Patents by Inventor Junji Otani

Junji Otani 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: 20070251414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a red ink composition for color filter, comprising a monoazo compound represented by formula [I]: wherein, X1, X2 and Y are selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted aromatic group and an optionally substituted heterocyclic group having conjugated double bonds, a resin component and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Ryuzo Ueno, Junji Otani, Tetsuya Yamashita, Takaya Hisano
  • Patent number: 7060843
    Abstract: Electroluminescent device comprising in this order (a) an anode (b) a hole transporting layer (c) a light-emitting layer (d) optionally an electron transporting layer and (e) a cathode and a light-emitting substance, wherein the light-emitting substance is a diketopyrrolopyrrole represented by formula I or formula III processes for the preparation of compounds I, its uses and compositions comprising the compounds I and/or III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Norihisa Dan, Abul Iqbal, Robert Moretti
  • Patent number: 7034149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyan dye mixture, an ink composition containing the mixture and a method of ink-jet recording with the ink composition. The print obtained by the method is characterized by discoloring or fading little even when allowed to stand in a well ventilated shade or in an ozone gas. The cyan dye mixture comprises compounds which are obtained by chlorosulfonating, as a starting material, copper phthalocyanine or a sulfonated copper phthalocyanine and then aminating the chlorosulfonation product with an aminating agent used in an amount of at least 2.5 mol per mol of the starting material, and which are represented by the following formula (1): wherein M represents a proton, alkali metal ion, alkaline earth metal ion, onium ion of an organic amine, or ammonium ion; m is an integer of 1 to 4; and n is an integer of 0 to 3; provided that m+n is an integer of 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kitayama Hirokazu, Shinichi Namba, Takafumi Fujii, Junji Otani, Junko Yoshioka, Yasuo Shirasaki
  • Patent number: 7001677
    Abstract: Electroluminescent device comprising in this order (a) an anode (b) a hole transporting layer (c) a light-emitting layer (d) optionally an electron transporting layer and (e) a cathode and a light-emitting substance, wherein the light-emitting substance is a diketopyrrolopyrrole represented by formula I or formula III processes for the preparation of compounds I, its uses and compositions comprising the compounds I and/or III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Norihisa Dan, Abul Iqbal, Robert Moretti
  • Patent number: 6960667
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to maleimides and preparation of compounds of the formula I wherein R1 and R2 independently from each other stand for variously substituted, and R3 stands for allyl, variously substituted, with the proviso, that R1 and R2 not simultaneously stand for phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Junji Otani, Kunihiko Kodama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Patrick Verhoustraeten, Sonia Megert, Adalbert Braig
  • Publication number: 20040009368
    Abstract: Electroluminescent device comprising in this order
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Norihisa Dan, Abul Iqbal, Robert Moretti
  • Publication number: 20030189191
    Abstract: Fluorescent maleimides of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Junji Otani, Kunihiko Kodama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Patrick Verhoustraeten, Sonia Megert, Adalbert Braig
  • Publication number: 20030164114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyan dye mixture, an ink composition containing the mixture and a method of ink-jet recording with the ink composition. The print obtained by the method is characterized by discoloring or fading little even when allowed to stand in a well ventilated shade or in an ozone gas. The cyan dye mixture comprises compounds which are obtained by chlorosulfonating, as a starting material, copper phthalocyanine or a sulfonated copper phthalocyanine and then aminating the chlorosulfonation product with an aminating agent used in an amount of at least 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kitayama, Shinichi Namba, Takafumi Fujii, Junji Otani, Junko Yoshioka, Yasuo Shirasaki
  • Patent number: 6562981
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) an effective amount of a guest chromophore embedded in a matrix of a host chromophore, or (b) a host chromophore and an effective amount of a guest chromophore both embedded in a polymer matrix, wherein the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore overlaps with the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore, and wherein the host chromophore is selected from the group consisting of benzo [4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Takashi Deno, Brian Gerrard Devlin, Kunihiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20030023097
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) an effective amount of a guest chromophore embedded in a matrix of a host chromophore, or (b) a host chromophore and an effective amount of a guest chromophore both embedded in a polymer matrix, wherein the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore overlaps with the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore, and wherein the host chromophore is selected from the group consisting of benzo [4,5]imidazo [2,1 -a]isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Takashi Deno, Brian Gerrard Devlin, Kunihiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 6508957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for using a maleimide of formula (I) with the proviso that R1 and R2 do not simultaneously stand for phenyl or a maleimide of formula Ia as UV fluorescent material for void detection and for the preparation of scintillators films, luminescent solar energy collectors, organic electroluminescent devices, printing inks, non-impact printing inks, electrophotographic toners, color filters, and colored high molecular organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Junji Otani, Kunihiko Kodama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Patrick Verhoustraeten, Sonia Megert, Adalbert Braig
  • Patent number: 6413655
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) an effective amount of a guest chromophore embedded in a matrix of a host chromophore, or (b) a host chromophore and an effective amount of a guest chromophore both embedded in a polymer matrix, wherein the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore overlaps with the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore, and wherein the host chromophore is selected from the group consisting of benzo [4,5] imidazo [2,1-a] isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Takashi Deno, Brian Gerrard Devlin, Kunihiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20020065422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for using a maleimide of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Junji Otani, Kunihiko Kodama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Patrick Verhoustraeten, Sonia Megert, Adalbert Braig
  • Publication number: 20010016269
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) an effective amount of a guest chromophore embedded in a matrix of a host chromophore, or (b) a host chromophore and an effective amount of a guest chromophore both embedded in a polymer matrix, wherein the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore overlaps with the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore, and wherein the host chromophore is selected from the group consisting of benzo [4,5] imidazo [2,1-a] isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: JUNJI OTANI, KAZUHIKO KUNIMOTO, TAKASHI DENO, BRIAN GERRARD DEVLIN, KUNIHIKO KODAMA
  • Patent number: 6258954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I provided that R1 and R2 not simultaneously stand for phenyl, the use thereof in, for example, electroluminescent devices and as void detection compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Junji Otani, Kunihiko Kodama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Patrick Verhoustraeten, Sonia Megert, Adalbert Braig
  • Patent number: 6146809
    Abstract: Composition comprising a solid organic support material to which either directly or via a bridging group, are covalently linked fluorescent host chromophores and fluorescent guest chromophores, wherein the fluorescence emission spectrum of the host chromophore overlaps with the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore, wherein the host chromophore is selected from the group consisting of benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,11-a]isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerrard Devlin, Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Abul Iqbal, Sameer Hosam Eldin
  • Patent number: 6103446
    Abstract: A composition comprising a solid organic support material to which are either directly, or via a bridging group, covalently linked fluorescent chromophores, characterized in that the chromophores are selected from the group consisting of benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-11-ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerrard Devlin, Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 6080516
    Abstract: Solid-state fluorescent composition comprising at least one host chromophore selected from the group consisting of a benzo[4,5] imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-11-ones and an effective amount of at least one guest chromophore, and if desired a polymer C, wherein the emission spectrum of the host chromophore overlaps with the absorption spectrum of the guest chromophore, and wherein (a1) the host chromophore is covalently linked to a polymer backbone A ("host polymer"), and/or (a2) the guest chromophore is covalently linked to a polymer backbone B ("guest polymer").
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerrard Devlin, Junji Otani, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Takashi Deno, Abul Iqbal, Sameer Hosam Eldin
  • Patent number: 4604865
    Abstract: A device for introducing air into the exhaust system of a V-type motorcycle engine. The device includes an air manifold advantageously positioned within the V of the engine with passages extending to each exhaust passage adjacent each exhaust port. A control valve run by vacuum admits air to the manifold while reed valves control the passageways to each exhaust passage. The portion of the passage extending through the cylinder head in one embodiment includes a simple bore in tangential intersection with the exhaust passages. A pipe is positioned within the bore which has nozzles therethrough for proper introduction of air to the exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Akira Okubo, Kanau Iwashita
  • Patent number: 4581206
    Abstract: A catalytic converter includes a cylindrical casing employing multiple catalytic elements. The elements are cushioned on each end and about their periphery. The elements are also held in place by end set plates and a set plate in the middle extending transversely in the cylindrical casing. The set plate in the middle is free to move and adjust within the converter to eliminate excessive stress on the catalytic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Otani, Akira Okubo