Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yokoi

Kazuhiro Yokoi 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: 8573765
    Abstract: The present invention provides an active radiation curable ink composition including: (A) a polymer having two or more acidic groups or two or more basic groups; (B) a polymerizable monomer having a substituent group capable of forming a counter salt with the acidic group or basic group of the polymer (A); (C) a photo-polymerization initiator; and (D) a polymerizable monomer having a different structure from the polymerizable monomer (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20130260092
    Abstract: Disclosed is an actinic radiation-curing type ink composition comprising (Component A) a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer and (Component B) a polyfunctional acrylate oligomer having a glass transition temperature of no greater than 20° C. and having an acrylate equivalent of at least 300 g/eq, Component A comprising (Component A-1) an N-vinyl compound and (Component A-2) an acrylamide derivative, Component A having a content of at least 70 mass % of the entire ink composition, and Component A-1 having a content of at least 18 mass % of the entire ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjiro ARAKI, Atsushi SAKAMOTO, Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Patent number: 8449101
    Abstract: An active radiation curable ink composition is disclosed. The ink composition includes a compound having a persulfide bond, at least one end of the persulfide bond being bonded to a ring structure directly or via a carbonyl group or a thiocarbonyl group; one or more radical polymerizable compounds; and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8436069
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing: a radical polymerizable compound; a photopolymerization initiator, and a chain transfer agent; and the radical polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional monomer at a ratio of 85% by weight or more in the total weight of the radical polymerizable compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8361603
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing: a polymer having a polyoxyalkylene group and a partial structure selected from the group consisting of a fluoroalkyl group, a siloxane skeleton and a long-chain alkyl group; a polymerizable compound; and a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8344045
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a polymerizable silicone compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a silicone chain, (B) tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate, and (C) a radical polymerization initiator. There are also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging onto a recording medium the ink composition and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation, a printed material obtained by the inkjet recording method, and a process for producing a formed printed material that includes (a2) a step of forming an image on a support by discharging the ink composition by an inkjet method, (b2) a step of obtaining a printed material having a cured image on the support by irradiating the obtained image with actinic radiation so as to cure the ink composition, and (c2) a step of molding the printed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Ohnishi, Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8299142
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition having excellent ink ejection stability and stretching property, curable with a high sensitivity by irradiation of radiation rays, and capable of forming an image excellent in rubfastness and blocking resistance, an inkjet recording method using the ink composition, and a printed article. The ink composition includes (a) a polymer having a siloxane structure and a polymerizable group on a side chain thereof, (b) a polymerizable compound, and (c) a photopolymerization initiator, and the inkjet recording method includes a step of ejecting the ink composition onto a recording medium to be recorded with an inkjet recording apparatus and a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating active radiation rays on the ejected ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8240838
    Abstract: An ink composition for inkjet recording is provided. The ink composition contains (a) a monomer containing a fluorinated alkylene group and two or more polymerizable groups, (b) a photo initiator, and (c) a polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokoi, Taiji Katsumata
  • Patent number: 8168695
    Abstract: This invention provides an ink composition capable of forming an image which has favorable curing sensitivity, is excellent in rubbing resistance and blocking properties, and has controlled surface stickiness and improved surface curing properties, an inkjet recording method using the ink composition, and a printed material; and the ink composition containing a polymer (a) including a partial structure selected from the group consisting of fluorine-substituted hydrocarbon group, a siloxane skeleton group, and a long-chain alkyl group; a radical polymerizable group, and a tertiary amine structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokoi, Yuuichi Hayata
  • Publication number: 20120028002
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actinic ray curable ink composition for inkjet recording, which has a high sensitivity for inhibiting a blocking phenomenon and capability for forming an image, obtained by curing, which exhibits excellent shaping suitability and punching suitability, and which includes: a colorant; a polymerization initiator; a polymerizable monomer; and organic fine particles, the polymerizable monomer containing a monofunctional monomer in an amount of 90% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the polymerizable monomer, and organic fine particles that are crosslinked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOKOI, Kenjiro ARAKI
  • Patent number: 8097688
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing (A) a polymer compound having (a-1) a photoradical generation site and (a-2) at least one segregation site selected from a fluoroalkyl group, a siloxane structure, and a long-chain alkyl group, (B) a radical-polymerizable compound, and (C) a photoradical generator having a structure different from that of (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokoi, Tokihiko Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20110241264
    Abstract: The present invention provides an active radiation curable ink composition including: (A) a polymer having two or more acidic groups or two or more basic groups; (B) a polymerizable monomer having a substituent group capable of forming a counter salt with the acidic group or basic group of the polymer (A); (C) a photo-polymerization initiator; and (D) a polymerizable monomer having a different structure from the polymerizable monomer (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20110236650
    Abstract: The present invention provides an active radiation curable ink composition for inkjet recording, the active radiation curable ink composition including: (A) a polymer containing a repeating unit having a radically polymerizable group and having a bicyclo ring structure or a tricyclo ring structure at a site forming a part of a main chain thereof, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a radically polymerizable compound having a structure different from that of the (A) radical polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20110074896
    Abstract: An active radiation curable ink composition is disclosed. The ink composition includes a compound having a persulfide bond, at least one end of the persulfide bond being bonded to a ring structure directly or via a carbonyl group or a thiocarbonyl group; one or more radical polymerizable compounds; and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Patent number: 7900558
    Abstract: The invention provides a radiation-curable polymerizable composition of the invention having (a) a hindered amine compound having no nucleophilic moiety in a molecule, (b) a photo-acid generating agent and (c) a cationic polymerizable monomer. The invention further provides an ink composition formed of the radiation-curable polymerizable composition, a method for ink jet recording having: ejecting the ink composition onto a recording medium by using an ink jet recording apparatus and irradiating the ejected ink composition so as to cure the ink composition, and a printed material obtained thereby. The invention further provides a method for forming a planographic printing plate having: ejecting the ink composition onto a hydrophilic recording medium by using an ink jet recording apparatus; and irradiating the ejected ink composition so as to cure the ink composition for forming a hydrophobic region, and a planographic printing plate obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20100249261
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing: a radical polymerizable compound; a photopolymerization initiator, and a chain transfer agent; and the radical polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional monomer at a ratio of 85% by weight or more in the total weight of the radical polymerizable compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20100247873
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing: a polymer having a polyoxyalkylene group and a partial structure selected from the group consisting of a fluoroalkyl group, a siloxane skeleton and a long-chain alkyl group; a polymerizable compound; and a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20100239830
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a polymerizable silicone compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a silicone chain, (B) tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate, and (C) a radical polymerization initiator. There are also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging onto a recording medium the ink composition and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation, a printed material obtained by the inkjet recording method, and a process for producing a formed printed material that includes (a2) a step of forming an image on a support by discharging the ink composition by an inkjet method, (b2) a step of obtaining a printed material having a cured image on the support by irradiating the obtained image with actinic radiation so as to cure the ink composition, and (c2) a step of molding the printed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Ohnishi, Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20100227076
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing (A) a polymer compound having (a-1) a photoradical generation site and (a-2) at least one segregation site selected from a fluoroalkyl group, a siloxane structure, and a long-chain alkyl group, (B) a radical-polymerizable compound, and (C) a photoradical generator having a structure different from that of (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOKOI, Tokihiko MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 7713462
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes a perfluoroalkyl group-containing polymer, a polymerizable monomer, and a radical polymerization initiator, in which at least 80 wt % of the polymerizable monomer is a monofunctional polymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional acrylate, a monofunctional methacrylate, a monofunctional vinyloxy compound, a monofunctional N-vinyl compound, a monofunctional acrylamide, and a monofunctional methacrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hayata, Kazuhiro Yokoi