Patents by Inventor Kenzo Yamamoto

Kenzo Yamamoto 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: 11866590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel diisocyanate-based radical polymerizable silane coupling compound having an urethane bond and a medical and/or dental curable composition comprising the same. The present invention provides a novel silane coupling agent that imparts high affinity to a radical polymerizable monomer, thereby imparting high mechanical strength and durability when used for a medical and/or dental curable composition, and an inorganic filler surface-treated with the novel silane coupling agent and a novel medical and/or dental curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Kiyomi Fuchigami, Kenzo Yamamoto, Naoya Kitada, Kazuya Shinno
  • Publication number: 20230375999
    Abstract: A program fragmentation unit (131) divides a target program into fragments according to groups of processing. A fragment group extraction unit (132) extracts, from among sets of fragments, each set in which instruction groups match between fragments, as a fragment group. A functionalization candidate extraction unit (136) extracts, from among sets of fragment groups, a set in which instruction groups match between fragment groups, usage patterns of a variable group match between the fragment groups, and types of variables match between the fragment groups, as a functionalization candidate. An output unit (140) outputs information on the functionalization candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Satoshi NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11767411
    Abstract: To provide a dental curable composition having excellent curability and storage stability. The dental curable composition contains (a) transition metal adsorbent in which a transition metal compound of the period 4 in the periodic table is adsorbed on an inorganic particle which is non-reactive with a transition metal of the period 4 in the periodic table, (b) thiourea derivative, (c) organic peroxide having a hydroperoxide group, and (d) polymerizable monomer, wherein the (d) polymerizable monomer contains (d-1) acidic group-non-containing polymerizable monomer, and wherein a pore volume of the inorganic particle which is non-reactive with a transition metal of the period 4 in the periodic table is 0.2 cc/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Kenzo Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishino, Kazuya Shinno
  • Patent number: 11696874
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental photocurable composition having sufficient mechanical property and being excellent in color tone selectivity because of having a small color difference between before curing and after curing. [Solution] To provide a dental photocurable composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator, (D) photopolymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (B-1) ?-diketone compound as the (B) photosensitizer, and the dental photocurable composition comprises, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) polymerizable monomer, 0.15 parts by mass or less of the (B-1) ?-diketone compound, 0.5 parts by mass or more of the (C) photoacid generator, and 100 parts by mass or more of the (E) filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Hideto Kasaba, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Patent number: 11622916
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a photocurable composition having a high curing depth. [Solution] To provide a photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator, and (D) photopolymerization accelerator, wherein, the photocurable composition comprises (D-1) amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator. (In the formula (1), R1 is a substituent represented by formula (2), and R2 and R3 are substituents represented by formula (2) or substituents selected from —OH group, —O— group, —S— group, —NH—C(O)—NH— group, —C(O)—O— group, —OC(O)— group, —OC(O)—NH— group, —NH—C(O)—O— group, halogen, an organic group which may have an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring which may have a substituent and an alicyclic heterocycle which may have a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Patent number: 11622917
    Abstract: To provide a dental photocurable composition which can exhibit excellent mechanical characteristics even after returning from a low temperature to room temperature. To provide a dental photocurable composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator and (D) photopolymerization accelerator and the (C) photoacid generator may include only (C-1) iodonium salt-based compound of an anion having log S of ?4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Patent number: 11602490
    Abstract: To provide one liquid type dental adhesive composition that exhibits excellent adhesive property to glass ceramics, oxide-base ceramics and tooth substance, and has excellent storage stability, which are contrary features. One liquid type dental adhesive composition contains (a) silane coupling agent represented by general formula (1), (b) acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (c) volatile organic solvent, and (d) water. (In the formula, R1 represents an organic group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a vinyl group and an epoxy group, R2 represents C4-C8 linear alkyl group, R3 represents C1-C8 alkyl group, and n is integer selected from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Kitada, Rei Nishimura, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11547541
    Abstract: [Problem] To select a dental cement or a trial test material for easily obtaining high color tone adaptability to peripheral tooth substances, in mounting of or trial test of a prosthesis device [Solution] To provide a dental cement set consisting of a plurality of dental cements having color tones including color tones of 3 to n colors for selecting and using a dental cement from the plurality of dental cements having the color tones including the color tones of the 3 to n colors after trial test with trial test materials for the dental cement to be used from the plurality of dental cements having the color tones including the color tones of the 3 to n colors, wherein: the amount of information loss Pin with regard to first principal component determined by principal component analysis is less than 2, and. the dental cement set satisfies following Formula 1. 2?((CL*p?1?CL*p)2+(Ca*p?1?Ca*p)2+(Cb*p?1?Cb*p)2)1/2<8??Formula 1 (wherein p is an arbitrary integer of 2?p?n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Naoya Kitada, Kenzo Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishino, Yoshiyuki Jogetsu
  • Publication number: 20220401312
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental photocurable composition which has sufficient mechanical property and whose rheological property is not deactivated even after long-term storage. [Solution] The dental photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (D) photopolymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (D1) aliphatic tertiary amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and the dental photocurable composition comprises (E1) hydrophobized silica fine particle having an average diameter of primary particle of 1 to 40 nm as the (E) filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Hideto KASABA, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220392268
    Abstract: There is provided a monitoring device that monitors another person's peeping into a document to be read, a medium on which drawing output is performed, or content displayed by an image processing apparatus, and the monitoring device includes a first hardware processor that: acquires person information indicating a person present within a predetermined range from the image processing apparatus; performs determination including whether or not a person other than the operator among persons identified by the person information acquired is a person having a predetermined relationship with the operator; and performs control to cause warning information to be output in a case where it is determined that there is at least one person not having the predetermined relationship among the persons identified, and performs control to cause output of the warning information to be prevented in a case where it is determined that all the persons have the predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220387264
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental curable composition having good mechanical property and good storage stability before and after curing. Solution The dental curable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (BC) polymerization initiator, (D) polymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the (BC) polymerization initiator comprises (B) photopolymerization initiator and/or (C) chemical polymerization initiator, the (B) photopolymerization initiator comprises (B1) photosensitizer and (B2) photoacid generator, the (C) chemical polymerization initiator comprises (C1) organic peroxide, the (E) filler comprises (E1) surface-treated basic filler, and the (E1) surface-treated basic filler is treated with (F1) surface treatment agent represented by the formula (1) and/or condensate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIYATA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA
  • Publication number: 20220387263
    Abstract: To provide a dental photocurable composition having good storage stability of a matrix containing a polymerizable monomer and a polymerization initiator, etc. and excellent mechanical strength of a dental photocurable composition comprising a mixture of the matrix and a filler. The dental photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises a matrix containing (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator and (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (A1) polymerizable monomer having an acidic group as the (A) polymerizable monomer, and the dental photocurable composition comprises (D1) tertiary aliphatic amine compound having Log P of 2 or more and pKa of 10 or less as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Naoya KITADA, Rei NISHIMURA, Daisuke HARA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220287921
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental photocurable composition having sufficient mechanical property and being excellent in color tone selectivity because of having a small color difference between before curing and after curing. [Solution] To provide a dental photocurable composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator, (D) photopolymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (B-1) ?-diketone compound as the (B) photosensitizer, and the dental photocurable composition comprises, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) polymerizable monomer, 0.15 parts by mass or less of the (B-1) ?-diketone compound, 0.5 parts by mass or more of the (C) photoacid generator, and 100 parts by mass or more of the (E) filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Hideto KASABA, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220287919
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a photocurable composition having a high curing depth. [Solution] To provide a photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator, and (D) photopolymerization accelerator, wherein, the photocurable composition comprises (D-1) amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator. (In the formula (1), R1 is a substituent represented by formula (2), and R2 and R3 are substituents represented by formula (2) or substituents selected from —OH group, —O— group, —S— group, —NH—C(O)—NH— group, —C(O)—O— group, —OC(O)— group, —OC(O)—NH— group, —NH—C(O)—O— group, halogen, an organic group which may have an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring which may have a substituent and an alicyclic heterocycle which may have a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220287918
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental adhesive composition having excellent storage stability and adhesive strength. [Solution] To provide a dental adhesive composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and (F) volatile organic solvent, wherein, the dental adhesive composition comprises (A-1) polymerizable monomer having an acidic group as the (A) polymerizable monomer, and the dental adhesive composition comprises (D-1) aliphatic tertiary amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220287920
    Abstract: To provide a dental photocurable composition which can exhibit excellent mechanical characteristics even after returning from a low temperature to room temperature. To provide a dental photocurable composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator and (D) photopolymerization accelerator and the (C) photoacid generator may include only (C-1) iodonium salt-based compound of an anion having log S of ?4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220023155
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental adhesive composition realizing excellent durable adhesive strength with respect to various dental restorative materials for cutting and machining such as glass ceramics containing lithium disilicate, a dental resin for cutting and machining, and a dental resin for cutting and machining made of a glass fiber reinforced resin in particular and with respect to a tooth substance, and having excellent storage stability simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA, Yasuhiro NISHINO, Naoya KITADA
  • Publication number: 20210395532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel diisocyanate-based radical polymerizable silane coupling compound having an urethane bond and a medical and/or dental curable composition comprising the same. The present invention provides a novel silane coupling agent that imparts high affinity to a radical polymerizable monomer, thereby imparting high mechanical strength and durability when used for a medical and/or dental curable composition, and an inorganic filler surface-treated with the novel silane coupling agent and a novel medical and/or dental curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHOFU
    Inventors: Kiyomi FUCHIGAMI, Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Naoya KITADA, Kazuya SHINNO
  • Publication number: 20210333998
    Abstract: A task graph debranching section (109) determines as a parallelizable number, the number of parallelization of processes which is possible at a time of executing a program. A schedule generation section (112) generates as a parallelization execution schedule, an execution schedule of the program at the time of executing the program. A display processing section (114) computes a parallelization execution time which is a time required for executing the program at a time of executing the program according to the parallelization execution schedule. Further, the display processing section (114) generates parallelization information indicating the parallelizable number, the parallelization execution schedule, and the parallelization execution time, and outputs the generated parallelization information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210205181
    Abstract: To provide one liquid type dental adhesive composition that exhibits excellent adhesive property to glass ceramics, oxide-base ceramics and tooth substance, and has excellent storage stability, which are contrary features. One liquid type dental adhesive composition contains (a) silane coupling agent represented by general formula (1), (b) acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (c) volatile organic solvent, and (d) water. (In the formula, R1 represents an organic group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a vinyl group and an epoxy group, R2 represents C4-C8 linear alkyl group, R3 represents C1-C8 alkyl group, and n is integer selected from 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Naoya KITADA, Rei NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kenzo Yamamoto