Patents by Inventor Akihiro Tanoue

Akihiro Tanoue 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).

  • Publication number: 20230137989
    Abstract: A soil improving agent containing (A) a lignocellulosic biomass with a lignin content of more than 60 mass % and 80 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi MOCHIZUKI, Akihiro TANOUE, Ryosuke YASUI, Ryosuke KOBE
  • Patent number: 11632960
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter, containing: a lignocellulosic biomass (A); and at least one base (B) selected from the following (B1) to (B3), wherein the plant growth promoter has a contact angle with water of 80° or less, <Base (B)> (B1) a resin acid, (B2) a compound represented by formula (1), R1—Z1—Z2??(1) wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group with 9 or more carbons, Z1 represents a single bond or (OR2)p, R2 represents an alkanediyl group with 2 or more and 3 or less carbons, p represents a number that is on average more than 0 and 30 or less, Z2 represents a group selected from a carboxy group, a hydroxyl group, a sulfate group, and NR3R4, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or (R5O)qH, R5 represents an alkanediyl group with 2 or more and 3 or less carbons, and q represents a number that is on average more than 0 and 15 or less, and (B3) a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 30,000 or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yumi Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20230088263
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing one or more seed shell components of plant selected from Palmae Elaeis, Leguminosae Faboideae, Juglandaceae, Rosaceae Prunus, and Oleeae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro TANOUE, Yuji MARUNO
  • Publication number: 20230088306
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing a lignocellulosic biomass, wherein the lignocellulosic biomass has a lignin content of 40% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less and a contact angle with water of 50° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro TANOUE, Yuji Maruno
  • Patent number: 11547119
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing one or more seed shell components of plant selected from Palmae Elaeis, Leguminosae Faboideae, Juglandaceae, Rosaceae Prunus, and Oleeae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yuji Maruno
  • Patent number: 11279877
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for improving soil, wherein a lignin decomposition product having an aldehyde yield by alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation of 5% by mass or more, a weight average molecular weight of 300 or more and 100,000 or less, and a contact angle with water is 15° or more is supplied to soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yasuhiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11134679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for growing a plant, including bringing a lignin decomposition product having an aldehyde yield by alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation of 10% by mass or more into contact with the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ishihara, Akihiro Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20200275667
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing one or more seed shell components of plant selected from Palmae Elaeis, Leguminosae Faboideae, Juglandaceae, Rosaceae Prunus, and Oleeae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro TANOUE, Yuji MARUNO
  • Publication number: 20200262764
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing a lignocellulosic biomass, wherein the lignocellulosic biomass has a lignin content of 40% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less and a contact angle with water of 50° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro TANOUE, Yuji MARUNO
  • Publication number: 20200253218
    Abstract: The present invention is a plant growth promoter, containing: a lignocellulosic biomass (A); and at least one base (B) selected from the following (B1) to (B3), wherein the plant growth promoter has a contact angle with water of 80° or less, <Base (B)> (B1) a resin acid, (B2) a compound represented by formula (1), R1—Z1—Z2??(1) wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group with 9 or more carbons, Z1 represents a single bond or (OR2)p, R2 represents an alkanediyl group with 2 or more and 3 or less carbons, p represents a number that is on average more than 0 and 30 or less, Z2 represents a group selected from a carboxy group, a hydroxyl group, a sulfate group, and NR3R4, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or (R5O)qH, R5 represents an alkanediyl group with 2 or more and 3 or less carbons, and q represents a number that is on average more than 0 and 15 or less, and (B3) a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 30
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro TANOUE, Yumi MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200045983
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a component promoting the growth of leguminous plants. The present invention provides a promoter for leguminous plant growth comprising a glycoside of soyasapogenol B as an active ingredient, and a method for promoting the growth of a leguminous plant using a glycoside of soyasapogenol B as an active ingredient. The glycoside of soyasapogenol B is a glycoside having a hydroxy group at position C-22 of the soyasapogenol B and having a saccharide bonded to a hydroxy group at position C-3 of the soyasapogenol B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei TSUNO, Akinori OGAWA, Atsuki OHNISHI, Teruhisa FUJIMATSU, Jun DEGUCHI, Akihiro TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20190037842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for growing a plant, including bringing a lignin decomposition product having an aldehyde yield by alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation of 10% by mass or more into contact with the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ISHIHARA, Akihiro TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20190023985
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for improving soil, wherein a lignin decomposition product having an aldehyde yield by alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation of 5% by mass or more, a weight average molecular weight of 300 or more and 100,000 or less, and a contact angle with water is 15° or more is supplied to soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro TANOUE, Yasuhiro ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 7331844
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7249995
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7166018
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20060199480
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7052377
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20050003745
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20040242127
    Abstract: A slurry feeding apparatus includes closed slurry bottle, piping, wet nitrogen generator, wet nitrogen supply pipe, suction and spray nozzles, temperature regulator, flow rate control valves, slurry delivery pump and controller for controlling the operation and flow rate of the slurry delivery pump. While a wafer is being polished by a CMP polisher, the controller continuously operates the pump. On the other hand, while the polisher is idling, the controller starts and stops the pump intermittently at regular intervals. No stirrer like a propeller is inserted into the slurry bottle, but the slurry is stirred up by spraying the slurry through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanoue, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Shin Hashimoto