is hydrogen or a substituent group and the other is a group of Formula F-2: ##STR2## in which X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group and Y and Z are independently selected hydrogen or a substituent; and(3) W.sup.4 is a group of atoms necessary to form a fused ring with the ring containing W.sup.1 ;(4) provided that substituents may join to form a ring.The yellow coupler provides yellow density useful for photographic purposes.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas R. Welter, James H. Reynolds
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Patent number: 6077658Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye-forming coupler which is an acylacetanilide compound comprising an alkoxy or aryloxy substituent ortho to the nitrogen atom on the acetanilide ring said ring further comprising a substituent containing a chroman ether group.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Barbara B. Lussier, Michael J. Proseus
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Patent number: 6071683Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic element comprising a dye-forming coupler of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from an alkyl group, an aryl group, a 5-10 membered heterocyclic group containing one or more O, N or S atoms, each of which groups is unsubstituted or substituted, or a substituted amino group;R.sup.2 is an unsubstituted alkyl group having a secondary or tertiary carbon atom attached to the oxygen atom;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; andR.sup.3 is a substituent and n is 0 to 4; orwherein R.sup.2, as defined above, and an R.sup.3 substituent may together with the O atom form a 5-10 membered heterocyclic group which may contain one or more further heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, said group being unsubstituted or substituted; andwherein at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John D. Goddard, Danuta Gibson, Llewellyn J. Leyshon, Brian Thomas
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Patent number: 6063557Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material in which at least one of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsions is doped with mercury and is spectrally sensitised with a sensitising dye of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, independently of each other, denote O, S, Se, NR,R denotes alkyl or carboxyalkyl,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 denote the remaining members for the completion of a phenanthro- or anthraazole ring, and the remaining R.sub.1 or R.sub.3 radical denotes a hydrogen atom,R.sub.4 and R.sub.5, independently of each other, denote a hydrogen atom, alkyl or aryl, orR.sub.4 and R.sub.5 jointly denote the remaining members of an unsubstituted or substituted benzazole, naphthazole, phenanthro- or anthraazole,S.sub.1 and S.sub.2, independently of each other, denote alkyl, sulphoallyl or carboxyalkyl, andM.sup.+ denotes a cation which is possibly necessary for charge equalisation,is distinguished by an improved latent image stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.Inventors: Cuong Ly, Maria Nietgen, Michael Missfeldt, Heinz-Horst Teitscheid, Edgar Draber, Markus Geiger
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Patent number: 6057087Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having Formula 1 ##STR1## wherein: X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group, and Y and Z are independently selected hydrogen or a substituent;R.sup.1 is a substituent; andeach R is an independently selected substituent with at least one R substituent located in the 2- or 5-position, and n is 1 to 3;provided that substituents may join to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas R. Welter, James H. Reynolds
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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: 6040126Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith an open chain .alpha.-carbonyl acetanilide yellow dye-forming coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, and amino groups, provided that R.sub.1 may form a ring bonded to another carbon atom which is a member of Ring "A";each R.sub.2 is independently selected from the group consisting of those substituents having a Hammett's sigma value of 0 or less, and m is from 0 to 4;each R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 for each of the n carbon atoms is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkoxy, aryl, heterocyclic, aryloxy, and alkyl groups, and n is 0 to 16;each R.sub.5 is independently selected from the group consisting of amino, alkyl groups, and groups linked to the "B" ring by oxygen or sulfur, and p is 1 to 3, provided that two R.sub.5 groups may join to form a ring;R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ping-Wah Tang, Barbara B. Lussier, Stanley W. Cowan
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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: 6015658Abstract: The invention disclosed is a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having Formula 1 wherein:X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Y and Z are each independently selected hydrogen or a substituent;R.sup.1 is a substituent; andeach R is an independently selected substituent located at any position other than the acylacetamido position, and n is 2 or 3;provided that substituents may join to form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas R. Welter, James H. Reynolds
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Patent number: 6013421Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a color-developing agent of formula (I) and a coupler of formula (II), in at least one photographic constitutional layer: ##STR1## In formula (I), Z is a carbamoyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or aryloxycarbonyl group, and Q is a group of atoms that, together with the C, form an unsaturated ring. In formula (II), Cp is a coupler residue, Time is a group that releases PUG upon released from Cp by coupling reaction, PUG is a photographically useful group, and t is 0, 1, 2, or 3. There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a color-developing agent of formula (I), a dye-forming coupler, and a non-dye-forming coupler (that is unsubstituted on its active site), in at least one photographic constitutional layer. There is further disclosed methods for forming an image using the light-sensitive materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koki Nakamura, Kazuhiko Matsumoto
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Patent number: 6013426Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer containing black colloidal silver on a support, wherein a ratio A/T of a coating amount A (g/m.sup.2) of black colloidal silver in the hydrophilic colloidal layer to a dry film thickness T (.mu.m) of the hydrophilic colloidal layer containing black colloidal silver is 0.2 or more. In the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention, the minimum density (fog density) of a light-sensitive material is small and a change in photographic property in a running processing is small.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1998Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshio Ishii
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Patent number: RE37205Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a yellow color forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta color forming silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan color forming silver halide emulsion layer. The yellow color forming emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, a yellow coupler and a bisphenol compound and optionally a difficultly water-soluble epoxy compound. One or more layers of the light-sensitive material may contain an ultraviolet light absorber.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1995Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoneyama