Sulfoxy Compound Or Derivative Patents (Class 430/636)
  • Patent number: 10091994
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel formulation additives of formula 1 and to the production and use thereof, in particular as adjuvants and additives for agrochemical formulations. A novel combination of known ether sulfates and cations allows products with superior characteristics to be obtained, such as pesticides with improved strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Schnabel
  • Patent number: 7579139
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, in which a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer, on a transmission-type support, contains a solid fine-particle dispersion of a dye represented by formula (I), any one of photographic constituting layers contains a compound represented by formula (A) and/or a compound represented by formula (B) or (FS-2), and the light-sensitive material does not contain any compound represented by formula (C): in formulas (I), (A), (B) and (C), D represents a group to give a compound having a chromophore; X represents a dissociable hydrogen or a group having a dissociable hydrogen; y is an integer from 1 to 7; R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; M, M1, M2 and M3 each independently represent a cation; n represents an integer of 1 to 7; A and B each independently represent a fluor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Sakai, Shin Soejima, Shinji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7306900
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising at least one layer containing at least one compound selected from a group consisting of the following type 1 and type 2, and at least one layer containing at least one fluorine compound represented by the following general formula (A): (Type 1) Compound which undergoes a one-electron oxidation so as to form a one-electron oxidation product capable of, through subsequent bond cleavage reaction, releasing one or more electrons; (Type 2) Compound which undergoes a one-electron oxidation so as to form a one-electron oxidation product capable of, after subsequent bond formation reaction, releasing one or more electrons; Rf?X-M:??General formula (A) wherein Rf represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons which is substituted with at least one fluorine atom, X represents a divalent coupling group or a single bond, and M represents an anionic group, a cationic group or a betaine group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Yokota
  • Patent number: 7241562
    Abstract: This invention relates to a color silver halide photographic element comprising gelatin, a support bearing at least one dye image forming unit selected from a dye image forming unit comprising at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler, a dye image forming unit comprising at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler, and a dye image forming unit comprising at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler; and a polymer represented by Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sidney J. Bertucci, David M. Teegarden, David E. Decker, Thomas H. Whitesides, Larry D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 7229738
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which contains a fluorine compound having two or more fluorinated alkyl groups having two or more carbon atoms and 11 or less fluorine atoms and having at least one of an anionic hydrophilic group and a nonionic hydrophilic group, and has a characteristic curve drawn in orthogonal coordinates of logarithm of light exposure (x-axis) and optical density (y-axis) using equal unit lengths for the both axes, on which gamma is 5.0 or more for the optical density range of 0.3-3.0. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that provides high sensitivity, high contrast, favorable half tone dot quality and superior storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Yasuda, Terukazu Yanagi
  • Patent number: 7172855
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a layer containing a compound of the following formula and a fluorine compound, and has a gamma of 5.0 or more for the optical density range of 0.3 to 3.0: wherein R1 is alkyl or alkenyl, R2 are H, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl or aryl, l1 is 1–10, m1 is 1–30, n1 is 0–4, a is 0 or 1, and Z1 is OSO3M or SO3M where M is cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yasuda, Yoshihisa Tsukada
  • Patent number: 7040929
    Abstract: A substantially light-insensitive monosheet thermographic recording material comprising a support and on one side of said support a thermosensitive element, wherein said thermographic recording material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali atom or an ammonium group; R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl-, alkynyl-, thioalkyl-, thioalkenyl- or thioalkynyl-group in which the alkyl-, alkenyl- or alkynyl-group has 6 to 25 carbon atoms; X is —O—, —S— or —N(R2)—; and R2 is hydrogen, a —(CH2)mSO3M group or a group; and m is an integer between 1 and 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Geert Defieuw, Johan Loccufier, Luc Van Steen, Etienne Van Thillo
  • Patent number: 6911071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging member comprising poultry gelatin. In one embodiment, the poultry gelatin is located preferably in at least one layer in the upper half of said imaging member comprising poultry gelatin. Another embodiment provides an aqueous coating composition comprising poultry gelatin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James S. Honan, Andrew M. Howe, Paul A. Corbelli, Lloyd A. Lobo, Ryan B. Adams, John S. Brand
  • Patent number: 6911302
    Abstract: A coating composition for use in a photographic element, the composition comprising an aqueous solution of: two or more surfactants; a hydrophilic binder; and optional matte particles; wherein one of the surfactants is represented by the following Formula (I): Rf—CH2CH2—(B)y-A??(I) where Rf is F(CF2CF2)n— and n is 3 and 4 or 3, 4, and 5, and the fraction of all Rf with n=3 is at least 40%; B is a divalent linking group; y is 0 or 1; and A is an anionic group with a counterion or an amphoteric group. A photographic element containing the coating composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Alice G. Moon, Mark P. Pavlik, Michael W. Orem
  • Patent number: 6897013
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having one or more layers including at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein any of the layers formed on the support contains a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a fluorine-containing surfactant (in the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 6-25 carbon atoms, ml represents an integer of 0-30, n1 represents an integer of 0-4, a represents 0 or 1, and Z1 represents OSO3M or SO3M, where M represents a cation). There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that shows superior antistatic property and can be stably produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terukazu Yanagi, Yoshihisa Tsukada, Kouichi Yokota, Shinichi Ichikawa, Katsuhiko Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 6875563
    Abstract: A coating composition for use in forming an overcoat layer in a photographic element, said composition comprising an aqueous solution of: a mixture of two or more surfactants; a hydrophilic binder; matte beads; and a lubricating agent; wherein one of the surfactants is represented by the following Formula (I) and is the only fluorosurfactant in the composition: Rf—CH2CH2—S-(A)-D??(I) where Rf is —(CF2)nCF3, n represents the number of CF2 groups and is 3 or 5 in at least 60% of the Rf groups present, and in the remainder of Rf groups n is 7, 9, or 11. A is a divalent linking group that includes substituted alkylene or alkylene (N-alkylene)amide; and D is an ionic group. A photographic element with an outermost layer containing the coating composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael W. Orem, Ronald R. Andrews
  • Patent number: 6872515
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having one or more layers including at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of the layers contains at least one compound represented by R1-Z1 (R1 is an unsubstituted or hydroxy-substituted alkyl having 6-24 carbon atoms or an unsubstituted alkenyl group having 6-24 carbon atoms, and Z1 is OSO3M or SO3M, where M is a cation) and a fluorine-containing surfactant. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that shows superior antistatic property and can be stably produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tsukada, Terukazu Yanagi, Kouichi Yokota
  • Patent number: 6824941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging member comprising poultry gelatin. In one embodiment, the poultry gelatin is located preferably in at least one layer in the upper half of said imaging member comprising poultry gelatin. Another embodiment provides an aqueous coating composition comprising poultry gelatin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James S. Honan, Andrew M. Howe, Paul A. Corbelli, Lloyd A. Lobo, Ryan B. Adams, John S. Brand
  • Patent number: 6790602
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of spectrally sensitizing a silver halide emulsion comprising the following steps in the following order a) providing a silver halide emulsion comprising tabular silver halide grains having an inner dye layer adjacent to the silver halide grain, said dye layer comprising at least one dye (Dye 1) that is capable of spectrally sensitizing silver halide, b) adding to the emulsion at least one dye (Dye 2) capable of providing a second dye layer adjacent to the inner dye layer, and c) adding to the emulsion a non-cationic surfactant or a scavenger for oxidized developer, or a combination of the two, to form a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having associated therewith two dye layers, wherein the dye layers are held together by non-covalent forces or by in situ bond formation; the outer dye layer adsorbs light at equal or higher energy than the inner dye layer; and the energy emission wavelength of the outer dye layer overlaps with the energy absorption
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David R. Foster, Stephen P. Singer, William J. Harrison, Alan R. Pitt
  • Publication number: 20040170933
    Abstract: A coating composition for use in a photographic element, the composition comprising an aqueous solution of: two or more surfactants; a hydrophilic binder; and optional matte particles; wherein one of the surfactants is represented by the following Formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Alice G. Moon, Mark P. Pavlik, Michael W. Orem
  • Patent number: 6780576
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I): a compound represented by (II): or a mixture of at least one compound represented by formula (I) with at least one compound represented by formula (II), wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali atom or an ammonium group; R1 is hydrogen, a —(CH2)mSO3M group or a R2 is an alkyl-, alkenyl- or alkynyl- group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms; and m is an integer between 1 and 5; the use of at least one compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (I), at least one compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (II) or a mixture of at least one compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (I) and at least one compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (II) as a surfactant; and a photographic material comprising a support and a layer containing photosensitive silver halide, characterized in that the photographic material contains at least one compound represented by the above-mentioned formula (I), at le
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Etienne Van Thillo, Johan Loccufier, Hartwig Andries
  • Publication number: 20040048209
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having one or more layers including at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of the layers contains at least one compound represented by R1-Z1 (R1 is an unsubstituted or hydroxy-substituted alkyl having 6-24 carbon atoms or an unsubstituted alkenyl group having 6-24 carbon atoms, and Z1 is OSO3M or SO3M, where M is a cation) and a fluorine-containing surfactant. There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that shows superior antistatic property and can be stably produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tsukada, Terukazu Yanagi, Kouichi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20030235793
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material of the invention contains a support having on at least one surface thereof at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a surface protective layer. The silver halide photographic material of the invention may include a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a hydrophilic colloid, in addition to the surface protective layer. The silver halide photographic material of the invention contains at least two kinds of surfactants that are different from each other. One of the surfactants (type 1) has a fluoroalklyl group or a fluoroalkylene group. The other (type 2) is an anionic surfactant containing ethyleneoxy repeating units and having an alkyloxy group or an alkylcarbonyl group at an end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kanazawa, Terukazu Yanagi, Yoshihisa Tsukada, Shinichi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 6664020
    Abstract: A mass transfer imaging element comprising a substrate having a surface colourant layer containing a pigment to be imagewise transferred, wherein said colourant layer comprises a fluorocarbon additive in an amount to provide a fluorocarbon additive:pigment weight ratio of at least 1:20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David Warner, Ranjan Chhaganbhai Patel
  • Publication number: 20030224269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging member comprising poultry gelatin. In one embodiment, the poultry gelatin is located preferably in at least one layer in the upper half of said imaging member comprising poultry gelatin. Another embodiment provides an aqueous coating composition comprising poultry gelatin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: James S. Honan, Andrew M. Howe, Paul A. Corbelli, Lloyd A. Lobo, Ryan B. Adams, John S. Brand
  • Patent number: 6613503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a reflection support and an overcoat layer wherein said overcoat layer comprises hydrophilic binder and lubricant, said lubricant has a particle mean diameter of greater than 1 &mgr;m and the volume of particles of lubricant below 1 &mgr;m is less than 5% of said total volume of lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Walter Harold Isaac, James Stephen Honan, Edgar Erick Riecke
  • Patent number: 6468710
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, the light-sensitive material containing a surfactant represented by the following formula (F), and having the characteristic curve that a gamma in the range of an optical density from 0.3 to 3.0 is 5.0 or more, on the characteristic curve shown in a rectangular coordinate where a logarithmic exposure amount (the x axis) and an optical density (the y axis) are indicated according to the same unit length; [Rf—(Rc)n]m—Z  formula (F) wherein Rf represents a perfluoroalkyl group, Rc represents an alkylene group, Z represents a group having an anionic group, cationic group, amphoteric ionic group, or nonionic polar group, n is an integer of 0 or 1, and m is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 6383731
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provides a novel polyhalogenomethylsulfonyl compound which can be used for providing a thermally processed image recording material which has a high sensitivity, gives less fog, and has a good stock stability and a good image storage stability of dark and high temperature or light storage. According to the present invention, there is provided a polyhalogenomethylsulfonyl compound represented by the following formula (1), or salts thereof, or hydrates or solvates thereof: wherein Z1 and Z2 each independently represents a halogen atom; A represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and R1 represents an alkyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, which may have one or more substituents, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, which may have one or more substituents, or an alkinyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, which may have one or more substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Takasaki, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Hisashi Okamura
  • Patent number: 6379879
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Jörg Hagemann, Günter Helling, Heinz Wiesen, Ralf Wirowski, Ralf Büscher
  • Patent number: 6143484
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for stabilizing a photographic coating melt. The photographic melt includes an aqueous medium and a dispersed liquid organic phase containing an ultraviolet ray absorbing compound, and an emulsion containing silver halide particles having an average equivalent circular diameter of from 0.03 to 0.10 microns. The photographically useful ultraviolet ray absorber compound is soluble in a liquid organic phase and substantially insoluble in water. The method includes the step of adding to the emulsion containing silver halide particles a sufficient amount of surfactant to passify surfaces of the silver halide particles. The present invention is also a method of preparing a photographic coating melt. A dispersion is prepared which includes an aqueous medium, a dispersed liquid organic phase and an ultraviolet ray absorber compound wherein the ultraviolet ray absorber compound is soluble in the dispersed liquid organic phase and substantially insoluble in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kurt M. Schroeder, Jayme D. Ribeiro, Gary L. Slater, Timothy J. Hubert
  • Patent number: 6074811
    Abstract: A silver halide emulsion is described, which comprises at least a dispersion medium and silver halide grains, wherein from 40 to 100% of the total projected area of the entire silver halide grains are occupied by tabular grains having a thickness of from 0.01 to 0.50 .mu.m, an aspect ratio (diameter/thickness) of from 1.6 to 500, and main planes of {100} faces, and the aspect ratio of a right angled parallelogram surrounded by edge sides of {100} face of the tabular grains or a right angled parallelogram formed by extending the edge sides (long side length/short side length) is from 1 to 8, and the tabular grains are tabular grains formed by the adsorption of compound A.sup.0 represented by formula (Z.sup.1), (Z.sup.2), (Z.sup.3) or (Z.sup.4) onto silver halide grains:B.sup.1 --S--B.sup.2 (Z.sup.1)B.sup.1 --S(O)--B.sup.2 (Z.sup.2)B.sup.1 --S(O.sub.2)--B.sup.2 (Z.sup.3)B.sup.1 --S.sup.+ (R.sup.0)--B.sup.2 .multidot.Y.sub.0.sup.-(Z.sup.4)wherein B.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Saitou
  • Patent number: 5989796
    Abstract: A thermally processable imaging element is disclosed having a protective coat overlying at least one thermographic or photothermographic imaging layer containing an organic silver salt and a thermally activated reducing agent for silver ion. The protective coat includes a film-forming binder comprised of a water dispersible polymer containing hydroxy pendant groups and, to reduce low density spots visible after thermal processing, a combination of anionic, non-ionic and fluorocarbon moiety containing surfactants satisfying formula defined selection criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Alice Moon
  • Patent number: 5972591
    Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by providing a photographic element and a process of its formation wherein a gelatin silver halide emulsion is provided with a thickener comprising a copolymer of the structure whereinA comprises about 10 to about 20 parts by weight of said copolymer, andB comprises about 80 to about 90 parts by weight of said copolymer.It is particularly preferred that the copolymer be provided in a hardener layer to minimize the amount of gelatin needed and thus reduce the reaction of hardener with gelatin. The invention finds a preferred use in curtain coating wherein there is a greater need for high viscosity materials, particularly at the bottom of a group of layers in order to minimize distortions of the layers as they are applied in the curtain coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Marianne Yarmey, Wayne Arthur Bowman, Stephen Joseph Kozak, Gary Francis Mitchell, Glenn Thomas Pearce, Melvin David Sterman
  • Patent number: 5928850
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a dispersion material which is obtained by emulsifying a mixture of a yellow coupler represented by the formula and a polymer compound that is insoluble in water and soluble in an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Shigeo Tanaka, Kunimasa Hiyama
  • Patent number: 5888719
    Abstract: A color photographic material with a support and at least one spectrally sensitised silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one color coupler, which layer contains a polymer with repeat units of the structure I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 are identical or different and mean hydrogen, alkyl or halogen,L means a chemical bond or a linking member andX means a group which reacts with NH.sub.2 --, COOH-- or OH-- groups in an addition or condensation reaction,in dispersed form with an average particle size of <300 nm, is distinguished by improved "dark fading" stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert AG
    Inventor: Gunter Helling
  • Patent number: 5871899
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion and poly(alkylene oxide)s wherein greater than 50 percent of the poly(alkylene oxide)s have acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10, or end groups which will react to form acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10 during development, on both termini; and wherein the poly(alkylene oxide)s have a molecular weight ranging substantially between 1700 and 6000 AMU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David A. Dickinson, George J. Burgmaier, Thomas R. Welter
  • Patent number: 5773204
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for coating a photographic support.The process consists of depositing on a support a succession of at least two layers, at least one of which consists of a photosensitive composition, the top layer, situated at the opposite side to the support, containing a given concentration of at least one surfactant, the process being characterized in that a surfactant present in the top layer is introduced into the layer adjacent to the top layer at a concentration equal to at least 25% of the concentration of the same surfactant in the said top layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jean Marie Baumlin
  • Patent number: 5679505
    Abstract: A photographic film that is especially useful as a motion picture print film is comprised of a support having, in order, on one side thereof an antihalation undercoat and at least one silver halide emulsion layer and having, in order, on the opposite side thereof an antistatic layer and a protective topcoat; wherein the protective topcoat is comprised of a polyurethane binder and a lubricant and the polyurethane binder has a tensile elongation to break of at least 50% and a Young's modulus measured at 2% elongation of at least 50000 lb/in.sup.2. The polyurethane binder provides a tough but flexible protective topcoat that is capable of resisting abrasion and scratching when the film is conveyed through a projector and capable of standing up to the repeated use to which motion picture print films are typically subjected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Lloyd Tingler, Charles Chester Anderson, Lori Jeanne Shaw-Klein
  • Patent number: 5610002
    Abstract: This invention describes gelatin thickening compounds for photographic coating melts with the general structure: ##STR1## wherein: A is an aromatic or heteroaromatic group;X is SO.sub.3 M or CO.sub.2 MM is H or an alkali metal, ammonium or pyridinium ion; each R1 and R2 is independently an alkyl or substituted alkyl group, each alkyl group being straight or branched chain and having 1 to 30 carbon atoms;each R3 and R4 is independently H or an alkyl or substituted alkyl group, each alkyl group being straight or branched chain and having 1 to 30 carbon atoms;each of a, b, c and e is independently 0, 1, 2 or 3, with the proviso that a+b+c+e is at least 1; andd is 1, 2, or 3;with the further proviso that when A is phenyl, X is SO.sub.3 M, d is 1 and any one of a, c, or e is 1, the sum of a+b+c+e is at least 2; and wherein there is a substantial absence of a compound containing one or more --SO.sub.2.sup.- groups in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Ross, Pranab Bagchi, Richard W. Connelly
  • Patent number: 5543288
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel surface-active compound, and a silver halide photographic material and a processing solution for a silver halide photographic material containing the same. The surface-active compound is represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## Wherein R.sup.1 represents an aliphatic group, an alicyclic compound group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic ring; R.sup.2 represents an aliphatic group, an alicyclic compound group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic ring, or a group represented by --L--Z; Q.sup.1, Q.sup.2, and Q.sup.3 each represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a group represented by --N(R.sup.3)--, in which R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group represented by R.sup.2 ; L represents a divalent linking group; and Z represents an ionic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Yasuda, Yukio Karino, Masatoshi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 5541049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material comprising a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon, and a hydrophilic colloid layer coated on said at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said hydrophilic colloid layer comprises a combination of (a) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-ionic perfluoroalkyl(ene)polyoxyethylene surfactants and polyoxyethylene-modified polysiloxane surfactants, and (b) at least one salt of perfluoroalkylsulfonyl imide or perfluoroalkylsulfonyl methide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Dario Ballerini, Renzo Torterolo, Marco Bucci, William M. Lamanna, George G. I. Moore, William A. Huffman
  • Patent number: 5486451
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of preparing washed silver halide photographic emulsions wherein silver halide grain formation is effected in the presence of an acid-coagulable gelatin derivative or a mixture of gelatin and an acid-coagulable gelatin derivative and coagulation of the emulsion occurs in the presence of ionic copolymers of styrene sulfonic acid and maleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Alberto Vacca, Paolo Barletta
  • Patent number: 5411844
    Abstract: A coating composition for applying a layer to a photographic element and the resulting photographic element comprising gelatin, water and from 0.3 to 1 gm/100 gms of the composition of a surfactant mixture of 15 to 70 percent by weight of a dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium salt or di-fluoroalkylsulfosuccinate, sodium salt, from 35 to 75 percent by weight of a nonylphenoxy polyglycidyl alcohol, and from 3 to 14 percent by weight of perfluoro-octyl sulfonamido, N-hydrogen, N-propylene trimethylammonium iodide based on the total weight of the surfactant mixture; when a dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium salt is used, the minimum amount thereof is 0.15 gm/100 gm of coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Michael W. Orem
  • Patent number: 5380628
    Abstract: Fine particle photographic coupler dispersions are prepared by forming a dispersion of a photographic coupler, coupler solvent and auxiliary coupler solvent in an aqueous gelatin medium containing at least about 1% by weight of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts of alkarylene sulfonic acids, alkali metal salts of alkyl sulfates, alkaryl sulfonate salts, and alkyl sulfosuccinates; and washing the dispersion with water for a time sufficient to remove at least one-fourth of the surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John F. Sawyer, Paul L. Zengerle
  • Patent number: 5356768
    Abstract: Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic elements comprising a silver halide photographic emulsion layer including a) at least one 2,5-diacylamino phenol cyan coupler dissolved in low-boiling water-immiscible organic solvent droplets dispersed in said emulsion layer in reactive association with at least one non-ionic surfactant compound having a HLB higher than 20 and at least one anionic surfactant compound and b) at least one cationic carbocyanine spectral sensitizing dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter Bertramini, Agostino Baldassarri
  • Patent number: 5302505
    Abstract: Light-sensitive silver halide photographic elements are disclosed comprising a support and silver halide emulsion layer or layers, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains tabular silver halide grains having an average diameter:thickness ratio of at least 3:1 and highly deionized gelatin and wherein said photographic elements show a swelling index lower than 140% and a melting time of from 45 to 120 minutes.The light-sensitive materials can be advantageously developed in hardener free developer and used in high temperature super rapid processing in automatic processors which include transporting rollers and have good physical and photographic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gerolamo Delfino, Milena Debenedetti, Marco Bucci, Dino Ferrari
  • Patent number: 5300418
    Abstract: The invention relates to a melt for the coating of a layer in a photographic element and which contains water, gelatin and an anionically charged, hydrophobic group containing compound that is (a) water soluble or soluble in a solution of 5 to 20 percent of water miscible organic solvent,said melt being further characterized by containing an amount of an amphiphilic compound which is sufficient to reduce the viscosity of said melt, said compound selected from the class consisting of:Type A: Sugar (saccharidic) compounds, characterized by having one to three hydrophobic groups, each group containing from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms, and having one or more attached hydrophilic mono- or oligosaccharidic hydrophilic chains that may or may not be terminated by a negatively charged group such as a sulfate, sulfonate or a carboxyl group; andType B: Compounds compromising a hydrophobic group having from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms and having one or two attached hydrophilic chains comprising at least 4 oxyet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gary W. Visconte, Pranab Bagchi, James A. Friday, Michael W. Orem, Alan R. Pitt
  • Patent number: 5300394
    Abstract: A solid particle aqueous dispersion of a compound useful in imaging is prepared by milling an aqueous slurry of the compound in the presence of a fluorosurfactant. The resulting dispersion has improved stability to particle growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David D. Miller, Mary C. Brick
  • Patent number: 5256527
    Abstract: The invention provides stable dispersions of couplers and methods of their formation. The stable dispersions are formed by the use of a nonionic water soluble polymer in combination with an anionic surfactant having a sulfate or sulfonate head group and a hydrophobic group of 8 to 20 carbons. The preferred nonionic water soluble polymers are polyethyleneoxide and polyvinylpyrrolidene. It is preferred that the dispersions have a pH of between about 5 and 5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Krishnan Chari, James T. Beck
  • Patent number: 5221603
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer or another hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, including an alkyl group having not less than 6 carbon atoms; L represents a divalent bonding group; and M represents a hydrogen atom or a cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Yoneyama, Tomokazu Yasuda, Yasushi Suga
  • Patent number: 5158863
    Abstract: The invention is performed by providing a first flow of water and surfactant, a second flow comprising solvent, base and photographic material, and mixing said first and second streams and either simultaneously or immediately following thereof neutralizing said streams to prevent hydrolysis of a hydrolyzable surfactant and/or premature precipitation of particles before neutralization. The streams then may be immediately treated for formation into photographic materials. In a preferred method the first and second stream may be brought together immediately prior to a mixer with addition of acid directly into the mixer to neutralize the dispersion of fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Pranab Bagchi, James T. Beck, Lia A. Crede
  • Patent number: 5153112
    Abstract: The improved method of processing a silver halide photographic material that has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of a support and which has at least one back coating layer on the other side of the support is characterized in that said silver halide photographic material contains at least one specific dye and at least one anionic surfactant and the development, fixing, washing and/or stabilizing steps are performed within a time period of 40 seconds and at a line speed of at least 1,500 mm/min. The method is capable of processing the silver halide photographic material without producing either substantial or uneven color remnant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshida, Syoji Nishio
  • Patent number: 5151346
    Abstract: A process for preparing a silver halide emulsion is disclosed, which comprises dissolving one or more substantially water-insoluble photographic additives in a solution of an organic solvent containing a surface active agent having a hydrophilic -SO.sub.3 or --OSO.sub.3 group wherein said organic solvent is an alcohol, and then adding the resulting solution to a silver halide emulsion. A small amount of a base, or small amounts of a base and an acid may optionally be present in the mixed solution of the organic solvent and the surface active agent prior to adding the one or more substantially water-insoluble photographic additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terai, Hiroyuki Yamagami, Nobuhiko Uchino, Masaki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 5135844
    Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by utilization of a surfactant for very small particle photographic dispersions. Three types of such surfactants that have been identified are as follows:Type A--Surfactant comprising 6 to 22 carbon atom hydrophobic tail with one or more attached hydrophilic chains comprising at least 8 oxyethylene and/or glycedyl ether groups that may or may not be terminated with a negative charge such as a sulfate group.Type B--Block oligomeric surfactants comprising hydrophobic polyoxypropylene blocks (A) and hydrophilic polyoxyethylene blocks (B) joined in the manner of A--B--A, B--A--B, A--B, (A--B).sub.n .tbd.G.tbd.(B--A), or (B--A).sub.n .tbd.G.tbd.(A--B).sub.n, where G is a connective organic moiety and n is between 1 and 3.Type C--Sugar surfactants, comprising between one to three 6 to 22 carbon atom hydrophobic tail with one or more attached hydrophilic mono or oligosaccharidic chains that may or may not be terminated by a negatively charged group such as a sulfate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Pranab Bagchi, Gary J. McSweeney, Steven J. Sargeant
  • Patent number: 5110718
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tanji, Toyoki Nishijima