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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7122299 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A silver halide photographic photosensitive material, containing at least one residual-color-reducing agent having at least one aromatic ring or aromatic heterocycle in its molecule; a processing method thereof; and an image-forming method. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108962 | Photographic processing composition and image-forming method using the same A photographic processing composition, containing at least one compound of formula (I) or (II): A1-X-L-Y-A2 (I) wherein A1 and A2 each are a specific aryl or aromatic heterocyclic group; L is a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6936411 | Industrial radiographic silver halide material suitable for rapid processing applications A silver halide industrial radiographic material comprising on at least one side of a support a hydrophilic gelatinous non-spectrally sensitized radiation-sensitive emulsion layer, having grains, coated in a total amount in the range from 6 to 20 g, expressed as an ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6686134 | Photographic processing composition containing heterocycle combination and method of forming image A photographic processing composition for silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material, comprising at least one compound represented by the formula (I): A1 --X--L--Y--A2 (I) wherein each of A1 and A2 ind... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6680066 | Composite material for treating photographic effluents The present invention relates to a composite material with an improved structure in which is dispersed an active organic compound, and a method for treating effluents, in particular a method for treating photographic effluents. The composite material take... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6660461 | Stabilized amplified color developing composition, multi-part kits, and method of use An amplified color developing composition is stabilized with a cyclicaminomethanediphosphonic acid or salt thereof alone of in combination with other stabilizing compounds. This composition also comprises a color developing agent, a redox oxidizing agent ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6605419 | Method and material for photographic processing A method of providing an image in an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic silver material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, comprises developing the silver halide and fixing the remaining silver halide by (i) contacting the pho... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6506545 | Process for the removing stain in a photographic material A process for removing stain in a photographic material is described which process comprises incorporation of at least one compound of formula (I) wherein X is O or NH; n is 1 or 2, p is 0, 1 or 2, M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6501149 | Semiconductor device having trench isolation structure and method of forming same A semiconductor device having a trench isolation region including an anti-oxidative liner formed to be thin enough to minimize etch wastage caused by a wet etching solution according to a wet loading effect, and a trench isolation method of forming the sa... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497997 | Method and material for photographic processing A method of providing an image in an imagewise exposed photographic silver halide material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which method comprises developing the silver halide and fixing the remaining silver halide by contacting it wi... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6291147 | Processing method of a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising the following steps, a step for developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in a developing solution, a step for fixing said silver halide photographi... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6180327 | Photographic conditioning solution containing polyaminocarboxylic acid as sole antimicrobial agent and method of use A conditioning solution or bleach accelerating solution can be used to process color photographic films, especially color reversal films, to minimize magenta dye fade. This solution contains an antimicrobial composition that consists essentially of a poly... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6153364 | Photographic processing methods using compositions containing stain reducing agent Specific aromatic compounds having an extended planar π system are useful as spectral sensitizing dye stain reducing agents in photographic processing compositions and methods for providing color or black-and-white images in various photographic silver h... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6040123 | Final rinsing solution for color photographic product A final rinsing solution designed for the photographic processing of silver halide photographic products that comprises an anionic surfactant and a non-ionic surfactant the solution had a static surface tension less than or equal to 32 mN/m and a dynamic ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6022674 | Method of rapid processing using a stabilizing solution Color photographic films are processed using a final dye image stabilizing solution containing certain aromatic or heterocyclic aldehydes, acetals or hemiacetals, and a mixture of specific surfactants. One surfactant is a nonionic polyethoxylated, nonfluo... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6015653 | Method for processing transparent silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and product thereby A method for processing a transparent silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The transparent silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is treated with a processing solution containing a compound represented by Formula (I). Formu... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6004731 | Processing method of silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and desilvering processing composition A method for processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the method comprising the steps of: exposing the light-sensitive material; c... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5989790 | Process for the production of archival silver images Archival photographic silver images are obtained by the finishing bath's containing 10 to 60 mg of metal ions/liter of metals, the electrode potential of which in the electrochemical series is more positive than that of silver.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5968715 | Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of fixing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a fixing solution containing a compound represented by Formula I, II... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5968716 | Photographic stabilizing processing solution and method of use Color photographic films are processed using a final dye image stabilizing solution containing certain aromatic or heterocyclic aldehydes, acetals or hemiacetals, and a mixture of specific surfactants. One surfactant is a nonionic polyethoxylated, nonfluo... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5952158 | Photographic final rinse processing solution and method of use Color photographic materials are processed using a final rinse solution containing a water-soluble or water-dispersible glycol, and a mixture of specific surfactants. One surfactant is a nonionic polyethoxylated, nonfluorinated compound, or an anionic non... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5910397 | Method of processing a photographic product The present invention concerns a novel method of processing a photographic product. In particular, method includes processing a photographic product that comprises a step of surface washing with a solution comprising an oxidizing agent, and a wetting agen... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5856073 | Two-part photographic chemical stabilizing kit and method of photographic processing Silver halide photographic color films can be effectively stabilized using a chemical stabilizing kit of two concentrated chemical solutions that are mixed and diluted at least 5:1 when used. Each concentrated chemical solution contains some of the necess... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5840471 | Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of developing the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a developing solution and contacting the developing solution t... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5837432 | Photographic reversal process prebleach concentrate and method of use A conditioning or bleach accelerating solution is prepared by diluting a concentrate up to 25 times. The concentrate contains a formaldehyde bisulfite precursor salt at from 200 to 600 g/l, sulfite ions at 0 to 200 g/l, a bleach accelerating agent at from... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5834165 | Method for processing silver halide light sensitive photographic material A processing method of a silver halide photographic material by using an automatic processor is disclosed, comprising the steps of developing an exposed photographic material with a developing solution in a developing tank, fixing with a fixing solution i... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5776666 | Triazolium thiolate baths for silver halide development acceleration A method of accelerating black and white development comprising contacting a negative-type silver halide photographic element during processing with a developer prebath or a developer bath comprising an accelerator compound of the formula: ##STR1## ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5753424 | Process for treating silver halide color photosensitive material In a process for processing a silver halide color photosensitive material having a transparent substrate each possessing at least one red-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer, and at least one blue-sensitive layer and containing ferromagnet... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750322 | Processing silver halide films with an aqueous phospholipid rinse solution Various photographic films, that have already been photographically processed, can be cleaned or washed using an aqueous wash solution comprising a phospholipid in an amount of at least 50 ppm, to remove dust, dirt, or oily fingerprints. This solution can... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5744288 | Method for rapid processing of duplitized color silver halide photographic elements A color image can be rapidly provided by color developing an imagewise exposed, duplitized color photographic element that has an ISO of at least 25. The duplitized elements have at least one light sensitive silver halide imaging layer or color recording ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5741631 | Photographic dye image-forming process A process for the formation of a dye image by a redox amplification process in an imagewise exposed photographic color material having at least one silver halide layer and associated therewith a dye image-forming color coupler, comprises treating the mate... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5738978 | Method for processing silver halide color photographic material and processing composition therefor A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising a step of processing an exposed silver halide color photographic material with an automatic processor, a color developing solution used in the processing step containing triiso... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5723265 | Image forming method A color image forming method is disclosed, comprising developing a silver halide photographic material and bleach and/or fixing the photographic material, wherein the color image is formed in the presence of a dextran. The dextran may be incorporated in t... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721094 | Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material A method of processing an exposed silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed which comprises the steps of: developing the exposed material with developer, the developer being replenished with developer replenisher and the developer contai... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5719011 | Photographic recording material Compounds of the formula I are suitable as release compounds for photographically useful groups (photographic units). On reacting with nucleophilic reagents, preferably with dinucleophiles, the photographically useful group is released. ##STR1## ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5716765 | Processing magnetic-backed silver halide films with a final processing solution Photographic films having a magnetic recording layer are processed using a final processing solution containing a mixture of surfactants. The final processing solution can be a final rinse solution or an image stabilizing solution further containing an im... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5707789 | Solid processing composition for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials A solid processing composition for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which comprises a saccharide and a compound selected from the group consisting of a hexamethylenetetramine compound and compounds represented by the foll... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5667948 | Processing silver halide films with an aqueous phospholipid rinse solution Various photographic films can be rinsed using an aqueous final rinse solution comprising a phospholipid in an amount of at least 50 ppm. This solution can be particularly useful as a final rinse for color motion picture films.... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5645980 | Addenda for an aqueous photographic rinsing solution An aqueous solution for rinsing silver halide photographic elements comprising a nonionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, wherein the solution has a surface tension of 32 dynes/cm or less and a method for using the rinsing solution.... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5633124 | Acceleration of silver removal by thioether compounds This invention provides a process for removal of silver halide from a silver halide photographic recording material by a processing solution with fixing ability (a fixer) containing thiosulfate as a fixing agent conducted in the presence of a thioether co... | 05/27/1997 |