Patents by Inventor Masaharu Ito

Masaharu Ito 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: 9102833
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) that includes a cyclic structure in its main chain, and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140° C. or more, and a monofunctional curable monomer (B). The present invention provides: a cured resin formed article that has heat resistance and low birefringence, a method for producing the same, a curable resin composition and a curable resin formed article that are useful as a raw material for producing the cured resin formed article, and a laminate that includes a layer formed of a cured resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Wataru Iwaya, Hironobu Fujimoto, Naoki Taya
  • Patent number: 9028941
    Abstract: A sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium comprises optical recording layers and adhesive layers laminated on one another, wherein the adhesive layer comprises an adhesive comprising a polymer as a main component, the polymer includes fluorine-containing monomer and/or silicon-containing monomer as a constituent monomer component, the adhesive layer has no domain structure or has a domain structure of 110 nm or less, a total content of the fluorine-containing monomer and the silicon-containing monomer is 10 to 100 mass % when a monomer total amount as the constituent monomer component in the polymer is 100 mass %. According to the sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium, a multilayer optical recording medium can be produced which can detect reflected light having sufficient intensity from the interface between the optical recording layer and the adhesive layer and which generates less scattered light in the adhesive layer and causes less noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Seitaro Yamaguchi, Yuichi Kozone
  • Patent number: 9023913
    Abstract: The present invention is: a curable resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A), a curable monomer (B), and a photoinitiator (C), the thermoplastic resin (A) including an aromatic ring in its molecule, and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140° C. or more, and the photoinitiator (C) having an absorbance at 380 nm of 0.4 or more when measured in a 0.1 mass % acetonitrile solution; a curable resin formed article obtained by forming the curable resin composition; a cured resin formed article obtained by curing the curable resin formed article; a laminate comprising at least one layer that is formed of a cured resin obtained by curing the curable resin composition. The present invention provides: a cured resin formed article that exhibits excellent heat resistance, includes only a small amount of residual low-boiling-point substance (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Wataru Iwaya, Hironobu Fujimoto, Naoki Taya
  • Publication number: 20150014729
    Abstract: A resin composition for reflecting light of the present invention includes an epoxy resin B having a unit structure X of alicyclic acid anhydride and a unit structure Y of hydrogenated bisphenol, and a colorant. The epoxy resin B preferably further has a unit structure Z of bisphenol-type epoxy. In addition, the resin composition for reflecting light of the present invention preferably further includes an epoxy resin A having a structure represented by the following formula (1). Then, when a content of the epoxy resin A is M [% by mass], and a content of the epoxy resin B is N [% by mass], it is preferable to satisfy a relationship of 0.1?M/N?10. (In the formula (1), R represents a monovalent organic group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 3 to 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Keiichi Tsukurimichi
  • Publication number: 20140364531
    Abstract: The present invention is: a curable resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A), a curable monomer (B), and a photoinitiator (C), the thermoplastic resin (A) including an aromatic ring in its molecule, and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140° C. or more, and the photoinitiator (C) having an absorbance at 380 nm of 0.4 or more when measured in a 0.1 mass % acetonitrile solution; a curable resin formed article obtained by forming the curable resin composition; a cured resin formed article obtained by curing the curable resin formed article; a laminate comprising at least one layer that is formed of a cured resin obtained by curing the curable resin composition. The present invention provides: a cured resin formed article that exhibits excellent heat resistance, includes only a small amount of residual low-boiling-point substance (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Wataru Iwaya, Hironobu Fujimoto, Naoki Taya
  • Publication number: 20140350187
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) that includes a cyclic structure in its main chain, and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140° C. or more, and a monofunctional curable monomer (B). The present invention provides: a cured resin formed article that has heat resistance and low birefringence, a method for producing the same, a curable resin composition and a curable resin formed article that are useful as a raw material for producing the cured resin formed article, and a laminate that includes a layer formed of a cured resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Wataru Iwaya, Hironobu Fujimoto, Naoki Taya
  • Publication number: 20140322528
    Abstract: A base film for a dicing sheet is provided which can suppress dicing debris from generating during the dicing of a cut object without imparting physical energy, such as electron beam or ? ray. The base film for a dicing sheet comprises a resin layer. The resin layer comprises: a ring-containing resin that is a thermoplastic resin having a monomer, as a constitutional unit, having at least one type of an aromatic ring and an aliphatic ring; and an acyclic olefin-based resin that is an olefin-based thermoplastic resin other than the ring-containing resin. The ring-containing resin in the resin layer has a content of more than 3.0 mass %. A dicing sheet is also provided which comprises: the base film for a dicing sheet; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on the base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Taya, Masashi Ueda, Yosuke Sato, Masaharu Ito
  • Publication number: 20140308494
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a gas barrier film comprising a cured resin layer and a gas barrier layer, the gas barrier layer being provided on at least one side of the cured resin layer, the cured resin layer being a layer formed of a cured product of a curable resin composition that includes (A) a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140° C. or more, and (B) a curable monomer, the gas barrier film having a water vapor transmission rate of 1 g/m2/day or less at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90%; a method for producing the gas barrier film; a gas barrier film laminate comprising the gas barrier film; an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier film; an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier film laminate; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Wataru Iwaya, Hironobu Fujimoto, Naoki Taya, Masaharu Ito, Takeshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8846200
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film including a base layer, and a gas barrier layer that is provided on at least one side of the base layer, the base layer including a resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 130° C., the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3. Also provided are a process for producing the same, an electronic device member that includes the gas barrier film, and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Takeshi Kondo, Yuta Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140219627
    Abstract: The image recording apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a conversion device that converts an optical image of a subject to an electrical signal, a recording circuit that records the electrical signal achieved through the conversion device in a storage device as image data and a display control circuit that detects an available capacity at the storage device and the length of time that power supply by a source is possible and displays them on a display as available capacity information and remaining power supply time information. The available capacity information indicates the length of available recording time remaining at the available capacity that has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro JUEN, Masaharu ITO, Hirotake NOZAKI, Masahide TANAKA, Kenji TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20140205835
    Abstract: A base film for a dicing sheet is provided which can suppress dicing debris from generating during the dicing of a cut object without imparting physical energy, such as electron beam or ? ray. The base film for a dicing sheet comprises a resin layer. The resin layer comprises: a norbornene-based resin that is a thermoplastic resin having a norbornene-based compound as at least one type of monomer; and an olefin-based thermoplastic resin other than the norbornene-based resin. The norbornene-based resin in the resin layer has a content of more than 3.0 mass %. A dicing sheet is also provided which comprises: the base film for a dicing sheet; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on a surface of the film at the resin layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Taya, Masashi Ueda, Yosuke Sato, Masaharu Ito
  • Patent number: 8778975
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a compound which is stable in an acid, has an antibacterial effect against a bacterium Helicobacter pylori, can exert a satisfactory level of an antibacterial effect when used singly, does not affect an enteric bacterium, has an antibacterial effect against a bacterium resistant to an antibacterial agent, and has an inhibitory effect on gastric acid secretion; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound. Specifically disclosed are: a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt thereof: wherein R represents a linear alkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably 5 to 7 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Link Geonomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Masaichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8741414
    Abstract: A sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium having a repeated structure in which a plurality of optical recording layers are laminated, wherein the sheet has a structure such that a unit comprising at least a release assisting layer, an optical recording layer having a thickness of 1 to 1,000 nm and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer are disposed on a process film, the release assisting layer is disposed on the surface of the process film, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer is disposed as the outermost layer, and an absolute value of difference between refractive indices of the release assisting layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer at a wavelength of 660 nm is 0.11 or smaller; and a multilayer optical recording medium obtained by using the sheet. The sheet enables to release the process film and transfer the optical recording layer while the condition of the surface of the optical recording layer is kept excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Yuta Suzuki, Takuzo Watanabe, Takeshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8731377
    Abstract: The image recording apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a conversion device that converts an optical image of a subject to an electrical signal, a recording circuit that records the electrical signal achieved through the conversion device in a storage device as image data and a display control circuit that detects an available capacity at the storage device and the length of time that power supply by a source is possible and displays them on a display as available capacity information and remaining power supply time information. The available capacity information indicates the length of available recording time remaining at the available capacity that has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Juen, Masaharu Ito, Hirotake Nozaki, Masahide Tanaka, Kenji Toyoda
  • Patent number: 8690294
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nozzle plate includes providing a substrate having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzle holes jetting a liquid is formed, and on which a water repellent film is formed, placing a plurality of droplets of a liquid resin around each of the nozzle holes, and curing the liquid droplets to form projections of a constant height around the nozzle holes. By placing the plurality of droplets of the liquid resin to surrounding area of each of the nozzle holes, and curing the droplets, it is possible to form the projections which prevent a recording medium from making contact with the nozzle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaharu Ito
  • Publication number: 20140087114
    Abstract: A sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium comprises optical recording layers and adhesive layers laminated on one another, wherein the adhesive layer comprises an adhesive comprising a polymer as a main component, the polymer includes fluorine-containing monomer and/or silicon-containing monomer as a constituent monomer component, the adhesive layer has no domain structure or has a domain structure with a size of of 110 nm or less, a total content of the fluorine-containing monomer and the silicon-containing monomer is 10 to 100 mass % when a monomer total amount as the constituent monomer component in the polymer is 100 mass %. According to the sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium, a multilayer optical recording medium can be produced which can detect reflected light having sufficient intensity from the interface between the optical recording layer and the adhesive layer and which generates less scattered light in the adhesive layer and causes less noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu ITO, Seitaro YAMAGUCHI, Yuichi KOZONE
  • Patent number: 8632871
    Abstract: A film for producing a sheet for a multilayer optical recording medium, the sheet having a repeating structure containing a plurality of laminated optical recording layers, the sheet has a structure including a unit wherein an optical recording layer and an adhesive layer are laminated or a structure including a unit wherein an optical recording layer, a barrier layer and an adhesive layer are laminated, and a maximum height roughness of the optical recording layer or the barrier layer is 500 nm or smaller, the optical recording layer or the barrier layer is disposed on a process film on a face at a side for forming the optical recording layer or at a side for forming the barrier layer, the face at the side for forming the optical recording layer or at the side for forming the barrier layer having a maximum height roughness of 500 nm or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Shinichi Hoshi, Ryo Takahashi, Sou Miyata, Tomoo Orui, Takeshi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130307893
    Abstract: A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Komori Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suda, Satoshi Murakami, Kazuya Takahagi, Masaharu Ito, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Saita, Hayato Kondo, Yuji Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 8541087
    Abstract: A sheet (1) for manufacturing an optical disc which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (11), having a peak temperature of a loss tangent not higher than ?10° C. and a polar component (?Ps) of the surface energy not smaller than 2.0 mJ/m2, and a protective sheet (12), is laminated on a data recording layer (3) (a laminate formed of a reflecting layer (31), a dielectric layer (32), a phase change layer (33) and a dielectric layer (32?)) that is formed on an optical disc substrate (2). The sheet for manufacturing an optical disk (1) allows obtaining an optical recording medium that is provided with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (11) that has high adhesion to the data recording layer (3) and does not peel readily off adjacent layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Taya, Masaharu Ito, Takashi Morioka
  • Publication number: 20130244044
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film including a base layer, and a gas barrier layer that is provided on at least one side of the base layer, the base layer including a resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 130° C., the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3. Also provided are a process for producing the same, an electronic device member that includes the gas barrier film, and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Takeshi Kondo, Yuta Suzuki