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(11) EP 0 428 899 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/22

(21) Application number: 90120401.6

(22) Date of filing: 24.10.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5G03C 7/38, G03C 7/388, G03C 7/30
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 25.10.1989 JP 278009/89

(71) Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Kanagawa (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sakanoue, Kei, c/o Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Mizukawa, Yuki, c/o Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Silver halide color photographic material and method for processing thereof


    (57) A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light-insensitive layer, wherein at least one layer of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one dye forming coupler represented by the general formulas (I) or (II) described below and the weight ratio of an organic solvent having a high boiling point to the dye forming coupler in the layer is not more than 1:



    wherein R1 represents a branched chain alkyl group or an aryl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a sub stituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent being released upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; A represents an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom; and n represents 0 or 1.







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