Patents by Inventor Katsuaki NISHIKORI

Katsuaki NISHIKORI 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: 20220091508
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer that includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group; a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a compound represented by the following formula (1). In the following formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and Xn+ represents a radiation-sensitive onium cation having a valency of n, wherein n is an integer of 1 to 3. It is preferable that R1 in the following formula (1) represents an organic group, and that the organic group has a ring structure. It is preferable that R1 in the following formula (1) represents an organic group, and that the organic group is an acid-labile group. Xn+ in the following formula (1) preferably represents a sulfonium cation, an iodonium cation, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuaki NISHIKORI
  • Publication number: 20220091507
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a polymer which has a first structural unit including a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a second structural unit represented by formula (1); and a radiation-sensitive acid generating agent which has a compound represented by formula (2), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and R3 represents a divalent monocyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 12 ring atoms. Ar1 represents a group obtained by removing (q+1) hydrogen atoms on an aromatic ring from an arene formed by condensation of at least two benzene rings; R4 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; q is an integer of 0 to 7; and R5 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a nitro group, or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuaki NISHIKORI
  • Patent number: 11281100
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin including a structural unit having an acid-dissociable group, an onium salt compound represented by formula (1), and a solvent. R1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group provided that the monovalent group is not a fluoro group or a monovalent organic group containing a fluorine atom. X1 and X2 are each independently a single bond, —O—, —S— or —NR?— wherein R? is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group. In a case where X1 is —NR?—, R2 is a monovalent organic group or a hydrogen atom. In a case where X2 is —NR?—, R3 is a monovalent organic group or a hydrogen atom. In a case where neither X1 nor X2 is —NR?—, R2 and R3 are each independently a monovalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuaki Nishikori
  • Publication number: 20220043350
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin having a partial structure represented by formula (1). R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 are bonded to each other to form a part of a 3- to 6-membered cyclic structure together with the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded; R3 represents a monovalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and containing a fluorine atom. No fluorine atom is bonded to carbon atoms located at ?-, ?- and ?-positions of the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded; and No fluorine atom is bonded to carbon atoms located at ?- and ?-positions of the carbon atom to which R3 is bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Kiriyama, Katsuaki Nishikori, Takuhiro Taniguchi, Ryuichi Nemoto, Ken Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20210389667
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer including a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound represented by formula (1-1) or formula (1-2), and a compound represented by formula (2). In the formula (1-1), a sum of a, b, and c is no less than 1; at least one of R1, R2, and R3 represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or the like. In the formula (1-2), in a case in which d is 1, R6 represents a fluorine atom or the like, and in a case in which d is no less than 2, at least one of the plurality of R6s represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R8 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Kazuya KIRIYAMA, Takuhiro TANIGUCHI, Ken MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210364918
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a resin including a structural unit having a phenolic hydroxyl group; and a compound represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; n is an integer of 2 to 4; Z+ is a monovalent onium cation; a plurality of Ys are each independently a polar group; and at least one of the plurality of Ys is an —OH group or an —SH group bonded to a carbon atom adjacent to a carbon atom to which a COO? group is bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki Nishikori, Shuto Mori, Junya Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20210318613
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, and a compound represented by formula (2). The polymer includes a first structural unit including a phenolic hydroxyl group, a second structural unit including a group represented by formula (1), and a third structural unit including an acid-labile group. In the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or a monovalent fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated hydrocarbon group; RA represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and * denotes a binding site to a part other than the group represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Ken MARUYAMA, Kazuki KASAHARA, Tsuyoshi FURUKAWA, Natsuko KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210263413
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer that includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group; and a radiation-sensitive acid generating agent. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent includes a sulfonate anion and a radiation-sensitive cation. The sulfonate anion includes two or more rings, and an iodine atom and a monovalent group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms which includes at least one of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom bond to at least one of the two or more rings. The ring is preferably an aromatic ring. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent is preferably a compound represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), A1 represents a group obtained from a compound which includes a ring having 3 to 20 ring atoms by removing (p+q+r+1) hydrogen atoms on the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya KIRIYAMA, Katsuaki Nishikori, Takuhiro Taniguchi, Ken Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20210124263
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer including a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound represented by formula (1-1) or formula (1-2), and a compound represented by formula (2). In the formula (1-1), a sum of a, b, and c is no less than 1; at least one of R1, R2, and R3 represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or the like. In the formula (1-2), in a case in which d is 1, R6 represents a fluorine atom or the like, and in a case in which d is no less than 2, at least one of the plurality of R6s represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R8 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Kazuya KIRIYAMA, Takuhiro TANIGUCHI, Ken MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200393761
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, and a compound represented by formula (2). The polymer includes a first structural unit including a phenolic hydroxyl group, a second structural unit including a group represented by formula (1), and a third structural unit including an acid-labile group. In the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or a monovalent fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated hydrocarbon group; RA represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and * denotes a binding site to a part other than the group represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Ken MARUYAMA, Kazuki KASAHARA, Tsuyoshi FURUKAWA, Natsuko KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 10824073
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first compound represented by formula (1), a first polymer comprising an acid-labile group, and a radiation-sensitive acid generator other than the first compound. The radiation-sensitive acid generator includes an onium salt compound. In the formula (1), n is 2 or 3; m is 1 or 2; Y+ represents a monovalent radiation-sensitive onium cation; and L represents a single bond or an organic group having a valency of n. L includes linking moieties each linking two of the carboxylate groups in formula (1). Number of atom(s) included in a linking moiety having a minimum number of bonds among the linking moieties is 0 to 10. In a case where L represents a single bond, n is 2, and in a case where n is 2, m is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki Nishikori, Hayato Namai
  • Publication number: 20200341376
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer that includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group; and a radiation-sensitive acid generating agent. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent includes a sulfonate anion and a radiation-sensitive cation. The sulfonate anion includes two or more rings, and an iodine atom and a monovalent group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms which includes at least one of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom bond to at least one of the two or more rings. The ring is preferably an aromatic ring. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent is preferably a compound represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), A1 represents a group obtained from a compound which includes a ring having 3 to 20 ring atoms by removing (p+q+r+1) hydrogen atoms on the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya KIRIYAMA, Katsuaki Nishikori, Takuhiro Taniguchi, Ken Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20200102270
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first polymer including a first structural unit that includes a first acid-labile group; a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a compound represented by formula (1). n is 1 or 2. R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a case in which n is 1. R1 represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a case in which n is 2. R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. E represents a group represented by formula (i). R2 and E may taken together represent a ring structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms together with the nitrogen atom. X represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. R3 represents a second acid-labile group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuko KINOSHITA, Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Kouta FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20190391488
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer having an acid-labile group, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, a compound represented by the following formula (1), and a solvent. In the formula (1), X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and optionally two or more of R2 to R5 taken together represent an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms or an aliphatic heterocyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms together with the carbon atom to which the two or more of R2 to R5 bond; Zn+ represents a cation having a valency of n; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Satoshi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190285983
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin including a structural unit having an acid-dissociable group, an onium salt compound represented by formula (1), and a solvent. R1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group provided that the monovalent group is not a fluoro group or a monovalent organic group containing a fluorine atom. X1 and X2 are each independently a single bond, —O—, —S— or —NR?— wherein R? is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group. In a case where X1 is —NR?—, R2 is a monovalent organic group or a hydrogen atom. In a case where X2 is —NR?—, R3 is a monovalent organic group or a hydrogen atom. In a case where neither X1 nor X2 is —NR?—, R2 and R3 are each independently a monovalent organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuaki NISHIKORI
  • Publication number: 20180329298
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first compound represented by formula (1), a first polymer comprising an acid-labile group, and a radiation-sensitive acid generator other than the first compound. The radiation-sensitive acid generator includes an onium salt compound. In the formula (1), n is 2 or 3; m is 1 or 2; Y+ represents a monovalent radiation-sensitive onium cation; and L represents a single bond or an organic group having a valency of n. L includes linking moieties each linking two of the carboxylate groups in formula (1). Number of atom(s) included in a linking moiety having a minimum number of bonds among the linking moieties is 0 to 10. In a case where L represents a single bond, n is 2, and in a case where n is 2, m is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Hayato Namai
  • Publication number: 20180319740
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first polymer including a first structural unit that includes a first acid-labile group; a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a compound represented by formula (1). n is 1 or 2. R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a case in which n is 1. R1 represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a case in which n is 2. R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. E represents a group represented by formula (i). R2 and E may taken together represent a ring structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms together with the nitrogen atom. X represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. R3 represents a second acid-labile group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuko KINOSHITA, Katsuaki NISHIKORI, Kouta FURUICHI