Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
201 words
An element stabilized against the action of light comprising the combination of (a) a photographically useful dye having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 800 nm, and (b) at least one metal complex salt represented by the formula (I): ##STR13## wherein M represents a Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic ring which may be attached to the carbon atom on its respective ring directly or indirectly via a divalent coupling group, or R 1 and R 2 , R 2 and R 3 , R 3 and R 4 , R 6 and R 7 , R 7 and R 8 , or R 8 and R 9 may combine to represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring; R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
201 words
An element stabilized against the action of light comprising the combination of (a) a photographically useful dye having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 800 nm, and (b) at least one metal complex salt represented by the formula (I): ##STR13## wherein M represents a Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic ring which may be attached to the carbon atom on its respective ring directly or indirectly via a divalent coupling group, or R 1 and R 2 , R 2 and R 3 , R 3 and R 4 , R 6 and R 7 , R 7 and R 8 , or R 8 and R 9 may combine to represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring; R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 1, wherein said metal complex salt is represented by the formula (Ia): ##STR14## wherein M, R 5 and X have the same definition as in formula (I), R 10 and R 11 have the same definition as R 1 to R 4 and R 6 to R 9 in formula (I).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 1, wherein said dye is selected from the group consisting of anthraquinone dyes, quinoneimine dyes, azo dyes, methine dyes, polymethine dyes, indoamine dyes, indophenol dyes and formazan dyes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 1, wherein said dye is the photographic dye image formed from a dye image-forming coupler, a DDR coupler, a DRR compound, a dye developer, or a dye formed in a silver dye bleaching process.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 4, wherein said dye-forming coupler is a benzoylacetanilide or α-pivalylacetanilide yellow dye-forming coupler, a 5-pyrazolone, indazolone, pyrazolinobenzimidazole, pyrazolo-s-triazole, or cyanoacetylcumarone magenta dye-forming coupler, or a phenol or naphthol cyan dye-forming coupler.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A color photographic material comprising at least one layer containing a photographic dye image, said dye of said dye image having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 800 nm, wherein said layer or an adjacent layer thereto contains at least one metal complex salt represented by the formula (I) ##STR15## wherein M represents a Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic ring which may be attached to the carbon atom on its respective ring directly or indirectly via a divalent coupling group, or R 1 and R 2 , R 2 and R 3 , R 3 and R 4 , R 6 and R 7 , R 7 and R 8 , or R 8 and R 9 may combine to represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring; R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom, stabilizing said dye to the action of light.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A color photographic material comprising at least one layer containing a photographic dye image, said dye of said dye image having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 800 nm, wherein said layer or an adjacent layer thereto contains at least one metal complex salt represented by the formula (I) ##STR15## wherein M represents a Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt atom; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic ring which may be attached to the carbon atom on its respective ring directly or indirectly via a divalent coupling group, or R 1 and R 2 , R 2 and R 3 , R 3 and R 4 , R 6 and R 7 , R 7 and R 8 , or R 8 and R 9 may combine to represent the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 6-membered ring; R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom, stabilizing said dye to the action of light.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The color photographic material of claim 6, wherein said metal complex salt is represented by the formula (Ia): ##STR16## wherein M, R 5 , and X have the same definition as in formula (I), R 10 and R 11 have the same definition as R 1 to R 4 and R 6 to R 9 in formula (I).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The color photographic material of claim 6 or 7, wherein said photographic dye image is formed from a color coupler, a DDR coupler, a DRR compound, a dye developer, or a dye formed in a silver dye bleaching process.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The color photographic material of claim 8, wherein said dye is formed by the reaction of a primary aromatic amine color developing agent and a cyan, magenta or yellow dye image-forming coupler.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The photographic material of claim 9, wherein said photographic dye image is composed of at least one dye selected from the group consisting of anthraquinone dyes, quinoneimine dyes, azo dyes, methine dyes, polymethine dyes, indoamine dyes, indophenol dyes and formazan dyes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The photographic material of claim 9, wherein said dye-forming coupler is a benzoylacetanilide or α-pivalylacetanilide yellow dye-forming coupler, a 5-pyrazolone, indazolone, pyrazolinobenzimidazole, a pyrazolo-s-triazole, or cyanoacetylcumarone magenta dye-forming coupler, or a phenol or naphthol cyan dye-forming coupler.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 1, wherein said element is a photographic solution, a photographic layer or layers, or a photographic material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 12, wherein said element is a photographic material and wherein said combination of said dye and said at least one metal complex salt represented by the formula (I) is incorporated into at least one layer selected from the group consisting of one or more hydrophilic colloid layers and one or more photographic emulsion layers in said photographic material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 13, wherein said metal complex salt represented by the formula (I) and said dye are incorporated into separate layers but layers contiguous thereto or are incorporated as a combination in the same layer.