Patents by Inventor Hideto Kato

Hideto Kato 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: 8048611
    Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane compound is modified such that some silicon-bonded hydroxyl groups are substituted with acid labile groups and/or intermolecular or intramolecular crosslinks form with a crosslinking group having a C—O—C linkage. Cured films of a composition comprising the polyorganosiloxane are useful as interlayer dielectric films on TFT substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Masahiro Furuya, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20110143092
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photocurable dry film including a structure having a photocurable resin layer sandwiched between a support film and a protective film, the photocurable resin layer being formed of a photocurable resin composition including ingredients (A) to (D): (A) a silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound having the repeating units represented by the following general formula (1) wherein X and Y, respectively, a divalent organic group represented by the following general formula (2) or (3) (B) a crosslinking agent selected from formalin-modified or formalin-alcohol-modified amino condensates and phenolic compound having on average two or more methylol groups or alkoxymethylol groups in one molecule; (C) a photoacid generator capable of generating an acid by decomposition with light having a wavelength of 190 to 500 nm; and (D) a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Satoshi ASAI, Takanobu Takeda, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20110143103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photo-curable resin composition, which contains a polyimide silicone having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group, as a component (A); at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amino condensation product modified with formalin or a formalin-alcohol and a phenol compound having two or more in average of methylol group or alkoxymethylol group in one molecule thereof, as a component (B); and a photo-acid generator as a component (C). When used as an adhesive, the photo-curable resin composition further contains a multifunctional epoxy compound as a component (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro Furuya, Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato, Kazunori Kondo, Shohei Tagami, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20110136321
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a lamination type semiconductor integrated device that can simultaneously attain grinding force resistance during back side grinding of a semiconductor wafer, heat resistance during anisotropic dry etching and the like, chemical resistance during plating and etching, smooth debonding of a support substrate for processing at the end, and low adherend staining; the method comprises at least a step of back side grinding of a first semiconductor wafer having a device formed on its surface and a step of laminating by electrical bonding the first semiconductor wafer with a second semiconductor wafer having a device formed on its surface, wherein, at the time of back side grinding of the first semiconductor wafer, back of the first semiconductor wafer is ground after surface of formed device on the first semiconductor wafer is bonded to a support substrate for processing by using a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi KURODA, Kazunori KONDO, Hideto KATO
  • Publication number: 20110082321
    Abstract: Bisphenol derivatives having both alcoholic hydroxyl and allyl groups are novel and useful as reagents for modifying organic resins and silicone resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Takato SAKURAI, Michihiro Sugo, Takanobu Takeda, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20110077374
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyimidesilicone having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group, which is represented by the following general formula (1): in which k and m are each a positive integer where k and in satisfy a relation a 0.01?k/(+m)<1; and X, Y and W are as those defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Michihiro SUGO, Shohei Tagami, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20110076465
    Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising an epoxy-containing silphenylene or silicone polymer with a Mw of 3,000-500,000 forms a coating which is useful as a protective film for electric/electronic parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu Takeda, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20100233619
    Abstract: A polyimide silicone having in the molecule a phenolic hydroxy group in which a part or all of hydrogen atoms are substituted with an acid labile group is provided. The polyimide silicone comprises the unit represented by the formula (1): wherein X is a tetravalent group at least a part of which is a tetravalent organic group represented by the formula (2): wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 is a trivalent group, and n is an integer of 1 to 120 on average; and Y is a divalent organic group at least a part of which is a divalent organic group having a phenolic hydroxy group in which a part or all of hydrogen atoms are substituted with an acid labile group represented by the formula (3): wherein R3 and R4 are a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R5 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Shohei TAGAMI, Takanobu Takeda, Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato
  • Patent number: 7785766
    Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising a silphenylene-bearing polymer having a Mw of 3,000-500,000 can be processed to form patterned films having a widely varying thickness from submicron to more than 20 ?m. The cured films have good adhesion to substrates, heat resistance, electrical insulation and chemical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Satoshi Asai
  • Patent number: 7781541
    Abstract: A polyimide silicone resin, characterized in that the polyimide silicone resin comprises repeating units represented by the following formula (1) and has a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 200,000 wherein X is a tetravalent organic group, at least one of the tetravalent organic groups being represented by the following formula (2) wherein R1 may be the same with or different from each other and is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 may be the same with or different from each other and is a trivalent organic group, and n ranges from 1 to 120 on average, and Y is a divalent organic group, at least one of the divalent organic groups comprising a phenolic hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group bonded to an aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato, Tomoyuki Goto, Shohei Tagami
  • Patent number: 7678874
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel polyimide silicone having an alcoholic hydroxyl group and a process for the preparation thereof. The polyimide of the invention having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group is represented by the following general formula (1), wherein X represents a tetravalent organic group, Y represents a divalent group having at least one monovalent group selected from the group consisting of a phenolic hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, with at least one being a divalent organic group having an alcoholic hydroxyl group, Z represents a divalent organic group, W represents a divalent organic group having an organosiloxane structure, k is a positive number, and each of m and n is equal to 0 (zero) or a positive number, with 0.1?k/(k+m+n)?1, 0?m/(k+m+n)?0.8, 0?n/(k+m+n)?0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiro Sugo, Hideto Kato, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 7638259
    Abstract: A polyimide resin, characterized in that the polyimide resin comprises three kinds of repeating units represented by the formula (1), and has a weight average molecular weight, reduced to polystyrene, of from 5,000 to 500,000, an acryl equivalent of from 400 to 3,000 g/eq, and a carboxylic acid equivalent of from 300 to 2500 g/eq wherein X is a tetravalent organic group, Y is a divalent organic group, Z is a divalent organic group, W is a divalent organic group having a polyorganosiloxane structure. The polyimide resin is suitable for preparing a patterned or non-patterned protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Goto, Michihiro Sugo, Shohei Tagami, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20090269697
    Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane compound is modified such that some silicon-bonded hydroxyl groups are substituted with acid labile groups and/or intermolecular or intramolecular crosslinks form with a crosslinking group having a C—O—C linkage. Cured films of a composition comprising the polyorganosiloxane are useful as interlayer dielectric films on TFT substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto KATO, Tomoyoshi FURIHATA, Masahiro FURUYA, Yoshinori HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20090131620
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel polyimide silicone having an alcoholic hydroxyl group and a process for the preparation thereof. The polyimide of the invention having a primary alcoholic hydroxyl group is represented by the following general formula (1), wherein X represents a tetravalent organic group, Y represents a divalent group having at least one monovalent group selected from the group consisting of a phenolic hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, with at least one being a divalent organic group having an alcoholic hydroxyl group, Z represents a divalent organic group, W represents a divalent organic group having an organosiloxane structure, k is a positive number, and each of m and n is equal to 0 (zero) or a positive number, with 0.1?k/(k+m+n)?1, 0?m/(k+m+n)?0.8, 0?n/(k+m+n)?0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Michihiro SUGO, Hideto Kato, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 7522796
    Abstract: A camera (1) has a tubular housing (3) having an emission window (7). A unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is provided on the inner surface of the housing (3) by utilizing a bundle of light guiding optical fibers on the inner surface. The unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is placed on and bonded to the inner surface of the housing (3) with the fibers bonded together by a bonding agent. An end section of the unitized optical fiber bundle (9) reaches the emission window (7) of the housing (3) to be exposed. The camera (1) has sufficient waterproof capability and is easy to produce, and capable of avoiding a decrease in the amount of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tamotsu Uchida, Hideto Kato
  • Patent number: 7485405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition, wherein the composition comprises:(A) a polyimide resin having one or more primary alcoholic groups with an alcoholic equivalent equal to or less than 3500, said polyimide being soluble in an organic solvent and having a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 500,000; (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of a condensate of an amino compound modified with formalin, optionally further with alcohol, preferably a melamine resin modified with formalin, optionally further with alcohol, and a urea resin with formalin, optionally further with alcohol, and a phenolic compound having, on average, at least two selected from the group consisting of a methylol group and an alkoxy methylol group, and (C) a photoacid generator capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with light of a wavelength of from 240 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kato, Michihiro Sugo, Tomoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 7476485
    Abstract: There is disclosed a resist lower layer film material for a multilayer-resist film used in lithography which contains, at least, a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1). Thereby, there can be provided a resist lower layer film material for a multilayer-resist process, especially for a two-layer resist process, which functions as an excellent antireflection film especially for exposure with a short wavelength, namely has higher transparency, and has the optimal n value and k value, and is excellent in an etching resistance in substrate processing, and a method for forming a pattern on a substrate by lithography using it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Shin-Estu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20080253724
    Abstract: A camera (1) has a tubular housing (3) having an emission window (7). A unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is provided on the inner surface of the housing (3) by utilizing a bundle of light guiding optical fibers on the inner surface. The unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is placed on and bonded to the inner surface of the housing (3) with the fibers bonded together by a bonding agent. An end section of the unitized optical fiber bundle (9) reaches the emission window (7) of the housing (3) to be exposed. The camera (1) has sufficient waterproof capability and is easy to produce, and capable of avoiding a decrease in the amount of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Uchida, Hideto Kato
  • Publication number: 20080182087
    Abstract: A photo-curable resin composition comprising a silphenylene-bearing polymer having a Mw of 3,000-500,000 can be processed to form patterned films having a widely varying thickness from submicron to more than 20 ?m. The cured films have good adhesion to substrates, heat resistance, electrical insulation and chemical resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto KATO, Satoshi ASAI
  • Patent number: 7378215
    Abstract: A positive photoresist composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin, a 1,2-quinonediazide compound, an organic solvent, and a fluorinated organosilicon compound of formula (1) serving as a surfactant can be effectively coated to uniformity over large areas and is improved in resist pattern profile. Rf is a C5-C30 perfluoroalkyl group containing at least one ether bond, Q is a polyether group consisting of an ethylene glycol and/or propylene glycol polymer chain, R is H or C1-C4 alkyl, X is a divalent linking group exclusive of oxygen, Y is a divalent linking group, p is an integer of at least 3, and 0<n<3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Yamaguchi, Hideto Kato