Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Nishijima

Kazuhiro Nishijima 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: 6878401
    Abstract: A specific amount of a processing solution is supplied on a wafer by spraying the processing solution from a first end (tip) of a nozzle. The solution surface of the processing solution remaining in the nozzle is sucked back to a second end side of the nozzle by aspirating the remaining processing solution to the second end side. The first end of the nozzle is then soaked into a fluid. The processing solution remaining in the nozzle is aspirated to the second end side to aspirate a specific amount of the fluid into the first end of the nozzle for further sucking back the solution surface of the processing solution to the second end side, thus the solution surface of the processing solution being not touching the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nishijima, Tsuyoshi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20030059534
    Abstract: A specific amount of a processing solution is supplied on a wafer by spraying the processing solution from a first end (tip) of a nozzle. The solution surface of the processing solution remaining in the nozzle is sucked back to a second end side of the nozzle by aspirating the remaining processing solution to the second end side. The first end of the nozzle is then soaked into a fluid. The processing solution remaining in the nozzle is aspirated to the second end side to aspirate a specific amount of the fluid into the first end of the nozzle for further sucking back the solution surface of the processing solution to the second end side, thus the solution surface of the processing solution being not touching the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nishijima, Tsuyoshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 5071760
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method for culturing and floating animal cells in a double-bag container, where an outer bag containing culture media and a volume of air houses an inner bag of a semipermeable film containing cells suspended in a culture media. The semipermeable film has pores of sufficient size so as to prohibit cells within the inner bag from passing therethrough but allowing culture liquid and air to pass through it. To optimize the exchange of nutrients between the interiors of the two bags, a protective mesh surrounds the inner bag and the double-bag container is fastened to an agitator which provides either a rotating or shaking motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Kawasumi Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuto Watanabe, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Takashi Noto, Masaichi Yamamura, Hitoshi Nakashima, Kazunori Ichinohe, Yukitaka Mino, Kazuhiro Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5057429
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to an apparatus for floating animal cells in a double-bag container, where an outer bag containing culture media and a volume of air houses an inner bag of a semipermeable film containing cells suspended in a culture media. The semipermeable film has pores of sufficient size so as to prohibit cells within the inner bag from passing therethrough but allowing culture liquid and air to pass through it. To optimize the exchange of nutrients between the interiors of the two bags, a protective mesh surrounds the inner bag and the double-bag container is fastened to an agitator which provides either a rotating or shaking motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Kawasumi Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuto Watanabe, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Takashi Noto, Masaichi Yamamura, Hitoshi Nakashima, Kazunori Ichinohe, Yukitaka Mino, Kazuhiro Nishijima