Patents by Inventor Kenji Yao

Kenji Yao 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: 11879040
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin and a plasticizer, in which an amount of a metal element having an ionic valence of 2 or more, obtained by fluorescent X-ray analysis, is 0.002% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less with respect to a total amount of the resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazusei Yoshida, Masahiro Oki, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kenji Yao, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20230407084
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a biodegradable resin and cellulose particles that have a sphericity of 0.9 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Yuko IWADATE, Satomi KASHIWAGI
  • Patent number: 11845861
    Abstract: A resin composition, including a cellulose acylate (A), a polyester resin (B), and a cardanol composition (C) containing a cardanol-based compound having an epoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Kana Miyazaki, Masahiro Moriyama, Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20230391970
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent. If hydrophobized silica particles are attached to the cellulosic particle, the percentage detachment upon sonication of the silica particles is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Ayu NAITO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11834567
    Abstract: A resin composition, including a cellulose acylate (A), a polyester resin (B), and a cardanol composition (C) containing a cardanol-based compound having a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Kana Miyazaki, Masahiro Moriyama, Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20230312842
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the 5-day and 60-day percentage biodegradations of the cellulosic particle measured as per JIS K6950:2000 are lower than 20% and 60% or higher, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Masahiro Oki, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kazusei Yoshida, Ayu Naito, Yuko Iwadate, Takahiro Ishizuka, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano, Satomi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20230303781
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains 90 parts by mass or more and 99.5 parts by mass or less of cellulose; and 0.5 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of a cellulose derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Yuko IWADATE, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO, Masahiro OKI, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11732099
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin, in which an alkali metal atomic weight A present on a resin particle surface with respect to a total atomic weight present on the resin particle surface, which is measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and an alkali metal atomic weight B present in the resin particles with respect to the total atomic weight present on the resin particles, which is measured by a fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy, satisfy a relationship of 0?(A/B)<0.15 and 0.005 atomic %?B?0.5 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kenji Yao, Masahiro Oki, Kazusei Yoshida, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20230250241
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle includes: a cellulose-based core particle; a first coating layer covering the core particle and containing a polyamine compound; and a second coating layer covering the first coating layer and containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a wax, a linear-chain saturated fatty acid, a hydroxy fatty acid, and an amino acid compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Masahiro OKI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Yuko IWADATE, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230250262
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains a first component that is cellulose; and a second component that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid derivative (A), an aromatic compound having a long-chain aliphatic group and at least one of a phenolic hydroxyl group or a monoglycidyl ether group directly bound to an aromatic group (B), and a (meth)acrylic compound (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hirokazu HAMANO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Masahiro OKI, Yuko IWADATE, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO
  • Patent number: 11643526
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a cellulose acylate (A); and an aromatic compound (B) not containing a functional group that reacts with the cellulose acylate (A), but containing a long-chain aliphatic group and at least one of a phenolic hydroxy group and a monoglycidyl ether group directly bonded to an aromatic group of the aromatic compound (B), in which a mass ratio (B)/(A) of the aromatic compound (B) to the cellulose acylate (A) is 0.15 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Hideaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220306818
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin and a plasticizer, in which an amount of a metal element having an ionic valence of 2 or more, obtained by fluorescent X-ray analysis, is 0.002% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less with respect to a total amount of the resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazusei YOSHIDA, Masahiro OKI, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Kenji YAO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220306842
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin, and a coating layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a quaternary ammonium salt-containing polymer, polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polylysine on a surface of the mother particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro OKI, Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220306823
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin, in which an alkali metal atomic weight A present on a resin particle surface with respect to a total atomic weight present on the resin particle surface, which is measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and an alkali metal atomic weight B present in the resin particles with respect to the total atomic weight present on the resin particles, which is measured by a fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy, satisfy a relationship of 0?(A/B)<0.15 and 0.005 atomic %?B?0.5 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Kenji YAO, Masahiro OKI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220169833
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a resin particle having excellent heat resistance and flexibility. [Solution] A resin particle in which a mass loss rate after being immersed in distilled water at 70° C. for 14 days is less than 10%, and in which a mass loss rate after being left in a compost having a composition shown below at 55° C. for 14 days is 90% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Masahiro OKI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11339274
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a cellulose ester compound (A), a poly(meth)acrylate compound (B) containing 50% by weight or more of a constituting unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, a polyester resin (C), and at least one polymer (D) selected from a polymer with a core shell structure having a core layer and a shell layer containing a polymer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester on a surface of the core layer, and an olefin polymer which is a polymer of an ?-olefin and a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and contains 60% by weight or more of a constituting unit derived from the ?-olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Kana Miyazaki, Masahiro Moriyama, Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20220033622
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing: a cellulose acylate (A); a thermoplastic elastomer (B); and a fiber (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Kana Miyazaki, Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20210403660
    Abstract: A biodegradable resin particle, includes: a base particle containing a biodegradable resin; a first layer on a surface of the base particle, the first layer containing at least one cationic resin of a polyalkyleneimine, a polyallylamine and a polyvinylamine; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer containing an anionic or nonionic hydrophobic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Masahiro OKI, Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11198775
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a resin (A), a resin (B), and resin particles (C), and has a continuous phase containing the resin (A) and dispersed phases containing the resin (B), in which when a cross section of the resin composition along an extrusion direction in producing the resin composition is observed, an area circle equivalent diameter d80, which is an area circle equivalent diameter corresponding to 80% from a small diameter side in a number cumulative distribution of area circle equivalent diameters of the dispersed phases, is 600 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Kana Miyazaki, Kenji Yao
  • Patent number: 11198776
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing: a cellulose acylate (A); a thermoplastic elastomer (B); and a fiber (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Kana Miyazaki, Kenji Yao