Patents by Inventor Shotaro Watanabe

Shotaro Watanabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20150097173
    Abstract: An organic EL element manufacturing method includes coating ink which contains a functional layer forming material in a coating region which is configured by a pixel electrode and a partition wall which surrounds a periphery of the pixel electrode, where, in the coating ink, the ink is coated so as to satisfy the following expressions (1) to (3) in a case where a contact angle of the ink with respect to the side surface of the partition wall is set to ?bc and a contact angle with respect to a surface of the coating region where the ink is coated is set to ?lc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Masahiro UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150060828
    Abstract: An organic EL element with a functional layer including at least a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and a luminescence layer laminated from a pixel electrode side in order between a pixel electrode as an anode and a counter electrode as a cathode, and a method of manufacturing the organic EL element has a forming process by applying a solution including a low molecular material and a high molecular material to at least one layer among the hole injection layer, the hole transport layer, and luminescence layer, in which the molecular weight of low molecular material is 10,000 or less and the molecular weight of high molecular material is 10,000 to 300,000, and in which a mixing ratio of low molecular material is 10 wt % to 90 wt % with respect to the weight of low molecular material and high molecular material included in the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Takumi SAGO, Seiichi TANABE, Shotaro WATANABE, Kohei ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150064828
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ink for forming a functional layer includes: dispersing a mixture in which a low molecular material and a high molecular material are mixed in a poor solvent; and dissolving the mixture by adding a good solvent to the poor solvent in which the mixture is dispersed, in which a volume ratio of the poor solvent is from 10% to 70% with respect to the total volume in which the good solvent is added to the poor solvent and the poor solvent and the good solvent can be mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Yuta OKAWA
  • Patent number: 8956740
    Abstract: A film-forming ink includes: film-forming materials containing a ?-conjugated compounds; and a liquid medium which is capable of dissolving or dispersing the film-forming material and containing a compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein the compound is one in which the substituent of at least one of R1 to R6 is a linear or branched alkyl group, and the molecular structure of the one substituent is larger than the molecular structure of another substituent, and thus, the molecular weight of the whole molecule is biased towards the side where the one substituent is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Masashi Goto
  • Publication number: 20140138655
    Abstract: An ink for forming a functional layer includes a first component that contains at least one kind of aromatic solvent of which a boiling point is higher than or equal to 250° C. and lower than or equal to 350° C., a second component that contains at least one kind of aliphatic solvent of which a boiling point is higher than or equal to 200° C., and a third component that is a positive hole injection material (m-MTDATA) for forming a positive hole injection layer, in which a solubility of the third component in the first component is higher than the solubility of the third component in the second component, a mixing ratio of the second component is 30 vol %, the boiling point of the first component is higher than the boiling point of the second component, and a difference between the boiling points thereof is higher than or equal to 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya SONOYAMA, Shotaro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20130256636
    Abstract: A function layer ink used for forming a function layer by a liquid coating process contains a function layer material containing a macromolecular material or a low-molecular-weight material, and a mixed solvent containing solvent A and solvent B. Solvent A has a viscosity in the range of 0.01 to 0.05 Pa·s, and solvent B has a viscosity of less than 0.01 Pa·s and a lower boiling point than solvent A. The mixed solvent has a viscosity of less than 0.02 Pa·s and a boiling point in the range of 200 to 350° C., and contains 0.1% to 10% by weight of solvent A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shotaro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8547014
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an organic EL element that includes an anode having a reflective face, a cathode having a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a functional layer, which is pinched between the anode and the cathode and includes at least an organic light emitting layer, and configures a color pixel that implements light emission corresponding to at least a red color. The color pixel configured by the organic EL element forms an optical resonator between the reflective face of the anode and the semi-transmissive reflective layer of the cathode. The color pixel corresponding to the red color has a film thickness profile of the functional layer in a convex shape in which a center portion is relatively thick, and a periphery portion is relatively thin or a concave shape in which the center portion is relatively thin, and the periphery portion is relatively thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Masahiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 8377905
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stable crystal of 1-(2?-cyano-2?-deoxy-?-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine monohydrochloride. There is provided a crystal of 1-(2?-cyano-2?-deoxy-?-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine monohydrochloride having characteristic peaks at 13.7°, 15.7°, 16.0°, 18.6°, 20.3°, and 22.7° as diffraction angles (2?±0.1°) measured by powder X-ray diffraction, and having a melting point of 192° C. to 197° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Delta-Fly Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Takahiro Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20120049172
    Abstract: A film-forming ink includes: film-forming materials containing a ?-conjugated compounds; and a liquid medium which is capable of dissolving or dispersing the film-forming material and containing a compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein the compound is one in which the substituent of at least one of R1 to R6 is a linear or branched alkyl group, and the molecular structure of the one substituent is larger than the molecular structure of another substituent, and thus, the molecular weight of the whole molecule is biased towards the side where the one substituent is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Masashi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20120029182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stable crystal of 1-(2?-cyano-2?-deoxy-?-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine monohydrochloride. There is provided a crystal of 1-(2?-cyano-2?-deoxy-?-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine monohydrochloride having characteristic peaks at 13.7°, 15.7°, 16.0°, 18.6°, 20.3°, and 22.7° as diffraction angles (2?±0.1°) measured by powder X-ray diffraction, and having a melting point of 192° C. to 197° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: DELTA-FLY PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Takahiro Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 8062086
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic EL panel by using a mask that includes a blocking portion blocking incoming particles and a plurality of opening portions through which the incoming particles can pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Shotaro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100084968
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an organic EL element that includes an anode having a reflective face, a cathode having a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a functional layer, which is pinched between the anode and the cathode and includes at least an organic light emitting layer, and configures a color pixel that implements light emission corresponding to at least a red color. The color pixel configured by the organic EL element forms an optical resonator between the reflective face of the anode and the semi-transmissive reflective layer of the cathode. The color pixel corresponding to the red color has a film thickness profile of the functional layer in a convex shape in which a center portion is relatively thick, and a periphery portion is relatively thin or a concave shape in which the center portion is relatively thin, and the periphery portion is relatively thick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Masahiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 7687015
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated dielectric, which comprises laminating a raw material layer containing a high dielectric constant glass ceramic composition comprising from 30 to 70 mass % of a Ba—Ti compound powder having a Ti/Ba molar ratio of from 3.0 to 5.7 and from 30 to 70 mass % of an alkali free glass powder containing, by mol %, from 15 to 40% of SiO2, from 5 to 37% of B2O3, from 2 to 15% of Al2O3, from 1 to 25% of CaO+SrO, from 5 to 25% of BaO and from 25 to 50% of SiO2+Al2O3, and a raw material layer containing a low dielectric constant glass ceramic composition comprising from 10 to 70 mass % of a ceramic powder and from 30 to 90 mass % of an alkali free glass powder wherein SiO2+Al2O3 is at least 34 mol % and larger by at least 9 mol % than that in the above alkali free glass powder, followed by firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Yasuko Osaki, Naoyuki Tsuda, Kazunari Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090253336
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic EL panel by using a mask that includes a blocking portion blocking incoming particles and a plurality of opening portions through which the incoming particles can pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki ITO, Shotaro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20060075782
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated dielectric, which comprises laminating a raw material layer containing a high dielectric constant glass ceramic composition comprising from 30 to 70 mass % of a Ba—Ti compound powder having a Ti/Ba molar ratio of from 3.0 to 5.7 and from 30 to 70 mass % of an alkali free glass powder containing, by mol %, from 15 to 40% of SiO2, from 5 to 37% of B2O3, from 2 to 15% of Al2O3, from 1 to 25% of CaO+SrO, from 5 to 25% of BaO and from 25 to 50% of SiO2+Al2O3, and a raw material layer containing a low dielectric constant glass ceramic composition comprising from 10 to 70 mass % of a ceramic powder and from 30 to 90 mass % of an alkali free glass powder wherein SiO2+Al2O3 is at least 34 mol % and larger by at least 9 mol % than that in the above alkali free glass powder, followed by firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Yasuko Osaki, Naoyuki Tsuda, Kazunari Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4518674
    Abstract: An iron powder developer carrier for electrophotography having at least the outer surface thereof coated with iron oxide. The iron oxide has a particle size of 50 to 200.mu., an apparent density of 1.5 to 2.5 g/cm.sup.3 and a specific surface area of 0.01 to 0.3 m.sup.2 /g.A process for the preparation of iron powder developer carriers for electrophotography, which comprises the steps of subjecting a starting iron powder to a primary calcination treatment in an inert gas atmosphere without using a binder, pulverizing and classifying said calcination product to prepare an intermediate iron powder, reducing the intermediate iron powder in a reducing atmosphere and washing the intermediate iron powder, and subjecting the intermediate iron powder to an oxidizing calcination treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Makoto Tomono, Goichi Yamakawa, Takeo Nishimura, Nobuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4287283
    Abstract: An iron powder developing carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image, a manufacturing method thereof, a developer containing said developing carrier and a method of forming a visible image by using said developer.Said iron powder developing carrier has the apparent density from 1.5 to 2.5. Said manufacturing method comprises the steps of sintering a raw iron powder having been ground to particles of not larger than 50 microns in diameter without using any binder agent at the temperature from 900.degree. to 1200.degree. C. to form an sintered body, grinding and classifying said sintered body into an intermediate iron powder having the particle diameter from 50 to 200 microns, then treating said intermediate iron powder to oxidize at the temperature from 280.degree. to 390.degree. C., and adjusting the resultant iron powder so as to have the apparent density from 1.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Makoto Tomono, Goichi Yamakawa, Takeo Nishimura, Nobuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4230787
    Abstract: A one-component developer for developing a latent electrostatic image which comprises magnetic particles, thermoplastic resins and electric charge controlling dyestuffs as main components and in which the magnetic particles are substantially coated with the electric charge controlling dyestuffs. The resulting toner forms no fringe or ghost and has good duplicativity of halftone images. The toner is made by coating the magnetic particles with the electric charge controlling dyestuffs before mixing the magnetic particles with the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Katsutoshi Tozawa, Shigeru Uetake
  • Patent number: 4164476
    Abstract: The present invention is for the improvements of a developer for a one-component latent electrostatic image and the process for the preparation thereof. The present invention is the one which has improved points at issue in the case of using a developer for the conventional conductive one-component latent electrostatic image for a copying machine using a corona discharger and in which particles are prepared by uniformly mixing a magnetic substance in resin and the magnetic substance is substantially exposed on the particle surface by heat treatment and hydrophobic silica fine powders are supported on, or interposed in, said particles; the particles are, as a whole, electrically insulating and given electric charge necessary to form an image by friction of mutual particles; thus even in a copying machine using a corona discharger, good development can be obtained with this developer; and further the present invention is the one which provides a process for the preparation of said particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Fumio Koizumi, Katsutoshi Tozawa, Shigeru Uetake