Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Okada

Katsuhiro Okada 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: 11913910
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring an inspection target on the basis of vibration generated when the inspection target has been irradiated with laser light includes a condensing position deriving portion configured to derive an amount of adjustment of a distance between condensing lenses of a laser condensing unit configured to condense the laser light on the basis of a distance between a laser device configured to radiate the laser light and an irradiation location of the laser light and a communicating portion configured to transmit control information including information representing the amount of adjustment to the laser condensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Mikami, Toshiyuki Kitamura, Shuji Kondo, Hajime Okada, Tetsuya Kawachi, Yoshinori Shimada, Shinri Kurahashi, Masaharu Nishikino, Noboru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9808609
    Abstract: The invention provides a patch and a patch preparation having an adhesive layer with a high adhesive force, wherein the hydrophobic adhesive layer does not bloom even when an organic fluid component having high polarity is contained therein. The patch contains a support and an adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a synthetic rubber having a viscosity average molecular weight of 500,000-1,600,000, an organic fluid component having high polarity, a tackifier, and magnesium aluminometasilicate. In the patch preparation, the above-mentioned adhesive layer further contains a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Nishimura, Yoshihiro Iwao, Katsuhiro Okada, Kensuke Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9443781
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device (1) according to one aspect of the present invention, each of a first gate driver (17) supplying a gate signal to a first gate line (10) of a first display part (8) and a second gate driver (18) supplying a gate signal to a second gate line (13) of a second display part (9) are constituted to comprise a transistor formed on one surface of an array substrate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Asai, Katsuhiro Okada, Isao Ogasawara, Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9433533
    Abstract: The present invention provides a patch package structure, which includes: a package including a first sheet material which is planar and a second sheet material which has been molded, the first and second sheet materials being sealed together in peripheral parts thereof, and a patch disposed in the package, in which the patch contains a backing, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the backing, and a release liner which protects a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; the second sheet material has been molded so as to have a protrudent part in at least a substantially central area thereof, the protrudent part having a planar outer shape larger than a planar outer shape of the release liner and having at least one recessed part; d is not smaller than T, in which d is the minimum gap distance between the inner surface of the first sheet material and the inner surface of the second sheet material at the recessed part and T is a thickness of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Okada, Yoshihiro Iwao, Kensuke Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9351942
    Abstract: The invention provides a patch and a patch preparation having an adhesive layer with a high adhesive force, wherein the hydrophobic adhesive layer does not bloom even when an organic fluid component having high polarity is contained therein. The patch contains a support and an adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a synthetic rubber having a viscosity average molecular weight of 1,700,000-6,500,000, an organic fluid component having high polarity, a tackifier, and magnesium aluminometasilicate. In the patch preparation, the above-mentioned adhesive layer further contains a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Nishimura, Yoshihiro Iwao, Katsuhiro Okada, Kensuke Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 9299877
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (2) is provided with first connecting wirings (641, 643, 645, 647) connected to gate terminals (51) to which extraction wirings (611, 613, 615, 617) are connected, second connecting wirings (642, 644, 646) connected to gate terminals (51) to which extraction wirings (612, 614, 616) are connected, bundled wirings (651 to 654) each composed of a mutually adjacent first connecting wiring and second connecting wiring bundled together, a first inspection wiring (66) capable of inputting an inspection signal to bundled wirings (652, 654) that are not adjacent to each other among the bundled wirings, and a second inspection wiring (67) capable of inputting an inspection signal to bundled wirings (651, 653) that are not adjacent to each other and not connected to the first inspection wiring (66) among the bundled wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Takehiko Kawamura, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20150364396
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device (1) according to one aspect of the present invention, each of a first gate driver (17) supplying a gate signal to a first gate line (10) of a first display part (8) and a second gate driver (18) supplying a gate signal to a second gate line (13) of a second display part (9) are constituted to comprise a transistor formed on one surface of an array substrate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ASAI, Katsuhiro OKADA, Isao OGASAWARA, Masahiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9138419
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a patch preparation containing a drug (excluding 2-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydrocycloocta[b]pyridine and a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof), which is superior in both the skin permeability of a drug, and adhesiveness in the presence of water. A patch preparation containing a support and an adhesive layer on one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a drug excluding 2-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydrocycloocta[b]pyridine and a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, an acrylic polymer, lactic acid and magnesium aluminometasilicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Okada, Katsuhiro Okada, Masato Nishimura, Yuji Kawaharada
  • Patent number: 8808731
    Abstract: An adhesive pharmaceutical preparation which has a less irritation to the skin surface, keeps excellent stability of bisoprolol in the preparation, and allows continuous administration of a pharmacologically effective amount of bisoprolol into the living body, is provided. The adhesive preparation 10 comprises a support 1, an adhesive layer 2 laminated on one surface of the support 1. The adhesive layer 2 is characterized by containing bisoprolol, polyisobutylene, tackifier, and an organic liquid ingredient compatible to polyisobutylene and tackifier. Thus, an adhesive pharmaceutical preparation which has a good adhesiveness with less irritation to the skin and which gives almost no pain at peel-off or removal from the skin surface with leaving almost no paste, can be provided. In addition, bisoprolol is very stably maintained in the preparation and a pharmacologically effective amount of bisoprolol can be administered continuously into the living body through the skin surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Toa Eiyo Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwao, Katsuyuki Ookubo, Katsuhiro Okada, Kunihiro Minami, Shuichiro Yuasa
  • Patent number: 8703178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a percutaneous administration device of bisoprolol, which includes a backing; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing bisoprolol, which is laminated on one surface of the backing, wherein the maximum value of a release rate of bisoprolol during a period of from immediately after the application on skin until a lapse of 24 hours is 30 ?g/cm2/hr or less; and wherein the release rate of bisoprolol at the time of a lapse of 24 hours after the application on skin is 10 ?g/cm2/hr or less. The percutaneous administration device of the present invention is reduced in the skin irritation during the application, especially at the time of peeling, and is capable of persistently administrating a therapeutically or preventively effective amount of bisoprolol into a living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Toa Eiyo Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwao, Kensuke Matsuoka, Katsuhiro Okada, Kunihiro Minami, Shuichiro Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20140023695
    Abstract: A patch preparation containing a support and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains 2-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydrocycloocta[b]pyridine or a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, an acrylic polymer, lactic acid, sesame oil and one or more kinds of stabilizers selected from 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol and propyl gallate. A patch preparation containing a support and an adhesive layer containing lactic acid and magnesium aluminometasilicate and formed on at least one surface of the support, which preparation is superior in both skin permeability and adhesiveness in the presence of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yasuaki Okada, Katsuhiro OKada, Masato Nishimura, Yuji Kawaharada, Hiroo Maeda, Kazumitsu Yamamoto, Masayasu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130315978
    Abstract: The invention provides a patch and a patch preparation having an adhesive layer with a high adhesive force, wherein the hydrophobic adhesive layer does not bloom even when an organic fluid component having high polarity is contained therein. The patch contains a support and an adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a synthetic rubber having a viscosity average molecular weight of 1,700,000-6,500,000, an organic fluid component having high polarity, a tackifier, and magnesium aluminometasilicate. In the patch preparation, the above-mentioned adhesive layer further contains a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nishimura, Yoshihiro Iwao, Katsuhiro Okada, Kensuke Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20130315976
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a patch preparation containing a drug (excluding 2-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydrocycloocta[b]pyridine and a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof), which is superior in both the skin permeability of a drug, and adhesiveness in the presence of water. A patch preparation containing a support and an adhesive layer on one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a drug excluding 2-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydrocycloocta[b]pyridine and a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, an acrylic polymer, lactic acid and magnesium aluminometasilicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuaki Okada, Katsuhiro Okada, Masato Nishimura, Yuji Kawaharada
  • Publication number: 20130310777
    Abstract: The invention provides a patch and a patch preparation having an adhesive layer with a high adhesive force, wherein the hydrophobic adhesive layer does not bloom even when an organic fluid component having high polarity is contained therein. The patch contains a support and an adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a synthetic rubber having a viscosity average molecular weight of 500,000-1,600,000, an organic fluid component having high polarity, a tackifier, and magnesium aluminometasilicate. In the patch preparation, the above-mentioned adhesive layer further contains a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nishimura, Yoshihiro Iwao, Katsuhiro Okada, Kensuke Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20130302514
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to minimize the influence of lactic acid on the property of an adhesive layer, and provide a production method of a patch preparation, which is capable of affording a patch preparation superior in the property of an adhesive layer. A method of producing a patch preparation comprising (a): a step of forming an adhesive layer containing a drug (excluding 2-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydrocycloocta[b]pyridine and a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof), an acrylic polymer and an organic liquid component compatible with the acrylic polymer, but without containing lactic acid, and (b): a step of adding lactic acid to the aforementioned adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Okada, Masato Nishimura, Yuji Kawaharada, Yasuaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20130299850
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (2) is provided with first connecting wirings (641, 643, 645, 647) connected to gate terminals (51) to which extraction wirings (611, 613, 615, 617) are connected, second connecting wirings (642, 644, 646) connected to gate terminals (51) to which extraction wirings (612, 614, 616) are connected, bundled wirings (651 to 654) each composed of a mutually adjacent first connecting wiring and second connecting wiring bundled together, a first inspection wiring (66) capable of inputting an inspection signal to bundled wirings (652, 654) that are not adjacent to each other among the bundled wirings, and a second inspection wiring (67) capable of inputting an inspection signal to bundled wirings (651, 653) that are not adjacent to each other and not connected to the first inspection wiring (66) among the bundled wirings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Takehiko Kawamura, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20130293801
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel in which the adhesive strength between two substrates can be increased. This display panel is provided with: a glass substrate (1) having an interlayer insulating film (14) formed thereon; a glass substrate (2) having formed thereon a black matrix layer (17) and a opposite electrode (13); and a sealing member (3) disposed along the outer periphery of the glass substrate (2), the outer periphery including the corners (2b) of the glass substrate (2). Cut-outs (14b) are formed in the portions (14a) of the interlayer insulating film (14) which are superposed on the corners (2b), cut-outs (17b) are formed in the portions (17a) of the black matrix layer (17) which are located at the corners (2b), and cut-outs (13b) are formed in the portions (13a) of the opposite electrode (13) which are located at the corners (2b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 8502227
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (2) is provided with first connecting wirings (641, 643, 645, 647) connected to gate terminals (51) to which extraction wirings (611, 613, 615, 617) are connected, second connecting wirings (642, 644, 646) connected to gate terminals (51) to which extraction wirings (612, 614, 616) are connected, bundled wirings (651 to 654) each composed of a mutually adjacent first connecting wiring and second connecting wiring bunched together, a first inspection wiring (66) capable of inputting an inspection signal to bunched wirings (652, 654) that are not adjacent to each other among the bundled wirings, and a second inspection wiring (67) capable of inputting an inspection signal to bundled wirings (651, 653) that are not adjacent to each other and not connected to the first inspection wiring (66) among the bundled wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Takehiko Kawamura, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 8400597
    Abstract: Each of picture elements (14) has a plurality of alignment regions (R1, R2, R3, and R4), in each of which liquid crystal molecules contained in a liquid crystal layer are aligned in a direction that is different from those in the others of the plurality of alignment regions. Each of a plurality of scanning signal lines (32) and a border region (R11 and R12) between corresponding adjacent ones of the plurality of alignment regions (R1, R2, R3, and R4) at least partially overlap each other when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Morinaga, Katsushige Asada, Masahiro Yoshida, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Katsuhiro Mikumo, Kuniko Maeno, Ryohki Itoh, Satoshi Horiuchi, Tatsuji Saitoh, Isao Ogasawara, Kazunori Tanimoto, Katsuhiro Okada, Toshiaki Fujihara, Masakatsu Tominaga
  • Patent number: 8327903
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a transdermal absorption preparation includes an adhesive sheet supplying part to feed out a band-like first adhesive sheet into a runway, wherein the adhesive sheet has at least an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive and a liquid component compatible with the adhesive, a drug liquid application part to apply a given amount of a drug liquid to an adhesive face, and a traveling section for impregnation which is set in the runway after the drug liquid application part, during which the adhesive sheet is run for a period necessary for the applied drug liquid to soak into the adhesive layer without contact of the drug liquid coated face of the adhesive layer with other members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Satoda, Shunetsu Kikuchi, Kazuhisa Ninomiya, Katsuhiro Okada, Hitoshi Akemi