Patents by Inventor Takahiro ZAMA

Takahiro ZAMA 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: 11701913
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate having a porous layer that can ensure the drying property of a printing ink and can also be produced with less gum residue generated. A laminate comprising a substrate layer (A) and a porous layer (B), wherein the porous layer (B) comprises a thermoplastic resin and a filler, the filler comprises a filler having a hydrophobized surface, as a part thereof, and the porous layer (B) has a liquid-absorptive capacity of 10 to 40 cc/m2 as measured in accordance with JIS P 8140:1998 with a 70 mass % ethanol aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tajiri, Daisuke Kikuchi, Takahiro Zama
  • Publication number: 20230158823
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate having a porous layer that can ensure the drying property of a printing ink and can also be produced with less gum residue generated. A laminate comprising a substrate layer (A) and a porous layer (B), wherein the porous layer (B) comprises a thermoplastic resin and a filler, the filler comprises a filler having a hydrophobized surface, as a part thereof, and the porous layer (B) has a liquid-absorptive capacity of 10 to 40 cc/m2 as measured in accordance with JIS P 8140:1998 with a 70 mass % ethanol aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu TAJIRI, Daisuke KIKUCHI, Takahiro ZAMA
  • Publication number: 20220372338
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate and a hot melt-type adhesive label that suppress curling due to swelling while having a pulp-paper feel. The laminate includes a porous substrate layer and an adhesive resin receiving layer on one side of the porous substrate layer, and the adhesive resin receiving layer contains an amorphous resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro ZAMA, Rika WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210114338
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate that can be adapted to electrophotographic printing in the form of an adhesive label and has excellent abrasion resistance required by BS5609: 1986. The present invention relates to a laminate including a surface coating layer containing 66 to 99% by mass of a polyurethane resin and 1 to 34% by mass of a fine particle having a metal oxide, and a thermoplastic resin film layer including an olefin-based resin, wherein an amount of the surface coating layer applied to the thermoplastic resin film layer is 0.07 to 20 g/m2 in terms of a solid content after drying per unit area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KIKUCHI, Takahiro ZAMA
  • Publication number: 20190329537
    Abstract: Provided are a thermoplastic resin film and an adhesive label including the thermoplastic resin film as a substrate excellent not only in transparency but also in indication visibility. The thermoplastic resin film of the present invention includes, in the following order, a printable layer (II), a substrate layer (I) and an adhesive-processing layer (III), wherein the substrate layer (I) comprises 60 to 99.5% by mass of a crystalline polypropylene resin and 0.5 to 40% by mass of a petroleum resin, and an internal haze of the thermoplastic resin film is less than 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ZAMA
  • Patent number: 10360823
    Abstract: A label containing a base layer (A) and an adhesive layer (C) provided in contact with one surface of the base layer (A), wherein the base layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin and at least one of inorganic fine powder and an organic filler, and the base layer (A) is stretched in at least one direction, and the film has an internal bond strength measured according to TAPPI T569 of from 0.4 to 0.95 kg·cm on a side of the adhesive layer (C) and from 0.4 to 1.5 kg·cm on a side opposite thereto, is easily recognized by the naked eye for the fact that the film has been peeled from an adherend, and is difficult to be restored by re-adhering after peeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Iwasawa, Kazuhisa Kitamura, Takahiro Zama
  • Publication number: 20190009491
    Abstract: The present invention provides an easily peelable laminate label including a base layer A, a brittle layer B, a visually recognizable layer C, an inhibition layer D, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer E; the brittle layer B, the visually recognizable layer C, and the inhibition layer D being laminated in this order between the base layer A and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer E; the brittle layer B and the visually recognizable layer C being in contact with each other, the visually recognizable layer C and the inhibition layer D being in contact with each other, the inhibition layer D being disposed in a discontinuous pattern; and a form of failure when the easily peelable laminate label is subjected to 180° peeling being delamination and/or adhesive failure at an interface between the inhibition layer D and the layer in contact with the inhibition layer D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta IWASAWA, Takahiro ZAMA, Kazuhisa KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 9937742
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film comprising a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer (B) provided on at least one surface of the base layer (A), the coating layer (B) containing components derived from (a) an emulsion containing resin particles formed from an olefin-based copolymer and (b) an ethyleneimine-based resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin film is characterized in that a volume-average particle size of the resin particles contained in the emulsion is from 0.1 to 0.72 ?m. The thermoplastic resin film has good coloring performance during printing using gold ink and/or silver ink, has conventional transferability and adhesiveness even in hot melt transfer, and shows little generation of paper dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Zama, Yuta Iwasawa, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9902182
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film comprising a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer (B) provided on at least one surface of the base layer (A), the coating layer (B) containing components derived from (a) an emulsion containing resin particles formed from an olefin-based copolymer and (b) an ethyleneimine-based resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin film is characterized in that a volume-average particle size of the resin particles contained in the emulsion is from 0.1 to 0.72 ?m. The thermoplastic resin film has good coloring performance during printing using gold ink and/or silver ink, has conventional transferability and adhesiveness even in hot melt transfer, and shows little generation of paper dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Zama, Yuta Iwasawa, Masahiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170140676
    Abstract: A label containing a base layer (A) and an adhesive layer (C) provided in contact with one surface of the base layer (A), wherein the base layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin and at least one of inorganic fine powder and an organic filler, and the base layer (A) is stretched in at least one direction, and the film has an internal bond strength measured according to TAPPI T569 of from 0.4 to 0.95 kg·cm on a side of the adhesive layer (C) and from 0.4 to 1.5 kg·cm on a side opposite thereto, is easily recognized by the naked eye for the fact that the film has been peeled from an adherend, and is difficult to be restored by re-adhering after peeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta IWASAWA, Kazuhisa KITAMURA, Takahiro ZAMA
  • Patent number: 9475330
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a printing medium and a printing medium that can be suitably used for a plurality of printing methods, including a plurality of plateless printing methods such as thermal transfer printing, electrophotographic printing, and inkjet printing methods. A coating layer is provided on at least one surface of a support body, and includes (a) a cationic urethane-based resin, (b) an olefin copolymer emulsion, and (c) an ethyleneimine-based resin. The solid mass of the coating layer on one surface of the support body may be 0.01-5 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Zama, Yuta Iwasawa, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20160260360
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film which has excellent antistatic performance and also has excellent printability and water resistance. A surface coating layer derived from metal oxide-containing microparticles and a dispersion of an organic polymer in a solvent is provided on at least one face of the thermoplastic resin film. The static charge half-life period S on the thermoplastic resin film face that is provided with the surface coating layer may be 300 seconds or shorter as measured by a half-life period measurement method stipulated in JIS L 1094:1997.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiko UEDA, Masaki SHIINA, Takahiro ZAMA
  • Publication number: 20160250876
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film comprising a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer (B) provided on at least one surface of the base layer (A), the coating layer (B) containing components derived from (a) an emulsion containing resin particles formed from an olefin-based copolymer and (b) an ethyleneimine-based resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin film is characterized in that a volume-average particle size of the resin particles contained in the emulsion is from 0.1 to 0.72 ?m. The thermoplastic resin film has good coloring performance during printing using gold ink and/or silver ink, has conventional transferability and adhesiveness even in hot melt transfer, and shows little generation of paper dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro ZAMA, Yuta IWASAWA, Masahiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160200072
    Abstract: An easily peelable laminate film (50), which is formed by laminating a peelable surface layer (20) containing from 18.18 to 89.99% by mass of a thermoplastic resin, from 9.09 to 79.99% by mass of at least one of inorganic fine powder or organic fine powder, and from 0.01 to 4.00% by mass of dispersing agent, and having a peel strength of 5 to 150 g/cm width, and a base layer (10) containing a thermoplastic resin, can be peeled easily without being subjected to special processing for starting the peeling, and also, fine powder is less likely to be shed from the peelable surface layer, and the generation of paper powder at the time of printing is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro ZAMA, Hiroshi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20150266327
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a printing medium and a printing medium that can be suitably used for a plurality of printing methods, including a plurality of plateless printing methods such as thermal transfer printing, electrophotographic printing, and inkjet printing methods. A coating layer is provided on at least one surface of a support body, and includes (a) a cationic urethane-based resin, (b) an olefin copolymer emulsion, and (c) an ethyleneimine-based resin. The solid mass of the coating layer on one surface of the support body may be 0.01-5 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro ZAMA, Yuta IWASAWA, Kazuyuki KIMURA