Patents by Inventor Joji Funatsu
Joji Funatsu 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: 10099985Abstract: This invention provides producing having an objective ketone and/or alcohol by decomposing of a hydrocarbon compound rapidly and selectively having a same number of carbon atoms as a hydrocarbon compound by decomposing a hydroperoxide in a reaction solution obtained from oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound using molecular oxygen of this invention involves, a hydroperoxide decomposition step for decomposing the hydroperoxide into the ketone and/or alcohol by contacting the reaction solution with an aqueous solution containing a carbonate of an alkaline earth metal or a carbonate of an alkali metal and a transition metal compound, a separation step for separating into an oil phase comprising the ketone and/or alcohol, and a water phase comprising the carbonate of an alkaline earth metal or carbonate of an alkali metal and the transition metal compound, a recovery step for recovering the carbonate of an alkali metal or carbonate of an alkaline earth metal and the transition metal compound by combusting the waterType: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazunori Kurosawa, Yoshinori Sugimura, Hideo Shimomura, Kazuo Yamato, Joji Funatsu, Naoya Katagiri, Junichi Kugimoto, Joji Kawai
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Publication number: 20170313641Abstract: This invention provides producing having an objective ketone and/or alcohol by decomposing of a hydrocarbon compound rapidly and selectively having a same number of carbon atoms as a hydrocarbon compound by decomposing a hydroperoxide in a reaction solution obtained from oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound using molecular oxygen of this invention involves, a hydroperoxide decomposition step for decomposing the hydroperoxide into the ketone and/or alcohol by contacting the reaction solution with an aqueous solution containing a carbonate of an alkaline earth metal or a carbonate of an alkali metal and a transition metal compound, a separation step for separating into an oil phase comprising the ketone and/or alcohol, and a water phase comprising the carbonate of an alkaline earth metal or carbonate of an alkali metal and the transition metal compound, a recovery step for recovering the carbonate of an alkali metal or carbonate of an alkaline earth metal and the transition metal compound by combusting the waterType: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Kurosawa, Yoshinori Sugimura, Hideo Shimomura, Kazuo Yamato, Joji Funatsu, Naoya Katagiri, Junichi Kugimoto, Joji Kawai
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Patent number: 9376375Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing an oxime comprising reacting a ketone and hydroxylamine in the presence of a carboxylic acid and/or its salt in a system consisting of an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic solvent phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahide Okada, Junichi Kugimoto, Kazunori Kurosawa, Joji Funatsu, Katsuyoshi Kudo
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Publication number: 20130184494Abstract: According to the first embodiment of the present invention, an oxide of a hydrocarbon compound can be produced with high yield and high productivity by oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound with molecular oxygen in the co-presence of an N-hydroxy compound, such as methyl ethyl ketone or N-hydroxysuccinimide, and a phosphate ester, such as dibutyl phosphate. According to another embodiment of the present invention, an oxide of a hydrocarbon compound can be produced with high yield by using an oxidation catalyst that comprises an oxime compound, such as methyl ethyl ketone. According to another embodiment of the present invention, an alcohol and/or a ketone can be produced with high yield by oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound at a temperature of 160° C. or less, and by decomposing the resulting hydroperoxide, for example, in a unit having an inner surface formed by a material from which no transition metal ion is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: USE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Kurosawa, Joji Funatsu, Naoya Katagiri, Junichi Kugimoto
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Publication number: 20130023697Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing an oxime comprising reacting a ketone and hydroxylamine in the presence of a carboxylic acid and/or its salt in a system consisting of an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic solvent phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahide Okada, Junichi Kugimoto, Kazunori Kurosawa, Joji Funatsu, Katsuyoshi Kudo
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Patent number: 6414169Abstract: An epoxycyclododecane compound is produced by a catalytic hydrogenation reaction of 1,2-epoxy-5,9-cyclododecadiene, using a specific platinum-containing catalyst having a long life, under a hydrogen gas pressure of 0.8 to 9 MPa, and with a high yield of the target compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kuroda, Junichi Kugimoto, Takato Nakamura, Nobuhiro Ii, Joji Funatsu
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Patent number: 6348626Abstract: Oxamide is produced in a high purity by a process comprising (A) melting a starting material comprising 70 to 100 wt % of an oxalic acid diester of an aliphatic alcohol and 0 to 30 wt % of the same aliphatic alcohol as mentioned above, (B) feed-mixing an ammonia-containing gas to the starting material melt, while stirring, to produce oxamide and the aliphatic alcohol (by-product), (C) continuing the ammonia-feed-mixing procedure while controlling a feed rate of ammonia to an extent such that a content of the aliphatic alcohol in the reaction mixture is maintained at a level of 3 to 45% by weight, to produce a wetted solid reaction product comprising the resultant oxamide and the aliphatic alcohol, and then (D) collecting the oxamide from the reaction product by evaporating away the aliphatic alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1993Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiko Yamamoto, Yukio Inaba, Genji Koga, Hideki Noguchi, Joji Funatsu
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Publication number: 20020002293Abstract: An epoxycyclododecane compound is produced by a catalytic hydrogenation reaction of 1,2-epoxy-5,9-cyclododecadiene, using a specific platinum-containing catalyst having a long life, under a hydrogen gas pressure of 0.8 to 9 MPa, and with a high yield of the target compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: January 3, 2002Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kuroda, Junichi Kugimoto, Takato Nakamura, Nobuhiro Ii, Joji Funatsu
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Patent number: 5393319Abstract: Oxamide granules are produced by (A) feed-mixing ammonia to a starting material comprising 60 to 100 weight % of a diester of oxalic acid with a C.sub.1-6 aliphatic alcohol, and 0 to 40 weight % of the same aliphatic alcohol as mentioned above, to produce oxamide and the aliphatic alcohol as by-product, while controlling the aliphatic alcohol content to 5 to 40% based on the weight of the reaction mixture to provide the resultant oxamide wetted by the aliphatic alcohol; (B) granulating the wetted product while maintaining the content of the aliphatic alcohol at a level of 5 to 40% based on the weight of the wetted reaction product; (C) heat-evaporating away the aliphatic alcohol from the wetted granules; and optionally (D) re-wetting the resultant dry oxamide granules with water in an amount of 5 to 20% based on the weight of the dry oxamide granules; and (E) re-drying the re-wetted oxamide granules, to provide oxamide granules having an enhanced mechanical strength and form-stability in water.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Inaba, Tomohiko Yamamoto, Genji Koga, Hideki Noguchi, Joji Funatsu