Patents by Inventor Kei Baba

Kei Baba 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: 12202218
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new method for producing a lens to be fitted to an eye in a simple manner at a low cost. In order to achieve the aforementioned object, the present invention provides a method for producing a lens to be fitted to an eye, including the step of: hydrophilizing a surface of a polymer lens by reacting with a compound radical, wherein the compound radical is a radical containing one element selected from the group consisting of Group 15 elements and Group 16 elements, and a Group 17 element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Kohji Nishida, Koichi Baba, Shizuka Koh, Kei Ohkubo, Haruyasu Asahara, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Uyama, Taka-Aki Asoh
  • Patent number: 8171876
    Abstract: The present invention provides applicators reducing generating bubble. Dispersion liquid is supplied while the pressure of a circulation tank on the delivery side is lower than the atmospheric pressure but higher than the pressure of the space in buffer tanks. The dispersion liquid in the discharge chambers is recovered while the pressure in a circulation tank serving as recovery destination is lower than the atmospheric pressure. Gas dissolution can be reduced because the dispersion liquid does not come into contact with gases at pressures higher than the atmospheric pressure and engulffing gas or deformation of solid microparticles can be avoided because no pump is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Takumi Namekawa, Kei Baba, Yuya Inoue, Masao Murata, Koji Hane, Robert D. Taff, Robert R. McKay, Ralph D. Fox
  • Publication number: 20080210160
    Abstract: The present invention provides applicators reducing generating bubble. Dispersion liquid is supplied while the pressure of a circulation tank on the delivery side is lower than the atmospheric pressure but higher than the pressure of the space in buffer tanks. The dispersion liquid in the discharge chambers is recovered while the pressure in a circulation tank serving as recovery destination is lower than the atmospheric pressure. Gas dissolution can be reduced because the dispersion liquid does not come into contact with gases at pressures higher than the atmospheric pressure and engulffing gas or deformation of solid microparticles can be avoided because no pump is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi Namekawa, Kei Baba, Yuya Inoue, Masao Murata, Koji Hane, Robert D. Taff, Robert R. McKay, Ralph D. Fox
  • Patent number: 6497819
    Abstract: A method for treating waste water and a plant designed for preventing the precipitation of carriers under the air blower installed for reaction tank or aeration tank, wherein the plant comprises an aeration tank 1 containing the carriers 2 for growing microorganism for biological treatment of waste water or the subunit 1a joined with the aeration tank through a partition wall 4 including the screen capable of separating the carriers 2, air blower 3 provided for the aeration tank or the subunit of the aeration tank, air bubble generator 5 or submerged stirrer provided under the air blower 3 for creating the flow of water so that the carriers 2 under the blower 3 can be liquidized by the flow of water created by the air bubble generator or the submerged stirrer to prevent the precipitation of the carriers 2 under the air blower 3, whereby not only the precipitation of the carriers under the air blower 3 can be prevented but also the water treatment efficiency and capacity meeting the designed numerical requirem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Baba, Toshiaki Tsubone, Tatsuo Takechi, Shinichi Endo, Yukihiko Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20020104798
    Abstract: Phosphorus in wastewater is removed by using an apparatus including a settling tank, an anaerobic tank, an aerobic tank, and a final settling tank. Nitrogen in wastewater is removed by using an apparatus including a settling tank, an anaerobic tank, a nitrification tank, and a final settling tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Takechi, Masahisa Tanabe, Toshiaki Tsubone, Jun Miyata, Kei Baba, Satoru Udagawa, Shinichi Endo
  • Patent number: 6387254
    Abstract: Phosphorus in wastewater is removed by using an apparatus including a settling tank, an anaerobic tank, an aerobic tank, and a final settling tank. Nitrogen in wastewater is removed by using an apparatus including a settling tank, an anaerobic tank, a nitrification tank, and a final settling tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Takechi, Masahisa Tanabe, Toshiaki Tsubone, Jun Miyata, Kei Baba, Satoru Udagawa, Shinichi Endo