Patents by Inventor Akira Okano
Akira Okano 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).
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Patent number: 11556082Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt having surface resistivity ?s of 1×109 ?/square or more and volume resistivity ?v of 1×1012 ?·cm or less includes a thermoplastic resin material containing carbon black. The carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 22.5-28.5 weight % and include first carbon black and second carbon black. The first carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 50-90 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 93-127 ml/100 g, and the second carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 10-50 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 36-79 ml/100 g.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke Tsuruga, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Jun Ohira, Akeshi Asaka, Hiroto Sugimoto, Takanori Ueno, Koji Sato, Midai Suzuki, Atsushi Hori, Kaoru Okamoto, Megumi Uchino, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Naoto Kameyama, Kiyonori Soutome, Shigeo Kuroda, Akira Okano, Hiroshi Tominaga
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Patent number: 11510971Abstract: An object of the present invention is to discover a novel peptide useful as an active ingredient in an agent for treating or preventing cancer, and to provide the use of the polypeptide as an immune inducer. The immune inducer contains as an active ingredient, the following (i) or (ii): (i) at least one polypeptide having an immune-inducing activity and selected from the group of polypeptides (a) or (b), where: (a) polypeptides consisting of 7 or more consecutive amino acids within the region of positions 24 to 97 in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; and (b) polypeptides comprising one to several amino acid deletions, substitutions and/or additions in the amino acid sequence of any one of the polypeptides (a); and (ii) a recombinant vector comprising at least one polynucleotide encoding any one of the polypeptides, and capable of expressing the polypeptide in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Akira Kurihara, Fumiyoshi Okano
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Patent number: 11487227Abstract: The crystallinity of a thermoplastic resin is 8% or more and 25% or less, the average primary particle size of carbon black is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, the content of the carbon black is 15.0 parts by mass or more and 30.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of an intermediate transfer belt, and (Li+Lo+Lc)/3?100 nm, where Li, Lo, and Lc are values of an L-function indicating a dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in an inner peripheral surface region of the intermediate transfer belt, in an outer peripheral surface region, and in a central region that is a central portion of the intermediate transfer belt in a thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Midai Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Koji Sato, Noriaki Kobayashi, Megumi Uchino, Akira Okano, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Naoko Kasai, Atsushi Hori
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Patent number: 11478539Abstract: This application provides an immunity-inducing agent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one polypeptide having immunity-inducing activity and selected from (a) polypeptides consisting of amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 8, 4, 6, 10, 12, 2 and 14, and polypeptides consisting of 7 or more consecutive amino acids in the amino acid sequences, (b) polypeptides having a sequence identity of 85% or more with the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 8, 4, 6, 10, 12, 2 and 14, and polypeptides consisting of 7 or more consecutive amino acids in the amino acid sequences, and (c) polypeptides comprising the polypeptides according to (a) or (b) as the partial sequences, or a recombinant vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide and capable of expressing the polypeptide in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kurihara, Fumiyoshi Okano
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Patent number: 11472903Abstract: Provided are a composition for polymerization from which a macromolecular material that contains a host-group-introduced polymer with excellent energy to failure can be produced without using a solvent; a polymer of the composition; and a method for producing the polymer. The composition for polymerization contains a solution containing a first polymerizable compound and a host-group-containing polymerizable compound that is dissolved in the first polymerizable compound, wherein the host group present in the host-group-containing polymerizable compound is a group formed by removing one hydrogen atom or hydroxy group from a cyclodextrin, and wherein the cyclodextrin is at least one cyclodextrin selected from the group consisting of ?-cyclodextrin, ?-cyclodextrin, and ?-cyclodextrin.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Osaka UniversityInventors: Akira Harada, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Takashima, Tomoko Tokuhara, Suguru Nomimura, Hikaru Aramoto, Ryohei Ikura, Nanami Okano
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Publication number: 20220250377Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording device capable of facilitating cleaning of a print head, and easily recovering a solvent (cleaning liquid) that is used for cleaning. An inkjet recording device includes a print head that receives a supply of ink to perform printing; and a main body that includes an ink container to contain the ink and a solvent container to contain a solvent, and that supplies the ink in the ink container to the print head. Further, the inkjet recording device includes a cleaning tank, a cleaning nozzle, and a recovery container. Then, the print head is set inside the cleaning tank, the solvent is sprayed from the cleaning nozzle to clean the print head, and the solvent after cleaning is recovered by the recovery container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Takahiro ARIMA, Sho MIZOGUCHI, Akira MIYAO, Fumiormi UEDA, Mamoru OKANO
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Publication number: 20220187741Abstract: The crystallinity of a thermoplastic resin is 8% or more and 25% or less, the average primary particle size of carbon black is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, the content of the carbon black is 15.0 parts by mass or more and 30.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of an intermediate transfer belt, and (Li+Lo+Lc)/3?100 nm, where Li, Lo, and Lc are values of an L-function indicating a dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in an inner peripheral surface region of the intermediate transfer belt, in an outer peripheral surface region, and in a central region that is a central portion of the intermediate transfer belt in a thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Midai Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Koji Sato, Noriaki Kobayashi, Megumi Uchino, Akira Okano, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Naoko Kasai, Atsushi Hori
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Publication number: 20220082964Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon black. The carbon black has a structure volume of 50 or more and 250 or less, and a content of the carbon black is from 15.0 mass % to 30.0 mass % with respect to the intermediate transfer member. When a region ranging from an inner peripheral surface on a back side with respect to an outer peripheral surface on which a toner image is borne to 10 ?m in a thickness direction is defined as an inner peripheral surface region, a value of an L-function indicating dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in the inner peripheral surface region is 150 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Midai Suzuki, Koji Sato, Akira Okano, Toshiyuki Yoshida
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Publication number: 20200019093Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt having surface resistivity ?s of 1×109 ?/square or more and volume resistivity ?v of 1×1012 ?·cm or less includes a thermoplastic resin material containing carbon black. The carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 22.5-28.5 weight % and include first carbon black and second carbon black. The first carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 50-90 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 93-127 ml/100 g, and the second carbon black of the carbon black contained in the thermoplastic resin material has a weight ratio of 10-50 weight % and dibutyl phthalate absorption of 36-79 ml/100 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Ryosuke Tsuruga, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Jun Ohira, Akeshi Asaka, Hiroto Sugimoto, Takanori Ueno, Koji Sato, Midai Suzuki, Atsushi Hori, Kaoru Okamoto, Megumi Uchino, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Naoto Kameyama, Kiyonori Soutome, Shigeo Kuroda, Akira Okano, Hiroshi Tominaga
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Patent number: 10042298Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170205737Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9658585Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20160306310Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9411282Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150378287Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9158251Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150063885Abstract: A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Takanori Mitani, Akimichi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Doda, Satoshi Nishida, Isamu Takeda, Akira Okano, Masahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120325068Abstract: To restrain shifting of a circular blade, and reduce a cutting-in angle of the circular blade with respect to the tape roll main body, both ends of a rotatable blade shaft 38 is supported by a pair of shaft bearings 39a and 39b of shaft supporting members 37 of a tool post 20. The circular blade 21 is mounted to the blade shaft 38, between the shaft bearings 39a and 39b. This prevents the blade shaft 38 from being shifted or bent, restrains shifting of the circular blade 21, and reduce the cutting-in angle of the circular blade 21 with respect to the tape roll main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Sadaji SUTOU, Futoshi MATSUE, Akira OKANO
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Patent number: 7973076Abstract: The present invention provides compositions having, as active ingredients, a stilbene derivative and a platinum coordination compound which is highly efficacious and highly safe for treating tumors, particularly for the treatment of solid or malignant tumors and thus methods of cancer and tumor treatment using the composition are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Morinaga, Yukio Nihei, Yasuyo Suga, Manabu Suzuki, Kazuo Ohishi, Akira Okano
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Publication number: 20100069486Abstract: The present invention provides composition having as active ingredients a stilbene derivative and a platinum coordination compound which is highly efficacious and highly safe for treating tumors, particularly for the treatment of solid or malignant tumors and thus methods of cancer and tumor treatment using the composition are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Morinaga, Yukio Nihei, Yasuyo Suga, Manabu Suzuki, Kazuo Ohishi, Akira Okano