Patents by Inventor Hisanori Kishida
Hisanori Kishida 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: 9284403Abstract: This invention provides a method for synthesizing semi-crystalline polylactides (PLA) even from a lactide mixture including meso-LA and rac-LA. According to the invention, when a mixture of racemic lactide and meso-lactide ispolymerized using a catalyst capable of iso-selectively polymerizing L-lactide and D-lactide, an amorphous poly (meso-lactide) block is formed from meso-lactide and a semi-crystalline poly (racemic lactide) block is formed from racemic lactide by separately polymerizing racemic lactide and meso-lactide by taking advantage of a difference in physicochemical properties between racemic lactide and meso-lactide, whereby polylactide which is semi-crystalline as a whole is produced.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., National University Corporation Nagoya University, NatureWorks LLCInventors: Hisanori Kishida, Takashi Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Nomura, Makoto Takahashi, Joseph Schroeder, Manuel Natal
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Patent number: 9056946Abstract: To provide a method capable of producing stereocomplex polylactic acid, the method being capable of using carbon neutral materials that are not competitive from foods, such as saccharides, without the use of a method for designing optical resolution, which requires complicated operations and high cost and is difficult to perform mass production. The production method of the present invention comprises: a step of reacting glycerin with sodium hydroxide in high-temperature and high-pressure water to produce a racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution; a step of separating sodium from the racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution to recover racemic lactic acid; a step of dimerizing the racemic lactic acid to produce a lactide mixture containing meso lactide and racemic lactide; a step of separating meso lactide from the mixture to recover racemic lactide; and a step of polymerizing the racemic lactide with a salen-metal complex as a catalyst to produce stereocomplex polylactic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hisanori Kishida, Takashi Hasegawa, Kenji Miyaguchi, Takehiko Moriya, Nobuyoshi Nomura, Ryohei Ogawa
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Publication number: 20150087799Abstract: This invention provides a method for synthesizing semi-crystalline polylactides (PLA) even from a lactide mixture including meso-LA and rac-LA. According to the invention, when a mixture of racemic lactide and meso-lactide ispolymerized using a catalyst capable of iso-selectively polymerizing L-lactide and D-lactide, an amorphous poly (meso-lactide) block is formed from meso-lactide and a semi-crystalline poly (racemic lactide) block is formed from racemic lactide by separately polymerizing racemic lactide and meso-lactide by taking advantage of a difference in physicochemical properties between racemic lactide and meso-lactide, whereby polylactide which is semi-crystalline as a whole is produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicants: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, NATUREWORKS LLC, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Hisanori Kishida, Takashi Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Nomura, Makoto Takahashi, Joseph Schroeder, Manuel Natal
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Publication number: 20130178598Abstract: To provide a method capable of producing stereocomplex polylactic acid, the method being capable of using carbon neutral materials that are not competitive from foods, such as saccharides, without the use of a method for designing optical resolution, which requires complicated operations and high cost and is difficult to perform mass production. The production method of the present invention comprises: a step of reacting glycerin with sodium hydroxide in high-temperature and high-pressure water to produce a racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution; a step of separating sodium from the racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution to recover racemic lactic acid; a step of dimerizing the racemic lactic acid to produce a lactide mixture containing meso lactide and racemic lactide; a step of separating meso lactide from the mixture to recover racemic lactide; and a step of polymerizing the racemic lactide with a salen-metal complex as a catalyst to produce stereocomplex polylactic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicants: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Hisanori Kishida, Takashi Hasegawa, Kenji Miyaguchi, Takehiko Moriya, Nobuyoshi Nomura, Ryohei Ogawa
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Patent number: 7829740Abstract: A process for producing lactic acid according to the invention is characterized in that glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.Inventors: Heiji Enomoto, Fangming Jin, Takehiko Moriya, Kenji Kakeda, Yoshitoshi Sekiguchi, Hisanori Kishida
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Publication number: 20100047140Abstract: An apparatus for producing lactic acid according to the invention comprises a reactor carrying out: subjecting glycerin to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition, supplying an alkaline solution comprising glycerin; and continuously producing lactic acid, wherein glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicants: Heiji ENOMOTO, HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Heiji ENOMOTO, Fangming Jin, Takehiko Moriya, Kenji Kakeda, Yoshitoshi Sekiguchi, Hisanori Kishida
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Publication number: 20090088589Abstract: A process for producing lactic acid according to the invention is characterized in that glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2006Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicants: TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATIONInventors: Heiji Enomoto, Fangming Jin, Takehiko Moriya, Kenji Kakeda, Yoshitoshi Sekiguchi, Hisanori Kishida