Original Kodachrome patent?

[fotophox]

If I'm not mistaken, this would appear to be one of the patents for the original version of Kodachrome:

http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2039730

"It is an object of the present invention to provide a developer which produces a dye simultaneously and in situ with photographic development. It is a further object to produce novel dyes in color -forming photographic development. These and other objects are accomplished by the present invention by the use of aromatic amino developers together with certain specific coloring compounds hereinafter disclosed."

 

[Jim Noel]

According to my old memory yo uare correct as this is the name of one of the inventors and he worked for Kodak.

 

[Photo Engineer]

That makes a rather poor cyan. You need 3 colors to form Kodakchrome. That is one of the first, but not the 3 color version.

PE

 

[dmr]

Hmmmm ... " ... if such coupling compounds are added to the developer solution or incorporated in the emulsion layer ..."

Sounds like they're describing both Kodachrome and Ektachrome here.

Or maybe they did a lot more experimentation when developing the original Kodachrome?