Patents by Inventor Ayako Shimazu

Ayako Shimazu 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).

  • Patent number: 11554089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or —COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; (B) a dimethylsilicone; and (C) an amino-modified silicone, the hair cosmetic satisfying such conditions that a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (B) [(C)/(B)] is 0.3 or more and 3.0 or less; and a mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) and component (C) {(A)/[(B)+(C)]} is 1.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Shimazu, Ayami Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11123278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or —COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; (B) a cationic surfactant; and (C) a polyoxyethylene addition type nonionic surfactant, wherein a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A) [(B)/(A)] is 1.0 or more; a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (A) [(C)(A)] is 1.0 or more; a mass ratio of t a component having an oxyethylene addition molar number of 5 or more in the components constituting the component (C) to the component (A) is satisfied with a predetermined requirement; and a pH at 25° C. of the hair cosmetic is 8.0 or more and 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Shimazu, Yoichi Saito
  • Publication number: 20200360256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or —COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; (B) a dimethylsilicone; and (C) an amino-modified silicone, the hair cosmetic satisfying such conditions that a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (B) [(C)/(B)] is 0.3 or more and 3.0 or less; and a mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) and component (C) {(A)/[(B)+(C)]} is 1.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako SHIMAZU, Ayami NAGAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200360255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a ? bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or —COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; (B) a cationic surfactant; and (C) a polyoxyethylene addition type nonionic surfactant, wherein a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A) [(B)/(A)] is 1.0 or more; a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (A) [(C)(A)] is 1.0 or more; a mass ratio of t a component having an oxyethylene addition molar number of 5 or more in the components constituting the component (C) to the component (A) is satisfied with a predetermined requirement; and a pH at 25° C. of the hair cosmetic is 8.0 or more and 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako SHIMAZU, Yoichi SAITO
  • Patent number: 9169458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mutant alkaline cellulase having enhanced anti-redeposition ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Shimazu, Keiji Endo, Mitsuyoshi Okuda
  • Patent number: 8981212
    Abstract: A polyester film includes particles and two kinds of crystalline polyester resins in which a sea-island structure is formed, wherein, if a crystallization temperature of a crystalline polyester resin A that forms a continuous phase or matrix phase in the polyester film is represented by TccA and a crystallization temperature of a crystalline polyester resin B that forms a dispersion phase or domain phase in the polyester film is represented by TccB, expression (1) below is satisfied, and a degree of flatness of the dispersion phase is 3 or more, and 70% or more of a total number of the particles present in the dispersion phase or are in contact with the dispersion phase: TccA?TccB?5° C.??Expression (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Ayako Shimazu, Atsushi Shiomi, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140209170
    Abstract: A laminate sheet including a layer containing a polyester resin as a main component (P1 layer), an adhesive resin layer (P2 layer), and a layer containing a polyolefin resin as a main component (P3 layer), wherein the laminate sheet has a total thickness of at least 30 ?m and up to 500 ?m, the P2 layer has a thickness of at least 0.1 ?m and up to 3 ?m, and a ratio of the thickness of the P1 layer (P1) to the thickness of the P3 layer (P3) (ratio P1/P3) is at least 0.2 and up to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ayako Shimazu, Atsushi Shiomi, Shigeru Aoyama, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130029897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mutant alkaline cellulase having enhanced anti-redeposition ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Shimazu, Keiji Endo, Mitsuyoshi Okuda
  • Publication number: 20120202083
    Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film including a polyester layer (P1 layer) containing a polyester including ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent, a high melting point resin having a melting point TmB1 of not less than 260° C. and not more than 320° C., and inorganic particles, wherein content of the high melting point resin in the P1 layer, WB1, is not less than 2% by mass and not more than 40% by mass based on the P1 layer; in the P1 layer, dispersion phases composed of the high melting point resin are present in the polyester; and average longitudinal length of the dispersion phases is not more than 10,000 nm (10 ?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shiomi, Shigeru Aoyama, Ayako Shimazu, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120080089
    Abstract: A polyester film includes particles and two kinds of crystalline polyester resins in which a sea-island structure is formed, wherein, if a crystallization temperature of a crystalline polyester resin A that forms a continuous phase or matrix phase in the polyester film is represented by TccA and a crystallization temperature of a crystalline polyester resin B that forms a dispersion phase or domain phase in the polyester film is represented by TccB, expression (1) below is satisfied, and a degree of flatness of the dispersion phase is 3 or more, and 70% or more of a total number of the particles present in the dispersion phase or are in contact with the dispersion phase: TccA?TccB?5° C.??Expression (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Ayako Shimazu, Atsushi Shiomi, Kozo Takahashi