Patents by Inventor Takahiro NIO

Takahiro NIO 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: 20240174883
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous pigment dispersion that maintains excellent storage stability and can be used to produce an inkjet ink that can form clear printed images with less color unevenness and the like and with excellent water resistance. The present invention provides an aqueous pigment dispersion containing a pigment (A), a pigment dispersing resin (B) having a structure (X) represented by general formula (I) below and an anionic group, and an aqueous medium (C). The pigment dispersing resin (B) contains 0.2 to 1.5 mmol/g of the anionic group in the total amount of the pigment dispersing resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Ryouta Ichikawa, Minoru Shigemori, Takahiro Nio, Shoji Imamura
  • Publication number: 20230220222
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet aqueous composition that can sufficiently and easily prevent deterioration or corrosion of a silicon member that forms an ink channel. The present invention relates to an inkjet aqueous composition containing an aqueous medium and a surfactant, in which the surfactant includes a polysiloxane compound having a siloxane structure (—Si—O—) with a repetition number of 5 or more and 1000 or less, and to an inkjet aqueous ink, an inkjet aqueous primer, an inkjet aqueous cleaning liquid, an inkjet aqueous preservation liquid, and an inkjet recording device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Ichikawa, Takahiro Nio, Keigo Gouda
  • Publication number: 20220403190
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous inkjet ink with which sufficient setting properties and image fastness are achieved even in printing on a less-ink-absorbent or non-ink-absorbent recording medium. An aqueous ink composition for use in an inkjet recording method includes a color material, an aqueous medium, a binder resin, and a wax. The binder resin includes an acid-modified polypropylene resin. The wax includes an oxidized polyethylene wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Ichikawa, Takahiro Nio, Keigo Gouda
  • Publication number: 20220403193
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous in ink with which the granularity of an ink coating caused in printing on a less-ink-absorbent or non-ink-absorbent recording medium is reduced while sufficient image fastness is achieved even printing on an ink-absorbent recording medium. The present invention relates to an ague-gas ink composition for use in an inkjet recording method. The aqueous ink composition contains an aqueous medium, a pigment, and a dye, and a combination of the pigment and the dye is a predetermined combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Ichikawa, Takahiro Nio, Saki Fukui, Keigo Gouda
  • Patent number: 11518898
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an ink set that enables forming a printed article with reduced bleeding and color mixing. The present invention is an ink set that includes a black pigment ink (a) having a static surface tension (a1) of 20 mN/m to 40 mN/m and at least one pigment ink (b) selected from the group consisting of a magenta pigment ink and a yellow pigment ink. The static surface tension of the pigment ink (b) is smaller than static surface tension (a1) by 0.1 mN/m to 0.7 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Iioka, Takahiro Nio, Yuri Shouji, Masaki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 11124664
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an ink that can be used f producing a print having no streaks even in a case where the distance between the surface of a recording medium such as a cardboard and an ink jet head is long. The present invention relates to an ink for use in an ink jet recording method in which the distance from a surface (x) having an ink discharge port of an ink jet head to a position (y) where a line perpendicular to the surface (x) intersects with a recording medium is 2 mm or more, the ink having a viscosity in the range of 2 mPa·s or more and less than 9 mPa·s and a surface tension in the range of 20 mN/m to 40 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Nio, Maiko Kitade, Yuri Shouji, Masaki Hosaka, Saki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20210222025
    Abstract: A problem to be addressed by the present invention is to provide a primer for ink-jet printing inks, the primer being capable of preventing streaks from generating on a printed material, a recording medium, and a method for producing the recording medium. The present invention relates to a primer for ink-jet printing inks, the primer containing an aqueous medium and at least one vinyl polymer (A) selected from the group consisting of a vinyl polymer (A1) having a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer and having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. to 100° C. and a halogenated vinyl polymer (A2) having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okazaki, Takahiro Nio, Keigo Gouda
  • Publication number: 20210002504
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an ink set that enables forming a printed article with reduced bleeding and color mixing. The present invention is an ink set that includes a black pigment ink (a) having a static surface tension (a1) of 20 mN/m to 40 mN/m and at least one pigment ink (b) selected from the group consisting of a magenta pigment ink and a yellow pigment ink. The static surface tension of the pigment ink (b) is smaller than static surface tension (a1) by 0.1 mN/m to 0.7 mN/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoaki Iioka, Takahiro Nio, Yuri Shouji, Masaki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20200048486
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an ink that can be used f producing a print having no streaks even in a case where the distance between the surface of a recording medium such as a cardboard and an ink jet head is long. The present invention relates to an ink for use in an ink jet recording method in which the distance from a surface (x) having an ink discharge port of an ink jet head to a position (y) where a line perpendicular to the surface (x) intersects with a recording medium is 2 mm or more, the ink having a viscosity in the range of 2 mPa·s or more and less than 9 mPa·s and a surface tension in the range of 20 mN/m to 40 mN/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nio, Maiko Kitade, Yuri Shouji, Masaki Hosaka, Saki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20180362791
    Abstract: An aqueous ink set for inkjet recording includes first to n-th aqueous inks for inkjet recording. Each of the aqueous inks contains a pigment, water, a surfactant, a binder resin, a urea compound, and a water-soluble organic solvent (1) having a boiling point of from 100° C. to 200° C. inclusive and a vapor pressure at 20° C. of 0.5 hPa or more. All the first to n-th aqueous inks satisfy a specific expression for ?1 and ?2. ?1 is the surface tension of one of the first to n-th aqueous inks that is jetted as droplets prior to different one, and ?2 is the surface tension of the different one that is jetted as droplets after the one of the first to n-th aqueous inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro NIO, Maiko KITADE, Takuji TSUKAMOTO