Patents by Inventor Koji Endo

Koji Endo 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: 12090216
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, such as makeup removing compositions, that can form a film on a keratin material, such as skin that lifts and removes makeup from the keratin material, such as skin. The compositions may be an aqueous composition including: (a) a hydrophobically modified acrylate film forming homopolymer or copolymer; (b) a hydrophilic film forming polymer; (c) a volatile oil; (d) a nonionic surfactant; (e) optionally, a monoalcohol having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms; and (f) water. Alternatively, the compositions may be anhydrous compositions including: (a) a hydrophobically modified acrylate film forming homopolymer or copolymer; (b) a plasticizer; and (c) a volatile oil. Also disclosed are methods for cleansing and removing makeup from keratin material, such as skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Tianyi Liu, Koji Endo, Prabhjot K. Saini
  • Publication number: 20240158646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution to provide a conductive pigment paste that exhibits excellent pigment dispersibility and storage stability even as a paste with a high pigment concentration and/or high viscosity, and can be used to form a coating film excelling in conductivity and other properties. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive pigment paste. The method includes dispersing a paste containing a pigment dispersion resin (A), a conductive pigment (B), and a solvent (C) using at least one type of disperser selected from the group consisting of a bead mill, a homogenizer, an ultrasonic disperser, a kneader, an extruder, and a planetary mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji ENDO, Masanao HASHIMURA, Takashi KITAMURA, Yoshiyuki YUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240115483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, comprising (a) at least one modified starch; (b) at least one C13-C15 acid; (c) at least one clay; and (d) at least one amphoteric surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of the amount of the (d) amphoteric surfactant/the amount of the (b) C13-C15 fatty acid is 0.5 or more, preferably 0.6 or more, and more preferably 0.7 or more. The composition according to the present invention can be rinsed off from a keratin substance such as skin and can leave an enhanced deposition of clay on the keratin substance after rinsing off the composition from the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Koji ENDO, Natsuno MISHINA, Masanori ORITA
  • Publication number: 20240016717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising (a) at least one glycolipid; and (b) at least one salicylic acid derivative represented by formula (I). The composition according to the present invention can provide an effect of removing or decreasing keratinous plugs in keratinous substances, such as skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masanori ORITA, Koji ENDO, Hiroaki KAGA
  • Patent number: 11760819
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4) 125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Endo, Mayumi Hiwara, Sadahiko Matsuura, Yusuke Mizobuchi, Yuichi Yamamura, Yuji Noguchi, Yuji Ishii, Tatsuya Sakai, Keisuke Shishido, Kotaro Ichino, Kiyohide Inomata, Fumito Takeuchi, Kenta Ide
  • Patent number: 11712683
    Abstract: Provided is a new heat source device that utilizes the catalytic reaction heat as a heat source for industries. The heat source device 100 utilizing the catalytic reaction heat of silver zeolite 1 includes an accommodation container 10 for accommodating the silver zeolite 1 while ensuring air permeability, wherein the accommodation container 10 is configured to be ventilated with a mixed gas G containing hydrogen, steam, and air. The mixed gas has a hydrogen concentration of 1 to 20% by volume, a steam concentration of 1 to 95% by volume, an air concentration of 1 to 95% by volume, and a temperature of 100° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Rasa Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kobayashi, Koji Endo
  • Patent number: 11679072
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition for make-up removal that provides aesthetically pleasing gliding application and is smudge resistant, the composition being provided in the form of a water-based micellar make-up removal composition that includes a blend of surfactants that includes one surfactant that has an HLB that is in the range from about 8 to about 16 and at least one surfactant that has an HLB that is greater than 16, and one or more powdered polysaccharides provided as essentially water-insoluble particles. In some embodiments the surfactant with an HLB greater than 16 is amphoteric. The composition can also include one or more of each or a combination of inorganic mineral powders, humectants, silicone-based defoaming agents, preservatives, and other cosmetically acceptable additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Tianyi Liu, Koji Endo
  • Publication number: 20230173440
    Abstract: The mixing nozzle has a throat section, a diffuser section, a gas nozzle section, a first liquid suction port, a liquid nozzle section, a second liquid suction port, a baffle plate, and a jetting port. The first liquid suction port liquidly absorbs the solution in the water storage pool from a side of the gas nozzle section toward the gas nozzle tip. The liquid nozzle section extends to the downstream side of the gas nozzle section with intervening the first liquid suction port. The second liquid suction port liquidly absorbs the solution in the water storage pool from a side of the liquid nozzle section toward the liquid nozzle tip. The baffle plate is provided such that the mixed flow mixed in the diffuser section collides in front of a downstream end of the diffuser section, and divides and reverses the mixed flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi NARABAYASHI, Hiroshige KIKURA, Hideharu TAKAHASHI, Katsumasa ARAOKA, Koji ENDO, Tomohiko YOSHII
  • Publication number: 20230120981
    Abstract: Provided is a new heat source device utilizing a catalytic reaction heat of silver zeolite, the heat source device including an accommodation container for accommodating the silver zeolite while ensuring air permeability, in which the accommodation container is configured to be ventilated with a mixed gas containing hydrogen, steam, and air, the accommodation container is configured as a metal cylindrical member that includes a metal ventilation structure having a mesh on a downstream side in a ventilation direction, the mesh having a mesh size finer than a particle diameter of the silver zeolite; and the cylindrical member has a double pipe structure including an inner pipe and an outer pipe, said inner pipe being a straight pipe for allowing the mixed gas to linearly flow therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Koji ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230108556
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, such as makeup removing compositions, that can form a film on a keratin material, such as skin that lifts and removes makeup from the keratin material, such as skin. The compositions may be an aqueous composition including: (a) a hydrophobically modified acrylate film forming homopolymer or copolymer; (b) a hydrophilic film forming polymer; (c) a volatile oil; (d) a nonionic surfactant; (e) optionally, a monoalcohol having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms; and (f) water. Alternatively, the compositions may be anhydrous compositions including: (a) a hydrophobically modified acrylate film forming homopolymer or copolymer; (b) a plasticizer; and (c) a volatile oil. Also disclosed are methods for cleansing and removing makeup from keratin material, such as skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Tianyi LIU, Koji ENDO, Prabhjot K. SAINI
  • Patent number: 11613595
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Endo, Mayumi Hiwara, Sadahiko Matsuura, Yusuke Mizobuchi, Yuichi Yamamura, Yuji Noguchi, Yuji Ishii, Tatsuya Sakai, Keisuke Shishido, Kotaro Ichino, Kiyohide Inomata, Fumito Takeuchi, Kenta Ide
  • Patent number: 11419797
    Abstract: Methods for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound are described which involve Step (1), including Step (1-1) for preparing a material comprising: (A) a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, (B) a polyol, and (C) an aqueous medium, where a content of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound in the material for heating is below a saturation solubility of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound in a solvent having the same composition at 25° C. The obtained solution is then heated in Step (1-2) at normal pressure at a temperature of less than 100° C., to obtain a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 1. Step (2) includes adding water to the hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 1 such that the resulting hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 2 has a concentration of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound above a saturation solubility at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Tetsuya Abe, Rui Takahashi, Koji Endo, Toyoki Hagura, Hidetaka Iwai, Teruo Horizumi, Taisuke Aosaki, Akihiro Uda, Masato Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20220062150
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition for make-up removal that provides aesthetically pleasing gliding application and is smudge resistant, the composition being provided in the form of a water-based micellar make-up removal composition that includes a blend of surfactants that includes one surfactant that has an HLB that is in the range from about 8 to about 16 and at least one surfactant that has an HLB that is greater than 16, and one or more powdered polysaccharides provided as essentially water-insoluble particles. In some embodiments the surfactant with an HLB greater than 16 is amphoteric. The composition can also include one or more of each or a combination of inorganic mineral powders, humectants, silicone-based defoaming agents, preservatives, and other cosmetically acceptable additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Tianyi Liu, Koji Endo
  • Publication number: 20210304912
    Abstract: Provided is a method for treating radioactive iodine contained in steam discharged from a nuclear power facility, including a filling step of filling an air-permeable container with a granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent of zeolite X, wherein ion exchange sites of the zeolite X are substituted with silver so that a size of minute pores of the zeolite X is suited to a size of a hydrogen molecule, and the radioactive iodine adsorbent has a silver content of 36 wt % or more when dried, a particle size of 10×20 mesh, a hardness of 94% or more, and a water content of 12 wt % or less when dried at 150° C. for 3 h and thereby reduced in weight; and a flow passing step of passing a flow of the steam discharged from the nuclear power facility, through the container filled with the radioactive iodine adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Rasa Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Koji ENDO
  • Publication number: 20210122861
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4) 125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji ENDO, Mayumi HIWARA, Sadahiko MATSUURA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Yuichi YAMAMURA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Yuji ISHII, Tatsuya SAKAI, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Kotaro ICHINO, Kiyohide INOMATA, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Kenta IDE
  • Publication number: 20210122860
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji ENDO, Mayumi HIWARA, Sadahiko MATSUURA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Yuichi YAMAMURA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Yuji ISHII, Tatsuya SAKAI, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Kotaro ICHINO, Kiyohide INOMATA, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Kenta IDE
  • Publication number: 20210059909
    Abstract: To provide a new method for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, the composition having outstanding hardly water-soluble aromatic compound. A method for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, comprising: Step (1) of obtaining a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution Step (1) comprising Step (1-1) of preparing a material for heating comprising (A) a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, (B) a polyol, and (C) an aqueous medium, and Step (1-2) of obtaining a heated solution containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound by heating the material for heating at normal pressure at a temperature of less than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Tetsuya ABE, Rui TAKAHASHI, Koji ENDO, Toyoki HAGURA, Hidetaka IWAI, Teruo HORIZUMI, Taisuke AOSAKI, Akihiro UDA, Masato NAKAMICHI
  • Patent number: 10919997
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene.?-olefin.non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene.?-olefin.non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Endo, Mayumi Hiwara, Sadahiko Matsuura, Yusuke Mizobuchi, Yuichi Yamamura, Yuji Noguchi, Yuji Ishii, Tatsuya Sakai, Keisuke Shishido, Kotaro Ichino, Kiyohide Inomata, Fumito Takeuchi, Kenta Ide
  • Patent number: 10778872
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image reading device, a storage device, and a control unit. The image reading device reads an image on a sheet. The storage device stores information. The control unit that determines a detection area of an encoded image based on a teacher image which is an image read from a predetermined teacher sheet by the image reading device, records information indicating the detection area in the storage device, detects an encoded image in the detection area among the images read from a sheet to be read after the teacher sheet, and decodes the detected encoded image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Akihiro Mizutani, Takahiro Hagiwara, Kazuhiro Ogura, Kazuhiro Kamimura, Yoshinori Sato, Hajime Tomizawa, Yusuke Hamada, Sho Sakuma, Koji Endo, Ryo Takimura, Takuya Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20200269223
    Abstract: Provided is a new heat source device that utilizes the catalytic reaction heat as a heat source for industries. The heat source device 100 utilizing the catalytic reaction heat of silver zeolite 1 includes an accommodation container 10 for accommodating the silver zeolite 1 while ensuring air permeability, wherein the accommodation container 10 is configured to be ventilated with a mixed gas G containing hydrogen, steam, and air. The mixed gas has a hydrogen concentration of 1 to 20% by volume, a steam concentration of 1 to 95% by volume, an air concentration of 1 to 95% by volume, and a temperature of 100° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Koji ENDO