Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Nitta
Katsuhisa Nitta 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: 11891542Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 130-400 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of <9.5 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Noriyuki Matsuda, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Patent number: 11891541Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 130-400 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of <9.5 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Noriyuki Matsuda, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20220251403Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Publication number: 20220243076Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Patent number: 11180659Abstract: A blended composition containing uncoated Al2O3 flakes having a thickness of ?500 nm and a D50-value of 15-30 ?m and a D90-value of 30-45 ?m, and/or coated Al2O3 flakes having a thickness of ?500 nm and a D50-value of 15-30 ?m and a D90-value of 30-45 ?m, which have been coated with at least one layer of a metal oxide, mixtures of at least two metal oxides, metal, metal sulphide, titanium suboxide, titanium oxynitride, FeO(OH), metal alloys and/or rare earth compounds, and their use in various formulations.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Fumiko Sasaki, Satoru Kobayashi, Koshiro Kunii, Yuji Takenaka, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Patent number: 11142649Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Fumiko Sasaki, Satoru Kobayashi, Koshiro Kunii, Yuji Takenaka, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20200231828Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Publication number: 20200231827Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Patent number: 10647861Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 130-400 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of <9.5 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Noriyuki Matsuda, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20190330475Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Fumiko SASAKI, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Koshiro KUNII, Yuji TAKENAKA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Patent number: 10457812Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 550-1000 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of ?9.0 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Fumiko Sasaki, Satoru Kobayashi, Koshiro Kunii, Yuji Takenaka, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20190322871Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Fumiko SASAKI, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Koshiro KUNII, Yuji TAKENAKA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Publication number: 20140322534Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Fumiko SASAKI, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Koshiro KUNII, Yuji TAKENAKA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Publication number: 20140322536Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Publication number: 20100045163Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphor element comprising Cr(III)-activated aluminium oxide (ruby), to the production thereof, and to the use thereof as LED conversion phosphor for white LEDs or so-called colour-on-demand applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Holger Winkler, Klaus Ambrosius, Thomas Juestel, Katsuhisa Nitta, Kaiman Shimizu
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Publication number: 20080314284Abstract: [Problem] To provide highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments which have high corrosion resistance and good dispersibility even in a strong alkaline atmosphere thereby maintaining the inherent metallic luster of thin platelet-like metal substrates. [Solution] The highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments in which the surface of thin platelet-like metal substrates are treated with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds, and further coated with a layer containing hydrated tin oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Bangyin Li, Nobuaki Nakamura, Katsuhisa Nitta, Norio Takahashi
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Patent number: 7419538Abstract: Highly anti-corrosive thin-platelet like metal pigments having high corrosion resistance and good dispersibility characterized in that the inherent metallic luster of the thin-platelet like metal substrates is maintained without demanding the original surface smoothness are provided. The highly anti-corrosive thin-platelet like metal pigments comprising, on the surface of thin-platelet like metal substrates treated with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds, one or more coated layers containing one or more hydrated metal oxides of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium and tin.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Bangyin Li, Nobuaki Nakamura, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Patent number: 7384664Abstract: A positive-electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cells which combine improved discharge property and operational safety, and a process for preparing the same are provided. The positive-electrode active material comprises a base and one or more layers for coating the base, wherein at least one of the layers is a coating layer comprising one or more metallic components and one or more components selected from the group consisting of sulfur, selenium, and tellurium.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ruediger Oesten, Ryuta Suzuki, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20060047018Abstract: Disclosed are colored interference pigments having metallic luster that have, on the surface of a thin platelet-like metal substrate, a layer of an anti-corrosive treatment in a non-aqueous system, and, thereon (1) an intermediate binder layer that contains hydrated tin oxide (first layer); and, thereon, (2) a hydrated iron oxide layer (second layer),and a process for producing the same and their use. The pigments exhibit a reddish color and improved adhesion and denseness of the hydrated iron oxide layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Bangyin Li, Nobuaki Nakamura, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Patent number: 6929690Abstract: A pigment with a metallic luster, comprising a wafer-like substrate made of aluminium dioxide having a thickness of more than 250 nm and less than 1 ?m, which is fully enveloped by a metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Reiner Vogt, Gerhard Pfaff, Stephanie Andes, Michael Uhlig, Martin Friz, Katsuhisa Nitta