Patents by Inventor Masahiro Takafuji

Masahiro Takafuji 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: 11939441
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film with polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
  • Patent number: 11939442
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film comprising polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
  • Patent number: 11883988
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mold release film that is to be placed between a stock solution that serves as a raw material for artificial marble and a shaping apparatus when the stock solution is fed to the shaping apparatus, and then solidified and molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Takashi Nerio, Masahiro Takafuji
  • Publication number: 20230323047
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film comprising polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
  • Publication number: 20230323046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film with polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
  • Publication number: 20210347094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mold release film that is to be placed between a stock solution that serves as a raw material for artificial marble and a shaping apparatus when the stock solution is fed to the shaping apparatus, and then solidified and molded. The mold release film is a polyvinyl alcohol film and is characterized by being a polyvinyl alcohol mold release film for artificial marble molding use that satisfies the following formula (1). Due to this, it is possible to provide a polyvinyl alcohol mold release film for artificial marble molding use capable of, even in the production of wide artificial marble, suppressing wrinkles or curls generated at both end parts to prevent the surface shape of the resulting artificial marble from being defective, and simplifying the step of grinding and polishing artificial marble, and a method for producing artificial marble using the same. 4.6×10?3??n(MD)0?1.4×10?3??n(TD)0?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Takashi Nerio, Masahiro Takafuji
  • Patent number: 10576777
    Abstract: Provided are a single-layered hydraulic transfer printing base film, including 1.5 to 15 parts by mass of a plate or needle filler with an average particle diameter of from 2 to 14 ?m and an aspect ratio of from 4 to 60 based on 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl alcohol and a method of producing a hydraulic transfer printing base film, including forming a film using a liquid containing 1.5 to 15 parts by mass of a plate or needle filler with an average particle diameter of from 2 to 14 ?m and an aspect ratio of from 4 to 60 based on 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl alcohol. A hydraulic transfer printing base film that is not easily broken when fed from a roll and a method of producing the base film are thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Nishimi, Masahiro Takafuji, Takashi Nerio, Satoru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10414836
    Abstract: A modified PVA that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The modified PVA comprises a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and a structural unit represented by formula (II): wherein: a content of the monomer unit (I) is from 0.05 mol % to 10 mol %, and a content of the structural unit (II) is from 0.001 mol % to 0.5 mol % with respect to the total monomer units in the modified PVA; a viscosity average degree of polymerization is from 300 to 3,000; and a degree of saponification is from 82 mol % to 99.5 mol %. In the formula (I): R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a methyl group; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takafuji, Masaki Kato, Yoko Mori
  • Publication number: 20190233600
    Abstract: A resin composition that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The resin composition comprises a modified PVA comprising a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and an amine compound represented by formula (II): a content of the amine compound with respect to 100 parts by mass of the modified PVA being from 0.01 parts by mass to 1 part by mass. In the formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. In the formula (II), R5 represents —R3?—SO3?X+?, —R3?—N+(R4?)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MASAHIRO TAKAFUJI, Masaki Kato, Yoko Mori
  • Patent number: 10358508
    Abstract: A modified PVA that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The modified PVA comprises a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and a structural unit represented by formula (II): wherein: a content of the monomer unit (I) is from 0.05 mol % to 10 mol %, and a content of the structural unit (II) is from 0.001 mol % to 0.5 mol % with respect to the total monomer units in the modified PVA; a viscosity average degree of polymerization is from 300 to 3,000; and a degree of saponification is from 82 mol % to 99.5 mol %. In the formula (I): R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a methyl group; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takafuji, Masaki Kato, Yoko Mori
  • Patent number: 10336872
    Abstract: A resin composition that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The resin composition comprises a modified PVA comprising a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and an amine compound represented by formula (II): a content of the amine compound with respect to 100 parts by mass of the modified PVA being from 0.01 parts by mass to 1 part by mass. In the formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. In the formula (II), R5 represents —R3?—SO3?X+?, —R3?—N+(R4?)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takafuji, Masaki Kato, Yoko Mori
  • Publication number: 20180258197
    Abstract: A modified PVA that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The modified PVA comprises a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and a structural unit represented by formula (II): wherein: a content of the monomer unit (I) is from 0.05 mol % to 10 mol %, and a content of the structural unit (II) is from 0.001 mol % to 0.5 mol % with respect to the total monomer units in the modified PVA; a viscosity average degree of polymerization is from 300 to 3,000; and a degree of saponification is from 82 mol % to 99.5 mol %. In the formula (I): R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a methyl group; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAFUJI, Masaki KATO, Yoko MORI
  • Publication number: 20180111410
    Abstract: Provided are a single-layered hydraulic transfer printing base film, including 1.5 to 15 parts by mass of a plate or needle filler with an average particle diameter of from 2 to 14 ?m and an aspect ratio of from 4 to 60 based on 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl alcohol and a method of producing a hydraulic transfer printing base film, including forming a film using a liquid containing 1.5 to 15 parts by mass of a plate or needle filler with an average particle diameter of from 2 to 14 ?m and an aspect ratio of from 4 to 60 based on 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl alcohol. A hydraulic transfer printing base film that is not easily broken when fed from a roll and a method of producing the base film are thus provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio NISHIMI, Masahiro TAKAFUJI, Takashi NERIO, Satoru FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20170306112
    Abstract: A resin composition that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The resin composition comprises a modified PVA comprising a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and an amine compound represented by formula (II): a content of the amine compound with respect to 100 parts by mass of the modified PVA being from 0.01 parts by mass to 1 part by mass. In the formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. In the formula (II), R5 represents —R3?—SO3?X+, —R3?—N+(R4?)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAFUJI, Masaki KATO, Yoko MORI
  • Publication number: 20170298155
    Abstract: A modified PVA that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The modified PVA comprises a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and a structural unit represented by formula (II): wherein: a content of the monomer unit (I) is from 0.05 mol % to 10 mol %, and a content of the structural unit (II) is from 0.001 mol % to 0.5 mol % with respect to the total monomer units in the modified PVA; a viscosity average degree of polymerization is from 300 to 3,000; and a degree of saponification is from 82 mol % to 99.5 mol %. In the formula (I): R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a methyl group; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAFUJI, Masaki KATO, Yoko MORI
  • Patent number: 9611367
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a film that has excellent water solubility which changes little over time even when the film touches a chemical, a package and a liquid transfer printing film each using the film and a liquid transfer printing method using the liquid transfer printing film. [Means for Resolution] A film containing a hydroxymethyl group-containing vinyl alcohol-based polymer containing a vinyl alcohol unit and a unit structure represented by the following formula (1), a package and a liquid transfer printing film each using the film and a liquid transfer printing method using the liquid transfer printing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takafuji, Takanori Isozaki
  • Publication number: 20160194465
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a film that has excellent water solubility which changes little over time even when the film touches a chemical, a package and a liquid transfer printing film each using the film and a liquid transfer printing method using the liquid transfer printing film. [Means for Resolution] A film containing a hydroxymethyl group-containing vinyl alcohol-based polymer containing a vinyl alcohol unit and a unit structure represented by the following formula (1), a package and a liquid transfer printing film each using the film and a liquid transfer printing method using the liquid transfer printing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAFUJI, Takanori ISOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140150338
    Abstract: [Task] The objects of the present invention are to provide: a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film for plant cultivation which is capable of suppressing root penetration while exhibiting excellent nutrient permeability; a method for producing the same; and a method for plant cultivation using the same. [Means to Achieve the Task] The present invention is directed to a PVA film for plant cultivation, wherein a thicknesswise-directional average value of birefringence in a machine direction of the film is from 4.0×10?3 to 12.0×10?3 and a swelling degree of the film is from 150 to 180%; a method for producing a PVA film for plant cultivation, which comprises a step in which a PVA film having a moisture content of from 5 to 20% by mass is stretched in the ratio of from 1.3 to 1.7 times and a step in which the stretched film is heat-treated at a temperature in the range of from 130 to 170° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro Takafuji, Takanori Isozaki