Patents by Inventor Fumio Oi
Fumio Oi 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: 8088863Abstract: An organic-solvent dispersion containing fine polysilsesquioxane particles stably dispersed therein, which is obtained by adjusting the pH of an aqueous dispersion of fine polysilsesquioxane particles to 2 to 9, subsequently adding an organic solvent thereto, and then removing the water from the system; and an aqueous dispersion of fine polysilsesquioxane particles having an appropriate average particle diameter, which is obtained by adjusting the amount of a base catalyst to be used so as to be in a specific range. The process for producing an aqueous dispersion of fine polysilsesquioxane particles having a pH of 2 to 9 with an organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Konishi Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chenghuan Ma, Masamichi Yamamoto, Fumio Oi
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Patent number: 7456321Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone of very high purity. In particular, the present invention provides a process for producing 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone of high purity comprising the steps of subjecting phenol in combination with a sulfonating agent or phenolsulfonic acid to a dehydration reaction in the presence of an aromatic nonpolar solvent while suspending the resulting dihydroxydiphenylsulfone therein, mixing the reaction suspension with a polar solvent to at least partially dissolve the dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, and precipitating 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Konishi Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Ogata, Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Nobuyuki Nate
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Publication number: 20080004359Abstract: An organic-solvent dispersion containing fine polysilsesquioxane particles stably dispersed therein, which is obtained by adjusting the pH of an aqueous dispersion of fine polysilsesquioxane particles to 2 to 9, subsequently adding an organic solvent thereto, and then removing the water from the system; and an aqueous dispersion of fine polysilsesquioxane particles having an appropriate average particle diameter, which is obtained by adjusting the amount of a base catalyst to be used so as to be in a specific range. The process for producing an aqueous dispersion of fine polysilsesquioxane particles having a pH of 2 to 9 with an organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Chenghuan Ma, Masamichi Yamamoto, Fumio Oi
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Patent number: 6974886Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing dihydroxydiphenylsulfone wherein trihydroxytriphenylsulfone and coloring impurities are effectively removed without altering the isomeric composition of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone. In particular, the present invention provides a process for producing dihydroxydiphenylsulfone comprising the steps of dissolveing or suspending in an aqueous solvent crude dihydroxydiphenylsulfone containing trihydroxytriphenylsulfone, adjusting the pH to 5–7, optionally cooling, and separating the crystalline dihydroxydiphenylsulfone thus precipitated.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Konishi Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Takayuki Kitahara, Nobuyuki Nate
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Publication number: 20050272956Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone of very high purity. In particular, the present invention provides a process for producing 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone of high purity comprising the steps of subjecting phenol in combination with a sulfonating agent or phenolsulfonic acid to a dehydration reaction in the presence of an aromatic nonpolar solvent while suspending the resulting dihydroxydiphenylsulfone therein, mixing the reaction suspension with a polar solvent to at least partially dissolve the dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, and precipitating 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2003Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Eiji Ogata, Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Nobuyuki Nate
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Publication number: 20050272603Abstract: A thermal recording material includes a thermosensitive coloring layer, which is made by applying a dispersion liquid, in which the developer and a coloring dye are dispersed, onto a supporting base, and then drying the base. The developer contains 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone as a major component; and 2,4?dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone, the 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone and the 2,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone being contained at a weight ratio greater than 90:10 and no more than 100:0, and the developer containing phenolsulfonic acid phenyl ester no more than 1.5% by weight with respect to a sum quantity of the 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone and the 2,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone. The present invention thus provides a thermal recording material causing less surface texture fogging and is superior in preservation ability, and also provides a developer suitably used as a component of the thermal recording material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2003Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Nobuyuki Nate
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Patent number: 6965054Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a mixture of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone isomers containing 2,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, the process comprising heating 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone or a mixture of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone isomers containing at least 85 wt. % of 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone in the presence of phenol and sulfuric or sulfonic acid.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Konishi Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Masamichi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20050171384Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing dihydroxydiphenylsulfone wherein trihydroxytriphenylsulfone and coloring impurities are effectively removed without altering the isomeric composition of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone. In particular, the present invention provides a process for producing dihydroxydiphenylsulfone comprising the steps of dissolveing or suspending in an aqueous solvent crude dihydroxydiphenylsulfone containing trihydroxytriphenylsulfone, adjusting the pH to 5-7, optionally cooling, and separating the crystalline dihydroxydiphenylsulfone thus precipitated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2003Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Takayuki Kitahara, Nobuyuki Nate
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Patent number: 6861562Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a mixture of 4,4?- and 2,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfones comprising heating trihydroxytriphenyldisulfone or a mixture of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone isomers containing trihydroxytriphenyldisulfone in the presence of phenol and an acid catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Konishi Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20040254400Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a mixture of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone isomers containing 2,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, the process comprising heating 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone or a mixture of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone isomers containing at least 85 wt. % of 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone in the presence of phenol and sulfuric or sulfonic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Masamichi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20040242935Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a mixture of 4,4′- and 2,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfones comprising heating trihydroxytriphenyldisulfone or a mixture of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone isomers containing trihydroxytriphenyldisulfone in the presence of phenol and an acid catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Fumio Oi, Norio Yanase, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 5861229Abstract: A positive resist composition which comprises a 1,2-quinone diazide compound and an alkali-soluble resin containing a polyphenol compound (I) of the general formula:X--.alpha.--H (I)wherein x is a group of the formula: ##STR1## and .alpha. is a divalent group which comprises a repeating unit of the formula: ##STR2## in which n is a number of not less than 1; a, b, c, d, e and f are the same or different and a number of 0-3, provided that d+f is not less than 1; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy group, a carboxyl group or a halogen atom; R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group or an aryl group, which resist composition is sensitive to radiation and has good balance of sensitivity, resolving power and heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1992Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Haruyoshi Osaki, Fumio Oi, Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Takeshi Hioki
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Patent number: 5456996Abstract: A positive resist composition which comprises, in admixture, a photosensitive 1,2-quinone diazide compound, an alkali-soluble resin to bind ingredients and polyphenol compound to control a dissolution rate in a developer having a molecular weight of not more than 550 and represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein a, b, c, d, e, and f are the same or different and a number of 0-3, provided that d+f is not less than 1, and provided that if b, d and f are 1, then at least one of a, c, and e is not 0; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy group, a carboxyl group or a halogen atom; R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 10, 1995Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Haruyoshi Ozaki, Fumio Oi, Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Takeshi Hioki
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Patent number: 5456995Abstract: A positive resist composition which comprises, in admixture, a photosensitive 1,2-quinone diazide compound, an alkali-soluble resin to bind ingredients and polyphenol compound to control a dissolution rate in a developer represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.1-18 or hydrogen, the composition is sensitive to radiation and has good balance of sensitivity, resolving power and heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 10, 1995Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Haruyoshi Ozaki, Fumio Oi, Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Takeshi Hioki
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Patent number: 5378586Abstract: A positive resist composition which comprises in admixture an alkali-soluble resin and, as a sensitizer, first and second quinone diazide sulfonic acid esters of a phenol compound, wherein(a) the first ester is a quinone diazide sulfonic acid diester of a phenol compound having not less than three hydroxyl groups which exhibits a pattern area that is not less than 40% of all pattern areas corresponding to the sensitizer in a high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) pattern measured with a primary detector using UV light having a wavelength of 254 nm, and(b) the second ester is a quinone diazide sulfonic acid ester that is a complete ester of a phenol compound having not less than two hydroxyl groups which exhibits a pattern area corresponding to not less than 5% and is less than 60% of all pattern areas corresponding to the sensitizer in the HPLC pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1993Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Koji Kuwana, Fumio Oi
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Patent number: 5290656Abstract: A quinone diazide sulfonic acid ester of a phenol compound of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 are the same or different and each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group, provided that at least one of Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 is a hydroxyl group; Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, Z.sub.4, Z.sub.5 and Z.sub.6 are the same or different and each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an aryl group, a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group, provided that at least one of Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, Z.sub.4, Z.sub.5 and Z.sub.6 is a hydroxyl group; X is ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cyclo-alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an aryl group, provided that when at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1993Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Koji Kuwana, Yukio Hanamoto, Fumio Oi, Jun Tomioka
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Patent number: 5124228Abstract: A quinone diazide sulfonic acid ester of a phenol compound of the general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein a, c and d are the same or different and a number of 0 to 3, provided that when a is 0 or 3, b is a number of 0 to 3 or when a is 1 or 2, b is 0, 1 or 2, and a+b and c+d are not less than 2; R and R' are the same or different and an alkyl group or an aryl group provides a positive resist composition having a high .gamma.-value.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1989Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Koji Kuwana, Fumio Oi
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Patent number: 5080997Abstract: A process for preparing a positive resist composition, which process includes the steps of condensation reacting a quinone diazide sulfonyl halogenide with a phenol compound, mixing a condensation reaction mixture with a solution of an alkali-soluble resin in a resist solvent and removing impurities from the mixture, whereby the overall processing time can be shortened.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1989Date of Patent: January 14, 1992Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Takeshi Hioki, Koji Kuwana, Jun Tomioka, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Yasunori Uetani, Yukio Hanamoto, Fumio Oi
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Patent number: 5059507Abstract: A quinone diazide sulfonic acid ester of a phenol compound of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a hydroxyl group, provided that at least one of Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 is a hydroxyl group; Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, Z.sub.4, Z.sub.5, Z.sub.6 and Z.sub.7 are the same or different and each a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or halogen atom, provided that at least two of Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, Z.sub.4, Z.sub.5, Z.sub.6 and Z.sub.7 are hydroxyl groups; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group provides a positive resist composition having a high .gamma.-value.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1989Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata, Hirotoshi Nakanishi, Koji Kuwana, Yukio Hanamoto, Fumio Oi
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Patent number: 4812551Abstract: A novolak resin for a positive photoresist is provided herein, which resin is produced by the addition condensation reaction of a phenol with formaldehyde. This novolak resin has improved heat resistant and sensitivity properties and the thickness retention of the novolak resins are very high.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1987Date of Patent: March 14, 1989Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Fumio Oi, Haruyoshi Osaki, Akihiro Furuta, Yukikazu Uemura, Takao Ninomiya, Yasunori Uetani, Makoto Hanabata