Patents by Inventor Hiromoto Mizushima
Hiromoto Mizushima 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: 10188101Abstract: The present invention provides the efficacy-enhancing agent composition for an agricultural chemical containing at least one compound (A) selected from specific ethoxylate compounds, specific polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, specific polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, specific (poly)glycerol fatty acid esters, and specific alkyl saccharides; and at least one compound (B) selected from specific polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers and specific aliphatic alcohols.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Kamei, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 9572341Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Nomura, Masatoshi Kamei, Kazuhiko Kurita, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Publication number: 20150373969Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki NOMURA, Masatoshi KAMEI, Kazuhiko KURITA, Hiromoto MIZUSHIMA
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Patent number: 9161530Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Nomura, Masatoshi Kamei, Kazuhiko Kurita, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 9040476Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin cleanser composition capable of providing an excellent frictional resistance feeling during rinsing and capable of giving an excellent silky feeling with moisturization to the skin after drying, and to a method for producing the composition. The skin cleanser composition contains a cat ionized hydroxypropyl cellulose (A) and a surfactant (B), and the cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose (A) has an anhydroglucose-derived main chain, and has a degree of substitution with cationized ethyleneoxy group of from 0.01 to 3.0 and a degree of substitution with propyleneoxy group of from 0.01 to 2.9.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Fujii, Yasuhiro Doi, Masanori Takai, Hiromoto Mizushima, Rie Tanaka
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Patent number: 8932568Abstract: Provided is a low odor hair conditioning composition which is free of oily and greasy feel upon finish, and can impart good manageability and moisturized feel. Specifically provided is a hair conditioning composition including a component (A): a compound represented by a general formula (1) R1O—(PO)n/(EO)m—R2 (1), where R1 represents a straight or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, PO represents a propyleneoxy group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, an average addition mole number “n” represents a number of 1.5 to 3.0, an average addition mole number “m” represents a number of 0 to 1.0, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and a component (B): a surfactant other than the component (A), wherein a content of R1OH, where R1 represents a straight or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, is 80 ppm or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Juri Sata, Yoshinori Tamura, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 8834852Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral care composition, which contains a compound represented by the formula (A): (wherein, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, G represents a galactose residue, m stands for an integer of from 0 to 200, and n stands for an integer of from 1 to 30); and a coaggregation inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium and cariogenic bacteria, which contains the compound as an effective ingredient. The composition for oral cavity according to the present invention inhibits coaggregation of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium with cariogenic bacteria so that it has an excellent caries preventive effect.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Morihide Itano, Shigeto Kayane, Katsuya Ueno, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 8673865Abstract: The present invention relates to a preservative efficacy-enhancing agent capable of allowing an antiseptic agent to exhibit a high preservative efficacy even when the antiseptic agent is used at a low concentration; a preservative efficacy-enhancing composition containing the same; and a method for enhancing a preservative efficacy of antiseptic agents. The present invention relates to: (1) a preservative efficacy-enhancing agent for antiseptic agents which includes an amphiphilic galactose derivative (A) as an effective ingredient; (2) a preservative efficacy-enhancing composition including 0.01 to 30% by mass of an amphiphilic galactose derivative (A) and 0.01 to 1.0% by mass of an antiseptic agent (B); and (3) a method for enhancing a preservative efficacy of an antiseptic composition which includes the step of allowing 0.01 to 30% by mass of an amphiphilic galactose derivative (A) to coexist with an antiseptic agent (B) in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Katsuya Ueno, Hiromoto Mizushima, Hiromi Kubota, Katsumi Endo
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Patent number: 8632761Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic composition including a surfactant and a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose, wherein the cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose contains a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose represented by the following general formula (1) and has a cationized ethyleneoxy group substitution degree of from 0.01 to 2.5 and a propyleneoxy group substitution degree of from 0.1 to 2.8, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a substituent group including a cationized ethyleneoxy group and a propyleneoxy group; and n represents an average polymerization degree of the anhydroglucose and is a number of from 50 to 5000. The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention exhibits a less stickiness after use and is capable of imparting excellent run fingers through hair, coating feel and manageability to hair.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Hiroyuki Terazaki, Masanori Takai, Hiromoto Mizushima, Yoshihiro Hasebe
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Publication number: 20130296212Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin cleanser composition capable of providing an excellent frictional resistance feeling during rinsing and capable of giving an excellent silky feeling with moisturization to the skin after drying, and to a method for producing the composition. The skin cleanser composition contains a cat ionized hydroxypropyl cellulose (A) and a surfactant (B), and the cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose (A) has an anhydroglucose-derived main chain, and has a degree of substitution with cationized ethyleneoxy group of from 0.01 to 3.0 and a degree of substitution with propyleneoxy group of from 0.01 to 2.9.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Fujii, Yasuhiro Doi, Masanori Takai, Hiromoto Mizushima, Rie Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130196854Abstract: The present invention provides the efficacy-enhancing agent composition for an agricultural chemical containing at least one compound (A) selected from specific ethoxylate compounds, specific polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, specific polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, specific (poly)glycerol fatty acid esters, and specific alkyl saccharides; and at least one compound (B) selected from specific polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers and specific aliphatic alcohols.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Kamei, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Publication number: 20120230934Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic composition including a surfactant and a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose, wherein the cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose contains a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose represented by the following general formula (1) and has a cationized ethyleneoxy group substitution degree of from 0.01 to 2.5 and a propyleneoxy group substitution degree of from 0.1 to 2.8, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a substituent group including a cationized ethyleneoxy group and a propyleneoxy group; and n represents an average polymerization degree of the anhydroglucose and is a number of from 50 to 5000. The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention exhibits a less stickiness after use and is capable of imparting excellent run fingers through hair, coating feel and manageability to hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Hiroyuki Terazaki, Masanori Takai, Hiromoto Mizushima, Yoshihiro Hasebe
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Publication number: 20120015813Abstract: An agrichemical-containing composition that exhibits excellent agrichemical efficacy is provided. The agrichemical-containing composition comprises hydroxypropyl cellulose, an agrichemical, an organic solvent having a saturated vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or higher at 25° C., and water. When the composition as a whole is taken as 100 wt %, the content of the organic solvent is 0.02 to 1 wt %, and the weight ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the organic solvent (hydroxypropyl cellulose/organic solvent) is in a range of 0.1 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Takayuki Nomura, Masatoshi Kamei, Kazuhiko Kurita, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Publication number: 20110014145Abstract: Provided is a low odor hair conditioning composition which is free of oily and greasy feel upon finish, and can impart good manageability and moisturized feel. Specifically provided is a hair conditioning composition including a component (A): a compound represented by a general formula (1) R1O—(PO)n/(EO)m—R2 (1), where R1 represents a straight or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, PO represents a propyleneoxy group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, an average addition mole number “n” represents a number of 1.5 to 3.0, an average addition mole number “m” represents a number of 0 to 1.0, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and a component (B): a surfactant other than the component (A), wherein a content of R1OH, where R1 represents a straight or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, is 80 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Juri Sata, Yoshinori Tamura, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Publication number: 20100215592Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral care composition, which contains a compound represented by the formula (A): (wherein, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, G represents a galactose residue, m stands for an integer of from 0 to 200, and n stands for an integer of from 1 to 30); and a coaggregation inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium and cariogenic bacteria, which contains the compound as an effective ingredient. The composition for oral cavity according to the present invention inhibits coaggregation of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium with cariogenic bacteria so that it has an excellent caries preventive effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Morihide ITANO, Shigeto KAYANE, Katsuya UENO, Hiromoto MIZUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20090156511Abstract: The present invention relates to a preservative efficacy-enhancing agent capable of allowing an antiseptic agent to exhibit a high preservative efficacy even when the antiseptic agent is used at a low concentration; a preservative efficacy-enhancing composition containing the same; and a method for enhancing a preservative efficacy of antiseptic agents. The present invention relates to: (1) a preservative efficacy-enhancing agent for antiseptic agents which includes an amphiphilic galactose derivative (A) as an effective ingredient; (2) a preservative efficacy-enhancing composition including 0.01 to 30% by mass of an amphiphilic galactose derivative (A) and 0.01 to 1.0% by mass of an antiseptic agent (B); and (3) a method for enhancing a preservative efficacy of an antiseptic composition which includes the step of allowing 0.01 to 30% by mass of an amphiphilic galactose derivative (A) to coexist with an antiseptic agent (B) in the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Katsuya Ueno, Hiromoto Mizushima, Hiromi Kubota, Katsumi Endo
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Publication number: 20080255058Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral care composition, which contains a compound represented by the formula (A): (wherein, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, G represents a galactose residue, m stands for an integer of from 0 to 200, and n stands for an integer of from 1 to 30); and a coaggregation inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium and cariogenic bacteria, which contains the compound as an effective ingredient. The composition for oral cavity according to the present invention inhibits coaggregation of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium with cariogenic bacteria so that it has an excellent caries preventive effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide Itano, Shigeto Kayane, Katsuya Ueno, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 7378551Abstract: A gelling agent having a high ability of gelling an oily base which is capable of giving a gel composition having a strong gel strength and a good transparency, a gel composition having a strong gel strength and a good transparency, an external composition having a good feel upon use, a cosmetic preparation having a good feel upon use, and a fragrance composition having a good transparency and a good appearance is provided. An amide compound represented by the following formula 1: is used. In formula 1, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of from 1 to 3 with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is a hydrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Miyajima, Takeshi Ihara, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 7357881Abstract: The invention provides a bleaching catalyst and a bleaching composition having a sufficient bleaching effect even at low temperatures and being excellent in an effect of preventing color migration in fibers with less bleach of dyes and less damage to fibers. The invention provides a cyclic amide transition metal complex (1), a bleaching catalyst containing the same, and a bleaching composition containing the bleaching catalyst and a peroxy bleaching agent selected from hydrogen peroxide and a peroxide or an organic peracid generating hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution. wherein R1 to R6 represent H, a C1-16 hydrocarbon or perfluoroalkyl group or a halogen atom, R7 represents a C1-18 alkylene or perfluoroalkylene group, A represents a group having 1 to 3 quaternary ammonium groups substituted with an alkyl group or linked with an alkylene group, or a heterocyclic aromatic quaternary cation group, or the like, M represents a transition metal, L represents a ligand, and Q represents a counterion.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Danjo, Hiromoto Mizushima
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Patent number: 7351809Abstract: A process is provided for the selective and convenient production of a glycerol glycoside, which has been glycosidated at the 1-hydroxyl group of glycerol and is useful as a glyceroglycolipid precursor, humectant or the like. A glycerol carbonate glycoside represented by the following formula (1): wherein G represents a monosaccharide residue, and n stands for an integer of from 1 to 3; a process for producing the glycerol carbonate glycoside of formula (1) by reacting a saccharide with glycerol-1,2-carbonate in the presence of an acid; and a process for producing a glycerol glycoside which is represented by the following formula (2): wherein G and n have the same meanings as defined above, by deprotecting the glycerol carbonate glycoside represented by formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Katsuya Ueno, Hiromoto Mizushima