US4537857A — Silver halide photographic light-sensitive materi…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 319 words

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing in combination at least one of those cyan couplers having the following Formula [I] and at least one of those cyan couplers having the following Formula [II]: wherein R 1 is an aryl radical, a cycloalkyl radical or a heterocyclic radical; R 2 is an alkyl radical, a phenyl radical, or R 8 --X-R 9 -- n wherein R 8 represents an alkyl or aryl radical, R 9 represents an alkylene radical, n represents an integer of 0 to 5, and X represents a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of --O--, --CO--, --COO--, --OCO--, --SO 2 NR'--, --NR'SO 2 NR"--, --S--, --SO-- and --SO 2 -- wherein R' and R" represent an alkyl radical; R 3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical; and Z 1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color devloping agent, ##STR16## wherein R 4 is an alkyl radical or ##STR17## wherein R 11 and R 12 may be either the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical, provided that the sum of the carbon atoms of R 11 and R 12 is from 8 to 16, R 13 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical, and m is an integer of 0 to 2; R 5 is an alkyl radical; R 6 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl radical; and Z 2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color developing agent.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 319 words

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing in combination at least one of those cyan couplers having the following Formula [I] and at least one of those cyan couplers having the following Formula [II]: wherein R 1 is an aryl radical, a cycloalkyl radical or a heterocyclic radical; R 2 is an alkyl radical, a phenyl radical, or R 8 --X-R 9 -- n wherein R 8 represents an alkyl or aryl radical, R 9 represents an alkylene radical, n represents an integer of 0 to 5, and X represents a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of --O--, --CO--, --COO--, --OCO--, --SO 2 NR'--, --NR'SO 2 NR"--, --S--, --SO-- and --SO 2 -- wherein R' and R" represent an alkyl radical; R 3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical; and Z 1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color devloping agent, ##STR16## wherein R 4 is an alkyl radical or ##STR17## wherein R 11 and R 12 may be either the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical, provided that the sum of the carbon atoms of R 11 and R 12 is from 8 to 16, R 13 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical, and m is an integer of 0 to 2; R 5 is an alkyl radical; R 6 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl radical; and Z 2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color developing agent.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 21 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 1, wherein the aryl radical represented by R 1 in Formula [I] is a phenyl radical.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 132 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 1, wherein the cyan couplers having Formula [I] are those compounds having the following formula [III]: ##STR18## wherein R 7 represents a phenyl radical, R 8 represents an alkyl or aryl radical, R 9 represents an alkylene radical, R 10 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, n represents an integer of 0 to 5, X represents a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of --O--, --CO--, --COO--, --OCO--, --SO 2 NR'--, --NR'SO 2 NR"--, --S--, --SO-- and --SO 2 -- wherein R' and R" represent an alkyl radical and Z 3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of the coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color developing agent.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 19 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 3, wherein the alkylene radical represented by R 9 has carbon atoms of 1-12.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 16 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 3, wherein X represents --O--, --S--, --SO-- or --SO 2 --.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 17 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 3, wherein Z 3 represents a chlorine atom or a fluorine atom.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 23 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 3, wherein R 7 represents a phenyl radical substituted by an alkyl-sulfonamide or aryl-sulfonamide radical, alkyl-sulfamoyl, or aryl-sulfamoyl.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 23 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 3, wherein R 8 represents a phenyl radical substituted by an alkyl-sulfonamide or aryl-sulfonamide radical, alkyl-sulfamoyl or aryl-sulfamoyl.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 15 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 3, wherein R 9 represents a penta fluoro phenyl radical.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 128 words

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material of claim 1, wherein the cyan couplers having the Formula [II] are the compounds having the following Formula [IV]: ##STR19## wherein R 11 and R 12 may be either the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical, provided that the sum of the carbon atoms of R 11 and R 12 is from 8 to 16; R 13 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical; m is an interger of 0 to 2; and Z 4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of the coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color developing agent.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 27 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 10, wherein the alkyl radicals represented by R 11 and R 12 in Formula [IV] are butyl radicals or amyl radicals, respectively.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 25 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 10, wherein the alkyl radical represented by R 13 in Formula [IV] is an ethyl radical or a butyl radical.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 21 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 10, wherein the halogen atom represented by Z 4 in Formula [IV] is a chlorine atom.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 45 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 1, wherein the cyan coupler having Formula [I] out of the total quantity of the cyan couplers being contained in the silver halide emulsion layer is used in a quantity sufficient to account for from 30 to 90 mole percent.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 45 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 14, wherein the cyan coupler having Formula [I] out of the total quantity of the cyan couplers being contained in the silver halide emulsion layer is used in the quantity sufficient to account for from 50 to 90 mole percent.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 39 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 1, wherein the cyan coupler having Formula [I] and that having Formula [II] are respectively contained in the quantity within the range of from 0.1 to 1 mole thereof per mole of silver halide.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 95 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 1, wherein the support has thereon a cyan dye image-formable component unit consisting of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing in combination a cyan coupler having Formula [I] and a cyan coupler having Formula [II] of claim 1; a magenta dye image-formable component unit consisting of at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta dye forming coupler; and a yellow dye image-formable component unit consisting of at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow dye forming coupler.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 61 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 17, wherein the yellow dye image forming coupler is a compound having the following Formula [V]: ##STR20## wherein R 14 represents an alkyl radical or an aryl radical R 15 represents an aryl radical; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a radical which can be split off during the course of a color developing reaction.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 111 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 17, wherein the yellow dye forming coupler is a compound having the following Formula [VI]: ##STR21## wherein R 16 is a halogen atom, an alkoxy radical or an aryloxy radical; R 17 , R 18 and R 19 each is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, an alkoxy radical, an aryl radical, an aryloxy radical, a carbonyl radical, a sulfonyl radical, a carbonyl radical, an alkoxycarbonyl radical, a carbonyl radical, a sulfone radical, a sulfamyl radical, a sulfonamido radical, an acylamido radical, an ureido radical or an amido radical; and Y is as defined in Formula [V] of claim 18.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 105 words

The light-sensitive material of claim 17, wherein the magenta dye forming coupler is a compound having the following Formula [VII]: ##STR22## wherein Ar is an aryl radical; R 20 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical; R 21 is an alkyl radical, an amido radical, an imido radical, an N-alkyl-carbamoyl radical, an N-alkyl-sulfamoyl radical, an alkyloxy-carbonyl radical, an acyloxy radical, a sulfonamido radical, or a urethane radical; Y is as defined in Formula [V] of claim 18; and W is --NH--, --NHCO-- wherein the N atom is bonded with the carbon atom of the pyrazolone nucleus or --NHCONH--.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1988-08-26	1989-02-25	1989-08-27	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1992-08-26	1993-02-25	1993-08-27	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1996-08-26	1997-02-25	1997-08-27	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

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