Patents by Inventor Masaaki Ozawa
Masaaki Ozawa 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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Publication number: 20240041070Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a beverage with increased fullness. In particular, the present invention aims to provide a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage with increased fullness. The present invention relates to, for example, a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage containing adenosine at a concentration of 8 ppm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Risa Takagi, Saiko Sudo, Keiko Iwasa, Masaaki Ozawa, Naoto Kanda, Yoshihide Matsuo
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Publication number: 20230255241Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a beverage with increased fullness. In particular, the present invention aims to provide a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage with increased fullness. The present invention relates to a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage containing 2?-deoxyadenosine at a concentration of 1 ppm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Risa Takagi, Saiko Sudo, Keiko Iwasa, Masaaki Ozawa, Naoto Kanda, Yoshihide Matsuo
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Publication number: 20230002650Abstract: The present invention is to provide an adhesive composition which comprises a copolymer A which contains a recurring unit having a cyclic ether structure and a recurring unit having a benzophenone structure, and a copolymer B which contains a recurring unit having a betaine structure and a recurring unit having a hydroxyl group, a cured product thereof, and a method for producing the cured product. The adhesive composition of the present invention is capable of curing in water, has high hydrophilicity, and is capable of forming a cured product having an excellent ability to inhibit adhesion of biological substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Masayasu TOTANI, Keiji TANAKA, Hisao MATSUNO, Masaaki OZAWA, Junko KATAYAMA
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Patent number: 11061297Abstract: A nonlinear optically active copolymer having satisfactory orientation characteristics and able to allow for reduction in heat-induced orientation relaxation of a nonlinear optical material, and a nonlinear optical material obtained using the copolymer. The copolymer including at least a repeating unit A having adamantyl group and a repeating unit B having a nonlinear optically active moiety in one molecule, and an organic nonlinear optical material including the copolymer as a component.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Hiroki Miura, Daisuke Maeda, Kei Yasui, Tsubasa Kashino, Masaaki Ozawa
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Patent number: 11052154Abstract: A Ras protein degradation inducing molecule that can induce degradation of Ras proteins, and a pharmaceutical composition that contains this Ras protein degradation inducing molecule are provided. The Ras protein degradation inducing molecule is a conjugate of a Ras protein affinity molecule which has affinity to Ras proteins, and a proteolysis-inducing tag which has affinity to protease and does not inhibit proteolysis of proteins by the protease.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko Miyamoto, Masaaki Ozawa
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Patent number: 11007269Abstract: A p53 degradation inducing molecule which can induce degradation of p53 proteins or p53 composites, and a pharmaceutical composition containing said p53 degradation inducing molecule are provided. This p53 degradation inducing molecule is a conjugate of a p53 affinity molecule which has affinity for p53 proteins or p53 composites, and a proteolysis induction tag which has affinity for protease and which does not inhibit proteolysis of proteins by protease.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko Miyamoto, Masaaki Ozawa
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Patent number: 10976306Abstract: Provided are: a protein degradation inducing tag which is a molecule that has affinity with proteases and does not inhibit degradation of a protein by proteases; a protein degradation inducing molecule that is a conjugate of at least one protein degradation inducing tag and at least one protein binding molecule that binds to a protein; and a usage of those.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko Miyamoto, Masaaki Ozawa
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Publication number: 20210088504Abstract: Provided are: a protein degradation inducing tag which is a molecule that has affinity with proteases and does not inhibit degradation of a protein by proteases; a protein degradation inducing molecule that is a conjugate of at least one protein degradation inducing tag and at least one protein binding molecule that binds to a protein; and a usage of those.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko MIYAMOTO, Masaaki OZAWA
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Publication number: 20200000927Abstract: A Ras protein degradation inducing molecule that can induce degradation of Ras proteins, and a pharmaceutical composition that contains this Ras protein degradation inducing molecule are provided. The Ras protein degradation inducing molecule is a conjugate of a Ras protein affinity molecule which has affinity to Ras proteins, and a proteolysis-inducing tag which has affinity to protease and does not inhibit proteolysis of proteins by the protease.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko MIYAMOTO, Masaaki OZAWA
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Publication number: 20190367719Abstract: Provided are: a material having high thermal conductivity that includes an alumina fiber sheet and a resin, wherein the material having high thermal conductivity includes 20-90% by mass of the alumina fiber sheet; and a method for producing a material having high thermal conductivity, the method including (1) a step for preparing a fiber sheet that includes an alumina source by electrostatic spinning or dry spinning in which a dispersion including an alumina source and a water-soluble polymer is used as a spinning material, (2) a step for firing the fiber sheet including an alumina source to prepare an alumina fiber sheet, and (3) a step for impregnating the alumina fiber sheet with a resin solution having a resin concentration of 10% by weight or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI, NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nakane, Shuya Gao, Akiyoshi Ogoshi, Takeshi Suwa, Tadayuki Isaji, Masaaki Ozawa
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Publication number: 20190369111Abstract: A molecular kinetics evaluation method is provided which involves: a step for dosing a human or non-human animal with a proteolysis-inducing molecule, which is a conjugate of a proteolysis induction tag, i.e., a molecule which has affinity for protease and which does not inhibit proteolysis by protease, and a specific protein affinity molecule having affinity to a specific protein, and inducing proteolysis of the specific protein in vivo in the human or non-human animal; and a step for evaluating the molecular kinetics of the specific protein affinity molecules or the proteolysis-inducing molecules by detecting proteolysis of the specific proteins in a sample which is at least part of the human or non-human animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko MIYAMOTO, Masaaki OZAWA
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Patent number: 10498101Abstract: A method for producing an organic microdisk structure 40, which is characterized by comprising: a cladding layer formation step 1 wherein a cladding layer 12 is formed by printing a first ink 11 that contains a fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer on a substrate 10 by an inkjet method; a core layer formation step 2 wherein a core layer 22 is formed by printing a second ink 21 that contains a laser dye and a triazine-based hyperbranched polymer containing no fluorine on the cladding layer 12 by an inkjet method; and an etching step 3 wherein the cladding layer 12 is etched using a solvent 31 that dissolves only the fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer. Consequently, an unconventional novel method for producing an organic microdisk structure with use of an inkjet method is able to be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuji Oki, Hiroaki Yoshioka, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa
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Patent number: 10494480Abstract: A composition comprising both a polymer which contains triazine-ring-containing repeating units represented by formula (17) and a crosslinking agent which consists of either a poly-functional epoxy compound or a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic compound can be photo-cured even without the addition of an initiator to yield a cured film having a high refractive index and high heat resistance. Thus, a photocurable film-forming composition that comprises a triazine-ring-containing polymer, which can achieve, even without the addition of a metal oxide by the polymer alone, high heat resistance, high transparency, a high refractive index, high solubility and low volume shrinkage, and that is curable even without the addition of an acid generator can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Masaaki Ozawa
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Publication number: 20190314508Abstract: A p53 degradation inducing molecule which can induce degradation of p53 proteins or p53 composites, and a pharmaceutical composition containing said p53 degradation inducing molecule are provided. This p53 degradation inducing molecule is a conjugate of a p53 affinity molecule which has affinity for p53 proteins or p53 composites, and a proteolysis induction tag which has affinity for protease and which does not inhibit proteolysis of proteins by protease.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Tokyo University of Science FoundationInventors: Etsuko MIYAMOTO, Masaaki OZAWA
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Patent number: 10301502Abstract: A curable composition for coating comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in a molecule of the monomer A and a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in a molecule of the monomer B, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C at an amount of 5% by mole to 200% by mole per the number of moles of the monomer A, (b) at least one surface modifier selected from the group consisting of a perfluoropolyether compound and a silicone compound, (c) an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional monomer, and (d) a polymerization initiator that generates radicals by irradiation with an active energy ray; a cured film obtained from the composition; and a hard coating film obtained by use of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Haraguchi, Motonobu Matsuyama, Tomoko Misaki, Masaaki Ozawa
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Publication number: 20190085199Abstract: A nonlinear optically active copolymer having satisfactory orientation characteristics and able to allow for reduction in heat-induced orientation relaxation of a nonlinear optical material, and a nonlinear optical material obtained using the copolymer. The copolymer including at least a repeating unit A having adamantyl group and a repeating unit B having a nonlinear optically active moiety in one molecule, and an organic nonlinear optical material including the copolymer as a component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shiyoshi YOKOYAMA, Hiroki MIURA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kei YASUI, Tsubasa KASHINO, Masaaki OZAWA
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Patent number: 10227457Abstract: It is an object to provide a compound that can provide a molded article and a coating film excellent not only in solubility in an organic solvent, but also in miscibility with/dispersibility in a matrix resin, causing no aggregation in a matrix resin, excellent in surface modification property, and having high transparency. A fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in the molecule thereof with a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in a content of 5% by mol or more and 200% by mol or less, based on the total molar amount of the monomer A and the monomer B; and a resin composition comprising the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Haraguchi, Motonobu Matsuyama, Masaaki Ozawa, Misao Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10174164Abstract: Provided is a triazine ring-containing hyperbranched polymer comprising the repeating unit structure represented by formula (1) and having one or more triazine ring terminals, said one or more triazine ring terminals being capped with a compound that differs from the diamine compound serving as the starting material for the polymer and has at least two active hydrogen groups. In addition to the polymer itself exhibiting high heat resistance, high transparency, a high refractive index, high light resistance, high solubility, and low volume shrinkage, it is also possible to use the polymer to provide a composition for film formation capable of yielding a thick film having high hardness. (In formula (1), R and R? each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and Ar represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa
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Patent number: 10106701Abstract: With a photocurable composition for film formation which comprises a polymer containing a repeating unit structure having a triazine ring, for example, one represented by the following formula (17), a crosslinking agent, an ultraviolet absorber, and a light stabilizer, it is possible to produce a cured film which has a high refractive index and satisfactory weatherabilityType: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kaseyama, Naoya Nishimura, Masaaki Ozawa
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Patent number: 10020513Abstract: There is provided a novel slurry composition for forming a lithium secondary battery electrode which can improve homogeneity of an electrode active material and a conductive assistant even without using an organic solvent and can improve the binding of an electrode active material and a conductive assistant with an electrode collector, and a lithium secondary battery with improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics and battery capacity. A slurry composition for forming a lithium secondary battery electrode, characterized by comprising an electrode active material (A), a conductive assistant (B), and a pulverized cellulose fiber (C) as an aqueous binder, and a lithium secondary battery electrode and a lithium secondary battery which are obtained using the composition, and an aqueous binder used for the composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignees: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., IWATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Hisato Hayashi, Masaaki Ozawa, Osamu Uesugi, Yoshihiro Kadoma