EP0070182A1 — Light-sensitive color photographic material

Claim 1

Independent Claim 108 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material which comprises a support and coated thereon a light-sensitive layer containing a compound which, upon reaction with an oxidized color developing agent, is capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor and a negative type light-sensitive silver halide emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide crystals essentially consisting of monodispersed silver halide crystals of which size distribution satisfies the following relation: wherein S = √Σ (r-r i ) 2 n i 2 =/Σn i and r = En i r i /En i in which r i represents the crystal size of individual silver halide crystals and n i represents the number of crystals.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 108 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material which comprises a support and coated thereon a light-sensitive layer containing a compound which, upon reaction with an oxidized color developing agent, is capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor and a negative type light-sensitive silver halide emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide crystals essentially consisting of monodispersed silver halide crystals of which size distribution satisfies the following relation: wherein S = √Σ (r-r i ) 2 n i 2 =/Σn i and r = En i r i /En i in which r i represents the crystal size of individual silver halide crystals and n i represents the number of crystals.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 20 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said silver halide crystals being octahedrons and/or tetradecahedrons.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 24 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 2, wherein the value expressed in terms of S/r is not greater than 0.10.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 76 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said compound which is capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor being a compound represented by the formula A-Z wherein A represents a residue capable of releasing Z upon reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent and Z represents a split-off residue which, upon reaction of the compound with the oxidized color developing agent, forms a development inhibitor.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 59 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said compound which is capable of a diffusible development inhibitor being a compound represented by the formula; wherein A and Z respectively represent the same residues as defined in Claim 4 and TIME represents a divalent group capable of retarding the release of Z.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 64 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 5, wherein said compound being one represented by formula [1]; wherein A and Z respectively represent the same residues as defined in Claim 4, X 1 represents a phenylene or naphthylene group each of which may be substituted, and R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or aryl group.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 60 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 5, wherein said compound being one represented by formula [2]; wherein A, Z, R 1 and R 2 respectively represent the same atoms, groups or residues, as defined in Claim 6 and X 2 represents a group of atoms necessary to form a divalent pyrazole-di-yl group which may be substituted.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 99 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 5, wherein said compound being one represented by formula [3]; wherein A and Z respectively represent the same residues as defined in Claim 4, Nu represents a nucleophilic group containing an oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen atom, Y represents a divalent group which is capable of causing under alkaline condition an intra-molecular nucleophilic substitution reaction by forming a three-membered or five-membered ring and thus is capable of releasing Z after the release of -Nu-Y-E-Z from A, and E represents an electrophilic group containing a carbonyl, thiocarbonyl, phosphinyl or thiophosphinyl group.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 22 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said silver halide crystal being silver iodobromide.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 25 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein r is in the range of 0.3 to 1.5 microns.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 137 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material which comprises a support and coated thereon (a) a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, (b) a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and (c) a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, at least one of said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers comprising mono- dispersed silver halide emulsion containing light-sensitive negative type silver halide crystals essentially consisting of monodispersed crystals satisfying following relation; wherein r . designates the crystal size of the individual crystals and n i designates the number of the crystals and at least one of said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers containing a compound which, upon reaction thereof with an oxidized color developing agent, is capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 137 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material which comprises a support and coated thereon (a) a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, (b) a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and (c) a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, at least one of said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers comprising mono- dispersed silver halide emulsion containing light-sensitive negative type silver halide crystals essentially consisting of monodispersed crystals satisfying following relation; wherein r . designates the crystal size of the individual crystals and n i designates the number of the crystals and at least one of said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers containing a compound which, upon reaction thereof with an oxidized color developing agent, is capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 35 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 11, wherein said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers respectively comprising at least two layers having relatively high light-sensitivity and relatively low light-sensitivity.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 20 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 11 or 12, wherein S/r is not greater than 0.10.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 26 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 12, wherein said compound being incorporated in at least one of the relatively low light-sensitive layers.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 25 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 11 or 12, wherein said compound being incorporated in the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 28 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 11, wherein said compound being incorporated into all of said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 28 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 12, wherein said compound being incorporated into all of said blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 23 words

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material according to Claim 11, 12, 16 or 17, wherein said crystals being octahedrons and or tetradecahedrons.

Light-sensitive color photographic material

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