Patents by Inventor Ken Miyagi

Ken Miyagi 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: 11780948
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure includes a block copolymer having a block (b1) formed of a repeating structure of styrene units, the block (b1) being partially substituted with a constituent unit represented by the following General Formula (c1) and a block (b2) having a repeating structure of methyl methacrylate units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Ken Miyagi, Takahiro Dazai, Toshifumi Satoh, Takuya Isono, Shunma Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11472956
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure containing a block copolymer having a first block and a second block, in which the first block is formed of a constituent unit represented by Formula (b1), the second block is formed of a constituent unit represented by Formula (b2m) and a random copolymer having a constituent unit represented by Formula (b2g), and a ratio of a volume of the first block is 20% to 80% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Teruaki Hayakawa, Lei Dong, Takahiro Dazai, Ken Miyagi, Takayoshi Mori, Daisuke Kawana
  • Patent number: 11466114
    Abstract: A composition for forming a phase-separated structure contains a block copolymer having a block (b1) consisting of a repeating structure of a styrene unit and a block (b2) consisting of a repeating structure of a methyl methacrylate unit, in which the block (b2) is disposed at least at one terminal portion of the block copolymer, the block copolymer has a structure (e1) represented by General Formula (e1) at least at one main chain terminal, and the structure (e1) is bonded to the main chain terminal of the block (b2) disposed at a terminal portion of the block copolymer. Ree0 represents a hydrocarbon group containing a hetero atom, and Re1 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ken Miyagi, Takahiro Dazai, Toshifumi Satoh, Takuya Isono
  • Publication number: 20220138305
    Abstract: [Problem] To easily and accurately perform authentication at low cost. [Means to Solve Problem] Provided is an authentication object C1 that serves as a target of authentication performed by an authentication system, comprising an authentication medium M1 having authentication information that includes a feature related to a pattern of a part of a phase separation structure formed on a substrate from a resin composition for phase separation structure formation and is to be acquired by an acquisition device provided in the authentication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KUROSAWA, Ken MIYAGI, Takahiro DAZAI
  • Publication number: 20220017741
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure containing a block copolymer having a first block and a second block, in which the first block is formed of a constituent unit represented by Formula (b1), the second block is formed of a constituent unit represented by Formula (b2m) and a random copolymer having a constituent unit represented by Formula (b2g), and a ratio of a volume of the first block is 20% to 80% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Teruaki HAYAKAWA, Lei DONG, Takahiro DAZAI, Ken MIYAGI, Takayoshi MORI, Daisuke KAWANA
  • Publication number: 20210230340
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure includes a block copolymer having a block (b1) formed of a repeating structure of styrene units, the block (b1) being partially substituted with a constituent unit represented by the following General Formula (c1) and a block (b2) having a repeating structure of methyl methacrylate units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ken MIYAGI, Takahiro DAZAI, Toshifumi SATOH, Takuya ISONO, Shunma TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10995234
    Abstract: A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including: a step of using a resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure including a block copolymer and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety to form a BCP layer (3) containing a block copolymer on a substrate (1); and a step of vaporizing at least a part of the compound (IL), and phase-separating the BCP layer (3) to obtain a structure (3?) containing a phase-separated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Dazai, Hitoshi Yamano, Akiya Kawaue, Ken Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20210017343
    Abstract: A method of producing a purified product of a resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, the method including subjecting a resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure to filtration using a filter having a porous structure in which adjacent spherical cells are mutually communicating, the filter being provided with a porous membrane containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyimide and polyamideimide, and the resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure including a block copolymer and an organic solvent component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro Dazai, Ken MIYAGI
  • Publication number: 20200369819
    Abstract: A composition for forming a phase-separated structure contains a block copolymer having a block (b1) consisting of a repeating structure of a styrene unit and a block (b2) consisting of a repeating structure of a methyl methacrylate unit, in which the block (b2) is disposed at least at one terminal portion of the block copolymer, the block copolymer has a structure (e1) represented by General Formula (e1) at least at one main chain terminal, and the structure (e1) is bonded to the main chain terminal of the block (b2) disposed at a terminal portion of the block copolymer. Ree0 represents a hydrocarbon group containing a hetero atom, and Re1 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ken Miyagi, Takahiro Dazai, Toshifumi Satoh, Takuya Isono
  • Publication number: 20200183281
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, the resin composition including a block copolymer, an ion liquid and an organic solvent component, the ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety, and the organic solvent component containing an organic solvent (S1) having a boiling point of lower than 150° C., and an organic solvent (S2) having a boiling point of 150° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro DAZAI, Ken MIYAGI
  • Publication number: 20190284387
    Abstract: A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including using a resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure including a block copolymer having a period L0 and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety to form a BCP layer containing a block copolymer and having a thickness of d (nm) on a substrate; and vaporizing at least a part of the compound (IL), and phase-separating the BCP layer to obtain a structure containing a phase-separated structure, wherein, in step (i), the BCP layer is formed such that the period L0 (nm) of the block copolymer and the thickness d (nm) of the BCP layer satisfies the following formula (1): Thickness d/Period L0=n+a ??(1) wherein n represents an integer of 0 or more; and a is a number which satisfies 0<a<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro DAZAI, Ken MIYAGI
  • Publication number: 20190276698
    Abstract: A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including: a step of using a resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure including a block copolymer and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety to form a BCP layer (3) containing a block copolymer on a substrate (1); and a step of vaporizing at least a part of the compound (IL), and phase-separating the BCP layer (3) to obtain a structure (3?) containing a phase-separated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro DAZAI, Hitoshi YAMANO, Akiya KAWAUE, Ken MIYAGI
  • Patent number: 10179866
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, including: a block copolymer, and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety, the cation moiety of the compound (IL) having a dipole moment of 3 debye or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    Inventors: Akiya Kawaue, Takehiro Seshimo, Takaya Maehashi, Tasuku Matsumiya, Ken Miyagi, Hitoshi Yamano, Xuanxuan Chen, Paul Franklin Nealey
  • Patent number: 10100221
    Abstract: A method of forming a structure containing a phase-separated structure, the method including applying a block copolymer composition including an organic solvent component (S) and a block copolymer in which a block of polystyrene or a polystyrene derivative is bonded to at least one kind of block to a substrate to form a layer containing the block copolymer; and phase-separating the layer containing the block. The value of an interaction distance RaPS(MPa1/2) between the Hansen solubility parameter of the organic solvent component (S) and the Hansen solubility parameter of polystyrene or the polystyrene derivative satisfying the following formula (1). 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamano, Tasuku Matsumiya, Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, Taku Hirayama, Ken Miyagi, Katsumi Ohmori
  • Patent number: 10066096
    Abstract: A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, which includes mixing a block copolymer which includes a hydrophobic polymer block and a hydrophilic polymer block and is incapable of forming a phase-separated structure, with a homopolymer compatible with the hydrophilic polymer block or a homopolymer compatible with the hydrophobic polymer block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, Tasuku Matsumiya, Masahito Yahagi, Hitoshi Yamano, Ken Miyagi, Daiju Shiono, Taku Hirayama, Katsumi Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20180072564
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure includes a block copolymer having a block (b1) having a repeating structure of styrene units; a block (b2) having a repeating structure of methyl methacrylate units partially substituted with a constituent unit represented by general formula (h1); and a number average molecular weight of less than 28,000. In general formula (h1), Rh0 is a hydrophilic functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ken MIYAGI, Takehiro SESHIMO, Takaya MAEHASHI, Takahiro DAZAI, Hitoshi YAMANO, Toshifumi SATOH, Takuya ISONO
  • Patent number: 9914847
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, including: a block copolymer, and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety, the energy of the LUMO of the cation moiety being ?4.5 eV or more, and the energy difference between the LUMO and the HOMO of the cation moiety being 10.0 ev or more, or the Log P value of the anion moiety being 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    Inventors: Akiya Kawaue, Takehiro Seshimo, Takaya Maehashi, Tasuku Matsumiya, Ken Miyagi, Hitoshi Yamano, Xuanxuan Chen, Paul Franklin Nealey
  • Publication number: 20170362460
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, including: a block copolymer, and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety, the energy of the LUMO of the cation moiety being ?4.5 eV or more, and the energy difference between the LUMO and the HOMO of the cation moiety being 10.0 ev or more, or the Log P value of the anion moiety being 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Akiya KAWAUE, Takehiro SESHIMO, Takaya MAEHASHI, Tasuku MATSUMIYA, Ken MIYAGI, Hitoshi YAMANO, Xuanxuan CHEN, Paul Franklin NEALEY
  • Patent number: 9834696
    Abstract: An undercoat agent including a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded formed on a substrate. The undercoat agent contains a resin component that includes a structural unit having an aromatic ring and a structural unit having no aromatic ring, and the resin component includes a group which can interact with the substrate and does not include a 3 to 7-membered, ether-containing cyclic group; and a method of forming a pattern of a layer containing a block copolymer. The method includes applying an undercoat agent to a substrate to form a layer containing the undercoat agent; forming a layer containing a block copolymer having multiple blocks bonded on a surface of the layer containing the undercoat agent, followed by a phase separation of the layer containing the block copolymer; and selectively removing a phase containing at least one block of multiple blocks constituting the block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Senzaki, Ken Miyagi, Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, Daiju Shiono, Tasuku Matsumiya, Kenichiro Miyashita, Katsumi Ohmori
  • Patent number: 9828519
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, including a block copolymer, and an ion liquid containing a compound having a cation moiety and an anion moiety, the anion moiety being represented by general formula (a1), (a2) or (a3), in which X? represents an alkylene group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a fluorine atom; Y? and Z? each independently represents an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a fluorine atom; R? represents an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted with a fluorine atom, m represents an integer of 1 to 6, and n represents an integer of 0 to 5, provided that m+n=6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    Inventors: Akiya Kawaue, Takehiro Seshimo, Takaya Maehashi, Tasuku Matsumiya, Ken Miyagi, Hitoshi Yamano, Xuanxuan Chen, Paul Franklin Nealey