Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nomoto

Akihiro Nomoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8291820
    Abstract: An intaglio printing plate includes a substrate and a photosensitive resin film provided on the substrate. The photosensitive resin film includes a plurality of concave patterns whose depths increase as aperture widths increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8283200
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor made of a stack of an organic semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode in this order on a substrate, which includes the steps of pattern coating a gate electrode material on the gate insulating film by printing; and carrying out a heat treatment to form the gate electrode resulting from drying for solidification of the pattern coated gate electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kawashima, Kazumasa Nomoto, Akihiro Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8277901
    Abstract: In the condition where a nozzle for applying a coating liquid is disposed on the lower side of a substrate and a substrate surface controlled in wettability is faced down, the nozzle and the substrate are moved relative to each other, whereby the coating liquid is applied to a desired region of the substrate, and then the coating liquid is dried, to obtain a pattern included a dried coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8277900
    Abstract: In the condition where a nozzle for applying a coating liquid is disposed on the lower side of a substrate and a substrate surface controlled in wettability is faced down, the nozzle and the substrate are moved relative to each other, whereby the coating liquid is applied to a desired region of the substrate, and then the coating liquid is dried, to obtain a pattern included a dried coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8258514
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device which employs a thin-film transistor. In addition, the semiconductor device has a gate electrode, a gate insulation film, an organic semiconductor layer, a structure, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an electrode material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Nomoto, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20120189859
    Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a resin composite electrolytic copper foil having further improved heat resistance and improved plate adhesion strength when plated after desmear treatment in the work process of an additive method. The solution is to form a roughened surface having a plurality of minute projections, a surface roughness (Rz) within a range of 1.0 ?m to 3.0 ?m and a lightness value of not more than 30 on one surface of an electrolytic copper foil, and form a layer of a resin composition containing a block copolymerized polyimide resin having a structure that imide oligomers of a first structural unit and a second structural unit are bonded alternately and repeatedly on the roughened surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: PI R&D CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nozaki, Akihiro Nomoto, Norikatsu Akiyama, Eiji Nagata, Masashi Yano
  • Patent number: 8222096
    Abstract: A method for forming an organic semiconductor thin film includes the steps of forming a mixed ink layer on a principal plane of a printing plate, the mixed ink layer including a mixture of an organic semiconductor material incapable of transcription and an organic material capable of transcription from the printing plate to a substrate in ink form dissolved in a solvent, and forming an organic semiconductor thin film by transcribing the mixed ink layer onto the substrate by transcribing the mixed ink layer on the printing plate to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20120105331
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device capable of suppressing incorrect inputs. A control unit of a cellular telephone device detects a distance between an object in proximity to a display unit and a display surface of the display unit, and a position on the display unit corresponding to the distance, causes the display unit to display a keyboard configured with a plurality of images displaying keys, and in response to a contact detecting unit having detected contact of an object to the display unit, the control unit accepts an input of a key corresponding to the image. The control unit causes the display unit to display images, which are displayed within a predetermined range from the position detected on the display unit, in an enlarged manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20110281126
    Abstract: This invention relates to a resin composite copper foil capable of applying a copper foil with very small unevenness on a copper foil (matte) surface without deteriorating adhesion force to a resin composition of a copper-clad laminate, and more particularly to a resin composite copper foil comprising a copper foil and a polyimide resin layer wherein the polyimide resin layer contains a specific block copolymerized polyimide resin and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nozaki, Takabumi Oomori, Akihiro Nomoto, Norikatsu Akiyama, Eiji Nagata, Masashi Yano
  • Patent number: 8048725
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern and a method of producing an electronic element are characterized by including a first step of forming an electrically conductive film (D) by applying a liquid composition onto a first plate (10), and heating the first plate (10); a second step of forming an electrically conductive pattern (D?) on the first plate (10) by pressing a second plate (20) having a projection-and-recess pattern on a surface side thereof onto a surface side of the first plate (10), on which the electrically conductive film (D) is formed, to transfer an unwanted pattern of the electrically conductive film (D) to top faces of projections (20a) of the second plate (20), thereby removing the unwanted pattern; and a third step of transferring the electrically conductive pattern (D?) to a surface of a transfer-receiving substrate (30) by pressing the surface side of the first plate (10), on which the electrically conductive pattern (D?) is formed, onto the surface of the transfer-receiving substrate (30), wher
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Fukuda, Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20110215406
    Abstract: A thin film transistor capable of stably obtaining good performance is provided. The thin film transistor includes an organic semiconductor layer, and a protective layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the organic semiconductor layer. The protective layer is disposed at least in a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Akihiro Nomoto, Iwao Yagi
  • Publication number: 20110101358
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device which employs a thin-film transistor. In addition, the semiconductor device has a gate electrode, a gate insulation film, an organic semiconductor layer, a structure, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an electrode material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nomoto, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20110081746
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming an organic semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming a protective pattern on the organic semiconductor layer; and patterning the organic semiconductor layer by dissolving, in an organic solvent, or subliming the organic semiconductor layer using the protective pattern as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nomoto, Hideki Ono
  • Publication number: 20110024179
    Abstract: A method for producing a circuit board, the method includes the steps of: forming a lower wiring pattern on a substrate; forming an insulating film on the substrate to cover the lower wiring pattern; forming an opening in the insulating film to expose the lower wiring pattern; forming an upper wiring pattern on the insulating film; and forming an interconnect material pattern on a sidewall of the opening in the insulating film for connecting the lower wiring pattern and the upper wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20100221413
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern and a method of producing an electronic element are characterized by including a first step of forming an electrically conductive film (D) by applying a liquid composition onto a first plate (10), and heating the first plate (10); a second step of forming an electrically conductive pattern (D?) on the first plate (10) by pressing a second plate (20) having a projection-and-recess pattern on a surface side thereof onto a surface side of the first plate (10), on which the electrically conductive film (D) is formed, to transfer an unwanted pattern of the electrically conductive film (D) to top faces of projections (20a) of the second plate (20), thereby removing the unwanted pattern; and a third step of transferring the electrically conductive pattern (D?) to a surface of a transfer-receiving substrate (30) by pressing the surface side of the first plate (10), on which the electrically conductive pattern (D?) is formed, onto the surface of the transfer-receiving substrate (30), wher
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Fukuda, Akihiro Nomoto
  • Patent number: 7723152
    Abstract: In the condition where a nozzle for applying a coating liquid is disposed on the lower side of a substrate and a substrate surface controlled in wettability is faced down, the nozzle and the substrate are moved relative to each other, whereby the coating liquid is applied to a desired region of the substrate, and then the coating liquid is dried, to obtain a pattern included a dried coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20100085911
    Abstract: A base station device of the present invention includes a base-station main body and multiple antenna units connected in series to the base-station main body. Each of the antenna units includes: a wireless communication unit that includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a signal to and from a mobile terminal; a multiplexer that multiplexes a reception signal received by another antenna unit and a reception signal received by the wireless communication unit, and outputs the multiplexed reception signals to the base-station main body; and a demultiplexer that separates a transmission signal to be transmitted by the wireless communication unit from among multiplexed transmission signals input from the base-station main body, and outputs a transmission signal to be transmitted from the other antenna unit thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20100044905
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern and a method of producing an electronic element with which a fine and precise pattern is stably formed are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Fukuda, Akihiro Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20100029040
    Abstract: A method for forming an organic semiconductor thin film includes the steps of forming a mixed ink layer on a principal plane of a printing plate, the mixed ink layer including a mixture of an organic semiconductor material incapable of transcription and an organic material capable of transcription from the printing plate to a substrate in ink form dissolved in a solvent, and forming an organic semiconductor thin film by transcribing the mixed ink layer onto the substrate by transcribing the mixed ink layer on the printing plate to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20090283000
    Abstract: An intaglio printing plate includes a substrate and a photosensitive resin film provided on the substrate. The photosensitive resin film includes a plurality of concave patterns whose depths increase as aperture widths increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Nomoto