Patents by Inventor Kazuaki ENOMOTO

Kazuaki ENOMOTO 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: 12157296
    Abstract: An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a color-developing substance precursor, and in a case where the image-recording layer is exposed to an infrared laser having a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, a loss of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in an exposed area in the image-recording layer is 10% to 40% of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in a non-exposed area in the image-recording layer, and a method for preparing a lithographic printing plate or a lithographic printing method using the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Natsumi Yokokawa, Kazuaki Enomoto, Akinori Fujita, Yusuke Namba, Akira Sakaguchi, Akira Yamamoto, Ichiro Koyama
  • Publication number: 20240336054
    Abstract: An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support, and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) (in Formulae (1) and (2), Ra1 and Ra2 represent an alkyl group, Rb1 and Rb3 represent an alkyl group, Rb2 and Rb4 represent an alkyl group, and EWG's each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an electron-withdrawing group, provided that at least one of the four EWG's in Formula (1) represents an electron-withdrawing group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Natsumi HIRANO, Akira SAKAGUCHI, Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Naoyuki HANAKI
  • Publication number: 20240326503
    Abstract: An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor including a support, and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) (in Formula (1) and (2), Ra1 and Ra2 represent an alkyl group, Rb1 and Rb3 represent an alkyl group, Rb2 and Rb4 represent an alkyl group, and EDG's each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group, provided that at least one of the four EDG's in Formula (1) represents an electron-donating group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Natsumi HIRANO, Akira SAKAGUCHI, Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Naoyuki HANAKI
  • Publication number: 20230400771
    Abstract: Provided are: an on-press development type planographic printing plate precursor having a support, an image-recording layer, and an overcoat layer in this order, in which a content of an inorganic compound in the overcoat layer is zero or is more than 0% by mass or less than 1% by mass with respect to a total mass of the overcoat layer, and the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and an oil agent; and a method of preparing a planographic printing plate and a planographic printing method in which the on-press development type planographic printing plate precursor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Yusuke NAMBA, Keisuke NOGOSHI
  • Patent number: 11803124
    Abstract: Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image recording layer on the support, in which the image recording layer contains an organic particle containing a resin that has a constitutional unit A having a cation moiety and a constitutional unit B having an anion moiety; and a method of preparing a planographic printing plate using the planographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Enomoto, Kenjiro Araki
  • Publication number: 20230226814
    Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support, an image-recording layer, and an outermost layer in this order, in which the outermost layer has a sea-island structure consisting of a discontinuous phase that contains a hydrophobic polymer and a continuous phase that contains a water-soluble polymer. Also provided are a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method in which the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro KOYAMA, Shunsuke YANAGI, Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Kotaro KUDO
  • Publication number: 20230219336
    Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support, an image-recording layer, and an outermost layer in this order, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, an electron-donating polymerization initiator, and a polymerizable compound, HOMO of the infrared absorber - HOMO of the electron-donating polymerization initiator is 0.60 eV or less, and the outermost layer contains a discoloring compound. Also provided are a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method in which the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Akira YAMAMOTO, Yusuke NAMBA, Keisuke NOGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230150254
    Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having two or more maximal absorption wavelengths in a wavelength range of 760 nm to 900 nm, in which in a case where the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is subjected to exposure to infrared having a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, in a portion subjected to the exposure, a brightness change ?L before the exposure and after storage subsequent to the exposure for 24 hours under conditions of 25° C. and 70% RH is 3.0 or more. Also provided are a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method in which the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Namba, Kazuaki Enomoto, Ichiro Koyama, Akira Sakaguchi, Akira Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11642879
    Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: an image-recording layer on a support, in which the image-recording layer includes a dye compound having a decomposable group that is decomposed by an acid, heat, or both and a structure in which decomposition of the decomposable group opens a ring or desorbs a leaving group and an electron-donating polymerization initiator, a method for producing a lithographic printing plate in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used, and a color-developing composition including a dye compound having a decomposable group that is decomposed by an acid, heat, or both and a structure in which decomposition of the decomposable group opens a ring or desorbs a leaving group and an electron-donating polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFITM Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20230127702
    Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support, an image-recording layer, and an outermost layer in this order, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, an electron-accepting polymerization initiator, and a polymerizable compound, LUMO of the electron-accepting polymerization initiator-LUMO of the infrared absorber is 0.45 eV or more, and the outermost layer contains a discoloring compound. Also provided is a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method in which the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Akira YAMAMOTO, Yusuke NAMBA, Keisuke NOGOSHI
  • Patent number: 11635701
    Abstract: Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor including a support, and an image recording layer on the support, in which the image recording layer contains an infrared absorbing agent, a polymerization initiator, and a core-shell particle, a core portion of the core-shell particle contains a resin A containing a functional group A, and a shell portion of the core-shell particle contains a resin B containing a functional group B that is bondable to or interactable with the functional group A and a dispersion group; a method of preparing a planographic printing plate using the planographic printing plate precursor; and a planographic printing method carried out using the planographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Natsumi Yokokawa, Kazuaki Enomoto, Akira Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230120465
    Abstract: Provided are an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support in which the image-recording layer contains a coloring compound capable of having a coloring reaction with a decomposition product generated by exposure of the image-recording layer, and an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support in which the image-recording layer contains a compound represented by Formula 1C or Formula 2C and an electron-donating polymerization initiator. In Formula 1C and Formula 2C, R1C to R4C each independently represent a monovalent organic group, L1C and L2C each independently represent a divalent organic group, AC represents OH or NR5CR6C, and R5C and R6C each independently represent a monovalent organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei AIZU, Akira SAKAGUCHI, Toshifumi INNO, Akinori FUJITA, Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Ichiro KOYAMA, Akira YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11543750
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor has an image-recording layer on a hydrophilic support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorbing dye that decomposes by exposure to an infrared ray and a color developer that develops color due to the exposure to an infrared ray. A method for producing a lithographic printing plate includes image-exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor using an infrared laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Nogoshi, Takeshi Inasaki, Kazuaki Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20220161542
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having an aluminum support and an image-recording layer formed on the aluminum support, in which the image-recording layer contains resin particles A that have an ethylenically unsaturated group and a compound B that has an ethylenically unsaturated group other than the resin particles A and has an ethylenically unsaturated bond valence of 1.5 mmol/g or more. Also provided are a method for preparing lithographic printing plate or a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Yohei ISHIJI, Shunsuke YANAGI
  • Patent number: 11333977
    Abstract: A curable composition includes a salt compound having a) an organic anion in which, in Hansen solubility parameter, ?d is 16 or more, ?p is 16 or more and 32 or less, and ?H is 60% or less of ?p and b) a counter cation. A lithographic printing plate precursor having an image-recording layer containing the curable composition, a method for producing a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing plate precursor, and a compound that is used in the image-recording layer in the lithographic printing plate precursor are also set out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Ishiji, Keisuke Nogoshi, Kazuaki Enomoto, Yuuya Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20220118753
    Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a color-developing substance precursor, and in a case where the image-recording layer is exposed to an infrared laser having a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, a loss of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in an exposed area in the image-recording layer is 10% to 40% of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in a non-exposed area in the image-recording layer. Also provided is a method for preparing a lithographic printing plate or a lithographic printing method using the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Natsumi Yokokawa, Kazuaki Enomoto, Akinori Fujita, Yusuke Namba, Akira Sakaguchi, Akira Yamamoto, Ichiro Koyama
  • Publication number: 20220111629
    Abstract: Provided is an on-machine development type planographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an initiator, an infrared absorber capable of donating electrons to the initiator, and a color-developing substance precursor, the image-recording layer can form an image by exposure to infrared laser, and in a case where the image-recording layer is exposed to an infrared laser with a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, a brightness change ?L of the image-recording layer before and after the exposure is 3.0 or more. Also provided are a method for preparing a planographic printing plate or a planographic printing method in which the on-machine development type planographic printing plate precursor is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Enomoto, Natsumi Yokokawa, Akinori Fujita, Akira Sakaguchi, Yusuke Namba, Ichiro Koyama
  • Publication number: 20220111630
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having an aluminum support, an image-recording layer, and a water-soluble overcoat layer in this order, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared-absorbing polymethine colorant having HOMO of ?5.2 eV or less, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a polymer, and the polymer has a constitutional unit formed of an aromatic vinyl compound and a constitutional unit formed of an acrylonitrile compound. Also provided are a method for preparing a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Yohei ISHIJI, Shunsuke YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20210362529
    Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support, and an image recording layer on the support, in which the image recording layer contains an infrared absorbing agent, a polymerization initiator, and core-shell particles, a core portion of each core-shell particle contains a resin A containing a functional group A, and a shell portion of the core-shell particle contains a resin B containing a functional group B that is bondable to or interactable with the functional group A and a polymerizable group: a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing plate precursor; and a lithographic printing method carried out using the lithographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Natsumi YOKOKAWA, Kazuaki ENOMOTO, Akira SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210354438
    Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support, and an image recording layer on the support, in which the image recording layer contains organic particles containing an addition polymerization type resin that has a constitutional unit A having a hydrogen bond-donating site, and a content of the constitutional unit A in the addition polymerization type resin is greater than 20% by mass with respect to a total mass of the addition polymerization type resin; and a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing plate precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Enomoto, Kenjiro Araki