Patents by Inventor Katsuhito Murata

Katsuhito Murata 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: 20090022957
    Abstract: A decorative sheet has a structure of: a laminate sheet having a base film and a decorative layer formed on the base film; and a surface resin layer having a transparent resin layer and a printed layer formed in an image pattern on the transparent resin layer, being laminated on the laminate sheet at the decorative layer side. The surface resin layer is laminated so as the printed layer to come to the laminate sheet side, the surface of the laminate sheet at the decorative layer side forms an indented profile having concavities on the decorative layer recessed to the base film side, and the printed layer enters the concavities. The printed layer is a layer formed by printing a printing liquid containing a photocuring component containing polyurethane and polyester, a thermoplastic resin, and a solvent, in an image pattern on the transparent resin layer, and by removing the solvent from the printed printing liquid, and then by curing the photocuring component under light irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Aso, Satoshi Tamura, Hiroyuki Nihashi, Katsuhito Murata, Takeshi Fukuda, Shinichi Umeda