Patents by Inventor Keiichiro Tomioka
Keiichiro Tomioka 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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Method for producing cationized cellulose and method for producing cationized hydroxyalkyl cellulose
Patent number: 9040681Abstract: A production method of a cationized cellulose or a cationized hydroxyalkylcellulose, including step 1 for adding a cationizing agent to cellulose and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose and step 2 for adding a basic compound to the mixture obtained in step 1 and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose, or a production method of a cationized cellulose or a cationized hydroxyalkylcellulose, including a step 3 for adding a basic compound to cellulose and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose and step 4 for adding a cationizing agent to the mixture obtained in step 3 and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose. The cellulose and the cationizing agent are allowed to react with each other in step 2 or step 4.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Akiyoshi Kimura, Keiichiro Tomioka, Toru Nishioka, Kohei Nakanishi -
Patent number: 8436165Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose having a reduced cellulose I-type crystallinity from a cellulose-containing raw material in an efficient manner with an excellent productivity. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose from a raw material comprising at least 20% by weight, based on the weight of the raw material excluding water contained therein, of a cellulose having a cellulose I-type crystallinity of more than 33% as calculated from the following formula: Cellulose I-type Crystallinity (%)=[(I22.6?I18.5)/I22.6]×100 wherein I22.6 is a diffraction intensity of a lattice plane (002 plane) as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 22.6° in X-ray diffraction analysis; and I18.5 is a diffraction intensity of an amorphous moiety as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 18.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Naoki Nojiri, Masahiro Umehara, Tomohito Kitsuki, Munehisa Okutsu, Keiichiro Tomioka
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATIONIZED CELLULOSE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATIONIZED HYDROXYALKYL CELLULOSE
Publication number: 20130005957Abstract: A production method of a cationized cellulose or a cationized hydroxyalkylcellulose, including step 1 for adding a cationizing agent to cellulose and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose and step 2 for adding a basic compound to the mixture obtained in step 1 and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose, or a production method of a cationized cellulose or a cationized hydroxyalkylcellulose, including a step 3 for adding a basic compound to cellulose and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose and step 4 for adding a cationizing agent to the mixture obtained in step 3 and mechanically decrystallizing the cellulose. The cellulose and the cationizing agent are allowed to react with each other in step 2 or step 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Kimura, Keiichiro Tomioka, Toru Nishioka, Kohei Nakanishi -
Publication number: 20120103324Abstract: The invention relates to a highly productive process for producing decrystallized cellulose which includes treating a cellulose-containing raw material by means of a mill, wherein the cellulose-containing raw material has a cellulose content of a residue obtained by removing water from the cellulose-containing raw material of 20 mass % or more, has a cellulose I-type crystallinity of cellulose more than 33% as calculated from the following formula (1): Cellulose I-type Crystallinity (%)=[(I22.6?I18.5)/I22.6]×100??(1), wherein I22.6 is a diffraction intensity of a lattice plane (002 plane) as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 22.6° in X-ray diffraction analysis; and I18.5 is a diffraction intensity of an amorphous moiety as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 18.5° in X-ray diffraction analysis, and has a water content of 1.8 mass % or less, to thereby reduce the cellulose I-type crystallinity to 33% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutomo Osaki, Keiichiro Tomioka, Naoki Nojiri, Masahiro Umehara, Masafumi Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20110003341Abstract: A process for producing saccharide, including saccharifying decrystallized cellulose prepared from a raw material containing cellulose having cellulose I-type crystallinity of more than 33%, the process including: treating the cellulose-containing raw material by means of a mill to reduce the cellulose I-type crystallinity of the cellulose to 33% or less, wherein the cellulose-containing raw material has a cellulose content of a residue obtained by removing water from the cellulose-containing raw material of 20% by weight or more, to thereby prepare decrystallized cellulose, and causing a cellulase and/or a hemicellulase to act on the decrystallized cellulose.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Nojiri, Masahiro Umehara, Keiichiro Tomioka, Takako Kawano, Tomohito Kitsuki, Munehisa Okutsu, Akinori Ogawa
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Publication number: 20100105891Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose having a reduced cellulose I-type crystallinity from a cellulose-containing raw material in an efficient manner with an excellent productivity. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a decrystallized cellulose from a raw material containing a cellulose having a cellulose I-type crystallinity of more than 33% as calculated from the following formula: Cellulose I-type Crystallinity (%)=[(I22.6?I18.5)/I22.6]×100 wherein I22.6 is a diffraction intensity of a lattice plane (002 plane) as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 22.6° in X-ray diffraction analysis; and I18.5 is a diffraction intensity of an amorphous moiety as measured at a diffraction angle 2? of 18.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Naoki Nojiri, Masahiro Umehara, Tomohito Kitsuki, Munehisa Okutsu, Keiichiro Tomioka
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Patent number: 6667382Abstract: The present invention provides an amine or polyamine, which has a surface activity not inferior to a solid tallow-based amine and an excellent workability. A salt of the amine is suited for emulsifying asphalt and the like, and also provides an asphalt emulsion composition which is obtained by using the salt and which has a quick setting property. Namely, the prevent invention provides a polyamine represented by the formula (1), a process for producing the amine, and an asphalt emulsion composition containing a water-soluble salt of the amine. wherein R is a straight or branched hydrocarbon group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms; x is a number of 1 to 5; and each of y and z is a number of 0 to 5 with the proviso that both of y and z are not 0 at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2000Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kazuo Isobe, Ryoichi Tamaki, Keiichiro Tomioka, Wataru Yoshida, Tetsuaki Fukushima, Uichiro Nishimoto
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Patent number: 6261356Abstract: The present invention provides an additive for asphalt which causes an improvement in anti-stripping effect of asphalt from aggregates, and exhibits the effect quickly. That is, the present invention provides an asphalt-additive composition comprising (A) a specific acidic phosphoric acid compound, and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, alcohol having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, carboxylic acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms and triglyceride thereof; with the proviso that the amount of the (B) component is 25-400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the (A) component.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kazuo Isobe, Ryoichi Tamaki, Keiichiro Tomioka
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Patent number: 6048905Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid amine composition for an emulsifier for bitumen which can impart, to a bituminous emulsion, more excellent emulsifying stability and adhesive properties to aggregates than conventional products. The liquid amine composition for the emulsifier for bitumen of the present invention comprises (1) 5 to 70% by weight a monoamine having an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group of 8 to 22 carbon atoms, (2) 20 to 80% by weight of a polyamine having an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group of 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and (3) 10 to 75% by weight of an organic acid of 4 to 18 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1998Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Katsuhiko Asamori, Shigeru Nagao, Ryoichi Tamaki, Takao Taniguchi, Keiichiro Tomioka, Kouji Koyanagi
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Patent number: 6024788Abstract: The present invention provides an asphalt composition comprising an asphalt and antistripping additive comprising at least one of the compound having the formula (I), (II) or (III):[R.sup.1 O--(PO).sub.m (EO).sub.n ].sub.x --P(=O)--(OH).sub.y(I)wherein R.sup.1 represents a linear hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 24 carbon atoms or an alkyl phenyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, PO represents oxypropylene group, EO represents oxyethylene group, each of m and n represents the number of added molecules, m is a number of 1 to 6, n is a number of 0 to 6;[R.sup.2 O--(PO).sub.m (EO).sub.n ].sub.x --P(=O)--(OH).sub.y(II)wherein R.sup.2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having a branched methyl group and having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, PO represents oxypropylene group, EO represents oxyethylene group, each of m and n represents the number of added molecules, m is a number of 0 to 6, n is a number of 0 to 6; and[R.sup.3 O--(PO).sub.m (EO).sub.n ].sub.x --P(=O)--(OH).sub.y(III)wherein R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1998Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Keiichiro Tomioka, Ryoichi Tamaki, Kazuo Isobe
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Patent number: 6008158Abstract: The efficacy of an agricultural chemical can be enhanced by using an enhancer for agricultural chemicals represented by the following formulas (I) or (II) together with the agricultural chemical: ##STR1## The enhancer for agricultural chemicals according to the present invention can safely be applied to various crops without doing chemical injury thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1998Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Keiko Hasebe, Keiichiro Tomioka, Tadayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Hioki
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Patent number: 5948421Abstract: An aqueous liquid agricultural composition which is excellent in liquid stability even when it contains an agricultural chemical at a high concentration comprises (a) a water-soluble agricultural chemical, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following formula (I) and derivatives thereof, and (c) at least one member selected from the group consisting of salts of compounds represented by the following formula (II) with acids and compounds represented by the following formula (III): ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1997Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignees: Kao Corporation, Monsanto CompanyInventors: Tetsuya Okano, Keiko Hasebe, Tadayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Hioki, Keiichiro Tomioka, Tatsuo Sato
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Patent number: 5849663Abstract: The efficacy of an agricultural chemical can be enhanced by using an enhancer for agricultural chemicals represented by the following formulas (I) or (II) together with the agricultural chemical: ##STR1## The enhancer for agricultural chemicals according to the present invention can safely be applied to various crops without doing chemical injury thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Keiko Hasebe, Keiichiro Tomioka, Tadayuki Suzuki, Yuichi Hioki
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Patent number: 5563111Abstract: A method for enhancing the effectiveness of an agricultural chemical which comprises incorporating a specific enhancer into a diluted solution of the agricultural chemical.The specific enhancer is a quaternary ammonium salt or a amine.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1994Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yuichi Hioki, Keiko Hasebe, Tadayuki Suzuki, Osamu Tachizawa, Takeshi Tomifuji, Tohru Katoh, Kohshiro Sotoya, Keiichiro Tomioka, Uichiro Nishimoto, Yoshifumi Nishimoto, Yasuki Ohtawa