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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1996
Imation Corp, Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
Silver halide photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon red-, green- and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers comprising, respectively, cyan, magenta and yellow dye-forming couplers, wherein at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises a yellow dye-forming DIR coupler having a 1,2,4-triazolyl group attached to the coupling position, said 1,2,4-triazolyl group comprising a hydrolyzable alkoxy- or aryloxy-carbonyl group attached to a benzylthio substituent on the 1,2,4-triazolyl group. Preferably, the yellow dye-forming DIR coupler is represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or --NHR.sub.5, wherein R.sub.5 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group,