Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hirai

Hiroyuki Hirai 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).

  • Publication number: 20080163486
    Abstract: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating-reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tatsuro Imamura, Yuji Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shinozaki, Satoshi Shibazaki, Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hirai, Osamu Shimada, Kenji Sasaoka, Kenichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20080156736
    Abstract: A magnetic composite body comprising magnetic nanoparticles having a number average particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm and having a compound represented by formula (I) fixed on their surfaces, and a method comprising bringing the magnetic composite body into contact with a test piece followed by magnetic separation: R1O—(CH(R2)CH2O)n-L-X ??Formula (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or alkenyl group having a carbon chain length of 1 to 20, or a substituted or unsubstituted, aryl or heterocyclic group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; L may be present or not present, and, when L is present, L represents an alkylene or alkenylene group having a carbon chain length of 1 to 10 which may have a branched chain or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxylic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, or a sulfonic acid group; and n represents an integer of 1 to 10
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Masayoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 7345888
    Abstract: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Imamura, Yuji Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shinozaki, Satoshi Shibazaki, Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hirai, Osamu Shimada, Kenji Sasaoka, Kenichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7338618
    Abstract: A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersion, comprising a doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent, wherein the doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle comprises a surface that is modified with a surface modifier, the surface modifier being a compound represented by formula [I]: HS-L-WFormula [I] wherein L represents a divalent linking group; and W represents COOM or NH2, in which M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or NX4, in which X represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Keiko Sugihara, Junji Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20080032415
    Abstract: Two or more target substances are simply and efficiently detected using one type of nanoparticle. Two or more target substances contained in one sample are labeled with two or more fluorescent dyes each capable of binding to the respective target substance and each of which emit light at wavelengths different from each other, combination is made with a phosphor nano-particle capable of binding to each of the two or more fluorescent dyes, subsequently irradiation is undertaken with an excitation light which excites the phosphor nano-particle to emit light, and the two or more fluorescent dyes are caused to emit fluorescence using the light from the phosphor nano-particle as an excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Junji Nishigaki, Masayoshi Kojima, Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20080020483
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluorescence detecting method, comprising irradiating an excitation light in the UV range on a sample containing a nanoparticle fluorescent material having an emission half-value width of 50 nm to 200 nm as the fluorescent material and detecting the fluorescence emitted from the sample in the visible range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Junji Nishigaki, Masayoshi Kojima, Hiroyuki Hirai, Tatsuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080011125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing metallic nanoparticles, which includes reacting a copper compound with a hydrazine reducing agent in an organic solvent in the presence of a precious metal compound, wherein the precious metal compound is a compound containing at least one precious metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, and palladium, and the total number of precious metal atoms in the precious metal compound is in the range of 1 to 10 at. % of the total copper atoms in the copper compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi SHIRATA, Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20070224705
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for detecting a target compound including: injecting a test liquid containing a target compound into a colloid solution of magnetic nano-particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less to allow the target compound to bind to the magnetic nano-particles, thereby forming bound magnetic nano-particles having a diameter of 100 nm or more; and bringing a dispersion liquid containing the bound magnetic nano-particles in proximity to a magnetic sensor including at least a magnetoresistive (MR) element and a permanent magnet while measuring the change in magnetic resistance to selectively detect the bound magnetic nano-particles, thereby indirectly detecting the target compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Masayoshi Kojima, Isao Tsuyuki
  • Publication number: 20070195511
    Abstract: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Imamura, Yuji Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shinozaki, Satoshi Shibazaki, Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hirai, Osamu Shimada, Kenji Sasaoka, Kenichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7242591
    Abstract: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Imamura, Yuji Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shinozaki, Satoshi Shibazaki, Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hirai, Osamu Shimada, Kenji Sasaoka, Kenichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20070125985
    Abstract: A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersion, comprising a doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersed in water and/or a hydrophilic solvent, wherein the doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle comprises a surface that is modified with a surface modifier, the surface modifier being a compound represented by formula [I]: HS-L-W ??Formula [I] wherein L represents a divalent linking group; and W represents COOM or NH2, in which M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or NX4, in which X represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Keiko Sugihara, Junji Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20070108415
    Abstract: A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersion, comprising a doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent, wherein the doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle comprises a surface that is modified with a surface modifier, the surface modifier being a compound represented by formula [I]: HS-L-W??Formula [I] wherein L represents a divalent linking group; and W represents COOM or NH2, in which M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or NX4, in which X represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Keiko Sugihara, Junji Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20070105139
    Abstract: A fluorescent probe having a base sequence complementary to a specific sequence in a target nucleic acid, wherein the fluorescent probe has one end labeled with a nano particle fluorescent material, and the other end labeled with a fluorescent dye capable of fluorescence resonance energy transfer from the nano particle fluorescent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Nishigaki, Hiroyuki Hirai, Naoki Sugimoto, Daisuke Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20070015226
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a nanoparticle fluorescent material for detecting cancer with which cancer can be detected with high sensitivity, using highly safe and broad light emission on a simple device. The present invention provides a nanoparticle fluorescent material which comprises a metal-oxide or metal-sulfide nanoparticle fluorescent material whose surface is modified by a surface modifying agent and whose half bandwidth of light emission is between 50 and 200 nm, wherein an antibody that recognizes cancer antigen is bound to the surface modifying agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Masayoshi Kojima, Junji Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20060263908
    Abstract: The fluorescent complexes of the invention each comprise a magnetic nano-particle; an inorganic phosphor nano-particle; and a linker, wherein the magnetic nano-particles have an average particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, the inorganic phosphor nano-particles have an average particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, and the linker links the magnetic nano-particles with the inorganic phosphor nano-particles. The fluorescence detection method of the present invention comprises detecting a target substance in a sample by using the fluorescent complex of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20060254050
    Abstract: A fabricating method of a wiring board provided with passive elements is disclosed. The fabricating method includes coating one or both of resistive paste and dielectric paste on at least any one of first surfaces of a first metal foil and a second metal foil each of which has a first surface and a second surface; arranging an insulating board having thermo-plasticity and thermo-setting properties so as to face the first surface of the first metal foil, and arranging the first surface side of the second metal foil so as to face a surface different from a surface to which the first metal foil faces of the insulating board; forming a double-sided wiring board by stacking, pressurizing and heating the arranged first metal foil, insulating board, and second metal foil, and thereby integrating these; and patterning the first metal foil and/or the second metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicants: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., D.T. Circuit Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Tooru Serizawa, Hiroshi Yagi, Osamu Shimada, Hiroyuki Hirai, Yuji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7100276
    Abstract: A fabricating method of a wiring board provided with passive elements is disclosed. The fabricating method includes coating one or both of resistive paste and dielectric paste on at least any one of first surfaces of a first metal foil and a second metal foil each of which has a first surface and a second surface; arranging an insulating board having thermo-plasticity and thermo-setting properties so as to face the first surface of the first metal foil, and arranging the first surface side of the second metal foil so as to face a surface different from a surface to which the first metal foil faces of the insulating board; forming a double-sided wiring board by stacking, pressurizing and heating the arranged first metal foil, insulating board, and second metal foil, and thereby integrating these; and patterning the first metal foil and/or the second metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., D.T. Circuit Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Tooru Serizawa, Hiroshi Yagi, Osamu Shimada, Hiroyuki Hirai, Yuji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060194887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling aggregation and dispersion of magnetic nano particles, the method including changing, in a sample liquid containing independently dispersed magnetic nano particles having a particle size of 1 to 50 nm, at least one condition selected from the type of a salt present as a medium, the concentration of the salt, and the pH of the sample liquid to thereby control aggregation and dispersion of the magnetic nano particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kojima, Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20060154496
    Abstract: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Tatsuro Imamura, Yuji Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shinozaki, Satoshi Shibazaki, Yoshitaka Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hirai, Osamu Shimada, Kenji Sasaoka, Kenichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20060086925
    Abstract: A nanoparticle fluorescent material of metal oxide or metal sulfide which is surface modified by a surface modification agent, wherein a half width of emission spectrum is 50 to 200 nm, and the surface modification agent is a compound represented by formula (I) or a degradation product thereof, and a dispersion of the same. M-(R)4??formula (I) In formula (I), M is an Si or Ti atom, and R is an organic group. The R groups may be the same or different from each other, but at least one R group is a group having reactivity with an affinity molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Keiko Sugihara