Patents by Inventor Kaoru Aoyagi

Kaoru Aoyagi 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: 9442374
    Abstract: There is provided a coloring composition including: a colorant; and a resin, wherein a content of the colorant is 50% by mass or more based on total solids of the coloring composition, and a solid acid number of a resin having a highest solid acid number among all kinds of resins contained in the coloring composition, is 80 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Sugishima, Mitsuji Yoshibayashi, Kaoru Aoyagi, Yushi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9318522
    Abstract: A colored radiation-sensitive composition for a color filter that includes (A) a pigment, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a polymerizable compound, in which the colored radiation-sensitive composition satisfies the following conditions: when a colored radiation-sensitive composition layer is formed from the colored radiation-sensitive composition such that spectral transmittance at 600 nm becomes 30%, the colored radiation-sensitive composition layer includes the following characteristics: (1) spectral transmittance at 400 nm is 20% or less; (2) spectral transmittance at 550 nm is 10% or less; (3) spectral transmittance at 700 nm is 70% or more; (4) a wavelength resulting in 50% spectral transmittance is in a range of from 650 nm to 680 nm; and (5) a film thickness of the colored radiation-sensitive composition layer is in a range of from 0.55 ?m to 1.8 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20140177081
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a color filter being capable of suppressing a surface of a colored pattern from being rough in a penalization treatment, a color filter and a solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo SUGISHIMA, Mitsuji YOSHIBAYASHI, Kaoru AOYAGI, Yushi KANEKO, Naotsugu MURO
  • Publication number: 20140178634
    Abstract: There is provided a coloring composition including: a colorant; and a resin, wherein a content of the colorant is 50% by mass or more based on total solids of the coloring composition, and a solid acid number of a resin having a highest solid acid number among all kinds of resins contained in the coloring composition, is 80 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo SUGISHIMA, Mitsuji YOSHIBAYASHI, Kaoru AOYAGI, Yushi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20140168805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a color filter being capable of suppressing residue from being generated on a colored layer planarized by a planarization treatment, a color filter, and a solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo SUGISHIMA, Mitsuji YOSHIBAYASHI, Kaoru AOYAGI, Yushi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20140151614
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored composition for forming a green color filter, containing a color pigment, wherein a content of the color pigment to a total solid content of the colored composition is 60% by weight or more, and a layer having a thickness of 0.6 ?m formed from the colored composition has light transmittance of 80% or more at a wavelength of 550 nm and light transmittance of 50% or less at a wavelength of 450 nm, and a method of producing a color filter including (A) forming a first colored layer containing a first colored composition and (B) patterning with dry etching so as to from a through-hole group in the first colored layer, wherein the first colored composition is the colored composition as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naotsugu MURO, Yasuo SUGISHIMA, Kaoru AOYAGI, Mitsuji YOSHIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140145286
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored composition containing a coloring agent and a resin, wherein a content of the coloring agent to a total solid content of the colored composition is 50% by weight or more and a solid content acid value of the resin is more than 80 mg KOH/g, and a method of producing a color filter including forming a first colored layer containing a first colored composition and patterning with dry etching so as to from a through-hole group in the first colored layer, wherein the first colored composition is the colored composition as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru AOYAGI, Naotsugu MURO, Mitsuji YOSHIBAYASHI, Yushi KANEKO, Yasuo SUGISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140120473
    Abstract: A colored radiation-sensitive composition for a color filter that includes (A) a pigment, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a polymerizable compound, in which the colored radiation-sensitive composition satisfies the following conditions: when a colored radiation-sensitive composition layer is formed from the colored radiation-sensitive composition such that spectral transmittance at 600 nm becomes 30%, the colored radiation-sensitive composition layer includes the following characteristics: (1) spectral transmittance at 400 nm is 20% or less; (2) spectral transmittance at 550 nm is 10% or less; (3) spectral transmittance at 700 nm is 70% or more; (4) a wavelength resulting in 50% spectral transmittance is in a range of from 650 nm to 680 nm; and (5) a film thickness of the colored radiation-sensitive composition layer is in a range of from 0.55 ?m to 1.8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru AOYAGI
  • Patent number: 8530116
    Abstract: A colored curable composition for a color filter includes: (A) a pigment in an amount of from 35 to 70 mass % with respect to the total solid content of the colored curable composition, (B) an amino resin, (C) an alkali-soluble resin, (D) a polymerizable monomer, and (E) a photopolymerization initiator, in which the proportion of (B) the amino resin to (C) the alkali-soluble resin (B/C; mass ratio) is in the range of from 1 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 8492057
    Abstract: A colored curable composition for a solid-state image pickup device, including a polyhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, a photopolymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and an epoxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Takakuwa, Hiroshi Taguchi, Kaoru Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 8470502
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition is provided which provides a high resolution even when a pattern is formed using a low exposure intensity (in particular, less than 200 mJ/cm2) and may inhibit deterioration in pattern rectangularity during a post baking process of a post treatment. The photosensitive resin composition includes: a resin; an oxime photopolymerization initiator; a UV absorbing agent; and a monomer containing a hydrogen bonding group, the amount of the monomer containing a hydrogen bonding group being 30 mass % or more with respect to the total solid content of the composition, and the photosensitive resin composition is used for forming a solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Takakuwa, Kaoru Aoyagi, Kazuto Shimada
  • Patent number: 8465553
    Abstract: The invention provides a pigment dispersion composition including an azo pigment represented by formula (1), in which the azo pigment represented by formula (1) does not have an ionic hydrophilic group, an azo pigment derivative and a dispersant. In formula (1), G represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R1 represents an amino group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aliphatic group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R2 represents a substituent; A represents a heterocyclic group; m represents an integer of 0 to 5; and n represents an integer of 1 to 4, wherein: when n=2, the azo pigment is a dimer formed via R1, R2, A or G; when n=3, the azo pigment is a a trimer formed via R1, R2, A or G; and when n=4, the azo pigment is a tetramer formed via R1, R2, A or G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihito Kuge, Nobuo Seto, Masahiro Higashi, Keiichi Tateishi, Hideki Takakuwa, Kaoru Aoyagi, Hiroshi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8389185
    Abstract: There are provide a pigment dispersion containing (A) a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, and (B) a copolymer of at least (b-1) a monomer having at least one group selected from an amino group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, (b-2) a monomer having a carboxyl group, and (b-3) a macromonomer having a weight-average molecular weight from 1,000 to 50,000, a colored curable composition containing the pigment dispersion, a color filter using the colored curable composition and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Kaneko, Kaoru Aoyagi, Hideki Takakuwa, Yuzo Nagata
  • Publication number: 20120286145
    Abstract: The invention provides a pigment dispersion composition including an azo pigment represented by formula (1), in which the azo pigment represented by formula (1) does not have an ionic hydrophilic group, an azo pigment derivative and a dispersant. In formula (1), G represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R1 represents an amino group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aliphatic group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R2 represents a substituent; A represents a heterocyclic group; m represents an integer of 0 to 5; and n represents an integer of 1 to 4, wherein: when n=2, the azo pigment is a dimer formed via R1, R2, A or G; when n=3, the azo pigment is a a trimer formed via R1, R2, A or G; and when n=4, the azo pigment is a tetramer formed via R1, R2, A or G.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihito Kuge, Nobuo Seto, Masahiro Higashi, Keiichi Tateishi, Hideki Takakuwa, Kaoru Aoyagi, Hiroshi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8152863
    Abstract: Provided is a pigment dispersion composition suitable for a colored curable composition which enables retaining adhesion capability of a colored pattern and inhibiting the generation of residues, even when a relatively severe development condition is employed. Furthermore, a red colored composition capable of forming a red colored thin film with excellent spectral characteristics. The pigment composition contains an azo pigment represented by the following Formula (1); at least one of acidic functional group-containing organic pigment derivative, anthraquinone derivative, and triazine derivative; and a dispersant. The red colored composition contains a red pigment; a yellow pigment; and a dispersant, in which specific spectral characteristics are satisfied when a colored transmitting film having a thickness of 0.6 ?m is formed using the red colored composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Taguchi, Hideki Takakuwa, Kazuya Oota, Kaoru Aoyagi, Toshihito Kuge, Masahiro Higashi, Nobuo Seto
  • Publication number: 20110294050
    Abstract: Provided is a pigment dispersion composition suitable for a colored curable composition which enables retaining adhesion capability of a colored pattern and inhibiting the generation of residues, even when a relatively severe development condition is employed. Furthermore, a red colored composition capable of forming a red colored thin film with excellent spectral characteristics. The pigment composition contains an azo pigment represented by the following Formula (1); at least one of acidic functional group-containing organic pigment derivative, anthraquinone derivative, and triazine derivative; and a dispersant. The red colored composition contains a red pigment; a yellow pigment; and a dispersant, in which specific spectral characteristics are satisfied when a colored transmitting film having a thickness of 0.6 ?m is formed using the red colored composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAGUCHI, Hideki TAKAKUWA, Kazuya OOTA, Kaoru AOYAGI, Toshihito KUGE, Masahiro HIGASHI, Nobuo SETO
  • Publication number: 20110045412
    Abstract: There are provide a pigment dispersion containing (A) a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, and (B) a copolymer of at least (b-1) a monomer having at least one group selected from an amino group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, (b-2) a monomer having a carboxyl group, and (b-3) a macromonomer having a weight-average molecular weight from 1,000 to 50,000, a colored curable composition containing the pigment dispersion, a color filter using the colored curable composition and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushi Kaneko, Kaoru Aoyagi, Hideki Takakuwa, Yuzo Nagata
  • Publication number: 20100248095
    Abstract: A colored curable composition for a color filter includes: (A) a pigment in an amount of from 35 to 70 mass % with respect to the total solid content of the colored curable composition, (B) an amino resin, (C) an alkali-soluble resin, (D) a polymerizable monomer, and (E) a photopolymerization initiator, in which the proportion of (B) the amino resin to (C) the alkali-soluble resin (B/C; mass ratio) is in the range of from 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaoru AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20100239965
    Abstract: A colored curable composition for a solid-state image pickup device, including a polyhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, a photopolymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and an epoxy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki TAKAKUWA, Hiroshi TAGUCHI, Kaoru AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20100044817
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition is provided which provides a high resolution even when a pattern is formed using a low exposure intensity (in particular, less than 200 mJ/cm2) and may inhibit deterioration in pattern rectangularity during a post baking process of a post treatment. The photosensitive resin composition includes: a resin; an oxime photopolymerization initiator; a UV absorbing agent; and a monomer containing a hydrogen bonding group, the amount of the monomer containing a hydrogen bonding group being 30 mass % or more with respect to the total solid content of the composition, and the photosensitive resin composition is used for forming a solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki TAKAKUWA, Kaoru AOYAGI, Kazuto SHIMADA