Patents by Inventor Kazuki Niimi

Kazuki Niimi 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: 20230056339
    Abstract: A fused polycyclic aromatic compound represented by formula (1) is provided. In formula (1), one of R1 and R2 is a substituent group represented by general formula (2). In formula (2), n is from 0 to 2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a divalent linking group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from an aromatic hydrocarbon compound or a divalent linking group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from a 6-membered or more heterocyclic compound containing a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, with a plurality of R4 groups able to be the same as or different from each other when n is 2, and R5 represents a residue obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from an aromatic hydrocarbon compound or a residue obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from a 6-membered or more heterocyclic compound containing a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Tone, Nozomi Onodera, Hidenori Yakushiji, Kazuki Niimi, Satoshi Iwata, Taku Iino, Shunsuke Hori
  • Publication number: 20230047095
    Abstract: The present invention includes a fused polycyclic aromatic compound represented by general formula (1), where in formula (1), one among R1 and R2 is represented by general formula (2) and represents a substituent having three to five ring structures, and the other among R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, where in formula (2), n represents an integer of 0-2R. —R3 represents a divalent linking group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from benzene or naphthalene, R4 represents a divalent linking group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from an aromatic ring of an aromatic hydrocarbon, and when n is 2, a plurality of R4's may be the same as or different from each other, R5 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Tone, Nozomi Onodera, Hidenori Yakushiji, Kazuki Niimi, Satoshi Iwata, Taku Iino, Shunsuke Hori
  • Patent number: 11374044
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a material for a photoelectric conversion element for use in an imaging element, the material containing a compound represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R1 and R2 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted fused heterocyclic aromatic group). The material can provide a photoelectric conversion element having excellent hole and electron leakage preventing properties, hole and electron transport properties, heat tolerance to processing temperatures, and visible light transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Niimi, Yusuke Tone, Hidenori Yakushiji
  • Patent number: 10825995
    Abstract: The present invention provides a material for photoelectric conversion elements for use in imaging elements which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1). The material for photoelectric conversion elements for use in imaging elements, which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1), is used to produce a photoelectric conversion element which is excellent in terms of hole- or electron-leakage prevention, thermal resistance to processing temperatures, transparency to visible light, etc. In formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Yakushiji, Kazuki Niimi, Ryoutarou Morita, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Toshifumi Inouchi, Masahiro Hamada
  • Publication number: 20190157321
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a material for a photoelectric conversion element for use in an imaging element, the material containing a compound represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R1 and R2 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted fused heterocyclic aromatic group). The material can provide a photoelectric conversion element having excellent hole and electron leakage preventing properties, hole and electron transport properties, heat tolerance to processing temperatures, and visible light transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki Niimi, Yusuke Tone, Hidenori Yakushiji
  • Patent number: 10175557
    Abstract: There is provided an optical wavelength conversion element with a good temporal stability and such a high optical wavelength conversion efficiency that the element is viable even under sunlight or similar, low intensity light. Owing to these properties, the element is suited for use in solar cells, photocatalysts, photocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen generating devices, photon upconversion filters, and like articles. The optical wavelength conversion element is visually homogeneous and transparent and produced by dissolving and/or dispersing in an ionic liquid (C) a combination of organic photosensitizing molecules (A) and organic light-emitting molecules (B) that exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Nippon Kayaku KabushikiKaisha, Tokyo Institute Of Technology
    Inventors: Yoichi Murakami, Toshiyuki Ito, Ryoutarou Morita, Kazuki Niimi, Noriko Kiyoganagi
  • Publication number: 20180375033
    Abstract: The present invention provides a material for photoelectric conversion elements for use in imaging elements which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1). The material for photoelectric conversion elements for use in imaging elements, which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1), is used to produce a photoelectric conversion element which is excellent in terms of hole- or electron-leakage prevention, thermal resistance to processing temperatures, transparency to visible light, etc. In formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori YAKUSHIJI, Kazuki NIIMI, Ryoutarou MORITA, Tatsuya YAMAMOTO, Toshifumi INOUCHI, Masahiro HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170084758
    Abstract: There is provided an optical wavelength conversion element with a good temporal stability and such a high optical wavelength conversion efficiency that the element is viable even under sunlight or similar, low intensity light. Owing to these properties, the element is suited for use in solar cells, photocatalysts, photocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen generating devices, photon upconversion filters, and like articles. The optical wavelength conversion element is visually homogeneous and transparent and produced by dissolving and/or dispersing in an ionic liquid (C) a combination of organic photosensitizing molecules (A) and organic light-emitting molecules (B) that exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yoichi Murakami, Toshiyuki Ito, Ryoutarou Morita, Kazuki Niimi, Noriko Kiyoyanagi
  • Publication number: 20170040550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a material for photoelectric conversion elements for use in imaging elements which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1). The material for photoelectric conversion elements for use in imaging elements, which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1), is used to produce a photoelectric conversion element which is excellent in terms of hole- or electron-leakage prevention, thermal resistance to processing temperatures, transparency to visible light, etc. (In formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori YAKUSHIJI, Kazuki NIIMI, Ryoutarou MORITA, Tatsuya YAMAMOTO, Toshifumi INOUCHI, Masahiro HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160312113
    Abstract: There is provided an optical wavelength conversion element with a good temporal stability and such a high optical wavelength conversion efficiency that the element is viable even under sunlight or similar, low intensity light. Owing to these properties, the element is suited for use in solar cells, photocatalysts, photocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen generating devices, photon upconversion filters, and like articles. The optical wavelength conversion element is visually homogeneous and transparent and produced by dissolving and/or dispersing in an ionic liquid (C) a combination of organic photosensitizing molecules (A) and organic light-emitting molecules (B) that exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation. When the ionic liquid (C) is washed with a volume of ultrapure water that is 9 times as much as the volume of the ionic liquid (C), the water resulting from the washing has a pH larger than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Yoichi Murakami, Toshiyuki Ito, Ryoutarou Morita, Kazuki Niimi, Noriko Kiyoyanagi
  • Patent number: 9018630
    Abstract: Provided are a novel heterocyclic compound represented by formula (1), and a field-effect transistor having a semiconductor layer comprising the aforementioned compound. Also provided is a method for producing an intermediate enabling the production of the aforementioned novel heterocyclic compound. (In the formula, R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a C2-16 alkyl group or an aryl group. However, when R1 each independently represents a C2-16 alkyl group or an aryl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or each independently represents an aryl group; and when R1 represents a hydrogen atom, R2 each independently represents an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Takimiya, Kazuki Niimi, Hirokazu Kuwabara, Yuichi Sadamitsu, Eisei Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20130330876
    Abstract: Provided are a novel heterocyclic compound represented by formula (1), and a field-effect transistor having a semiconductor layer comprising the aforementioned compound. Also provided is a method for producing an intermediate enabling the production of the aforementioned novel heterocyclic compound. (In the formula, R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a C2-16 alkyl group or an aryl group. However, when R1 each independently represents a C2-16 alkyl group or an aryl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or each independently represents an aryl group; and when R1 represents a hydrogen atom, R2 each independently represents an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuo Takimiya, Kazuki Niimi, Hirokazu Kuwabara, Yuichi Sadamitsu, Eisei Kanoh