Patents by Inventor Kohsaku Kawakami

Kohsaku Kawakami 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: 9987228
    Abstract: A method for producing porous particles includes (1) a step of preparing a solution of an amphiphilic substance by dissolving the amphiphilic substance in a mixed solvent capable of being freeze-dried, (2) a step of producing a precipitate containing the amphiphilic substance by cooling the solution obtained in step (1) to a temperature equal to or less than a phase separation temperature of the solution, and thereafter holding the solution at the temperature, and (3) a step of producing porous particles by freeze-drying the solution containing the precipitate obtained in the step (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Shaoling Zhang, Kohsaku Kawakami, Katsuhiko Ariga
  • Publication number: 20170319483
    Abstract: A method for producing porous particles includes (1) a step of preparing a solution of an amphiphilic substance by dissolving the amphiphilic substance in a mixed solvent capable of being freeze-dried, (2) a step of producing a precipitate containing the amphiphilic substance by cooling the solution obtained in step (1) to a temperature equal to or less than a phase separation temperature of the solution, and thereafter holding the solution at the temperature, and (3) a step of producing porous particles by freeze-drying the solution containing the precipitate obtained in the step (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Shaoling Zhang, Kohsaku Kawakami, Katsuhiko Ariga