Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shibahara

Atsushi Shibahara 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: 20240114929
    Abstract: Producing a feed additive composition for ruminants having a particle size of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, by granulating, in water, a molten mixture containing (A) at least one component selected from a hydrogenated vegetable oil and a hydrogenated animal oil each having a melting point of higher than 50° C. and lower than 90° C., (B) lecithin, and (C) at least one biologically active substance having solubility of not less than 0.001 g and not more than 60 g in 100 g of water at 20° C. affords a feed additive composition provided with high protection in rumen, and which is superior in dissolution in the lower gastrointestinal tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Susumu SHIBAHARA, Masayuki TANAKA, Atsushi HARUNO
  • Publication number: 20220145052
    Abstract: A propylene resin composition includes a propylene polymer (A) satisfying requirements (1) to (3) below: (1) having a number average molecular weight (Mn) measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 5000 to 22000; (2) having a ratio (Mw/Mn) of a weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) being 1.2 to 3.5; and (3) having a proportion of a component eluted at a temperature of not more than ?20° C. in temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) being not more than 3.5 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita ITAKURA, Katsuhiko KOIKE, Ryoko HIROI, Hiroyuki FUKUSHIMA, Kou TSURUGI, Atsushi SHIBAHARA, Fumiaki NISHINO, Kohei TANAKA, Yasuhiro KAI, Naoya NODA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takanori FURUTA
  • Patent number: 10870715
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kou Tsurugi, Shiori Hanada, Atsushi Shibahara, Kazumori Kawamura, Fumiaki Nishino, Yasuyuki Harada, Wataru Yamada, Akiko Matsumoto, Isao Hara, Tatsuya Nakamura, Toshihiro Muroto
  • Publication number: 20190062470
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kou TSURUGI, Shiori HANADA, Atsushi SHIBAHARA, Kazumori KAWAMURA, Fumiaki NISHINO, Yasuyuki HARADA, Wataru YAMADA, Akiko MATSUMOTO, Isao HARA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Toshihiro MUROTO
  • Patent number: 10150823
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kou Tsurugi, Shiori Hanada, Atsushi Shibahara, Kazumori Kawamura, Fumiaki Nishino, Yasuyuki Harada, Wataru Yamada, Akiko Matsumoto, Isao Hara, Tatsuya Nakamura, Toshihiro Muroto
  • Publication number: 20170240664
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kou TSURUGI, Shiori HANADA, Atsushi SHIBAHARA, Kazumori KAWAMURA, Fumiaki NISHINO, Yasuyuki HARADA, Wataru YAMADA, Akiko MATSUMOTO, Isao HARA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Toshihiro MUROTO
  • Patent number: 9676879
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kou Tsurugi, Shiori Hanada, Atsushi Shibahara, Kazumori Kawamura, Fumiaki Nishino, Yasuyuki Harada, Wataru Yamada, Akiko Matsumoto, Isao Hara, Tatsuya Nakamura, Toshihiro Muroto
  • Patent number: 9616421
    Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are to provide an olefin oligomerization catalyst that allows properties of particles of a polymer component by-produced in an ?-olefin production process to be obtained in such a shape that does not negatively affect a separation process for the particles and to provide a method for producing an olefin oligomer performed in the presence of the olefin oligomerization catalyst. The objectives can be achieved by the olefin oligomerization catalyst obtained by contacting (D) a transition metal compound with a preliminary contact solid catalyst component (II) obtained by contacting a solid catalyst component (I) formed by supporting (B) an organoaluminum oxy-compound (b-2) on (A) a solid carrier with (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an organometallic compound (c-1), an organoaluminum oxy-compound (c-2), and a compound (c-3) that reacts with the transition metal compound (D) to form a pair of ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasunori Saito, Atsushi Shibahara, Isao Hara, Kazumori Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20160001278
    Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are to provide an olefin oligomerization catalyst that allows properties of particles of a polymer component by-produced in an ?-olefin production process to be obtained in such a shape that does not negatively affect a separation process for the particles and to provide a method for producing an olefin oligomer performed in the presence of the olefin oligomerization catalyst. The objectives can be achieved by the olefin oligomerization catalyst obtained by contacting (D) a transition metal compound with a preliminary contact solid catalyst component (II) obtained by contacting a solid catalyst component (I) formed by supporting (B) an organoaluminum oxy-compound (b-2) on (A) a solid carrier with (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an organometallic compound (c-1), an organoaluminum oxy-compound (c-2), and a compound (c-3) that reacts with the transition metal compound (D) to form a pair of ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasunori SAITO, Atsushi SHIBAHARA, Isao HARA, Kazumori KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150376306
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid polyaluminoxane composition suitably used as a cocatalyst and a catalyst carrier in combination with an olefin oligomerization or polymerization catalyst, without the use of solid inorganic carriers such as silica. The solid polyaluminoxane composition of the invention includes a polyalkylaluminoxane and a trialkylaluminum, and has a solubility in n-hexane at 25° C. of less than 0.50 mol % as measured by a specific method (i), a solubility in toluene at 25° C. of less than 1.0 mol % as measured by a specific method (ii), and a 13 mol % or more molar fraction of alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties relative to the total number of moles of alkyl groups derived from the polyalkylaluminoxane moieties and the alkyl groups derived from the trialkylaluminum moieties as measured with respect to tetrahydrofuran-d8 soluble components by a specific method (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kou TSURUGI, Siori HANADA, Atsushi SHIBAHARA, Kazumori KAWAMURA, Fumiaki NISHINO, Yasuyuki HARADA, Wataru YAMADA, Akiko MATSUMOTO, Isao HARA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Toshihiro MUROTO
  • Patent number: 8629075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an ?-olefin polymer comprising polymerizing or copolymerizing (a) C3 or higher ?-olefin(s) in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising solid titanium catalyst component (I) containing titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a compound with a specific structure having two or more ether linkages and organometallic catalyst component (II) with high catalytic activity. In this process, particularly even in (co)polymerizing (a) higher olefin(s), demineralization is unnecessary. A 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer obtained by polymerization using the catalyst of the present invention is excellent in tacticity, transparency, heat resistance, and releasability, and the polymer is particularly suitable for a release film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kisu Ro, Kourei Kuroiwa, Takushi Nagata, Atsushi Shibahara, Tatsuya Nakamura, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 8258361
    Abstract: The invention provides transition metal complex compounds, high-activity olefin oligomerization catalysts containing the compounds, and olefin oligomerization processes using the catalysts. A transition metal complex compound [A] according to the invention is represented by Formula (I) or Formula (I?) below. An olefin oligomerization catalyst includes the transition metal complex compound [A]. In an olefin oligomerization process of the invention, an olefin is oligomerized in the presence of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Suzuki, Shinsuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Shibahara, Naritoshi Yoshimura, Isao Hara, Tetsuya Hamada, Kazumori Kawamura, Kou Tsurugi, Yasunori Saito, Seiichi Ishii, Yasushi Nakayama, Naoto Matsukawa, Susumu Murata
  • Publication number: 20110082325
    Abstract: The invention provides transition metal complex compounds, high-activity olefin oligomerization catalysts containing the compounds, and olefin oligomerization processes using the catalysts. A transition metal complex compound [A] according to the invention is represented by Formula (I) or Formula (I?) below. An olefin oligomerization catalyst includes the transition metal complex compound [A]. In an olefin oligomerization process of the invention, an olefin is oligomerized in the presence of the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Suzuki, Shinsuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Shibahara, Naritoshi Yoshimura, Isao Hara, Tetsuya Hamada, Kazumori Kawamura, Kou Tsurugi, Yasunori Saito, Seiichi Ishii, Yasushi Nakayama, Naoto Matsukawa, Susumu Murata
  • Patent number: 7888437
    Abstract: The process for producing an olefin polymer according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises polymerizing an olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst for olefin polymerization containing a solid titanium catalyst component (I) which contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) specified by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10, R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or a hydrogen atom, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; and R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is a hydrogen atom) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond, and an organometallic compound catalyst component (II), at an internal pressure of the polymerization vessel which is 0.25 times or more as high as the saturation vapor pressure of the olefin at a polymerization temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Hisao Hashida, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kunio Yamamoto, Atsushi Shibahara, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 7888438
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization of the present invention includes a solid titanium catalyst component (I) including titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10; R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or R, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is R) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond; a plurality of R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and a plurality of R's are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, but at least one of R's is a hydrogen atom, and an organometal compound catalyst component (II). When this catalyst for olefin polymerization is used, an olefin polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Hisao Hashida, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kunio Yamamoto, Atsushi Shibahara, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20100324239
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an ?-olefin polymer comprising polymerizing or copolymerizing (a) C3 or higher ?-olefin(s) in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising solid titanium catalyst component (I) containing titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a compound with a specific structure having two or more ether linkages and organometallic catalyst component (II) with high catalytic activity. In this process, particularly even in (co)polymerizing (a) higher olefin(s), demineralization is unnecessary. A 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer obtained by polymerization using the catalyst of the present invention is excellent in tacticity, transparency, heat resistance, and releasability, and the polymer is particularly suitable for a release film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kisu Ro, Kourei Kuroiwa, Takushi Nagata, Atsushi Shibahara, Tatsuya Nakamura, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 7649062
    Abstract: A solid titanium catalyst component (I) of the present invention is characterized in that it contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10; R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or R, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is R) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond; a plurality of R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and a plurality of R's are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, but at least one of R's is not a hydrogen atom. When using this solid titanium catalyst component (I), an olefin polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Hisao Hashida, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kunio Yamamoto, Atsushi Shibahara, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20090069515
    Abstract: A solid titanium catalyst component (I) of the present invention is characterized in that it contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10; R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or R, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is R) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond; a plurality of R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and a plurality of R's are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, but at least one of R's is not a hydrogen atom. When using this solid titanium catalyst component (I), an olefin polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS,INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Hisao Hashida, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kunio Yamamoto, Atsushi Shibahara, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20080306228
    Abstract: The process for producing an olefin polymer according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises polymerizing an olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst for olefin polymerization containing a solid titanium catalyst component (I) which contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) specified by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10, R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or a hydrogen atom, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; and R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is a hydrogen atom) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond, and an organometallic compound catalyst component (II), at an internal pressure of the polymerization vessel which is 0.25 times or more as high as the saturation vapor pressure of the olefin at a polymerization temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Hisao Hashida, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kunio Yamamoto, Atsushi Shibahara, Tetsunori Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20080125555
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization of the present invention includes a solid titanium catalyst component (I) including titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10; R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or R, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is R) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond; a plurality of R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and a plurality of R's are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, but at least one of R's is not a hydrogen atom, and an organometal compound catalyst component (II). When this catalyst for olefin polymerization is used, an olefin polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Hisao Hashida, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Kunio Yamamoto, Atsushi Shibahara, Tetsunori Shinozaki