Patents by Inventor Koichi Yanase
Koichi Yanase 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).
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Patent number: 8766021Abstract: In the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), formation of HFC-254eb as an excessively reduced product is suppressed. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises reacting a raw material compound gas composed of at least one of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen gas, in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a catalyst having palladium supported on active carbon, and the ratio of the number of moles of the hydrogen gas to the number of moles of chlorine atoms in the raw material compound gas (H2/Cl) is at most 0.7.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kawaguchi, Hidekazu Okamoto, Yu Takeuchi, Hirokazu Takagi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase
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Patent number: 8530711Abstract: The object is to provide a process for producing highly pure 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, whereby formation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene is suppressed. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises reacting a raw material compound composed of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and/or 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen in a gas phase in a reactor having a catalyst layer packed with a catalyst-supporting carrier, while maintaining the maximum temperature of the catalyst layer to be at most 130° C., to obtain formed gas containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and then, contacting the formed gas discharged from the reactor, with alkali at a temperature of at most 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kawaguchi, Hidekazu Okamoto, Yu Takeuchi, Hirokazu Takagi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase
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Patent number: 8530710Abstract: The object is to provide a process whereby it is possible to produce 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at a high conversion ratio constantly for a long period of time. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises reacting a raw material compound of at least one of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen, in the presence of a noble metal catalyst supported on active carbon having an ash content of at most 3% as measured in accordance with ASTM D2866.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hirokazu Takagi, Hidekazu Okamoto, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Yu Takeuchi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase, Shingo Nomura
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Patent number: 8399722Abstract: The object is to provide a process for producing highly pure 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, whereby formation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene as a by-product is suppressed. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises introducing and reacting a raw material compound composed of at least one of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen, in a catalyst layer packed with a catalyst-supporting carrier, wherein the temperature of the catalyst layer is controlled to be higher than the dew point of the raw material mixed gas comprising the raw material compound and the hydrogen, and the maximum temperature of the catalyst layer is maintained to be at most 130° C. during the reaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kawaguchi, Hidekazu Okamoto, Yu Takeuchi, Hirokazu Takagi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase
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Publication number: 20110319680Abstract: In the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), formation of HFC-254eb as an excessively reduced product is suppressed. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises reacting a raw material compound gas composed of at least one of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen gas, in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a catalyst having palladium supported on active carbon, and the ratio of the number of moles of the hydrogen gas to the number of moles of chlorine atoms in the raw material compound gas (H2/Cl) is at most 0.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi KAWAGUCHI, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Yu TAKEUCHI, Hirokazu TAKAGI, Kunio WATANABE, Koichi YANASE
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Publication number: 20110319676Abstract: The object is to provide a process whereby it is possible to produce 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at a high conversion ratio constantly for a long period of time. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises reacting a raw material compound of at least one of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen, in the presence of a noble metal catalyst supported on active carbon having an ash content of at most 3% as measured in accordance with ASTM D2866.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hirokazu TAKAGI, Hidekazu Okamoto, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Yu Takeuchi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase, Shingo Nomura
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Publication number: 20110319681Abstract: The object is to provide a process for producing highly pure 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, whereby formation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene as a by-product is suppressed. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises introducing and reacting a raw material compound composed of at least one of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen, in a catalyst layer packed with a catalyst-supporting carrier, wherein the temperature of the catalyst layer is controlled to be higher than the dew point of the raw material mixed gas comprising the raw material compound and the hydrogen, and the maximum temperature of the catalyst layer is maintained to be at most 130° C. during the reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi KAWAGUCHI, Hidekazu Okamoto, Yu Takeuchi, Hirokazu Takagi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase
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Publication number: 20110319677Abstract: The object is to provide a process for producing highly pure 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, whereby formation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene is suppressed. A process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which comprises reacting a raw material compound composed of 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and/or 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and hydrogen in a gas phase in a reactor having a catalyst layer packed with a catalyst-supporting carrier, while maintaining the maximum temperature of the catalyst layer to be at most 130° C., to obtain formed gas containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and then, contacting the formed gas discharged from the reactor, with alkali at a temperature of at most 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi KAWAGUCHI, Hidekazu Okamoto, Yu Takeuchi, Hirokazu Takagi, Kunio Watanabe, Koichi Yanase
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Patent number: 7371899Abstract: To provide a method for producing carbonyl fluoride by employing carbon monoxide and fluorine as starting materials, without such a problem as vigorous heat generation or a decrease in the reaction yield due to a side reaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yuuki Mitsui, Koichi Yanase
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Patent number: 7351342Abstract: An aqueous solution containing a fluorine-containing emulsifier in a low concentration of at least 1 ppm by mass and at most 1% by mass (e.g., coagulation waste water after an emulsion polymerization of a fluoropolymer and/or an aqueous solution obtained by washing with an aqueous solution a waste gas from a drying process and/or a heat treating process of the fluoropolymer) is subjected to vacuum concentration under a pressure of at most 100 kPa and a temperature of the aqueous solution of at most 100° C. by means of a heating tube surface evaporation type concentrator equipped with a heat pump or the like, and the fluorine-containing emulsifier is recovered from a highly concentrated aqueous solution containing the fluorine-containing emulsifier in a higher concentration of at least 5% by mass. According to the present method, the fluorine-containing emulsifier can be recovered with a high yield from a low-concentration liquid such as coagulation waste water of a fluoropolymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Sasakura Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Funaki, Koichi Yanase, Hiroki Kamiya, Masao Uehara, Kenichiro Nagatomo, Yasushi Nishimura, Shiro Ohno, Satoru Hirano
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Publication number: 20070249863Abstract: To provide a method for producing carbonyl fluoride by employing carbon monoxide and fluorine as starting materials, without such a problem as vigorous heat generation or a decrease in the reaction yield due to a side reaction. A method for producing carbonyl fluoride, which comprises introducing carbon monoxide gas and fluorine gas into a liquid, and letting carbon monoxide and fluorine react with each other to obtain carbonyl fluoride.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuki MITSUI, Koichi Yanase
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Patent number: 7161025Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing industrially useful fluorine-containing compounds such as a fluorinated ester compound and an acid fluoride compound. Namely, the present invention resides in a method for producing a fluorinated ester compound, which comprises fluorinating an ester compound which is an ester of a compound having hydroxyl group(s) with a compound having acyl fluoride group(s) and which has a structure which can be fluorinated, in a liquid phase to produce a fluorinated ester compound, wherein the fluorination is carried out in the form of a liquid mixture of the ester compound and the compound having acyl fluoride group(s).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Shin Tatematsu, Koichi Yanase, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Daisuke Shirakawa
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Patent number: 7071272Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a compound of CF3CF2CF2OCF?CF2 by pyrolyzing a compound expressed by CF3CF2CF2OCF(CF3)COOCF2CF(CF3)OCF2CF2CF3 in a gas phase at a temperature of from 200° C. to 500° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2002Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Shin Tatematsu, Masakuni Sato, Hidenobu Murofushi, Koichi Yanase, Yasuhiro Suzuki
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Process for producing a fluorinated ester, a fluorinated acyl fluoride and a fluorinated vinyl ether
Patent number: 7053237Abstract: A process for producing a fluorinated ester through a small number of steps, is presented. The process for producing a fluorinated ester, comprises a transesterification step in which RAF—COOCF2—RAF and RA—CH2OH are subjected to a transesterification reaction to obtain RAF—COOCH2—RA, and a fluorination step in which the obtained compound is fluorinated to obtain a reaction product containing RAF—COOCF2—RAF. Here, in the formulae, RA is a monovalent organic group, and RAF is the same group as RA or a monovalent organic group obtained by fluorination of RA.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Shin Tatematsu, Hidenobu Murofushi, Masakuni Sato, Masahiro Ito, Koichi Yanase, Yasuhiro Suzuki -
Patent number: 7034179Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing industrially useful fluorine-containing compounds such as a fluorinated ester compound and an acid fluoride compound. Namely, the present invention resides in a method for producing a fluorinated ester compound, which comprises fluorinating an ester compound which is an ester of a compound having hydroxyl group(s) with a compound having acyl fluoride group(s) and which has a structure which can be fluorinated, in a liquid phase to produce a fluorinated ester compound, wherein the fluorination is carried out in the form of a liquid mixture of the ester compound and the compound having acyl fluoride group(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Shin Tatematsu, Koichi Yanase, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Daisuke Shirakawa
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PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FLUORINATED ESTER, A FLUORINATED ACYL FLUORIDE AND A FLUORINATED VINYL ETHER
Publication number: 20050261516Abstract: A process for producing a fluorinated ester through a small number of steps, is presented. The process for producing a fluorinated ester, comprises a transesterification step in which RAF—COOCF2—RAF and RA—CH2OH are subjected to a transesterification reaction to obtain RAF—COOCH2—RA, and a fluorination step in which the obtained compound is fluorinated to obtain a reaction product containing RAF—COOCF2—RAF. Here, in the formulae, RA is a monovalent organic group, and RAF is the same group as RA or a monovalent organic group obtained by fluorination of RA.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANYInventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Shin Tatematsu, Hidenobu Murofushi, Masakuni Sato, Masahiro Ito, Koichi Yanase, Yasuhiro Suzuki -
Publication number: 20050192456Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing industrially useful fluorine-containing compounds such as a fluorinated ester compound and an acid fluoride compound. Namely, the present invention resides in a method for producing a fluorinated ester compound, which comprises fluorinating an ester compound which is an ester of a compound having hydroxyl group(s) with a compound having acyl fluoride group(s) and which has a structure which can be fluorinated, in a liquid phase to produce a fluorinated ester compound, wherein the fluorination is carried out in the form of a liquid mixture of the ester compound and the compound having acyl fluoride group(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Shin Tatematsu, Koichi Yanase, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Daisuke Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20050150833Abstract: An aqueous solution containing a fluorine-containing emulsifier in a low concentration of at least 1 ppm by mass and at most 1% by mass (e.g., coagulation waste water after an emulsion polymerization of a fluoropolymer and/or an aqueous solution obtained by washing with an aqueous solution a waste gas from a drying process and/or a heat treating process of the fluoropolymer) is subjected to vacuum concentration under a pressure of at most 100 kPa and a temperature of the aqueous solution of at most 100° C. by means of a heating tube surface evaporation type concentrator equipped with a heat pump or the like, and the fluorine-containing emulsifier is recovered from a highly concentrated aqueous solution containing the fluorine-containing emulsifier in a higher concentration of at least 5% by mass. According to the present method, the fluorine-containing emulsifier can be recovered with a high yield from a low-concentration liquid such as coagulation waste water of a fluoropolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicants: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED, SASAKURA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Funaki, Koichi Yanase, Hiroki Kamiya, Masao Uehara, Kenichiro Nagatomo, Yasushi Nishimura, Shiro Ohno, Satoru Hirano
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Publication number: 20040241481Abstract: There is provided a multilayer film comprising two outer layers and at least one inner layer interposed between the outer layers, wherein the multilayer film:Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Ichige, Koichi Yanase
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Publication number: 20030219584Abstract: Disclosed are a sheet which has a resin layer comprising a polyolefin resin with a degree of crystallinity of at least 45% wherein the resin layer has a total haze of up to 10% and wherein at least one surface of the sheet is the resin layer, a thermoformed article obtained by thermoforming the sheet, and a laminate structure comprising the sheet or thermoformed article and a substrate made of a thermoplastic resin, the substrate being laminated on the sheet or thermoformed article.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Kenichi Higashi, Koichi Yanase, Takashi Fujimoto