Patents by Inventor Takashi Banba

Takashi Banba 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).

  • Process for preparing 2,3,5-trimethylbenzoquinone
    Patent number: 5104996
    Abstract: 2,3,5-trimethyl-benzoquinone is produced by oxidizing 2,3,6-trimethyl-phenol in the presence of a catalyst of cupric chloride and lithium chloride in a solvent mixture of an aromatic hydrocarbon and a lower aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Hirose, Kimio Hamamura, Yuichi Inai, Kiiti Ema, Takashi Banba, Shizumasa Kijima
  • Novel vitamin E derivatives and process for the production thereof
    Patent number: 5102895
    Abstract: The novel vitamin E derivative provides an excellent antihyperlipemic effect and is defined by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a nicotinoyl group; and m is an integer of from 2 to 5 while n is an integer of from 3 to 6, provided that n is larger than m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Hirose, Kimio Hamamura, Takaharu Nakamura, Kiiti Ema, Takashi Banba, Tetsuya Nakamura, Hidetoshi Kawashima, Yuuichi Inai, Noritoshi Sano, Yuko Miyauchi, Shizumasa Kijima
  • Process for the preparation of terpenes
    Patent number: 5073659
    Abstract: A terpene compound having the formula (III) is produced by reacting an allylic halide having the formula (I) with a Grignard reagent having the formula (II) in the presence of anhydrous zinc chloride and a copper compound or an organic zinc halide compound having the formula (IV) in the presence of a copper compound, provided that when A-A is C-C, R' is hydrogen and when A-A is C=C, X is chlorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kichisaburo Hamamura, Yutaka Ohnuki, Yukio Narabe, Yoshihiro Hisatake, Takashi Banba, Shizumasa Kijima
  • Heat-sensitive recording material
    Patent number: 4644374
    Abstract: When, in a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided on the substrate and containing an ordinarily colorless or light-colored dye precursor and a color developer capable of allowing the dye precursor to develop a color by reacting with the dye precursor when heated, the heat-sensitive recording layer further contains 1,2,3-tris(3-butyl-4-hydroxy-6-methylphenyl)butane, the resulting heat-sensitive recording material has excellent sensitivity and image stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Kazuyoshi Kondo, Takashi Banba