Substituted At Coupling Position With Other Than Hydrogen Patents (Class 430/557)
  • Patent number: 4868101
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material, wherein a dye stabilizer as described in the claims is contained in a photographic layer such as a coupler-containing silver halide photosensitive emulsion layer. The dye images obtained eventually by developing the photographic material is excellent in preventing it from fading or discoloring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morigaki, Nobuo Seto
  • Patent number: 4861701
    Abstract: Photographic compounds capable of releasing a photographically useful group are more effective in photographic materials when the photographic compounds comprise at least two differing timing groups in sequence between a carrier moiety and the photographically useful group. The two timing groups in sequence enable improved timing and control of release of the photographically useful group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul A. Burns, Terry R. Taber
  • Patent number: 4859577
    Abstract: A photographic support comprising a paper sheet coated with a polyolefin on both surfaces thereof, in which the paper sheet contains an alkyletene dimer mixtures, its alkyl chain composition being defined by the following equation: ##EQU1## in which [C.sub.14 and less] means the content of alkyl chains having carbon atoms of 14 and less; [C.sub.16 ] means the content of an alkyl chain having 16 carbon atoms; [C.sub.18 ] means the content of an alkyl chain having 18 carbon atoms; and [C.sub.20 and more] means the content of alkyl chains having carbon atoms of 20 and more, the alkyl chain contents being represented by % in number of the total alkyl chain content of the alkylketene dimer composition. The photographic support is effectively resistant to permeation of a developing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Tamagawa, Tetsuro Fuchizawa
  • Patent number: 4857444
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, and a blue-sensitive layer, in which at least one of couplers represented by the formulae (I) and/or (II), at least one of couplers represented by the following formula (III), and at least one of couplers represented by the following formula (IV) are respectively incorporated in the light-sensitive layers different from each other in color sensitivity: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group;R.sub.3, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or an acylimino group or, when taken together, R.sub.3 and R.sub.2 represent non-metallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing 5- or 6-membered ring;R.sub.7 represents an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, or a heterocyclic oxy group;R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirose, Tadashi Ogawa, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4857440
    Abstract: Photographic compound (A) capable of releasing a photographically useful group by means of intramolecular nucleophilic displacement exhibits increased resistance to hydrolysis when the compound contains in a coupling position a coupling-off group represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q, R.sub.q, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, n and PUG are as defined in the application. Such a compound (A) is useful in a photographic silver halide material and process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Michael J. Carmody, John M. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 4855222
    Abstract: Dye images of high color yield and high gradation are obtained with a color photographic recording material containing 2-equivalent yellow couplers corresponding to formula I, particularly in modern rapid processing methods or in developers free from benzyl alcohol. ##STR1## R.sup.1, R.sup.2 (same or different) represent hydrogen, alkyl or halogen; R.sup.3 represents alkoxyalkyl or an alkyl radical substituted by a heterocyclic group containing at least one oxygen atom;R.sup.4 represents alkyl or aryl;R.sup.5 represents halogen or alkoxy;R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, alkoxy, amino, acylamino or carbamoyl;represents alkoxy, acylamino, carbalkoxy, carbamoyl or sulfamoyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Renner, Erich Wolff, Heinz Wiesen, Werner Liebe
  • Patent number: 4855220
    Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed that comprises a support having thereon spectrally-sensitized light-sensitive silver halide, a color dye-forming coupler, a DIR compound capable of inhibiting development of the silver halide, and, between the silver halide layer and the source of the image exposure, a layer comprising a non-diffusible filter dye that absorbs light in the region of the spectrum to which the silver halide is sensitized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Richard P. Szajewski
  • Patent number: 4849325
    Abstract: A light-sensitive material package unit having an exposure function is disclosed, in which said light-sensitive material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler; at least one of said light-sensitive emulsion layers is composed of at least two layers being substantially the same in color sensitivity and different in sensitivity; and said light-sensitive emulsion layer composed of at least two layers contains a compound represented by formula (I)A--L.sub.1).sub.b Z.sub.1 (I)wherein A represents a component capable of releasing --(L.sub.1).sub.b Z.sub.1 upon reacting with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; L.sub.1 represents a timing group; Z.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Sasaki, Keisuke Shiba
  • Patent number: 4847188
    Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive material having at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material on a support is disclosed. The dye-providing material is a compound that releases or forms a diffusible dye as a function of development and which has a group capable of reacting with the nucleophilic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tawara Komamura, Hidenobu Ohya
  • Patent number: 4847185
    Abstract: Photographic compounds capable of releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) by means of an intramolecular nucleophilic displacement provide increased image acutance when a coupling-off group in the coupling position of the compound is a group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein PUG is a photographically useful group; Q is N or C--R where R is hydrogen or a substituent that does not adversely affect imaging; and Z represents atoms completing a non-aromatic, heterocyclic ring. The photographic compounds are useful in photographic materials and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Michael J. Carmody, John M. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 4840884
    Abstract: A new photographic coupler comprises a coupling-off group bonded to the coupler at the coupling position represented by the formula:--L--NR.sup.1 --DYEwherein L is a linking group; NR.sup.1 is a substituted nitrogen atom bonded to DYE that together with NR.sup.1 is a releasable dye comprising an electrically neutral chromophore. Such a coupler enables dye hue stabilization without mordanting the dye formed. Such a new coupler is useful in a photographic silver halide element and process to provide increased dye density, higher contrast dye images, and lower pH sensitivity upon processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, Stephen P. Singer
  • Patent number: 4840880
    Abstract: High interimage effects and edge effects can be obtained in multilayer color photographic recording materials if yellow DIR couplers of formula I are used therein, particularly if used in green sensitized or red sensitized layers. Sharpness and color reproduction are substantially improved. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 denotes a straight chained or branched alkyl group with up to 18 carbon atoms;R.sup.2, R.sup.3 denote identical or different alkyl groups with up to 18 carbon atoms;R.sup.4 denotes H, halogen, alkyl with up to 6 carbon atoms or alkoxy with up to 6 carbon atoms;R.sup.5 denotes H or alkyl with up to 9 carbon atoms; andR.sup.6 denotes a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group with up to 10 carbon atoms,the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 being not less than 5 and not greater than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Ohlschlager, Gunter Renner, Friedrich-Wilhelm Kunitz, Heinrich Odenwalder, Dirk Hubner
  • Patent number: 4833070
    Abstract: Remarkably high interimage and Eberhard effects are obtained when yellow DIR couplers corresponding to formuls I are added to multilayered color photographic recording materials, in particular to the green-sensitive or red-sensitive layers. These couplers can improve the sharpness and color reproduction. ##STR1## R.sup.1 denoted alkyl or aryl, R.sup.2 denotes alkyl with up to 18 carbon atoms,R.sup.3 denotes halogen, SO.sub.2 --R.sup.6, SO.sub.2 --NR.sup.7 --R.sup.8 or NH--SO.sub.2 --R.sup.6,R.sup.4 denoted H, alkyl or aryl.R.sup.5 denotes alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkinyl, aralkyl or aryl,R.sup.6 denotes alkyl or aryl,R.sup.7 denotes H or alkyl andR.sup.8 denoted H, alkyl, aryl, CO--R.sup.6 or ##STR2## and the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 is not greater than 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich-Wilhelm Kunitz, Hans hlschlager, Heinrich Odenwalder, Dirk Hubner
  • Patent number: 4824773
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a carbonamido group, a sulfonamido group, or a sulfamoyl group; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or a carbonamido group; X represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group; R.sup.4 represents a carbamoyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, or a sulfamoyl group; R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a carbonamido group, or a sulfonamido group; provided that at least one of said R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Sato, Yoshisada Nakamura, Koji Tamoto
  • Patent number: 4824771
    Abstract: Novel photographic acetanilide dye-forming couplers comprise a group comprising a stabilizer moiety represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 is halogen or alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy; R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are individually alkyl; ##STR2## R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are individually hydrogen or alkyl; R.sup.10 is hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; 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: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul R. Buckland, John D. Goddard
  • 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: 4803150
    Abstract: A double coated radiographic element is disclosed comprised of a dye coated between an emulsion layer and a support to reduce crossover to less than 10 percent. The dye is present in the form of microcrystalline particles, yet is capable of being decolorized in less than 90 seconds during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, James E. Kelly, Donald R. Diehl, Ronda E. Factor
  • 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: 4789624
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which contains a high speed reactive type coupler having a relative coupling speed of 0.35 to 1.0 and a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material provides color images having greatly improved graininess in both high density areas and low density areas, without adversely affecting sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Shigeo Hirano, Takehiko Ueda, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 4783397
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted tertiary alkyl or aryl group; R.sub.2 represents a chlorine atom or an alkoxy group; R.sub.3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group; R.sub.4 represents a chlorine atom when R.sub.1 represents a tertiary alkyl group or represents a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom when R.sub.1 represents an aryl group, and a process for forming yellow images using the same. The material can be processed by a developer solution that contains no benzyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Toshiyuki Watanabe
  • 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: 4777120
    Abstract: A photographic masking coupler containing in the coupling position a coupling-off group that is capable of reacting with oxidized color developing agent to form a water-insoluble dye in non-image areas and a water-soluble compound in image areas of a color photographic element enables formation of a colored integral mask for color correction upon exposure and processing of the element. The masking couplers are essentially colorless in a color photographic element. Such a photographic masking coupler is advantageous in a color photographic element and process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Philip T. S. Lau
  • 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: 4774181
    Abstract: An imaging element is described which comprises a dye image-forming coupler compound and a compound capable of releasing a fluorescent dye as a function of silver halide development. The released dye is capable of fluorescence which optically compensates for unwanted absorption of an image dye thereby resulting in color correction of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Nair N. Ravindran, Ramanuj Goswami
  • Patent number: 4770982
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which contains a compound represented by formula (I)RED--L.sub.1).sub.v B--L.sub.2).sub.w PUG (I)wherein RED represents a group adapted to release the group (L.sub.1).sub.v B--L.sub.2).sub.w PUG upon oxidation: L.sub.1 represents a group adapted to release the group B--L.sub.2).sub.w PUG after cleavage from RED; B represents a group which, after cleavage of the bond with L.sub.1 or RED, releases the group (L.sub.2).sub.w PUG upon reaction with an oxidized developing agent; L.sub.2 represents a group which, after cleavage from B, releases PUG; PUG represents a photographically useful group; and v and w each represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Shigeo Hirano, Koki Nakamura, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 4770989
    Abstract: A heat-developable color photosensitive element having a support bearing thereon at least one photographic component layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a dye donor substance and a binder. The photosensitive element is characterized by the photographic component layer which contains a thermal solvent and a binder which contains both a gelatin and a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tawara Komamura, Masaru Iwagaki, Takashi Sasaki, Fumio Ishii, Kunihiro Koshizuka
  • Patent number: 4770983
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains at least one yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted tertiary alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; R.sub.2 represents a chlorine atom or an alkoxy group; R.sub.3 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 8 to 26 carbon atoms; R.sub.4 represents a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms; and R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ogawa, Hiroshi Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 4770985
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which has formed on a support in sequence a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a yellow coupler of the formula (I), a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a magenta coupler of the formula (II), and a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a cyan coupler of the formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group; R.sub.2 is --NHCOR.sub.3, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.3, --COOR.sub.3 or ##STR2## provided that R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an alkyl group; and Z.sub.1 is a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered hetero ring together with a nitrogen atom); ##STR3## [wherein R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.6 is (provided that R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are each a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, and when R.sub.7 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Masao Sasaki, Toyoki Nishijima, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4766058
    Abstract: A photographic material comprising at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. The silver density of the emulsion layer is not less than 4.0.times.10.sup.-1 g/cm.sup.3 and the dry thickness of the layer is not more than 4.0 .mu.m. A core/shell type silver halide emulsion and a high-speed reaction type scavenger for the oxidation products of a developing agent are preferably used for the emulsion layer. The photographic material has a high sensitivity and provides an image having a superior sharpness and resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sampei, Toshifumi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yamada, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Kenji Kumashiro, Yoshiharu Mochizuki, Syoji Matsuzaka, Hiroshi Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 4764454
    Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material is provided comprising a compound of the general formula (I):LIG-A-LVG (I)wherein A represents a group which reacts with an oxidation product of a developing agent to cleave the bond to LVG; LVG represents a coupling-off group; and LIG represents a group which reacts with metal ions to form a complex compound.A novel method of processing the instant silver halide color photographic material is provided including a processing step using a processing solution of an iron (II) ion concentration of 1.times.10.sup.-6 to 1 mol/l. In the processing step, the potential of a bath having a bleaching capacity containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid-iron (III) complex salt is 150 mV or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Kei Sakanoue
  • 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: 4749641
    Abstract: An imaging element is described which comprises a colorless coupler compound which contains an oxidizable lueco dye moiety and optionally a colorless dye image-forming coupler compound. Following color development a masking dye is obtained by oxidation of the leuco dye moiety in areas where no photographic development occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John E. Kaufman, Max H. Stern
  • 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: 4746600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material in which a DIR compound capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor or precursor thereof by the reaction with an oxidized form of a color developing agent is employed in combination with a non-diffusible dye and which sastisfies Condition A and B recited in the specification.By using the color light-sensitive material according to the present invention, the sharpness, particularly the edge effect (including the fringe effect and the border effect) of a photographic image has been greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Toshifumi Iijima, Yoshiro Shigetomi, Toshihiko Yagi
  • Patent number: 4745049
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material improved in the color fastness of yellow dye images against light is disclosed. The photographic material comprises a silver halide emulsion layers containing a compound represented by General Formula [I] and a yellow coupler represented by General Formula [II]: ##STR1## wherein J is an alkylene group, R.sub.1 through R.sub.3 are each substituents and n is an integer 1 to 3, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 are each a hydrogen atom or substituents and R.sub.13 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent and Z.sub.1 is a group capable of being splitted of from the coupler residue upon reaction of the coupler with the oxidized product of a color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Ohbayashi, Akiyoshi Tai, Noboru Mizukura
  • Patent number: 4741994
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having improved granularity and sharpness is disclosed which comprises at least one coupler represented by formula (Ia), (Ib), or (Ic). ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue which can split away from the coupler by A--X bond cleavage upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; X represents an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; Y represents a substituent group; and n represents 0, 1, or 2, and when n is 2, the two Y's represent the same or different substituent groups, or two of substituents R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and Y represent divalent groups that combine with each other to form a ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Kohzaburoh Yamada, Hideo Usui
  • Patent number: 4737451
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, said color photographic material containing a compound capable of releasing a group upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent, the resulting group is oxidized and undergoes a ring cleavage reaction whereby a photograhically useful group is cleaved.The compound used in the present invention is capable of releasing a photograhically useful group through at least a two-step reaction, and the amount of the photographically useful group released is controlled depending on a concentration of the oxidation product of a developing agent. The silver halide color photographic material containing the compound either provides a color image having good image qualities such as sharpness, graininess, and color reproducibility, etc., or exhibits high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 4734357
    Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material is described, which is increased in sensitivity, is adapted to form an image of high contrast, or is accelerated in development by incorporating a small amount of a specific compound which imagewise releases a foggant or a development accelerator. This compound is represented by the formula: Coup-(TIME).sub.n -FA (wherein Coup represents a coupler radical capable of undergoing a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; TIME represents a timing group which is eliminated from Coup by the coupling reaction and, thereafter, releases FA; n is 0 or 1; and FA represents a group which is eliminated from Coup in the coupling reaction when n is 0, whereas FA is released from TIME when n is 1. The FA has adsorption properties with respect to silver halide grains and also has a substantial fogging action with respect to the silver halide grains).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Isamu Itoh
  • Patent number: 4729944
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion in which a diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 40% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.5 .mu.m or more.The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has improved graininess as well as has high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Shunji Takada, Keiichi Adachi, Seiji Ichijima, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4724198
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers, each layer consisting of two or more layers with different sensitivities on a support, wherein the layers are constituted so as to satisfy the following requirements (A), (B), (C) and (D):(A) of the respective emulsion layers having the highest sensitivities among the the red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers, the highest sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer is provided on the side farthest from the support;(B) at least the the highest sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer and the highest sensitivity green-sensitive emulsion layer are provided between the the highest blue-sensitive emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer with lower sensitivity;(C) none of the respective red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers having the lowest sensitivities exists on the side farther than the low sensiti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Toshifumi Iijima, Kenji Kumashiro, Takashi Kamio, Shinya Shimura
  • Patent number: 4711837
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic material contains a compound having a dye portion in which the maximum absorption wavelength is shifted by a bond that is cleaved upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent and is capable of forming a diffusion resistant compound having a dye portion possessing the maximum absorption wavelength which is not shifted as a result of the reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent.By the use of the compound which permits a large degree of freedom with respect to selection of the dye for forming a color image according to the present invention, the color photographic material has an excellent image quality, and a good fastness of image or a high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Mitsunori Ono, Isamu Itoh, Keiji Mihayashi, Koji Tamoto, Yoshisada Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4710453
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. Said material has formed on a base photographic layers including a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one highly reactive yellow coupler having a relative coupling reaction rate of 0.3 or more, said green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one compound of Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group capable of leaving upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a developing agent; R.sub.1 to R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Hirabayashi, Syoji Matsuzaka, Yukio Ohya, Yoshiyuki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 4705743
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler capable of producing a dye of such mobilitly that controlled image smearing occurs upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion in which silver halide grains containing at least about 8 mol % of silver iodide grains account for at least about 40% by weight of the total silver halide grains in the emulsion. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has improved RMS graininess as well as improved visual graininess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Shunji Takada
  • Patent number: 4678743
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide and a coupler represented by the general formula: A-RED-P, wherein A is a coupler residue capable of cleaving RED-P on reacting with an oxidized color developing agent, P is a group capable of releasing RED after cleavage of RED-P from A, and RED is a group capable of undergoing an oxidation reduction reaction with the oxidized color developing agent only after the cleavage of A and P. This material is greatly improved in sharpness and graininess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohzaburoh Yamada, Seiji Ichijima, Hideo Usui
  • Patent number: 4668611
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon, in sequence:(1) a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing, dispersed in the emulsion using a high-boiling organic solvent, a yellow coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## with the weight ratio of the high-boiling organic solvent for dispensing the coupler to the yellow coupler being 1.0:1 or less;(2) a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR2## (3) a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler represented by the following general formula (III): ##STR3## (4) an ultraviolet light absorbing layer containing an ultraviolet light absorbent represented by the following general formula (IV): ##STR4## in which the substituents X, Z, and R.sub.1 -R.sub.12 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakamura
  • 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: 4652516
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a compound capable of releasing a group represented by the general formula (I) described below upon the reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent: ##STR1## wherein W represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a group ##STR2## (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an organic residue); X represents an electron withdrawing substituent; Y represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; PUG represents a photographically useful group or a precursor thereof; X and Y each represents a divalent group and may be connected to each other to form a cyclic structure; and when W represents the group ##STR3## and R represents an organic residue, R and X or R and Y each represents a divalent group and may be connected to each other to form a cyclic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichijima, Shingo Sato, Mitsunori Ono, Noboru Sasaki