Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
  • COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS
    Publication number: 20140249187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling harmful arthropods having an excellent control efficacy on harmful arthropods. A composition for controlling harmful arthropods comprising an carboxylic acid represented by a formula (I) wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of pyrazole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole and a compound represented by a formula (II), shows an excellent controlling efficacy on harmful arthropods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Iwata, Tatsuya Suzuki, Chie Shimizu
  • Method for producing carboxylic acid amide
    Patent number: 8822724
    Abstract: A carboxamide can be produced in a high yield by a method for producing a carboxamide, for example, represented by formula (4): (wherein R1 and R3 are as defined below), the method comprising a step of allowing a carboxylic acid ester represented by formula (1): (wherein R1 represents an optionally substituented C1-C20 hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituented C3-C20 heterocyclic group, and R2 represents an optionally substituented C1-C20 hydrocarbon group), an amine represented by formula (2): R3—NH2??(2) (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituented C1-C20 hydrocarbon group), and a formamide compound represented by formula (3): (wherein R3 is as defined above) to react in the presence of a metal alkoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Tomokawa, Takahiro Kimura, Norihiko Hirata
  • Process for producing olefin oxide
    Patent number: 8822372
    Abstract: A process for producing an olefin oxide which comprises reacting an olefin with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a copper oxide and a ruthenium oxide on a porous support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Selim Senkan, Anusom Seubsai
  • Germination-stimulant carbamate derivatives and process for preparation thereof
    Patent number: 8822383
    Abstract: Provided is a novel compound which can germinate seeds of root parasitic plants, more specifically, a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a lower alkoxy group, or R1 and R2 are linked together to form a lower alkylenedioxy group, or R1 and R2 together with the adjacent carbon atoms form a benzene ring, or R2 and R3 are linked together to form a lower alkylenedioxy group, or R2 and R3 together with the adjacent carbon atoms form a benzene ring, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, X and Y are the same or different and each represents an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, and n represents an integer of 0, 1 or 2, and a method for controlling root parasitic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: National University Corporation KOBE UNIVERSITY, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sasaki, Yukihiro Sugimoto, Hirosato Takikawa, Hideyoshi Miyake, Noritada Matsuo
  • Semiconductor wafer, method of producing semiconductor wafer, electronic device, and method of producing electronic device
    Patent number: 8823141
    Abstract: The semiconductor wafer includes: a base wafer; and an inhibition layer that is disposed on the base wafer as one piece or to be separate portions from each other, and inhibits growth of a crystal of a compound semiconductor, where the inhibition layer has a plurality of first opening regions that have a plurality of openings penetrating the inhibition layer and leading to the base wafer, each of the plurality of first opening regions includes therein a plurality of first openings disposed in the same arrangement, some of the plurality of first openings are first element forming openings each provided with a first compound semiconductor on which an electronic element is to be formed, and the other of the plurality of first openings are first dummy openings in which no electronic element is to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takada, Masahiko Hata, Sadanori Yamanaka
  • Liquid composition containing liquid crystal polyester
    Patent number: 8821755
    Abstract: A liquid composition containing a liquid crystal polyester, comprising (1) 15 to 40% by weight of a liquid crystal polyester, and (2) 60 to 85% by weight of a solvent containing N-methylpyrrolidone, wherein the liquid composition has a viscosity of 1.5 Pa·s or larger measured at 23° C., and the total of the liquid crystal polyester and the solvent is 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Tomoko Uehara
  • POLYMER COMPOUND AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140239284
    Abstract: By using a polymer compound comprising a constituent unit represented by the formula (1) and a constituent unit represented by the formula (2) in an organic layer of an organic photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion efficiency can be enhanced: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom; or a substituent; Y1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N(R3)—; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; ring Z1 and ring Z2 represent each independently an optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic ring or an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring; wherein R2 is different from R1 and represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Y2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N(R3)—; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; ring Z3 and ring Z4 represent each independently an optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic ring or an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya, Takehito Kato
  • ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20140242470
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition for a secondary battery for bonding a separator for a secondary battery and an electrode for a secondary battery, wherein the composition comprises an adhesive resin having a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer and having a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ogata
  • PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140238492
    Abstract: There is provided a photoelectric conversion device including: an active layer; and a metal-based particle assembly layer consisting of a particle assembly including 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 10 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 5 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio in a range of from 0.5 to 8, the metal-based particles being disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. The photoelectric conversion device exhibits a high conversion efficiency achieved through enhancement of an electric field by the metal-based particle assembly layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE HAVING LAYERED STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140242442
    Abstract: A layered structure lithium mixed metal oxide obtained by a method including a step of calcining a lithium mixed metal oxide raw material containing a transition metal element and a lithium element in a molar ratio of the lithium element to the transition metal element of 1 or more and 2 or less, in the presence of an inactive flux containing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a carbonate of M, a sulfate of M, a nitrate of M, a phosphate of M, a hydroxide of M, a molybdate of M, and a tungstate of M, wherein M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Cedric PITTELOUD, Yoshinari SAWABE, Satoshi SHIMANO
  • Stabilizer composition
    Patent number: 8815990
    Abstract: A stabilizer composition comprising a phenyl acrylate compound or phosphite compound, and a sugar alcohol. A thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a phenyl acrylate compound or phosphite compound, and a sugar alcohol, wherein the total weight of the phenyl acrylate compound or phosphite compound, and the sugar alcohol is 0.001 to 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kimura, Tetsuya Shintaku
  • Method for producing spherical alumina powder
    Patent number: 8815205
    Abstract: A production method comprising the steps of: spraying an aluminum hydroxide powder having a specific surface area measured by a nitrogen adsorption method of 0.3 m2/g or more and 3 m2/g or less; a ratio of an average particle diameter D50, which is a particle diameter at which 50% by weight of particles from the finest particle side are accumulated in a particle diameter distribution measured by a laser diffraction scattering method, to a sphere conversion particle diameter Dbet calculated from a specific surface area, of 10 or less; and the average particle diameter D50 of 2 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, into flames, and then collecting it in the form of a powder to give a spherical alumina powder having a small specific surface area and a low uranium content, and capable of providing high thermal conductivity to resin compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sawano, Atsuhiko Imai, Takayuki Kashihara, Yusuke Kawamura, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Polymer compound and polymer light emitting device using the same
    Patent number: 8815414
    Abstract: A polymer compound having a repeating unit of the following formula (1): (wherein, R1 represents a substituent, Q1 and Q2 represent a group containing a benzocyclobutane structure, a represents an integer of 0 to 3. When there exist a plurality of R1s, these may be the same or different).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shigeya Kobayashi, Hidenobu Kakimoto
  • COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20140231717
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that has high solubility in a highly polar solvent and is usefully usable for an application method using a highly polar solvent, the compound that can manufacture an electroluminescent device having high light-emitting efficiency. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound containing a structure represented by Formula (1): wherein: Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 each independently represent a divalent aromatic group optionally having substituent(s); Ar5 represents a monovalent aromatic group optionally having substituent(s); p and q each independently represent an integer of 0 or more; and R1 represents a given monovalent group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Sakakibara, Masanobu Tanaka, Rui Ishikawa, Hideyuki Higashimura
  • AQUEOUS AGROCHEMICAL SUSPENSION COMPOSITION AND AQUEOUS AGROCHEMICAL SUSPENSION FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20140235682
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agrochemical composition having excellent efficacy, which comprises, as active ingredient, 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole. The aqueous agrochemical suspension composition comprising 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl]-4,5-dihydrooxazole, at least one kind of alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and glycerin, an inorganic thickener and a dispersant shows excellent efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Nobuhito Ueda
  • POLYMERS, MONOMERS AND METHODS OF FORMING POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20140235800
    Abstract: A method of forming a crosslinked polymer comprising the step of reacting a crosslinkable group in the presence of a polymer, wherein: the crosslinkable group comprises a core unit substituted with at least one crosslinkable unit of formula (I): the crosslinkable group is bound to the polymer or is a crosslinkable compound mixed with the polymer; Ar is aryl or heteroaryl which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from monovalent substituents and a divalent linking group linking the unit of formula (I) to the core unit; and R is independently in each occurrence H, a monovalent substituent or a divalent linking group linking the unit of formula (I) to the core unit, with the proviso that at least one R is not H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Cambridge Display Technology, Limited
    Inventors: Martin J. Humphries, Sheena Zuberi, Florence Bourcet
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA-HYDROXY KETONE COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20140235867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a specific thiazolium salt used for producing an ?-hydroxy ketone compound, and a method for producing an ?-hydroxy ketone compound by carrying out a coupling reaction of an aldehyde compound in the presence of a base compound and the specific thiazolium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Hagiya, Akio Tanaka, Toshihiro Hodai
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140231714
    Abstract: A method for producing a liquid-crystalline polymer composition containing a liquid-crystalline polymer and a magnetic filler formed by heat-treating a composite material of a ceramic powder and a soft magnetic metal powder in an inert gas atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro KOMATSU, Hiroshi HARADA
  • Modified conjugated diene-based polymer, polymer composition, and process for producing modified conjugated diene-based polymer
    Patent number: 8809449
    Abstract: Disclosed are a modified conjugated diene-based polymer capable of providing a polymer composition improved in tan ? balance, a polymer composition containing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer and silica, and a process for producing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer is obtained by melt-kneading a conjugated diene-based polymer and 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a Bunte salt per 100 parts by weight of the conjugated diene-based polymer, in the presence of water whose amount is from 0.1 to 1,000 parts by weight per one part by weight of the Bunte salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hisakatsu Hama
  • Ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, molded article, catalyst for copolymerization, and method for producing an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer
    Patent number: 8809462
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer comprising monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, having a density (d) of 860 to 950 kg/m3, having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.01 to 100 g/10 min, having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, and having a single melting peak measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi