Patents by Inventor Hiroko Yamamoto

Hiroko Yamamoto 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: 10124562
    Abstract: A metal-coated nonwoven fabric with an adhesive layer capable of enhancing adhesion is provided. The metal-coated nonwoven fabric with an adhesive layer according to the present invention includes a metal-coated nonwoven fabric and an adhesive layer disposed on one surface side of the metal-coated nonwoven fabric, the metal-coated nonwoven fabric including a nonwoven fabric and a metal portion coating the surface of a fiber in the nonwoven fabric, an average thickness of the metal portion being 2 ?m or less, an average thickness of the metal-coated nonwoven fabric being 25 ?m or less, an open area ratio of the metal-coated nonwoven fabric being 1% or more and 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko Yamamoto, Kouhei Maruo
  • Publication number: 20180222154
    Abstract: A metal-coated nonwoven fabric with an adhesive layer capable of enhancing adhesion is provided. The metal-coated nonwoven fabric with an adhesive layer according to the present invention includes a metal-coated nonwoven fabric and an adhesive layer disposed on one surface side of the metal-coated nonwoven fabric, the metal-coated nonwoven fabric including a nonwoven fabric and a metal portion coating the surface of a fiber in the nonwoven fabric, an average thickness of the metal portion being 2 ?m or less, an average thickness of the metal-coated nonwoven fabric being 25 ?m or less, an open area ratio of the metal-coated nonwoven fabric being 1% or more and 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroko Yamamoto, Kouhei Maruo
  • Publication number: 20170196859
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer in which one or more kinases of BTK, JAK3, and ITK is involved. [Means for Solution] The present inventors studied compounds having a BTK inhibiting effect, a JAK3 inhibiting effect and an ITK inhibiting effect, and confirmed that a specific pyrazine carboxamide compound has the BTK inhibiting effect, the JAK3 inhibiting effect, and the ITK inhibiting effect, and that a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound as an active ingredient has a therapeutic effect on cancer in which one or more kinases of BTK, JAK3 and ITK is involved, in another aspect, cancer in which BTK is overexpressed or activated, in another aspect, cancer in which a B cell receptor signal is activated, in still another aspect, cancer in which JAK3 is activation-mutated or activated, and in still another aspect, cancer in which ITK is activated, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi KONAGAI, Hiroaki TANAKA, Hiroko YAMAMOTO, Hideki SAKAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20140221185
    Abstract: Absorbent article production equipment that includes: a forming mechanism for forming the absorbent articles; a conveyance mechanism for conveying the absorbent articles formed by the forming mechanism; and a counting mechanism for counting the absorbent articles supplied from the conveyance mechanism. The counting mechanism comprises: multiple guide members for holding the absorbent articles; a movement member for moving the guide members in a horizontal direction; and a support member disposed below the guide members in the vertical direction. The guide members protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the movement member in the horizontal direction. Opposing surfaces of the guide members that face each other are vertical surfaces which hold an absorbent article therebetween. The conveyance mechanism places the absorbent articles from above the guide members in the vertical direction between the guide members and parallel to the opposing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8754350
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a stage 10 for holding a substrate 8 to be exposed; a direct writing mask 6 arranged above the substrate 8 to be exposed held by the stage 10; a repeated opening pattern in which a plurality of openings each having approximately the same size are arranged in a line at approximately the same interval, provided to the mask; an irradiation mechanism for irradiating with a linear laser beam 1c along the repeated opening pattern; and a movement mechanism for moving a relative position of a laser beam which is formed in such a way that the linear laser beam formed by the laser processing mechanism passes through the plurality of openings of the opening pattern and the substrate held by the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130023535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetic neuropathy comprising a 2-[(substituted-inden-7-yloxy)methyl]morpholine of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The invention is useful for providing an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating diabetic neuropathy, and particularly useful for providing an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetic motor neuropathy (such as muscle weakness disorder (such as muscle weakness disorder with inability to walk independently)), diabetic sensory neuropathy (such as paresthesia (such as vibration perception abnormality), allodynia, hypoesthesia (such as numbness of extremities or cold sensation), or pain), or diabetic autonomic neuropathy (such as stool abnormality (such as constipation or diarrhea), urination disorder, impotence, orthostatic hypotension, sudomotor dysfunction, abnormal heart rate variability, or delayed gastric emptying).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: TOSHIAKI AOKI, NOBUHITO MURAI, SEIJI TAMURA, HIROKO YAMAMOTO, NOZOMU HAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120299981
    Abstract: The present invention allows a plasma display panel to have gradation levels being sufficient in number and to have stable address discharge. In the plasma display apparatus having a panel and a driver circuit, the driver circuit drives the panel on the subfield structure that satisfies the following. One field has a first subfield group and a second subfield group temporally successive to the first subfield group. Each of the subfield groups is formed of a plurality of temporally successive subfields. The luminance weight increases in the order of occurrence of the subfields within each subfield group. The first subfield of the second subfield group has a luminance weight smaller than that of the last subfield of the first subfield group. When a gradation having a level greater than a gradation threshold is displayed, the first subfield of the second subfield group has no light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiko Origuchi, Hiroko Yamamoto, Minoru Takeda
  • Publication number: 20120126226
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to simplify steps needed to process a wiring in forming a multilayer wiring. In addition, when a droplet discharging technique or a nanoimprint technique is used to form a wiring in a contact hole having a comparatively long diameter, the wiring in accordance with the shape of the contact hole is formed, and the wiring portion of the contact hole is likely to have a depression compared with other portions. A penetrating opening is formed by irradiating a light-transmitting insulating film with laser light having high intensity and a pulse high in repetition frequency. A plurality of openings having a minute contact area is provided instead of forming one penetrating opening having a large contact area to have an even thickness of a wiring by reducing a partial depression and also to ensure contact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki KUWABARA, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8158517
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a display device by improving the utilization efficiency of materials and simplifying manufacturing process. Another object of the invention is to provide a technique for forming a pattern such as a wiring having a predetermined shape included in a display device with good controllability. A method for manufacturing a wiring substrate of the invention includes the steps of: forming a first region having a subject material; modifying the surface of the subject material partly to form a second region having a boundary with respect to the first region; continuously discharging a composition containing a conductive material to a part of the first region across the boundary and the second region; solidifying the composition to form a conductive layer; and removing the conductive layer formed in a part of the first region across the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Yamamoto, Ryo Tokumaru
  • Patent number: 8138995
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes the following elements: an image signal conversion circuit for converting an image signal into an image data; a data electrode driver circuit for driving data electrodes according to the image data; a power calculation circuit for calculating a power consumption of the data electrode driver circuit according to the image data; and a temperature calculation circuit for calculating a temperature of the data electrode driver circuit according to the image data. The image signal conversion circuit converts the image signal into an image data decreasing the power consumption of the data electrode driver circuit at least when the calculated power consumption exceeds a predetermined power threshold value, or when the calculated temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeru Yamashita, Kazuki Sawa, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8102005
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a wiring having a minute shape on a large substrate with a small number of steps, and further a wiring substrate formed by the method. Moreover, the present invention provides a semiconductor device in which cost reduction and throughput improvement are possible due to the small number of steps and reduction of materials and which has a semiconductor element with a minute structure, and further a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, a composition including metal particles and organic resin is irradiated with laser light and a part of the metal particles is baked to form a conductive layer typified by a wiring, an electrode or the like over a substrate. Further, a semiconductor device having the baked conductive layer as a wiring or an electrode is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Yamamoto, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7977253
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor layer having a fine shape is provided. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with few variations is provided. In addition, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a high yield is provided where the cost can be reduced with few materials. According to the invention, a semiconductor film is partially irradiated with a laser beam to form an insulating layer, and the semiconductor film is etched using the insulating film as a mask so as to form a semiconductor layer having a desired shape. Then, the semiconductor layer is used to manufacture a semiconductor device. According to the invention, a semiconductor layer having a fine shape can be formed in a predetermined position without using a known photolithography step using a resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Hiroko Yamamoto, Junko Sato
  • Publication number: 20100171117
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to simplify steps needed to process a wiring in forming a multilayer wiring. In addition, when a droplet discharging technique or a nanoimprint technique is used to form a wiring in a contact hole having a comparatively long diameter, the wiring in accordance with the shape of the contact hole is formed, and the wiring portion of the contact hole is likely to have a depression compared with other portions. A penetrating opening is formed by irradiating a light-transmitting insulating film with laser light having high intensity and a pulse high in repetition frequency. A plurality of openings having a minute contact area is provided instead of forming one penetrating opening having a large contact area to have an even thickness of a wiring by reducing a partial depression and also to ensure contact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki KUWABARA, Hiroko YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7750871
    Abstract: An image display method for allowing an image display device having a large number of pixels arrayed in a planar form to perform an image display by forming one field period from plural sub-fields for which luminance weights to be displayed are determined, and choosing plural luminances among displayable luminances as luminances for display by combining the luminance weights of the sub-fields, so that the respective pixels are controlled not to emit light or to emit light in each sub-field correspondingly to the luminances for display to be displayed. At least one threshold value is set, and when a pixel is allowed to emit light at a luminance for display at or higher than a first threshold value, which is the smallest threshold value, the pixel is controlled not to emit light constantly or to emit light constantly in a sub-field having the smallest luminance weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shoji, Takahiko Origuchi, Minoru Takeda, Akira Yawata, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7732349
    Abstract: The invention provides a manufacturing method of an insulating film having a plurality of pores, as well as a manufacturing method of a highly integrated semiconductor device with high yield. According to the invention, a porous insulating film is formed by forming a plurality of pores in an interlayer insulating film using a laser beam, which results in lower dielectric constant of the interlayer insulating film. In addition, a composition containing conductive particles is discharged onto the porous insulating film by a droplet discharge method typified by an ink jet printing method, and then baked to form a wire. As the laser beam, an ultrashort pulse laser beam is preferably used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100113451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetic neuropathy comprising a 2-[(substituted-inden-7-yloxy)methyl]morpholine of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The invention is useful for providing an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating diabetic neuropathy, and particularly useful for providing an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetic motor neuropathy (such as muscle weakness disorder (such as muscle weakness disorder with inability to walk independently)), diabetic sensory neuropathy (such as paresthesia (such as vibration perception abnormality), allodynia, hypoesthesia (such as numbness of extremities or cold sensation), or pain), or diabetic autonomic neuropathy (such as stool abnormality (such as constipation or diarrhea), urination disorder, impotence, orthostatic hypotension, sudomotor dysfunction, abnormal heart rate variability, or delayed gastric emptying).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Aoki, Nobuhito Murai, Seiji Tamura, Hiroko Yamamoto, Nozomu Hamakawa
  • Patent number: 7615488
    Abstract: A method for forming a pattern according to the invention comprises the steps of: forming a mask over a substrate having light-transmitting properties; forming a first region having a substance including a light-absorbing material over the substrate and the mask; forming a second region by irradiating the substance with light having a wavelength which is absorbable by the light-absorbing material through the substrate to modify a part of the substance surface; and forming a pattern by discharging a compound including a pattern forming material to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Maekawa, Gen Fujii, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7579224
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to simplify steps needed to process a wiring in forming a multilayer wiring. In addition, when a droplet discharging technique or a nanoimprint technique is used to form a wiring in a contact hole having a comparatively long diameter, the wiring in accordance with the shape of the contact hole is formed, and the wiring portion of the contact hole is likely to have a depression compared with other portions. A penetrating opening is formed by irradiating a light-transmitting insulating film with laser light having high intensity and a pulse high in repetition frequency. A plurality of openings having a minute contact area is provided instead of forming one penetrating opening having a large contact area to have an even thickness of a wiring by reducing a partial depression and also to ensure contact resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kuwabara, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090184953
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes the following elements: an image signal conversion circuit for converting an image signal into an image data; a data electrode driver circuit for driving data electrodes according to the image data; a power calculation circuit for calculating a power consumption of the data electrode driver circuit according to the image data; and a temperature calculation circuit for calculating a temperature of the data electrode driver circuit according to the image data. The image signal conversion circuit converts the image signal into an image data decreasing the power consumption of the data electrode driver circuit at least when the calculated power consumption exceeds a predetermined power threshold value, or when the calculated temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Takeru Yamashita, Kazuki Sawa, Hiroko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090179230
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a wiring having a minute shape on a large substrate with a small number of steps, and further a wiring substrate formed by the method. Moreover, the present invention provides a semiconductor device in which cost reduction and throughput improvement are possible due to the small number of steps and reduction of materials and which has a semiconductor element with a minute structure, and further a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, a composition including metal particles and organic resin is irradiated with laser light and a part of the metal particles is baked to form a conductive layer typified by a wiring, an electrode or the like over a substrate. Further, a semiconductor device having the baked conductive layer as a wiring or an electrode is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroko Yamamoto, Osamu Nakamura