Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kouno

Atsushi Kouno 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).

  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN OR SYNTHESIS GAS USING THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL, AND ALCOHOL
    Publication number: 20110172468
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an alcohol which can produce a target alcohol containing a remarkably low content of the sulfur compound(s), and the present invention provides a method for producing an alcohol comprising a separation process which reduces the content of sulfur compound(s) in a crude alcohol containing at least the sulfur compound(s) through desulfurization treatment in which the crude alcohol is contacted with a separation membrane based on a pervaporation method, thereby a content of the sulfur composition in the crude alcohol is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: JGC CORPORATION, KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD., KYOWA HAKKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Yamamoto, Naoyoshi Iwasaki, Shigeki Nagamatsu, Yukitoshi Fukuda, Hiromichi Hidaka, Atsushi Kouno, Yoshihiro Katoh