Patent ID: 7241562

Claim:
A color silver halide photographic element comprising gelatin, a support bearing at least one dye image forming unit selected from a dye image forming unit comprising at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler, a dye image forming unit comprising at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler, and a dye image forming unit comprising at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler; and a polymer represented by Formula 1, wherein: A independently represents a bond or a group linking the polymer chain to the SO 3 − M + group(s), R 1 independently represents H or a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, M + independently represents an alkali or alkaline earth metal ion or an ammonium or substituted ammonium ion, Z independently represents at least one ethylenically unsaturated, hydrophilic monomer, and a and b represent the weight percent of the respective monomers wherein a is between 0 and 95%, b is between 5 and 100%, and n is 1 or 2; and wherein the average molecular weight of the polymer is less than 300,000 and the total amount of the polymer contained in the silver halide element is greater than 1.0% of the total amount of gelatin contained in the silver halide element.