Patents by Inventor Chie KITANO

Chie KITANO 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).

  • Publication number: 20140088239
    Abstract: The present invention makes a water-dispersed PSA composition capable of forming a PSA that exhibits good adhesiveness to a non-polar adherend such as polyethylene and polypropylene at a low temperature. The water-dispersed PSA composition comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition comprising as a primary component an alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and a latex containing a rubber component that is immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer, the (meth)acrylic polymer and the latex being mixed at a weight ratio ((meth)acrylic polymer/rubber latex) within a range of 95/5 to 25/75 based on solid contents; wherein a storage modulus in a range of ?15° C. to 25° C. is 1 MPa or smaller, the storage modulus being determined by a dynamic viscoelastic measurement in which shear strain is applied at a frequency of 1 Hz, the measurement being taken with respect to the water-dispersed PSA composition dried at 100° C. for 3 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Okada, Chie Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130273361
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release, which has a small influence on an environment or a human body, can be easily handled, can largely change its pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before and after irradiation with an active energy ray, and can express high pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before the irradiation with the active energy ray and express high releasability after the irradiation with the active energy ray. The active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release includes an active energy ray-curable polymer (P), in which the polymer (P) includes one of a polymer obtained by causing a carboxyl group-containing polymer (P3) and an oxazoline group-containing monomer (m3) to react with each other, and a polymer obtained by causing an oxazoline group-containing polymer (P4) and a carboxyl group-containing monomer (m2) to react with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Katsuhiko KAMIYA, Tomokazu Takahashi, Chie Kitano, Mika Okada, Takeshi Matsumura, Shuhei Murata, Hironao Otake, Masatsugu Koso
  • Patent number: 8541501
    Abstract: Provided is a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive that exhibits good adhesiveness to a non-polar adherend and maintains its properties at a low temperature. The water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition containing as a primary component an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a latex containing a rubber component that is immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer and has a loss tangent peak temperature of ?5° C. or below when determined by a dynamic viscoelastic measurement in which shear strain is applied at a frequency of 1 Hz, and a tackifier that is miscible with the rubber component, but immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Mika Okada, Chie Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130137813
    Abstract: Provided is a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive that exhibits good adhesiveness to a non-polar adherend and maintains its properties at a low temperature. The water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition containing as a primary component an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a latex containing a rubber component that is immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer and has a loss tangent peak temperature of ?5° C. or below when determined by a dynamic viscoelastic measurement in which shear strain is applied at a frequency of 1 Hz, and a tackifier that is miscible with the rubber component, but immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Okada, Chie Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130030110
    Abstract: Provided is a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition useful for purposes of producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having high rough surface adhesiveness also in a good balance with the other properties, and so on. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an acrylic polymer pAX, and an acrylic polymer pAY having a Mw of 1×103 to 50×103, at a mass ratio of 100:6-35. In pAX, 60 to 99.5% by mass of a C2-18 alkyl (meth)acrylate M1X and 0.5 to 12% by mass of a functional-group-containing monomer M2X are copolymerized while in pAY, 60 to 95% by mass of a C2-18 alkyl (meth)acrylate M1Y and 5 to 40% by mass of a functional-group-containing monomer M2Y are copolymerized. When SPX and SPY are solubility parameters calculated from M1X and M1Y, the solubility difference ?SP defined as |SPY?SPX| is 0.25 (cal/cm3)1/2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Okada, Chie Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130023615
    Abstract: Provided is a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition useful for purposes of producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having high rough surface adhesiveness also in a good balance with the other properties, and so on. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an acrylic polymer pAX, and an acrylic polymer pAY having a Mw of 1×103 to 50×103 and a glass transition temperature of ?15° C. or below, at a mass ratio of 100:6-35. pAX comprises a C1-18 alkyl (meth)acrylate M1X as a primary component. pAY has a copolymer composition containing, as its constituting monomers, a C1-18 alkyl(meth)acrylate M1Y and a functional-group-containing monomer M2Y. The number of the functional groups derived from the monomer M2Y contained per 100 g of pAY is greater than 0 12 mol up to 0.50 mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chie Kitano, Mika Okada
  • Publication number: 20120288710
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive, which has excellent adhesiveness to an adherend having surface polarity of every kind and can exhibit excellent repulsion resistance even in a moist heat environment, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet using the composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition provided by the present invention contains a copolymerization reaction product of a monomer mixture. The monomer mixture contains an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with a carbon number of from 4 to 20 and N-vinylcaprolactam. The total sum amount thereof is 95% by mass or more of the whole of monomer components. An amount of N-vinylcaprolactam is from 12 to 40% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Masahito Niwa, Chie Kitano
  • Publication number: 20120276378
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use satisfying both high corrosion resistance and adhesion reliability. The double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use according to the present invention has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a resistance ratio determined by a specific corrosion resistance test of from 90 to 120 and an average air bubble diameter of air bubbles determined by a specific bubbling delamination resistance test of 1.0 mm or less. Further, the double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use according to the present invention preferably has a total light transmittance of 90% or more and a haze of 1.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Masahito Niwa, Naoaki Higuchi, Chie Kitano
  • Publication number: 20120003470
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release, which has a small influence on an environment or a human body, can be easily handled, can largely change its pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before and after irradiation with an active energy ray, and can express high pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before the irradiation with the active energy ray and express high releasability after the irradiation with the active energy ray. The active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive for re-release includes an active energy ray-curable polymer (P), in which the polymer (P) includes one of a polymer obtained by causing a carboxyl group-containing polymer (P3) and an oxazoline group-containing monomer (m3) to react with each other, and a polymer obtained by causing an oxazoline group-containing polymer (P4) and a carboxyl group-containing monomer (m2) to react with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko KAMIYA, Tomokazu TAKAHASHI, Chie KITANO, Mika OKADA, Takeshi MATSUMURA, Shuhei MURATA, Hironao OTAKE, Masatsugu KOSO
  • Publication number: 20110159195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a copolymerization reaction product of a monomer mixture satisfying the following both conditions: (a) the monomer mixture includes a monomer m1 in an amount of 50% by mass or more based on whole monomer components constituting the monomer mixture, wherein the monomer m1 is an alkyl (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (I): CH2?C(R1)COOR2??(I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and (b) the monomer mixture includes a monomer m2 in an amount of 12% by mass or more based on the whole monomer components constituting the monomer mixture, or a monomer m2 and a monomer m3 in an amount in total of 12% by mass or more based on the whole monomer components constituting the monomer mixture, wherein the monomer m2 is an imidazole group-containing unsaturated monomer, and the monomer m3 is an amide group-containing unsatura
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahito NIWA, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Chie KITANO