Patents by Inventor Kazuharu Katagiri

Kazuharu Katagiri 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: 4399206
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member is characterized by having a photosensitive layer containing at least one disazo pigment represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein Cp represents a coupler residue; B.sub.1, B.sub.2, B.sub.1 ', and B.sub.2 ' independently of one another represent atoms or groups selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, acylamino, and hydroxyl; and A represents ##STR2## (D.sub.1 and D.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuharu Katagiri, Katsunori Watanabe, Shozo Ishikawa, Makoto Kitahara
  • Patent number: 4390611
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a photosensitive layer is characterized in that said photosensitive layer contains azo pigments having at least one of azo groups linked to a coupler residue represented by the following formula [1] or [2]: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 independently represent hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Inventors: Shozo Ishikawa, Kazuharu Katagiri, Katsunori Watanabe, Makoto Kitahara
  • Patent number: 4359513
    Abstract: An electrophotographic light-sensitive medium is described comprising a light-sensitive layer containing a dis-azo compound represented by Formula (1) ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler having aromatic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignees: Copyer Co., Ltd., Canon Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Katagiri, Katsunori Watanabe, Shigeto Ohta, Shozo Ishikawa, Makoto Kitahara
  • Patent number: 4359515
    Abstract: An electrophotographic light-sensitive medium comprising a light-sensitive layer containing a dis-azo compound represented by Formula (1) ##STR1## wherein A represents a single chemical bond, a divalent hydrocarbon group containing a conjugated double bond, a divalent hydrocarbon group containing a nitrogen atom in a conjugated double bond, or a divalent heterocyclic group which may be condensed with a benzene ring or substituted and forms a conjugated double bond system in combination with the adjacent azomethine groups, and B and B', which may be the same or different, each represents a coupler having aromatic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignees: Copyer Co., Ltd., Canon Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Katagiri, Katsunori Watanabe, Shigeto Ohta, Shozo Ishikawa, Makoto Kitahara
  • Patent number: 4356243
    Abstract: An electrophotographic light-sensitive medium is described comprising at least an electrically conductive layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, the charge generation layer containing a dis-azo compound represented by Formula (1) ##STR1## wherein A is a coupler having aromatic properties, and B is a group selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and lower alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: Copyer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Ishikawa, Kazuharu Katagiri, Katsunori Watanabe, Shigeto Ohta, Makoto Kitahara
  • Patent number: 4268595
    Abstract: An electrostatic recording material comprising a support having formed thereon a dielectric layer composed of a terpolymer consisting of (a) methacrylic acid, (b) a monomer selected from the group consisting of (1) acrylic acid esters containing at least 4 carbon atoms and (2) methacrylic acid esters containing at least 5 carbon atoms, and (c) a monomer selected from the group consisting of (1) acrylic acid esters containing at least 4 carbon atoms and (2) methacrylic acid esters containing at least 5 carbon atoms, wherein monomer (b) and monomer (c) are different and at least one of the monomers (b) and (c) is an acrylic acid ester containing at least 11 carbon atoms or a methacrylic acid ester containing at least 8 carbon atoms, and a method for producing an electrostatic recording material, which comprises converting such a terpolymer to a water-soluble or water-emulsifiable salt of the terpolymer in which about 20 to 100 mol% of the carboxyl groups present form a salt with ammonia and/or a volatile amine,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Copyer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Katagiri, Shozo Ishikawa, Shigeto Ohta, Makoto Kitahara
  • Patent number: 4097646
    Abstract: An electrostatic recording material, such as a dielectric coated paper and a paper for transfer of an electrostatic image, having a dielectric layer comprising a copolymer which comprises about 15 to 70 mol% of methacrylic acid and about 85 to 30 mol% of a methacrylate or acrylate and which contains free carboxylic acid groups, and a process for producing the electrostatic recording material comprising coating a water-soluble or -emulsifiable ammonium or amine salt of the copolymer on a support and drying the coated support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Copyer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitahara, Shozo Ishikawa, Kazuharu Katagiri, Tetsuo Arita, Shoji Masubuchi