Color photographic material comprising nondiffusing coupler and dir hydroquinone

Claim 2

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer sensitive to at least one region of the said actinic spectrum that is different from the region of said actinic spectrum to which said silver halide emulsion in said first light-sensitive layer is sensitive, said second layer comprising a finer grained and more rapidly developing silver halide emulsion than the emulsion in said first light-sensitive layer, and contiguous to the silver halide grains of said emulsion in the said second light-sensitive layer, a nondiffusible coupler that reacts with oxidized primary aromatic amine color-developing agent to form a dye having a different color than the dye formed by the coupler in the said first light-sensitive layer, and contiguous to the said silver halide grains in said second light-sensitive layer a nondiffusible development inhibitor-releasing thioether hydroquinone compound that cross-oxidizes with an oxidized primary aromatic amine color developer to form a diffusible mercaptan development-inhibiting agent, said inhibitor having substantially no development-inhibiting effect on the silver halide development in the said second light-sensitive layer but produces a substantial inhibition of the development of the silver halide in the said first light-sensitive layer during color development of said element with a primary aromatic amine color developer.

Claim 3

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a camera speed coarse grain silver bromoiodide emulsion sensitive to at least one region of the visible spectrum that is different than for said silver chlorobromide emulsion in (1) and contiguous to silver bromoiodide grains in the said emulsion in (2), a colorless nondiffusible coupler selected from the class consisting of a 5-pyrazolone, a phenol, a naphthol and an open chain coupler that forms upon reaction with oxidized primary aromatic amine, a nondiffusing dye having a color that is different from the color of the dye formed in the said first light-sensitive layer, the said coarse grain silver halide iodide emulsion having a developing induction period such that sufficient development inhibitor released by development in the said first light-sensitive layer diffuses into the said second light-sensitive layer before any latent image in the said silver bromoiodide emulsion starts to develop and substantially inhibits development of said latent image in areas corresponding to the nondiffusible dye formed in the said first light-sensitive layer, and

Claim 4

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a fine grain rapidly developing silver chlorobromIde emulsion sensitive to at least one region of the visible spectrum that is different from the region to which the said silver bromoiodide emulsion is sensitive and contiguous to the said silver chlorobromide emulsion, a colorless nondiffusible coupler that forms upon color development a nondiffusible dye having a color that is different from the color of the dye formed in the said first light-sensitive layer and contiguous to said silver chlorobromide emulsion a nondiffusible thioether hydroquinone compound having the formula:

Claim 5

a gelatin layer containing 2-octadecyl-5-sulfohydroquinone potassium salt; and

Claim 6

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a green-sensitized fine grain rapidly developing gelatino silver bromoiodide emulsion, the cyan dye-forming coupler, 2-( Alpha -(3-pentadecylphenoxy)butyramido)-5-methoxyphenol and the development inhibitor-releasing hydroquinone, 2- Beta -(5-( Beta -carboxypropionamido)-2-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)benzamido) ethyl -3,5-dimethyl-6-(2-oxadiazolylthio)hydroquinone.

Claim 7

a gelatin layer containing dioctyl hydroquinone and

Claim 8

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a green-sensitized fine grain rapid-developing gelatino silver bromoiodide emulsion and the magenta dye-forming coupler, 1-phenyl-3-pentadecyl-5-pyrazolone and the DIR hydroquinone compound, 5-(4-(3,5-disulfobenzamido)phenethyl)-2-methyl-3-(1-phenyl-5 -tetrazolylthio)hydroquinone disodium salt.

Claim 9

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer sensitive to at least one region of the actinic spectrum that is different from the region to which said first light-sensitive layer is sensitive, said second light-sensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion, and contiguous to the silver halide grains of said emulsion in the said second light-sensitive layer a nondiffusible development inhibitor-releasing hydroquinone compound having the formula:

Claim 10

a green-sensitive gelatino silver bromoiodide emulsion layer containing the nondiffusing magenta dye-forming coupler 1-(2,4, 6-trichloRophenyl)-3- 3-( Alpha -(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)acetamido)benzamido -5-pyrazolone.

Claim 11

contacting the said photographic element with an aqueous alkaline solution containing a primary aromatic amine color-developing agent to develop a silver and dye image of the said second latent image in the second light-sensitive layeR and to subsequently produce a differently colored dye image and a silver image of those areas of the said first latent image in the first light-sensitive layer which do not correspond to the said dye and silver image in the said second light-sensitive layer and producing substantially no visible image reproduction of any latent image in the first light-sensitive layer corresponding to the said dye and silver image in the said second light-sensitive layer.

Claim 12

contacting the outermost of said light-sensitive layers with the mordanted layer of a reception sheet in the presence of an aqueous alkaline solution containing a primary aromatic amine color-developing agent to develop a silver and a diffusible dye image of the said second latent image in the second light-sensitive layer and to develop a silver image and a differently colored diffusible dye image of those areas of the said first latent image in the first light-sensitive layer which do not correspond to the said dye and silver image in the said second light-sensitive layer and producing substantially no visible image reproduction of any latent image in the first light-sensitive layer corresponding to the said dye and silver image in the said second light-sensitive layer, the said diffusible dye images transferring imagewise to the said mordanted layer of said reception sheet, and 3. separating the reception sheet with its composite dye image from the developed photographic element.

Claim 13

separating the reception sheet with its composite dye image from the developed photographic element.

Claim 14

a second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a green-sensitized fine grain rapidly developing gelatino silver bromoiodide emulsion, the magenta dye-forming coupler, 1-(4-( gamma -2,4-di-t-amylphenoxybutyramido)phenyl) -3-ethoxy-5-pyrazolone, and the development inhibitor-releasing hydroquinone, 2- 4-(2-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)-5-(3,5-disulfamylbenzamido)benzamido)-phenethyl -3,5-dimethyl-6-(5-methyl-2-thiadiazolylthio)hydroquinone.

Claim 15

a second light-sensitive gelatin layer comprising a red-sensitized fine grain rapidly developing gelatino silver chlorobromide emulsion, the nondiffusing cyan dye-forming coupler, 1-hydroxy-N-( delta -(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)butyl)-2-naphthamide and the development inhibitor-releasing hydroquinone compound 2- 4-(3-(4-t-amyl-x-sulfophenoxy)-benzamido)phenethyl -x-(1-phenyl-5-tetrazolylthio)hydroquinone diacetate sodium salt dihydrate.

Claim 16

a third light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a fine grain rapidly developing silver chlorobromide emulsion sensitive to at least one region of the visible spectrum that is different from the regions that the silver halide emulsions in (1) and (2) are sensitive to and contiguous to silver chlorobromide grains in the emulsion in this layer, a third colorless nondiffusible coupler that forms upon reaction with oxidized primary aromatic amine color-developing agent during color development, a nondiffusible dye having a color that is different from the color of the dyes formed in the said first and said second light-sensitive layers, and a nondiffusible development inhibitor-releasing thioether hydroquinone compound which cross-oxidizes with oxidized primary aromatic amine color-developing agent to release a diffusible development-inhibiting agent which has substantially no effect on the development of the silver chlorobromide in the said third light-sensitive layer but which substantially inhibits development of any latent image in the said second light-sensitive layer in areas corresponding to the nondiffusible dye formed in the said third light-sensitive layer.

Claim 17

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the nondiffusible development inhibitor-releasing thioether hydroquinone compound cross-oxidizes with an oxidized primary aromatic amine color-developing agent to form a diffusible heterocyclic mercapto development-inhibiting agent in which the heterocyclic ring has from four to six atoms in the ring with the heteroatoms being selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and selenium such that the ring has at least one nitrogen atom.

Claim 18

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the nondiffusible development inhibitor-releasing thioether hydroquinone compound cross-oxidizes with an oxidized primary aromatic amine color-developing agent to form a heterocyclic mercapto development-inhibiting agent in which the heterocyclic ring has from four to six atoms in the ring with the heteroatoms being selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and selenium such that the ring has at least one nitrogen atom and in which the said first light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer is coated as the first light-sensitive layer on the said support and the said second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer is coated over the said first light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer.

Claim 19

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the nondiffusible development inhibitor-releasing thioether hydroquinone compound cross-oxidizes with an oxidized primary aromatic amine color developing agent to form a diffusible heterocyclic mercapto development-inhibiting agent in which the heterocyclic ring has from four to six atoms in the ring with the heteroatoms being selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and selenium such that the ring has at least one nitrogen atom, and in which the said first light-sensitive layer and the said second light-sensitive layer are coated so that the said second light-sensitive layer is nearest the support and between the support and the said first light-sensitive layer.

Claim 20

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the support is a transparent support and in which the first light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer and the second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layers are separated by a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a bleachable blue light-absorber.

Claim 21

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the said first light-sensitive layer contains a blue-sensitive silver bromoiodide emulsion and the said second light-sensitive layer contains a green-sensitized silver chlorobromide emulsion.

Claim 22

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the said first light-sensitive layer contains a green-sensitized silver bromoiodide emulsion and the said second light-sensitive layer contains a blue-sensitive silver chlorobromide emulsion.

Claim 23

A photographic element of claim 2 in which the said first light-sensitive layer contains a blue-sensitive Silver bromoiodide emulsion and the said second light-sensitive layer contains a red-sensitized silver chlorobromide emulsion.

Claim 24

A photographic element comprising a support coated in succession on one side with:

Claim 25

A photographic element comprising a support coated in succession with:

Claim 26

A photographic element comprising a support coated in succession with:

Claim 27

A photographic element comprising a support coated in succession with:

Claim 28

A photographic element comprising a support coated in succession with:

Claim 29

A photographic element comprising a support coated in succession with:

Claim 30

A photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon:

Claim 31

A photographic element comprising the support having coated in succession on one side:

Claim 32

A process for color developing substantially all of a second latent image in a second light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of a photographic element and developing only those parts of a first latent image in a first light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of the said photographic element in which the said element comprises a support coated with: (a) the said first light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer containing a coarse grain silver halide emulsion and (b) the said second light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a fine grain rapidly developing silver halide emulsion and a nondiffusing coupler that forms upon color development a nondiffusing dye in the said second light-sensitive layer and a nondiffusing development-releasing hydroquinone compound that cross-oxidizes with an oxidized primary aromatic amine color-developing agent and releases a diffusible development inhibitor, said process comprising the step of contacting the said photographic element with an aqueous alkaline color developer solution so that the latent image in the said second light-sensitive layer is rapidly converted into a silver and dye image and releases a corresponding imagewise pattern of development inhibitor, the said inhibitor having substantially no effect on image formation in the said second light-sensitive layer, and allowing the unused color developer solution containing the said imagewise pattern of development inhibitor to diffuse from the said second light-sensitive layer into and through the said first light-sensitive layer causing development of the said first latent image therein to a visible image only in areas outside the said imagewise pattern of development inhibitor and producing no visible image from any latent image in the said first light-sensitive layer between the said dye and silver image in the said second light-sensitive layer and the said support.

Claim 33

A process for recording two separate, differently colored light images as two different latent images, a first latent image in a first light-sensitive layer and a second latent image in a second light-sensitive layer in a photographic element and reproducing all of the said second latent image as a visible image and those parts of the said first latent image that are not superposed by the visible image reproduction of the said second latent image, the said process comprising the steps of:

Claim 34

A process for recording two separate, differently colored light images as two different latent images, a first latent image in a first light-sensitive layer and a second latent image in a second light-sensitive layer in a photographic element and reproducing all of the said second latent image as a visible image and those parts of the said first latent image that are not superposed by the visible image reproduction of the said second latent image, the said process comprising the steps of: