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(11) EP 0 660 176 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.08.1995 Bulletin 1995/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.06.1995 Bulletin 1995/26

(21) Application number: 94309680.0

(22) Date of filing: 22.12.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6G03C 7/30, G03C 1/005
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 27.12.1993 JP 332057/93

(71) Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
Tokyo 160 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Ishikawa, Sadayasu, c/o Konica Corporation
    Hino-shi, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Ellis-Jones, Patrick George Armine 
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)


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    (54) Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material


    (57) A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains monodispersed tabular silver halide grains having an even number of twin planes in the grain, an aspect ratio of less than 5 and accounting for not less than 50% of total projected area of grains contained in the emulsion layer; the tabular gains being internally reduction-sensitized and satisfying a specific relation between twin plane distances and grain thicknesses.





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