Patents by Inventor Kouichirou Okumura

Kouichirou Okumura 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: 10125284
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet, the aqueous ink including a pigment and a resin for dispersing the pigment. The pigment is impregnated with a compound having a structure in which at least two structures each represented by General Formula (1) are bonded by a glycoside bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keigo Gouda, Shin-ichi Hakamada, Hisao Kamo, Hitoshi Nagashima, Daiji Okamura, Takakazu Mizutani, Masahito Miyabe, Isamu Oguri, Kouichirou Okumura
  • Publication number: 20170335125
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet, the aqueous ink including a pigment and a resin for dispersing the pigment. The pigment is impregnated with a compound having a structure in which at least two structures each represented by General Formula (1) are bonded by a glycoside bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Keigo Gouda, Shin-ichi Hakamada, Hisao Kamo, Hitoshi Nagashima, Daiji Okamura, Takakazu Mizutani, Masahito Miyabe, Isamu Oguri, Kouichirou Okumura
  • Patent number: 9243155
    Abstract: An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a self-dispersing pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The molar ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 100.0/0 or less. The ink jet ink may be capable of producing an image having high optical density, scratch resistance, and highlighter resistance, and which has excellent ink ejection stability and can reduce image deflection caused by face wetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiji Okamura, Kousuke Yamasaki, Kenji Moribe, Kouichirou Okumura, Kenichi Shiiba, Hiromitsu Kishi
  • Patent number: 8690307
    Abstract: An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The pigment is dispersed using a polymer other than the polyurethane polymer. The molar ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 100.0/0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichirou Okumura, Kenichi Shiiba, Daiji Okamura, Kousuke Yamasaki, Kenji Moribe, Hiromitsu Kishi
  • Patent number: 8684509
    Abstract: An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The pigment is dispersed using a polymer other than the polyurethane polymer. The ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 98.5/1.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kousuke Yamasaki, Hiromitsu Kishi, Daiji Okamura, Kenji Moribe, Kouichirou Okumura, Kenichi Shiiba
  • Publication number: 20140015895
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet ink that produces an image having high optical density, scratch resistance, and highlighter resistance, has excellent ink ejection stability, and can reduce image deflection caused by face wetting. The ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a self-dispersing pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The molar ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 100.0/0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiji Okamura, Kousuke Yamasaki, Kenji Moribe, Kouichirou Okumura, Kenichi Shiiba, Hiromitsu Kishi
  • Publication number: 20120249663
    Abstract: An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The pigment is dispersed using a polymer other than the polyurethane polymer. The molar ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 100.0/0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichirou Okumura, Kenichi Shiiba, Daiji Okamura, Kousuke Yamasaki, Kenji Moribe, Hiromitsu Kishi
  • Publication number: 20120249662
    Abstract: An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The pigment is dispersed using a polymer other than the polyurethane polymer. The ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 98.5/1.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kousuke Yamasaki, Hiromitsu Kishi, Daiji Okamura, Kenji Moribe, Kouichirou Okumura, Kenichi Shiiba
  • Patent number: 7060961
    Abstract: An image sensing element having a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arranged in one or two dimensions and a low refractive index part provided on the periphery of the high refractive index part. The interface between the high refractive index part and the low refractive index part has a surface that is substantially parallel to the optical axis of an image sensing lens and a slanted surface having an angle that differs from that of the parallel surface. The slanted surface is disposed on a portion of a surface near the optical axis of the image sensing lens, the portion being on a side that light rays from the image sensing lens enters the image sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Dobashi, Akihiko Nagano, Kouichirou Okumura
  • Publication number: 20050139750
    Abstract: An image sensing element having a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arranged in one or two dimensions and a low refractive index part provided on the periphery of the high refractive index part. The interface between the high refractive index part and the low refractive index part has a surface that is substantially parallel to the optical axis of an image sensing lens and a slanted surface having an angle that differs from that of the parallel surface. The slanted surface is disposed on a portion of a surface near the optical axis of the image sensing lens, the portion being on a side that light rays from the image sensing lens enters the image sensing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Dobashi, Akihiko Nagano, Kouichirou Okumura