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US2927019A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Photographic elements and processes of photography

Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1954-11-12
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Granted: 1960-03-01
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Expires: 1974-11-12
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Woodward David Wilcox
  • 👤 Chu Victor Fu-Hua

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 10:02
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/18; G03C7/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 237 words
A MULTILAYER PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR FILM COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT FILM BASE BEARING (1) THREE FAST-SPEED SILVER HALIDE LAYERS AND A YELLOW FILTER LAYER WHICH ARE SO DISPOSED AND SENSITIZED THAT EACH SILVER HALIDE LAYER IS ESSENTIALLY SENSITIVE TO A DIFFERENT PRIMARY COLOR REGION OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM AND INSENSITIVE TO LIGHT OF WAVELENGTH GREATER THAN 700 MU AND CONTAINS A NON-DIFFUSING COLOR FORMER HAVING AT LEAST ONE COLOR FORMING NUCLEUS CONTAINING AN ACTIVE COLOR-COUPLING GROUP AND CAPABLE OF FORMING A SUBTRACTIVE DYE IMAGE DURING CHROMOGENIC DEVELOPMENT OF A LATENT SILVER IMAGE WITH A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINE COLOR DEVELOPING AGENT WHICH DYE IMAGE IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLEMENTARY IN COLOR TO ONE OF THE PRIMARY COLORS AND HAS UNWANTED ABSORPTION IN AT LEAST ONE OTHER PRIMARY COLOR REGION OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM AND (2) AT LEAST ONE AUXILLARY SLOW-SPEED SILVER HALIDE LAYER PRIMARILY SENSITIVE TO LIGHT OF GREATER WAVELENGTH THAN 700 MU RELATIVELY INSENSITIVE TO LIGHT OF LESSER WAVELENGTH THAN 700 MU AND BEING OF SUCH SPEED AND CONTRAST THAT UPON IMAGE-FORMING EXPOSURE OF THE FASTSPEED LAYERS NO IMAGE OCCURS IN THE AUXILLIARY LAYER, SAID AUXILIARY LAYER BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID FAST SPEED LAYERS AND CONTAINING A NON-DIFFUSING COLOR FORMER OF THE AFORESAID TYPE WHICH IS CAPABLE DURING THE AFORESAID DEVELOPMENT OF YEILDING A MASKING DYE IMAGE OF AN AFORESAID DYE HAVING SPECTRAL ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS IN A REGION OF UNWANTED ABSORPTION OF ONE OF SAID DYES OF COMPLEMENTARY COLOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 237 words
A MULTILAYER PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR FILM COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT FILM BASE BEARING (1) THREE FAST-SPEED SILVER HALIDE LAYERS AND A YELLOW FILTER LAYER WHICH ARE SO DISPOSED AND SENSITIZED THAT EACH SILVER HALIDE LAYER IS ESSENTIALLY SENSITIVE TO A DIFFERENT PRIMARY COLOR REGION OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM AND INSENSITIVE TO LIGHT OF WAVELENGTH GREATER THAN 700 MU AND CONTAINS A NON-DIFFUSING COLOR FORMER HAVING AT LEAST ONE COLOR FORMING NUCLEUS CONTAINING AN ACTIVE COLOR-COUPLING GROUP AND CAPABLE OF FORMING A SUBTRACTIVE DYE IMAGE DURING CHROMOGENIC DEVELOPMENT OF A LATENT SILVER IMAGE WITH A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINE COLOR DEVELOPING AGENT WHICH DYE IMAGE IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLEMENTARY IN COLOR TO ONE OF THE PRIMARY COLORS AND HAS UNWANTED ABSORPTION IN AT LEAST ONE OTHER PRIMARY COLOR REGION OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM AND (2) AT LEAST ONE AUXILLARY SLOW-SPEED SILVER HALIDE LAYER PRIMARILY SENSITIVE TO LIGHT OF GREATER WAVELENGTH THAN 700 MU RELATIVELY INSENSITIVE TO LIGHT OF LESSER WAVELENGTH THAN 700 MU AND BEING OF SUCH SPEED AND CONTRAST THAT UPON IMAGE-FORMING EXPOSURE OF THE FASTSPEED LAYERS NO IMAGE OCCURS IN THE AUXILLIARY LAYER, SAID AUXILIARY LAYER BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID FAST SPEED LAYERS AND CONTAINING A NON-DIFFUSING COLOR FORMER OF THE AFORESAID TYPE WHICH IS CAPABLE DURING THE AFORESAID DEVELOPMENT OF YEILDING A MASKING DYE IMAGE OF AN AFORESAID DYE HAVING SPECTRAL ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS IN A REGION OF UNWANTED ABSORPTION OF ONE OF SAID DYES OF COMPLEMENTARY COLOR.

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