Patents Assigned to Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • Publication number: 20200116773
    Abstract: [Problem] The object of the present invention is to provide a static electricity distribution-visualizing material, a static electricity-visualizing film, a static electricity distribution-visualizing device, and a static electricity distribution-visualizing method, which can visualize a charged state to be seen with naked eyes so as to intuitively understand a static electricity distribution. [Solution] A static electricity distribution-visualizing material is manufactured so as to contain at least one of a fluorescent substance, a luminescent substance, an electroluminescent substance, a fractoluminescent substance, a photochromic substance, an afterglow substance, a photostimulated luminescent substance and a mechanoluminescent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Nao TERASAKI, Kazuya KIKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200105446
    Abstract: A samarium-iron-bismuth-nitrogen-based magnet powder includes: a main phase including samarium, iron, and bismuth, wherein a ratio of bismuth to a total amount of samarium, iron, and bismuth is less than or equal to 3.0 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: TDK Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ryuji HASHIMOTO, Yasushi Enokido, Shusuke Okada, Kenta Takagi
  • Patent number: 10608136
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides a method for bonding semiconductor elements while assuring excellent electric conductivity and transparency at an interface, and a junction structure according to the bonding method. The present invention also provides a method for bonding semiconductor elements wherein excellent electric conductivity is assured at an interface and optical characteristics favorable for element characteristics can be designed, and a junction structure according to the bonding method. [Solution] Electrically conductive nano particles which are not covered with organic molecules are arrayed on a surface of one semiconductor element without causing optical loss, and another semiconductor element is pressure-bonded thereagainst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hidenori Mizuno, Kikuo Makita
  • Publication number: 20200078280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet reflecting agent composition or a water repellent agent composition, which contains at least one compound selected from among 2-pentacosanone, 2-heptacosanone, 2-nonacosanone, tetracosanal, hexacosanal, octacosanal and triacontanal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ryo Futahashi, Migaku Kawaguchi, Takahiko Hariyama, Yumi Yamahama, Daisuke Ishii, Shunsuke Yajima, Ryouka Miki, Naoki Mori
  • Publication number: 20200052193
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a magnetic element includes a first magnetic layer and a first nonmagnetic layer. An angle ?0 between a first direction and the magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer satisfies 0°<?0<90° or 90°<?0<180° in a state in which neither a voltage nor a magnetic field is substantially applied to the first magnetic layer; and the first direction is from the first nonmagnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer. A resistance·area of the first nonmagnetic layer is 10 ?·?m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Rie MATSUMOTO, Takayuki NOZAKI, Shinji YUASA, Hiroshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200045388
    Abstract: Provided are an optical communication device and an optical communication system capable of preventing the costs of equipment from increasing for an optical communication network constructed including devices provided by different vendors or devices of different generations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyo ISHII, Shu NAMIKI, Shigeyuki YANAGIMACHI, Hitoshi TAKESHITA, Akio TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200035283
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a stacked body and a controller. The stacked body includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first magnetic layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second conductive layer, and a nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. A resistance value per unit area of the nonmagnetic layer exceeds 20 ??m2. The controller is electrically connected to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and supplies a write pulse to the stacked body in a first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yoichi SHIOTA, Takayuki NOZAKI, Shinji YUASA
  • Patent number: 10543545
    Abstract: A method of initializing a multiferroic element for obtaining a stable element operation includes applying at least one selected from a group consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field to the multiferroic element under a temperature condition equal to or higher than a phase transition temperature. The multiferroic element has a laminated structural body including a first alloy layer and a second alloy layer. The first alloy layer is formed by using any of antimony-tellurium, bismuth-tellurium and bismuth-selenium as a principal component. The second alloy layer is laminated on the first alloy layer, and formed by using a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a principal component. The second alloy layer is configured to undergo phase transition between a reset phase and a set phase. Electric polarization is not caused in the reset phase, but caused in the set phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Junji Tominaga, Yuta Saito
  • Patent number: 10539576
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a lung cancer differential marker with which lung cancer can be diagnosed conveniently and highly sensitively without depending only on increase or decrease in protein expression level between cancer patients and healthy persons. Another object of the present invention is to develop and provide a glycan marker capable of distinguishing histological types of lung cancer. Of serum glycoproteins, glycopeptide and glycoprotein groups whose glycan structures were altered specifically in lung cancer cell culture supernatants were identified, and they are provided as lung cancer differential markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo Medical University
    Inventors: Hisashi Narimatsu, Akira Togayachi, Yuzuru Ikehara, Hiroyuki Kaji, Atsushi Kuno, Takashi Ohkura, Hideki Matsuzaki, Yoshitoshi Hirao, Jun Iwaki, Minako Abe, Masaharu Nomura, Masayuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200016663
    Abstract: A samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder according to one embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a value obtained by dividing the hydrogen content of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder by the BET specific surface area of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder is less than or equal to 400 ppm/(m2/g), and a value obtained by dividing the oxygen content of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder by the BET specific surface area of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder is less than or equal to 11,000 ppm/(m2/g).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shusuke OKADA, Kazuyuki SUZUKI, Kenta TAKAGI, Kimihiro OZAKI, Yasushi ENOKIDO
  • Publication number: 20200020851
    Abstract: The output voltage of an MRAM is increased by means of an Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) MTJ device, which is formed by microfabrication of a sample prepared as follows: A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate is prepared. An epitaxial Fe(001) lower electrode (a first electrode) is grown on a MgO(001) seed layer at room temperature, followed by annealing under ultrahigh vacuum. A MgO(001) barrier layer is epitaxially formed on the Fe(001) lower electrode (the first electrode) at room temperature, using a MgO electron-beam evaporation. A Fe(001) upper electrode (a second electrode) is then formed on the MgO(001) barrier layer at room temperature. This is successively followed by the deposition of a Co layer on the Fe(001) upper electrode (the second electrode). The Co layer is provided so as to increase the coercive force of the upper electrode in order to realize an antiparallel magnetization alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicants: Japan Science and Technology Agency, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventor: Shinji YUASA
  • Patent number: 10533231
    Abstract: The invention relates to establishment of a series of artificial luciferases based on artificial amino acid sequences extracted by amino acid alignment of copepod-derived luciferase sequences in a database based on amino acid similarity. The invention provides high luminescence intensity, high luminescence stability, and a spectrum with increased wavelength as luminescence characteristics. A series of artificial luciferases (ALuc) was established. The group of ALucs has superior luminescence characteristics, such as an increase in luminescence intensity, an increase in luminescence stability, or an increase in wavelength of the luminescence spectrum, which were not obtained before. Further, by using the artificial luciferases (ALuc) of the invention, it is possible to provide a novel, superior bioassay system, such as a bioluminescent probe, two-hybrid assay, a luminescent capsule, or the like having improved measurement function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sung Bae Kim, Masaki Torimura, Hiroaki Tao, Tetsuya Nakazato
  • Patent number: 10527424
    Abstract: An angle offset judging device (1) includes: an azimuth histogram generating section (126) for obtaining an appearance frequency of estimated azimuths; and an evaluating section (127) for making an evaluation of whether or not the appearance frequency thus obtained shows a tendency which is observed in a case where an azimuth is properly estimated under a binding condition concerning an advancing direction of a movement of a moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masakatsu Kourogi, Takeshi Kurata, Tomoya Ishikawa, Takashi Okuma
  • Publication number: 20190382558
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided that contains a urethane resin and a smectite with partially immobilized lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: DIC Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yasutaka Oka, Tomoaki Harada, Kumiko Akiba, Yusho Usami, Michiya Nakashima, Takeo Ebina, Ryo Ishii, Takafumi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20190375004
    Abstract: Provided are a new, highly magnetically stable magnetic material which has higher saturation magnetization than ferrite-based magnetic materials, and with which problems of eddy current loss and the like can be solved due to higher electric resistivity than that of existing metal-based magnetic materials, and a method for manufacturing the same. A magnetic material powder is obtained by reducing in hydrogen Ni-ferrite nanoparticies obtained by wet synthesis and causing grain growth, while simultaneously causing nanodispersion of an ?-(Fe, Ni) phase and an Ni-enriched phase by means of a phase dissociation phenomenon due to disproportional reaction. The powder is sintered to obtain a solid magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shinpei YAMAMOTO, Nobuyoshi IMAOKA, Kimihiro OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190341651
    Abstract: There are provided a solid electrolyte material having high density and ion conductivity, and an all solid lithium ion secondary battery using the solid electrolyte material. The solid electrolyte material has a garnet-related structure which has a chemical composition represented by Li7-x-yLa3Zr2-x-yTaxNbyO12 (0?x?0.8, 0.2?y?1, and 0.2?x+y?1) and relative density of 99% or greater, and belongs to a cubic system. The solid electrolyte material has lithium ion conductivity which is equal to or greater than 1.0×10?3 S/cm. The solid electrolyte material has a lattice constant a which satisfies 1.28 nm?a?1.30 nm, and has a lithium ion which occupies only two or more 96h sites in a crystal structure. The all solid lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte includes the solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kunimitsu KATAOKA, Chika TAKAMORI, Haruo ISHIZAKI, Junji AKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10435728
    Abstract: An endoxylanase mutant has improved thermal stability. The endoxylanase mutant having endoxylanase activity includes an amino acid sequence at least including substitution of an amino acid residue at one or more positions selected from positions corresponding to position 35, position 44, position 62, position 63, position 101, and position 102 of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 in an amino acid sequence of endoxylanase derived from a filamentous fungus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurihara, Takuya Kasahara, Chiaki Yamada, Natsuko Murakami, Katsushige Yamada, Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Masahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10432144
    Abstract: A high-frequency phase-locked oscillation circuit having an extremely narrow peak width and a stable frequency so that a high-frequency wave that is oscillated by the MR element solves a problem of a large peak width of oscillation spectrum. The high-frequency phase-locked oscillation circuit includes a magnetoresistive element that oscillates a high-frequency wave with an oscillating frequency; a reference signal source that outputs a reference signal with a reference frequency; a phase-locked loop circuit having a phase comparator, a loop filter, and a frequency divider; an adder that adds a phase error signal output from the loop filter and a bias voltage for oscillating the high-frequency wave from the magnetoresistive element, and that inputs an added bias voltage to the magnetoresistive element; and a filter provided between the frequency divider and the magnetoresistive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shingo Tamaru, Hitoshi Kubota, Akio Fukushima, Shinji Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20190291141
    Abstract: An LIBS-type object sorting device includes a three-dimensional-shape measurement means that acquires a space-coordinate group of a top face of an object to be sorted in top view on a conveyor, an LIBS analyzing means that performs chemical composition analysis on the object to be sorted while irradiating the object to be sorted with laser light, and a conveying-path switching means that switches a conveying path of the object to be sorted, in this order. The device includes a computing means that determines an analyzing section on which the LIBS analysis is to be performed, and a control means that causes a beam position to move and causes, when detecting that the analyzing section has reached from a movement amount of the conveyor, based on the movement amount, a beam-focus position to move along the analyzing section while irradiating the laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shigeki Koyanaka, Kenichirou Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10418538
    Abstract: A thermoelectric material is manufactured by a manufacturing process including annealing at an annealing temperature from 125° C. to 200° C. and for an annealing time from 5 minutes to 12 hours applied to a substance selected from the group consisting of conductive polymer, polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), tosylate (TOS), chloride and perchlorate and a substance as solvent selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, ethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide and isopropanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masakazu Mukaida, Qingshuo Wei, Takao Ishida, Yasuhisa Naitoh