Patents by Inventor Shigeo Shiomura

Shigeo Shiomura 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).

  • Microcapsule, treating liquids containing the same, and textile structure having microcapsules adhering thereto
    Patent number: 5232769
    Abstract: This invention relates to a microcapsule having a particle diameter of 2.about.300 .mu.m and comprising a substance acting to improve physiological conditions of human skin, for example, substances exhibiting such effects as skin whitening, aging preventive, humidity preservable, itch suppressive, pain-killing, or antiphlogistic ones, and/or aromatic agents contained within the filmy coating of synthetic high molecular substance. The microcapsule is not broken when making, processing, or laundering the textile structure, but is gradually broken when the textile structure is put on the human body, used for another purpose, or subjected to intentional application of friction or pressure thereto, and sustainedly releases acting substances contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Kanebo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamato, Takashi Yoshida, Masaru Kikuchi, Mihoko Okamoto, Kyoji Miyoshi, Shigeru Fukuda, Toshikazu Fuse, Toshio Yamauchi, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Shogo Mutagami, Shigeo Shiomura, Yoshikatsu Mizukami