Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nagasawa
Hiroshi Nagasawa 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).
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Patent number: 11860570Abstract: A toner set includes a plurality of toners, wherein the toner set includes a first toner containing a yellow colorant and a second toner containing a cyan colorant, the first toner and the second toner each contain a binder resin containing a vinyl-based resin and a crystalline resin, and a release agent containing a hydrocarbon wax, a content of the vinyl-based resin with respect to a total mass of the binder resin is 50% by mass or more, the first toner contains the crystalline resin having a moiety having a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent moiety having a crystal nucleating agent, and the second toner contains the cyan colorant that is a compound represented by general formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Nagasawa, Yusuke Takigaura, Takaki Kawamura, Ami Motohashi, Natsuki Ito, Shiro Hirano
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Publication number: 20220004113Abstract: A toner set includes a plurality of toners, wherein the toner set includes a first toner containing a yellow colorant and a second toner containing a cyan colorant, the first toner and the second toner each contain a binder resin containing a vinyl-based resin and a crystalline resin, and a release agent containing a hydrocarbon wax, a content of the vinyl-based resin with respect to a total mass of the binder resin is 50% by mass or more, the first toner contains the crystalline resin having a moiety having a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent moiety having a crystal nucleating agent, and the second toner contains the cyan colorant that is a compound represented by general formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi NAGASAWA, Yusuke TAKIGAURA, Takaki KAWAMURA, Ami MOTOHASHI, Natsuki ITO, Shiro HIRANO
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Patent number: 10901333Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85° C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kouji Sugama, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Anju Hori, Noboru Ueda
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Publication number: 20190370454Abstract: In authentication of machineries and cards (artifact) that are used in social acts such as economic acts, an approach of artifact metrics corresponding to biometrics is effective. Therefore, the subject is to find out a material that satisfies requirements of artifact metrics and is, preferably, suppliable stably and also economically, to establish the production method thereof, and to apply these to an individual authentication system of artifact. Porous glass, which possesses a spinodal phase separation structure, is an individual authentication medium as artifact metrics. There is provided a production method thereof, and an individual authentication system utilizing the individual authentication medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi Nagasawa, Junji Shikata, Kiminori Itoh
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Publication number: 20190294064Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85° C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Kouji Sugama, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Anju Hori, Noboru Ueda
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Patent number: 10353309Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85° C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kouji Sugama, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Anju Hori, Noboru Ueda
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Patent number: 10308604Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, and an intermediate thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative using a compound represented by (B) [wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 represents a 2-hydroxyethyl group or a carboxymethyl group] as a production intermediate.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato
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Publication number: 20190018329Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85° C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Kouji SUGAMA, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Anju Hori, Noboru Ueda
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Patent number: 10133200Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85° C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kouji Sugama, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Anju Hori, Noboru Ueda
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Publication number: 20180230095Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, and an intermediate thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative using a compound represented by (B) [wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 represents a 2-hydroxyethyl group or a carboxymethyl group] as a production intermediate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato
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Patent number: 10005725Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, and an intermediate thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative using a compound represented by (B) [wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 represents a 2-hydroxyethyl group or a carboxymethyl group] as a production intermediate.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato
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Publication number: 20170369438Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, and an intermediate thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative using a compound represented by (B) [wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 represents a 2-hydroxyethyl group or a carboxymethyl group] as a production intermediate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato
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Patent number: 9776961Abstract: The present invention provides a production intermediate of an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, a method for producing the same, and a crystal thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative including a step of resolving a compound represented by the following general formula (I) [wherein R1 represents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] into its atropisomers, characterized by using an optically active amine having a cinchonine skeletal formula, and a crystal of (S)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Takahiro Okachi, Michiaki Kawahara, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato, Takashi Takita, Gen Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9765025Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, and an intermediate thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative using a compound represented by (B) [wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 represents a 2-hydroxyethyl group or a carboxymethyl group] as a production intermediate.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato
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Publication number: 20170233341Abstract: The present invention provides a production intermediate of an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, a method for producing the same, and a crystal thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative including a step of resolving a compound represented by the following general formula (I) [wherein R1 represents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] into its atropisomers, characterized by using an optically active amine having a cinchonine skeletal formula, and a crystal of (S)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Takahiro Okachi, Michiaki Kawahara, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato, Takashi Takita, Gen Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9676713Abstract: The present invention provides a production intermediate of an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, a method for producing the same, and a crystal thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative including a step of resolving a compound represented by the following general formula (I) [wherein R1 represents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] into its atropisomers, characterized by using an optically active amine having a cinchonine skeletal formula, and a crystal of (S)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Takahiro Okachi, Michiaki Kawahara, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato, Takashi Takita, Gen Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9605973Abstract: Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoshi Kobuya, Toru Masano, Motoya Itako, Atsushi Noda, Hiroshi Nagasawa
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Publication number: 20170057915Abstract: The present invention provides a production intermediate of an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, a method for producing the same, and a crystal thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative including a step of resolving a compound represented by the following general formula (I) [wherein R1 represents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] into its atropisomers, characterized by using an optically active amine having a cinchonine skeletal formula, and a crystal of (S)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masashi Watanabe, Takahiro Okachi, Michiaki Kawahara, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato, Takashi Takita, Gen Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9568848Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin and a coloring agent. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin. The toner satisfies Relations (1) and (2). ?H1 is the amount of heat absorption based on a melting peak of the crystalline polyester resin in a first heating step from room temperature to 150° C. ?H2 is the amount of heat absorption based on a melting peak of the crystalline polyester resin in a second heating step from 0° C. to 150° C. ?H(theo.) is a value of fusion enthalpy calculated from a mass ratio of a structural unit derived from a linear aliphatic monomer contained in the binder resin based on a group contribution method. 0.2??H1/?H(theo.)?0.5??Relation (1): 0.1??H2/?H(theo.)?0.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noboru Ueda, Kouji Sugama, Anju Hori, Keisuke Asano
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Publication number: 20160370721Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85° C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: KOUJI SUGAMA, Hiroshi NAGASAWA, Anju HORI, Noboru UEDA