Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Shirafuji

Fumiaki Shirafuji 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: 8883251
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 8389611
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure sensitive adhesive composition for an optical member, which is excellent in coating property because of low viscosity, can reduce an amount of an organic solvent used, and can form a pressure sensitive adhesive layer excellent in durability and having high surface uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Shirafuji, Masayuki Satake, Kohei Yano, Yutaka Moroishi, Fumiko Nakano
  • Publication number: 20110287224
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a method for producing a retardation film and the like, the retardation film contributing to cost reduction and enlargement of the screen of liquid crystal display devices having a high level of visibility. There is provided a method for producing a retardation film, the method including conveying a long polymer film being continuously fed in a conveying direction while holding both side edges of the polymer film and stretching the polymer film in a direction transverse to the conveying direction while conveying the polymer film, wherein the retardation film has an optical axis in the direction transverse to the conveying direction of the polymer film and has optical properties satisfying 0.1?NZ?0.9, and wherein the polymer film is stretched in the transverse direction with sagged in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Shirafuji, Haruhiko Maki, Kenji Ueshima, Sadao Fujii, Takashi Taniguchi, Toshiyuki Iida, Motoko Kawasaki, Nao Murakami
  • Patent number: 7658992
    Abstract: A surface protection film-attached optical film of the invention comprises: an optical film; and a surface protection film that comprises a substrate film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and is provided on the surface of, the optical film through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a surface of the optical film in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is activated by treatment, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the surface protection film contains an ionic antistatic agent. The surface protection film-attached optical film can reduce the amount of peeling electrostatic charge which can be generated when the surface protection film is peeled off from the optical film, and can be free from the problem of optical film surface contamination after the surface protection film is peeled off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Fumiaki Shirafuji
  • Publication number: 20090023869
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure sensitive adhesive composition for an optical member, which is excellent in coating property because of low viscosity, can reduce an amount of an organic solvent used, and can form a pressure sensitive adhesive layer excellent in durability and having high surface uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Shirafuji, Masayuki Satake, Kohei Yano, Yutaka Moroishi, Fumiko Nakano
  • Publication number: 20080274272
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7413766
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20070224415
    Abstract: A surface protection film-attached optical film of the invention comprises: an optical film; and a surface protection film that comprises a substrate film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and is provided on the surface of, the optical film through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a surface of the optical film in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is activated by treatment, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the surface protection film contains an ionic antistatic agent. The surface protection film-attached optical film can reduce the amount of peeling electrostatic charge which can be generated when the surface protection film is peeled off from the optical film, and can be free from the problem of optical film surface contamination after the surface protection film is peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Fumiaki Shirafuji
  • Publication number: 20050266239
    Abstract: A retardation pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the present invention comprises a stretched pressure-sensitive adhesive layer obtained by stretching an optically-transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and the stretched pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a retardation imparted by stretching. The retardation pressure-sensitive adhesive layer can provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film which functions as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and functions as an optical compensation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Yuusuke Toyama, Fumiaki Shirafuji
  • Publication number: 20040209007
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue