Patents by Inventor Shigeki Nitta

Shigeki Nitta 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: 10370684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating a solution containing a saccharide comprising a heat treatment step of heating the saccharide solution at a temperature of 100° C. or higher and 180° C. or lower and a reduction step of reacting a reducing agent with the saccharide solution heated in the heat treatment step, a method for producing a treated saccharide solution using the treatment method, a treated saccharide solution obtained through treatment by the treatment method, a method for producing an organic compound comprising an organic-matter production step of obtaining an organic compound by causing a microorganism capable of producing organic matter to act on an organic raw material containing the treated saccharide solution and a method for culturing a microorganism using the treated saccharide solution as a carbon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kiminori Kawakami, Yasuyo Saito, Takanao Matsumoto, Ryusuke Aoyama, Shigeki Nitta, Masaru Utsunomiya
  • Patent number: 10351657
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyester polyol having favorable reactivity and a favorable color tone, which can be used for obtaining a polyurethane having an excellent balance of flexibility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance, and a method for producing the polyester polyol. The object can be achieved with a polyester polyol in which an aliphatic diol contains as a structural unit 1,10-decanediol derived from a biomass resource, and in which the aldehyde body content in the polyester polyol is 0.01 to 0.5% by weight, and a method for producing the polyester polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kanamori, Shigeki Nitta, Kaori Yano, Takayuki Aoshima, Yuta Hioki
  • Patent number: 10023883
    Abstract: Provided are a method for treating a saccharide solution, which comprises subjecting a saccharide solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl compound and an unsaturated alcohol other than a saccharide to hydrogenation reaction to hydrogenate the carbonyl compound and/or the unsaturated alcohol contained in the saccharide solution, a hydrogenated saccharide solution obtained by treating with the treatment method, and a method for producing an organic compound having a process of obtaining the organic compound by acting a microorganism having an organic material producing ability on an organic raw material containing the hydrogenated saccharide solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kiminori Kawakami, Takanao Matsumoto, Shigeki Nitta, Syuuichi Yunomura, Masaru Utsunomiya, Yuusuke Izawa
  • Publication number: 20180037692
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyester polyol having favorable reactivity and a favorable color tone, which can be used for obtaining a polyurethane having an excellent balance of flexibility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance, and a method for producing the polyester polyol. The object can be achieved with a polyester polyol in which an aliphatic diol contains as a structural unit 1,10-decanediol derived from a biomass resource, and in which the aldehyde body content in the polyester polyol is 0.01 to 0.5% by weight, and a method for producing the polyester polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu KANAMORI, Shigeki NITTA, Kaori YANO, Takayuki AOSHIMA, Yuta HIOKI
  • Publication number: 20160376616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating a solution containing a saccharide comprising a heat treatment step of heating the saccharide solution at a temperature of 100° C. or higher and 180° C. or lower and a reduction step of reacting a reducing agent with the saccharide solution heated in the heat treatment step, a method for producing a treated saccharide solution using the treatment method, a treated saccharide solution obtained through treatment by the treatment method, a method for producing an organic compound comprising an organic-matter production step of obtaining an organic compound by causing a microorganism capable of producing organic matter to act on an organic raw material containing the treated saccharide solution and a method for culturing a microorganism using the treated saccharide solution as a carbon source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiminori KAWAKAMI, Yasuyo Saito, Takanao Matsumoto, Ryusuke Aoyama, Shigeki Nitta, Masaru Utsunomiya
  • Publication number: 20160177346
    Abstract: Provided are a method for treating a saccharide solution, which comprises subjecting a saccharide solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl compound and an unsaturated alcohol other than a saccharide to hydrogenation reaction to hydrogenate the carbonyl compound and/or the unsaturated alcohol contained in the saccharide solution, a hydrogenated saccharide solution obtained by treating with the treatment method, and a method for producing an organic compound having a process of obtaining the organic compound by acting a microorganism having an organic material producing ability on an organic raw material containing the hydrogenated saccharide solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiminori Kawakami, Takanao Matsumoto, Shigeki Nitta, Syuuichi Yunomura, Masaru Utsunomiya, Yuusuke Izawa