Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Harima

Kazuyuki Harima 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: 9809531
    Abstract: A method for producing a fatty acid ester through desulfurization of sulfur from a fatty acid ester using a catalyst, wherein the catalyst carries a catalyst metal on a support, (a) the catalyst contains as the catalyst metal one or more elements selected from the elements of group 9, group 10 and group 11 of the periodic table, (b) the total pore volume of the catalyst is 0.05 mL/g or more, and (c) the volume of pores with a pore size of 0.1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less is 50% or more of the total pore volume of the catalyst. A desulfurization method using the desulfurization and a method for producing an alcohol through hydrogenation of the fatty acid ester obtained through the desulfurization are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Okada, Katsutoshi Yamamoto, Taichi Homma, Kazuyuki Harima
  • Publication number: 20170275231
    Abstract: A method for producing a fatty acid ester through desulfurization of sulfur from a fatty acid ester using a catalyst, wherein the catalyst carries a catalyst metal on a support, (a) the catalyst contains as the catalyst metal one or more elements selected from the elements of group 9, group 10 and group 11 of the periodic table, (b) the total pore volume of the catalyst is 0.05 mL/g or more, and (c) the volume of pores with a pore size of 0.1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less is 50% or more of the total pore volume of the catalyst. A desulfurization method using the desulfurization and a method for producing an alcohol through hydrogenation of the fatty acid ester obtained through the desulfurization are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko OKADA, Katsutoshi YAMAMOTO, Taichi HOMMA, Kazuyuki HARIMA
  • Patent number: 7759505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a fatty acid ester, including treating a starting fatty acid ester with an adsorbent to adsorb sulfur contained in the starting fatty acid ester, the adsorbent containing at least one metal selected from Ni and Cu in an amount of 10 to 85 percent by weight as a metal oxide(s) thereof per all the adsorbent, having a pore volume having a pore diameter range from 20 to 200 nm within 0.15 to 1.0 mL/g and then a method of producing an alcohol, including hydrogenating a fatty acid ester obtained by the above shown method of producing a fatty acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Harima, Hidetoshi Kadowaki, Taku Mimura
  • Publication number: 20070191650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a fatty acid ester, including treating a starting fatty acid ester with an adsorbent to adsorb sulfur contained in the starting fatty acid ester, the adsorbent containing at least one metal selected from Ni and Cu in an amount of 10 to 85 percent by weight as a metal oxide(s) thereof per all the adsorbent, having a pore volume having a pore diameter range from 20 to 200 nm within 0.15 to 1.0 mL/g and then a method of producing an alcohol, including hydrogenating a fatty acid ester obtained by the above shown method of producing a fatty acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Harima, Hidetoshi Kadowaki, Taku Mimura
  • Publication number: 20060127336
    Abstract: A method of deodorization comprising allowing an odor-causing substance to coexist an aluminosilicate particle having the composition of a M2O.Al2O3.b SiO2.c RmQn.d H2O, wherein M is one or more members selected from the group consisting of Na, K and H, R is one or more members selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Ca and Mg, Q is one or more members selected from the group consisting of CO3, SO4, NO3, OH and Cl, a satisfies 0<a?1, b satisfies 1?b?50, c satisfies 0<c?2, d satisfies d?0, m satisfies 1?m?2, and n satisfies 1?n?2, and a specific surface area of 70 to 800 m2/g. There is provided a deodorization using aluminosilicate particles, which have a wide deodorizing spectrum, are capable of effectively deodorizing an odor from various causative substances generated in daily life environment, are also safe to a human body, and furthermore exhibit excellent appearance upon application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Harima, Takanori Kotera