Cyanine Sensitizer Patents (Class 430/576)
  • Patent number: 5286617
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographicmaterial capable of providing an excellent rapid processing property and sharpness as well as forming little stain on a background after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Otani, Shoji Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 5264332
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material containing a support having thereon three color-forming layers, which comprises, in said color-forming silver halide emulsion layers, high-silver-chloride grains, silver halide grains in the cyan color-forming layer being spectrally sensitized with a red-sensitive sensitizing dye having a prescribed reduction potential, and/or, in the cyan color-forming layer, an oil-soluble cyan coupler that cause coupling reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing-agent to form a nondiffusible dye, a compound represented by formula (I) or (II), and a compound represented by formula (II) or (IV). ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom, R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.7, and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Otani, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 5258282
    Abstract: A dry process silver salt photosensitive member is disclosed. The photosensitive member has a heat-developable photosensitive element containing at least (1) and organic silver salt, (2) a reducing agent, and (3) at least one of a photosensitive silver halide and a photosensitive silver halide-forming component on a support. The heat-developable photosensitive element further contains a compound represented by the general formula (I) and a compound represented by the general formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kagami, Masato Katayama, Tetsuro Fukui, Hiromi Tanaka, Masao Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5252454
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having provided on a support, at least one red sensitive emulsion layer comprising a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of from 90 to 100 mol % and spectrally sensitized by a red sensitizing dye having a reduction potential at a value of -1.27 (V vs SCE) or more negative and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, exhibits reduced fluctuation in photographic sensitivity depending on the change in the printing temperature and reduced fluctuation in photographic sensitivity due to long term storage under the normal condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzumoto, Takanori Hioki, Naoto Ohshima
  • Patent number: 5246828
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein (1) the silver halide emulsion is spectrally sensitized by a red-sensitive sensitizing dye and contains a macrocyclic compound having at least one hetero atom, (2) a number of aliphatic rings forming the macrocyclic compound is 4 or less, and (3) the macrocyclic compound has an aromatic ring, which has good aging storage stability and excellent safelight safety characteristics, and can provide high sensitivity stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Okuyama, Yukio Ohya
  • Patent number: 5232826
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive silver halide photographic element is disclosed comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized to the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In particular, an infrared sensitive silver halide color photographic element, capable of providing full color images without exposure to corresponding visible radiation, is disclosed, said element comprising at least three silver halide emulsion layers on a substrate, each associated with different photographic color image forming materials, such as color couplers capable of forming dyes of different colors upon reaction with an oxidized color photographic developer, diffusing dyes, bleachable dyes, or oxidable leuco dyes. The three emulsion layers are sensitized to three different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum with at least one layer sensitized to radiation within the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Marco Bucci, Ivano Delprato, Giorgio Spazzapan
  • Patent number: 5223389
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide emulsion, which comprises at least one methine dye represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein MET represents an atomic group having a methine dye structure; Q represents a divalent linking group containing at least one carbon, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atom; l.sub.1 represents an integer 1 or 2; l.sub.2 represents an integer 0 or 1, l.sub.3 represents an integer from 1 to 4; and Ar represents an aromatic polycyclic group formed of 8 or more atoms containing at least one nitrogen atom, with the proviso that said nitrogen atom is in a form such that tautomerism does not produce ##STR2## A silver halide photographic material is also disclosed which comprises on a support a silver halide photographic emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains containing iron ions and having a localized phase with a high iron ion concentration and at least one methine dye represented by general formula (I') and which exhibits a blue sensitivity difference of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsunaga, Takanori Hioki
  • Patent number: 5219723
    Abstract: A variable contrast photographic element containing a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed wherein the silver halide is sensitized with a benzimidazolooxacarbocyanine dye of the following formula (I) in an amount less than that required to impart maximum sensitivity to all of the silver halide in the emulsion. ##STR1## In formula (I), R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, alkylthio, aryl, aryloxy, arylamino, or arylthio. R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl. R.sup.5 represents a substituent containing an electron withdrawing group. X represents a counterion as needed to balance the charge of the molecule. Use of dyes of formula (I) having an R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Harry J. Price, Paul B. Gilman, Thomas R. Dobles, Linda J. Knapp
  • Patent number: 5192654
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion including a spectrally sensitizing dye and at least one compound represented by general formula [I] or general formula [II] are disclosed. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.4 ', R.sub.5, R.sub.5 ', R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 represent hydrogen atoms or univalent organic residual groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hioki, Haruo Takei
  • Patent number: 5190854
    Abstract: A photographic laser recording material is disclosed comprising a transparent base and at least one emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion which is sensitized to the near infra-red by the combination of a heptamethine chain containing dye according to general formula (I) and a supersensitizer characterized in that said emulsion layer further contains a compound according to general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent a non metallic atomic group necessary to complete a benzothiazole, benzoxazole, naphtothiazole or naphtoxazole nucleus; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represent an alkyl or substituted alkyl group;R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, amino, phenyl or benzyl group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.3, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 respectively may combine with each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring;X-.sub.n is an anion of the type commonly present in sensitizing dyes, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventor: Rudi A. Goedeweeck
  • Patent number: 5185237
    Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material is provided which comprises a support having coated thereon at least three silver halide emulsion layers having maximum spectral sensitivities in at least three sensitive wavelength ranges of 400 nm to 500 nm, 500 nm to 570 nm and 650 nm to 730 nm and is sensitive to said three sensitive wavelength ranges to form yellow, magenta and cyan dye images, respectively, characterized in that said silver halide color photographic material has additionally at least one function to provide a maximum spectral sensitivity in wavelength range other than said three sensitive wavelength ranges and to form any of yellow, magenta or cyan dye image by an exposure to the light of said other wavelength range. A color image formation method is also disclosed which comprises exposing said silver halide color photographic material to light in a print exposure process in combination with a scanning exposure process, and then developing said silver halide color photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Kawai
  • Patent number: 5175080
    Abstract: 'Disclosed is a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a selenium atom; R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents a methylene group; Q.sub.3 and Q.sub.4 each represents an atomic group required to form a five-membered, six-membered or seven-membered ring; L.sub.1 represents a methine group; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents an atomic group required to form a benzene ring; M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for neutralizing the electric charge of the compound; and m.sub.1 represents the number required for neutralizing that electric charge.There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic material containing at least one compound of general formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hioki, Takashi Kato, Tadashi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5166047
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic materials containing methine compounds of general formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, IIa, and IIb are disclosed. The variables are as defined in the present specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hioki, Tadashi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 5166046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material having one or more light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support, which said photographic material is characterized in that at least one of said light-sensitive emulsion layers contains silver halide grains that are spectrally sensitized with at least one of the spectral sensitizers represented by the following general formula (I) and further contains at least one of the compounds represented by the following general formulas (II) and (III): ##STR1## wherein the variables are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okusa, Nobuaki Kagawa, Shinri Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5154995
    Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material is provided which comprises a support having coated thereon at least three silver halide emulsion layers having maximum spectral sensitivities in at least three sensitive wavelength ranges of 400 nm to 500 nm, 500 nm to 570 nm and 650 nm to 730 nm and is sensitive to said three sensitive wavelength ranges to form yellow, magenta and cyan dye images, respectively, characterized in that said silver halide color photographic material has additionally at least one function to provide a maximum spectral sensitvity in wavelength range other than said three sensitive wavelength ranges and to form any of yellow, magenta or cyan dye image by an exposure to the light of said other range. A color image formation method is also disclosed which comprises exposing said silver halide color photographic material to light in a print exposure process in combination with a scanning exposure process, and then developing said silver halide color photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Kawai
  • Patent number: 5126237
    Abstract: There is disclosed a monochromatic silver halide light-sensitive photographic material for printing from a color negative, which has an excellent sensitivity, sharpness, graininess and background whiteness. The photographic material is characterized by that the surface of the support on which the emulsion layer is provided has the following reflection properties:L=90 or morea*=-0.5 to 1.0b*=-5.0 to -1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okumura, Masataka Nakano
  • Patent number: 5126235
    Abstract: A full color recording material comprising a support having thereon at least three silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers which contain respectively couplers which form yellow, magenta and cyan colorations and which are sensitive to light of different wavelength regions, at least two of the said layers being spectrally sensitized selectively to match laser light beams of wavelengths of at least 670 nm, wherein the at least two layers aforementioned contain at least one type of crosslinking type spectrally sensitizing dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takanori Hioki
  • Patent number: 5112731
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer comprises tabular grains of silver chloride, silver bromide, silver chlorobromide or silver chloroiodobromide having an iodide content of 1 mol % or less, which have an average aspect ratio of 3 or more and which have been spectrally sensitized with at least one spectral sensitizing dyes described below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 5108882
    Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support having thereon(a) a silver halide emulsion layer where the silver halide is sensitized with a dye having the formula: ##STR1## Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, andR.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 each independently represents hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl,X represents a counterion, and(b) at least one other red- or infrared-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a maximum sensitivity at a wavelength different from that of the (a) layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Parton, Annabel A. Muenter, Anthony Adin
  • Patent number: 5093222
    Abstract: A negative silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer or another hydrophilic colloid layer provided on the support contains (i) a hydrazine derivative, (ii) at least one cationic dye selected from the group consisting of cyanine dyes, hemicyanine dyes and rhodacyanine dyes, and (iii) a compound represented by formula (I) and having substantially no absorption maximum at the visible region; ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.11, Z.sup.12, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, X and n are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunobu Katoh
  • Patent number: 5091295
    Abstract: 'A positive-positive silver halide color photographic 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, at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, and at least one colloidal silver layer on a support wherein said silver halide emulsion layer, hydrophilic colloid layer, or colloidal silver layer contains at least one dye of formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and each represents an alkyl group, an aryl gorup or a heterocyclic group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group; n.sub.1 represents 1 or 2; and any of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 has a sulfo group and the total of the groups is at least two or more. A method of forming a color image using the same is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kuwashima, Mario Aoki
  • Patent number: 5089382
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein in at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R.sub.101 and R.sub.102, which may be the same or different, represent each an alkyl group and at least one of R.sub.101 and R.sub.102 is a butyl group, a pentyl group, a hexyl group, a heptyl group or an octyl group; V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3, V.sub.4, V.sub.5, V.sub.6, V.sub.7 and V.sub.8, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a sulfo group or an aryl group; of V.sub.1 to V.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuo Sakai
  • Patent number: 5082765
    Abstract: A method of processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material wherein a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler and silver halide grains which are sensitized with specific sensitizing dyes, is processed with a color developer solution containing specific aromatic primary amine color developing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Onodera, Keiji Ohbayashi, Mitsuhiro Okumura, Shigeo Chino
  • Patent number: 5061618
    Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer where the silver halide is sensitized with a dye having the formula: ##STR1## wherein where Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and X are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Parton, Annabel A. Muenter, David A. Stegman
  • Patent number: 5059508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a planographic printing plate comprising the steps of:(1) exposing a DTR mono-sheet material containing a silver halide emulsion layer and a nuclei containing surface layer in a laser beam containing device, e.g. a helium-neon laser, an argon laser, or a semiconductor laser, wherein the said emulsion layer contains at least one emulsion showing following characteristics:(a) the emulsion consists principally of silver chloride but contains bromide ranging from 5 mole % to 40 mole % and iodide ranging from 0 to 1 mole %;(b) the emulsion belongs to the core-shell type wherein substantially all the bromide is concentrated in the core;(c) the emulsion grains contain Rhodium and/or Iridium dopants;(2) processing the DTR material by means of a developing or activator solution, containing at least an alkali agent and a silver halide complexing agent, followed by a neutralization solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Jos A. Vaes, Luc J. Wabbes
  • Patent number: 5051351
    Abstract: Dye copolymers are disclosed represented by the formula: ##STR1## where A, B, C, D, x, y, and z are as defined herein. The dye polymers are useful as sensitizing dyes for silver halide in photographic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Derrick C. Tabor, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 5037734
    Abstract: A photographic element is described which comprises a silver halide emulsion layer and a bridged tricarbocyanine infrared sensitizing dye which element is stabilized by a combination of an organic reducing agent and a surface active agent. A stabilized photographic silver halide emulsion melt is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jerome R. Lenhard, Bonnie R. Hein
  • Patent number: 5013642
    Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized with(a) a first sensitizing dye according to the formula: ##STR1## Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 each independently represents hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, andX represents a counterion, and(b) a second sensitizing dye having a maximum sensitivity at a wavelength of about 5 to 100 nm less than the wavelength of maximum sensitivity of the first sensitizing dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Annabel Muenter, Anthony Adin, Richard L. Parton, Nicholas A. Pightling, David Beaumond
  • Patent number: 5009992
    Abstract: Photographic silver halide emulsion, sensitized for infrared spectral region, containing an aromatic thiosulfonic acid or a salt of the acid. The emulsion is useful for preparing photographic elements having sensitivity in the infrared spectral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Alfred Worsching
  • Patent number: 5008181
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized by at least one adsorptive spectral sensitizing dye, wherein the emulsion layer or a hydrophilic colloid layer adjacent to the emulsion layer contains at least one compound represented by following formula (I), (II), or (III); ##STR1##A.sub.2 --Time.sub.1).sub..sbsb.t.sbsb.1 X (II)A.sub.3 --Time.sub.2).sub.t.sbsb.2 Y (III)(all the symbols of which are defined in the specification) are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ikegawa, Masaki Okazaki, Tadao Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 4988615
    Abstract: The addition of certain classes of organic salts to infrared sensitive silver halide photographic emulsions can provide supersensitization, improved liquid hold time stability, and photographic emulsion stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Paul Davies, Nelson B. O'Bryan, Jr., James B. Philip, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4987052
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, at least one of the emulson layer and other layers contains at least one hydrazine derivative and at least one of these layers contains at least one compound having both a silver halide adsorbing group and an acid group represented by the general formula (I):C-L-D (I)wherein C represents a group that enhances adsorption to silver halide, D represents an acid group, and L represents a divalent linking group,and possessing substantially no absorption maximum in the visible region. A method for forming superhigh contrast negative images is also disclosed, comprising imagewise exposing this silver halide photographic material, followed by developing with a developing solution containing sulfite ions in an amount of about 0.15 mol or more per liter and having a pH of about 10.5 to about 12.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Hirano, Kazunobu Katoh, Yoshio Inagaki, Nobuaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 4971889
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing at least one compound represented by following formula (I):Dye--L--Hyd (I)wherein Dye represents a chromophore-containing dye residue shown by following formula (II); Hyd represents a hydrazine residue one of the two nitrogen atoms of which is substituted by a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group, or an alkilydene group and L represents a divalent linkage group of bonding Dye and Hyd; ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group; Z and Z.sub.1, which may be the same or different, each represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; Q represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5- or 6-membered carbon ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and n, d, and m each represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ikeda, Haruo Takei, Satoru Takimoto, Masaki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 4965182
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Mihara
  • Patent number: 4963476
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least 1.0.times.10.sup.-4 gram equivalent of an anionic surface active material as anion per gram of a hydrophilic dispersion medium in the emulsion layer, the material having dispersed in the emulsion layer a light-collecting dye that has an emission band overlapping at least partially with the optical absorption band of a spectral sensitizing dye on a silver halide grain present in the emulsion layer, the light-collecting dye having an emission quantum yield of at least 0.1 at a concentration of 10.sup.-4 mol/dm.sup.3 in dry gelatin at room temperature, with the proviso that the light-collecting dye and the spectral sensitizing dye may be the same compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Sugimoto, Masakazu Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 4963475
    Abstract: A method of processing an imagewise exposed light-sensitive silver halide photographic material. The material contains a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains which are sensitized with a monomethine dye. The material is processed with a developer solution containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent in the presence of at least one hydroxylamine derivative and at least one nitrogen containing heterocyclic mercapto compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Keiji Ohbayashi, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4948699
    Abstract: This invention provides a silver halide photographic light sensitive material and a light sensitive lithographic printing plate material which are enhanced in sensitivity to semiconductor laser beam and improved in storage stability and printing endurance. The former comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer containing a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity maximum in a wavelength region longer than 700 nm wherein said emulsion layer contains a water-soluble polymer containing a carboxyl group and having a number-average molecular weight of 20,000 or less and the latter comprises a support and, provided thereon, a silver halide emulsion layer containing a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity maximum in a wavelength region longer than 700 nm and a physical development nuclei layer and said emulsion layer contains the above mentioned water-soluble polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishinoiri, Toshiro Kondo, Yoshikazu Takaya
  • Patent number: 4945038
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises at least one compound represented by the formula (I) and at least one compound represented by the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3 and V.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carboxy group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an alkoxy group or an aryl group, or V.sub.1 and V.sub.2, or V.sub.3 and V.sub.4 may be bound to each other to form a benzene ring;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group and may optionally form a salt with a metal atom or other organic compound;X.sup..crclbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Momoki, Takanori Hioki, Masaki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 4939080
    Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material is described which comprises at least one layer of a silver halide emulsion layer provided on a base, wherein said at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises at least one novel dye compound represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are independently represents a sulfur atom or a selenium atom;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents an alkyl group, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 must represent a butyl group, a pentyl group, a hexyl group, a heptyl group or an octyl group;V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3, V.sub.4, V.sub.5, V.sub.6, V.sub.7 and V.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hioki, Naoto Ohshima, Masaki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 4920031
    Abstract: There are provided by the invention silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials containing dyestuff(s) represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.6, L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are groups conventional in this technical field, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 each represent an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, COR.sup.7 and SO.sub.2 R.sup.7 (wherein R.sup.7 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group) (including the case where the dyestuff(s) is(are) in the form of salt(s)).The dyestuff(s) act(s) as a coloring agent for colored layer(s) for color filtering, antihalation, antiiradiation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ohno, Yoshio Inagaki, Keiichi Adachi, Yasuhito Momoki
  • Patent number: 4914015
    Abstract: 5-substituted-thio-1,2,3,4-thiatriazoles and 5-substituted-oxy=1,2,3,4-thiatriazoles have been found to be supersensitive for silver halide photographic emulsions spectrally sensitized to the red and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James B. Philip, Jr., Craig A. Perman, Peter D. Sills
  • Patent number: 4910129
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light sensitive material which has a silver halide emulsion layer optically sensitized with a sensitizing dye having a maximum spectral sensitivity in the region of at least 700 nm, said emulsion layer containing at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) or at least one compound represented by the general formula (I) and at least one compound represented by the general formula (II) in combination: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an amino group, an acylamido group or a sulfonamido group and sum of carbon atom numbers of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is 3 or more.); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group of at least 3 carbon atoms or an aryl group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiya Takahashi, Susumu Baba, Katsuaki Iwaosa, Motoshige Yamada, Kunihiro Nakagawa, Seigo Ebato, Hiroshi Nishinoiri, Yoshikazu Takaya
  • Patent number: 4908303
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer, in which (1) the silver halide grains constituting the emulsion layer have been spectrally sensitized by at least one adsorbable spectral sensitizing dye added thereto before the completion of chemical ripening of the grains, and (2) at least one luminous dye which has a quantum efficiency of 0.1 or more when the concentration thereof in dry gelatin at room temperature is 10.sup.-4 mol/dm.sup.3 and which can be substantially completely removed by development is added to a hydrophilic dispersion medium for the emulsion layer exclusive of the silver halide grains in a concentration of 2.0 mmol/dm.sup.3 in the dispersion medium. The addition of the spectral sensitizing dye is not limitative and can be either before the completion of the formation of the silver halide grains or during a stage from the completion of the formation of the grains to the completion of the chemical ripening thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyasaka, Tadaaki Tani, Tadao Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 4895794
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel silver halide emulsion containing silver chloride-containing crystal grains which are cubic or rectangular parallelepiped silver halide crystals containing 30 mol % or more silver chloride on the crystal surface and surrounded mainly by (100) crystal faces, where the silver halide crystal has a projection of another crystal part formed on at least one (100) surface of the six crystal faces thereof and starting from the (100) surface has a bottom surface, the projection crystal part has substantially the same halogen composition as that of the surface of the (100) face of the original cubic or rectangular parallelepiped silver halide crystal grain, and the adjacent projection crystal parts have a groove part therebetween which is parallel to the edge part of the original silver halide crystal grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 4876183
    Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprising tabular grains whose diameter of an average projected area/average thickness ratio is 5/1 or higher is provided. Said emulsion layer contains one or more luminescent dyes whose luminescence quantum yield is 0.3 or more when its concentration is dry gelatin is 10.sup.-4 mol/dm.sup.3 at room temperature and that can be substantially removed by development processing, and the content of said luminescent dye is 3.0 .mu.mol/m.sup.2 or more for the total surface area of the silver halide grains in said emulsion layer, or is 2.0 mmol/dm.sup.3 or more in a hydrophilic dispersion medium excluding the silver halide grain surfaces in said emulsion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyasaka, Masaki Okazaki, Tadao Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 4865942
    Abstract: A photohardenable composition comprising a free radical addition polymerizable or crosslinkable compound and a cationic dye-borate anion complex, said complex being capable of absorbing actinic radiation and producing free radicals which initiate free radical polymerization or crosslinking of said compound; and photosensitive materials employing the composition where in one embodiment the composition is microencapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Gottschalk, Gary B. Schuster
  • Patent number: 4863846
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which is decreased in variation of light-sensitivity caused by a change in environmental humidity and a prolonged storage of the photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4863843
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising as major constituent silver bromide with improved gradation, density and sensitivity and decreased fog is disclosed. This emulsion contains at least one of the compounds represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein Z represents an aromatic radical, or of the oxidized derivatives thereof, and at least one of the compounds represented by the general formula ##STR2## wherein A represents a hydroxyl group, an amino group, ##STR3## R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 form a ring jointly with the carbon atom to which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are attached or one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a hydroxyl group; n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 8, and M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Okushima, Katsuaki Iwaosa, Susumu Baba, Tokitsugu Houjo
  • Patent number: H760
    Abstract: Photosensitive materials which have a high speed and which exhibit little pressure desensitization and pressure fogging are obtained by means of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: H1242
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which is improved in storage stability comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer contains at least one of sensitizing dyes represented by the following formula [I-a] and [I-b] and at least one of compounds represented by formula [II]: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonobu Moriya, Kazuhiro Yoshida