Patents by Inventor Emi Akabane

Emi Akabane 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: 11020327
    Abstract: A gel paste composition including (A) a crosslinking organopolysiloxane and (B) a liquid oil, the crosslinking organopolysiloxane (A) being obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by the following general formula (I) with a polyoxyalkylene compound shown by the following general formula (II) in the presence of a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, the component (A) containing polyoxyethylene units in an amount of 20 wt % or more. As a result, the gel paste composition that contains a crosslinking organopolysiloxane having improved compatibility with ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and water, and thus exhibits excellent dispersibility when blended to a cosmetic thereby providing good feeling and cosmetic sustainability. R1aHbSiO(4-a-b)/2??(I) CcH2c-1O(C2H4O)d(C3H6O)eCcH2c-1??(II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi Akabane, Chihiro Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10787544
    Abstract: A silicone compound is represented by the formula (1) and has a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 200000. A polyhydric alcohol-modified silicone compound can provide a stable composition (emulsified product, powder dispersion, etc.) having a silicone oil and other oil as a continuous phase. R1aR2bR3cR4dSiO(4-a-b-c-d)/2??(1) (R1 represents an organic group, R2 is a group represented by —Y—O—X (Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbons and optionally containing at least one of an ether bond and an ester bond, and X represents a polyhydric alcohol-substituted hydrocarbon group having at least two hydroxyl groups); R3 is a monovalent branched type organosiloxane group represented by the formula (4); and R4 is a monovalent organosiloxane group represented by the formula (5) or the formula (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi Akabane, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 10676556
    Abstract: A water-absorbing polymer obtained from polymerization of (A) and (B) in aqueous medium wherein (A) is a phosphate-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and/or a salt thereof, and (B) is a monomer having one (meth)acrylic group within the molecule and/or a salt thereof that is different from component (A); and reacting the reaction product of (A) and (B) with (C) an organopolysiloxane having a (meth)acrylic group at both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Fatemeh Mohammadi, Lisa Qu, Emi Akabane
  • Publication number: 20190211156
    Abstract: A silicone compound is represented by the formula (1) and has a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 200000. A polyhydric alcohol-modified silicone compound can provide a stable composition (emulsified product, powder dispersion, etc.) having a silicone oil and other oil as a continuous phase. R1aR2bR3cR4dSiO(4-a-b-c-d)/2??(1) (R1 represents an organic group, R2 is a group represented by —Y—O—X (Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbons and optionally containing at least one of an ether bond and an ester bond, and X represents a polyhydric alcohol-substituted hydrocarbon group having at least two hydroxyl groups); R3 is a monovalent branched type organosiloxane group represented by the formula (4); and R4 is a monovalent organosiloxane group represented by the formula (5) or the formula (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi AKABANE, Tomoyuki GOTO
  • Patent number: 10047184
    Abstract: A film-forming composition containing a polymer obtained by polymerizing (A) 5 to 80 mass % of a silicone resin having an R3SiO1/2 unit, an R2R?SiO1/2 unit, and an SiO2 unit, where R may be the same or different and represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R? represents a —C3H6SH group, wherein a total amount of the R3SiO1/2 unit, R2R?SiO1/2 unit, and SiO2 unit is 80 mol % or more with respect to all structural units, and a mole ratio expressed by (sum of R3SiO1/2 unit and R2R?SiO1/2 unit)/(SiO2 unit) ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 and (B) 20 to 95 mass % of one or more radically polymerizable compounds, wherein component (B) includes (B-1) one or more radically polymerizable monomers having no SiO unit in a structure thereof. This composition is capable of forming a transparent film that is excellent in adhesiveness without exhibiting stickiness and secondary adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Emi Akabane
  • Publication number: 20180127529
    Abstract: A water-absorbing polymer obtained from polymerization of (A) and (B) in aqueous medium wherein (A) is a phosphate-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and/or a salt thereof, and (B) is a monomer having one (meth)acrylic group within the molecule and/or a salt thereof that is different from component (A); and reacting the reaction product of (A) and (B) with (C) an organopolysiloxane having a (meth)acrylic group at both ends
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Fatemeh Mohammadi, Lisa Qu, Emi Akabane
  • Patent number: 9951090
    Abstract: The present invention is a mono-functional branched organosiloxane compound that is liquid and shown by the following general formula (1) Ma-1MRa-2Db-1DRb-2Tc-1TRc-2Qd-1??(1) wherein M=R13SiO0.5, MR=R12R2SiO0.5, D=R12SiO, DR=R2R1SiO, T=R1SiO1.5, TR=R2SiO1.5, and Q=SiO2, where R1 represents a group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and so on, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, and so on, a-1 represents an integer of 1 or more, b-1 and c-1 each represent an integer of 0 or more, and a-2, b-2, c-2, and d-1 each represent 0 or 1, provided that c-1, c-2, and d-1 are not simultaneously 0, a total of a-2, b-2, and c-2 is 1, and when b-1 is 0, a-1 is 2 or more and a total of c-1 and d-1 is 1 or more. There can be provided a novel mono-functional branched organosiloxane compound having a branched structure, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi Akabane, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 9890252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silicone compound shown by the formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 500 to 200,000, R1aR2bR3cR4dSiO(4-a-b-c-d)/2 (1), wherein R1 represents the same or different organic group, R2 represents a polyoxyalkylene group shown by —CmH2m—O—(C2H4O)g(C3H6O)hR6, R3 represents a branched type monovalent organosiloxane group shown by the following general formula (4), MoMRpDqDRrTsTRtQu (4), and R4 represents a monovalent organosiloxane group shown by the following general formula (5) or the general formula (6), MMRDv-1 (5), MwDv-1DRv-2TRv-3 (6). This provides a silicone compound which has excellent emulsification ability and emulsion stability to silicone oil, and can secure high temporal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi Akabane, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20170240677
    Abstract: A film-forming composition containing a polymer obtained by polymerizing (A) 5 to 80 mass % of a silicone resin having an R3SiO1/2 unit, an R2R?SiO1/2 unit, and an SiO2 unit, where R may be the same or different and represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R? represents a —C3H6SH group, wherein a total amount of the R3SiO1/2 unit, R2R?SiO1/2 unit, and SiO2 unit is 80 mol % or more with respect to all structural units, and a mole ratio expressed by (sum of R3SiO1/2 unit and R2R?SiO1/2 unit)/(SiO2 unit) ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 and (B) 20 to 95 mass % of one or more radically polymerizable compounds, wherein component (B) includes (B-1) one or more radically polymerizable monomers having no SiO unit in a structure thereof. This composition is capable of forming a transparent film that is excellent in adhesiveness without exhibiting stickiness and secondary adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Emi AKABANE
  • Publication number: 20170137574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silicone compound shown by the formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 500 to 200,000, R1aR2bR3cR4dSiO(4-a-b-c-d)/2 (1), wherein R1 represents the same or different organic group, R2 represents a polyoxyalkylene group shown by —CmH2m—O—(C2H4O)g(C3H6O)hR6, R3 represents a branched type monovalent organosiloxane group shown by the following general formula (4), MoMRpDqDRrTsTRtQu (4), and R4 represents a monovalent organosiloxane group shown by the following general formula (5) or the general formula (6), MMRDv-1 (5), MwDv-1DRv-2TRv-3 (6). This provides a silicone compound which has excellent emulsification ability and emulsion stability to silicone oil, and can secure high temporal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi AKABANE, Tomoyuki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20170101423
    Abstract: The present invention is a mono-functional branched organosiloxane compound that is liquid and shown by the following general formula (1) Ma-1MRa-2Db-1DRb-2Tc-1TRc-2Qd-1??(1) wherein M=R13SiO0.5, MR=R12R2SiO0.5, D=R12SiO, DR=R2R1SiO, T=R1SiO1.5, TR=R2SiO1.5, and Q=SiO2, where R1 represents a group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and so on, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, and so on, a-1 represents an integer of 1 or more, b-1 and c-1 each represent an integer of 0 or more, and a-2, b-2, c-2, and d-1 each represent 0 or 1, provided that c-1, c-2, and d-1 are not simultaneously 0, a total of a-2, b-2, and c-2 is 1, and when b-1 is 0, a-1 is 2 or more and a total of c-1 and d-1 is 1 or more. There can be provided a novel mono-functional branched organosiloxane compound having a branched structure, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi AKABANE, Tomoyuki GOTO
  • Patent number: 9616253
    Abstract: A water-absorbing polymer obtained from (A) a phosphate-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and/or a salt thereof, (B) a monomer having one (meth)acrylic group within the molecule and/or a salt thereof other than component (A), and (C) an organopolysiloxane having a (meth)acrylic group at both ends and related compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Fatemeh Mohammadi, Lisa Qu, Emi Akabane
  • Publication number: 20160262991
    Abstract: A gel paste composition including (A) a crosslinking organopolysiloxane and (B) a liquid oil, the crosslinking organopolysiloxane (A) being obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by the following general formula (I) with a polyoxyalkylene compound shown by the following general formula (II) in the presence of a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, the component (A) containing polyoxyethylene units in an amount of 20 wt % or more. As a result, the gel paste composition that contains a crosslinking organopolysiloxane having improved compatibility with ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and water, and thus exhibits excellent dispersibility when blended to a cosmetic thereby providing good feeling and cosmetic sustainability. R1aHbSiO(4-a-b)/2??(I) CcH2c-1O(C2H4O)d(C3H6O)eCcH2c-1??(II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi AKABANE, Chihiro HAYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9289372
    Abstract: A cosmetic has a polymer (A) having a content of an oxyalkylene unit and/or a glycerin unit of 0.5% by mass or more and under 5.0% by mass; and a polymer (B) having a content of an oxyethylene unit and/or a glycerin unit of 5.0% by mass or more and 20.0% by mass or less, the polymer (A) and the polymer (B) being a crosslinking organopolysiloxane polymer obtained by reacting organohydrogen polysiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule and polyoxyalkylene and/or polyglycerin having two or more aliphatic unsaturated bonds in one molecule, wherein the mass ratio of the polymer (A) to the polymer (B) is 5:95 to 60:40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sakuta, Emi Akabane, Teruki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20160030328
    Abstract: A water-absorbing polymer obtained from (A) a phosphate-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and/or a salt thereof, (B) a monomer having one (meth)acrylic group within the molecule and/or a salt thereof other than component (A), and (C) an organopolysiloxane having a (meth)acrylic group at both ends and related compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Fatemeh Mohammadi, Lisa Qu, Emi Akabane
  • Publication number: 20150202141
    Abstract: A cosmetic has a polymer (A) having a content of an oxyalkylene unit and/or a glycerin unit of 0.5% by mass or more and under 5.0% by mass; and a polymer (B) having a content of an oxyethylene unit and/or a glycerin unit of 5.0% by mass or more and 20.0% by mass or less, the polymer (A) and the polymer (B) being a crosslinking organopolysiloxane polymer obtained by reacting organohydrogen polysiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule and polyoxyalkylene and/or polyglycerin having two or more aliphatic unsaturated bonds in one molecule, wherein the mass ratio of the polymer (A) to the polymer (B) is 5:95 to 60:40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Koji SAKUTA, Emi AKABANE, Teruki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 8901265
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel (meth)acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer that is preferably used for cosmetics and the like. The (meth)acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer of the present invention is a copolymer obtained by reacting the following radically polymerizable monomers (a) to (d): (a) a compound represented by the following general formula (I); (b) at least one selected from a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a compound represented by the following formula (III); (c) a compound represented by the following general formula (IV); and (d) a compound represented by the following general formula (V), wherein the copolymer is dissolved at a level of 50 mass % or more in 99.5% ethanol at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Kose Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Masubuchi, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Emi Akabane
  • Publication number: 20140018508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel (meth)acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer that is preferably used for cosmetics and the like. The (meth)acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer of the present invention is a copolymer obtained by reacting the following radically polymerizable monomers (a) to (d): (a) a compound represented by the following general formula (I); (b) at least one selected from a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a compound represented by the following formula (III); (c) a compound represented by the following general formula (IV); and (d) a compound represented by the following general formula (V), wherein the copolymer is dissolved at a level of 50 mass % or more in 99.5% ethanol at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., KOSE Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Masubuchi, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Emi Akabane
  • Publication number: 20090238781
    Abstract: A glycerin-modified silicone represented by the following formula (1): R1aR2bR3cSiO(4-a-b-c)/2 ??(1) wherein R1 is, independently, an unsubstituted or a partially halogen-substituted alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aminoalkyl, or carboxyalkyl group, of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 is, independently, an organosiloxyalkyl group represented by the following formula (3): wherein R5 is an unsubstituted or a partially halogen-substituted alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, g is a number of from 1 to 5, and h is a number of from 1 to 500, R3 is a group represented by the following formula (4): wherein Q is a C2-20 divalent group, r is a number of from 1 to 200, s is a number of from 1 to 200, R6 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-30 alkyl group or an organic group of the formula: —(CO)—R7, wherein R7 is a C1-30 hydrocarbon group, and t is a number of from 1 to 10, a is a number of from 0.5 to 2.5, b is a number of from 0 to 1.5, and c is a number of from 0.001 to 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Sakuta, Emi Akabane