Patents by Inventor Masaaki Shinohata

Masaaki Shinohata 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: 11827586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an amino acid aminoalkyl ester or an inorganic acid salt thereof by reacting a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below or a compound represented by general formula (III) shown below, or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (IV-I) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-II) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-III) shown below and compounds represented by general formula (IV-IV) shown below, or an inorganic acid salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Tsubasa Uematsu, Koichi Nakaoka, Masaaki Shinohata
  • Publication number: 20230139979
    Abstract: A method is provided for collecting a compound of formula (III) (in which R31 is a monovalent to trivalent organic group and n31 is an integer of 1 to 3) from a liquid phase component that is formed as a by-product in a method for producing a compound of general formula (I) (in which R11 is a monovalent to trivalent organic group and n11 is an integer of 1 to 3), wherein the collection method contains steps (1) to (3) or steps (A) and (B), and step (4). Step (1): a step for reacting the liquid phase component with at least one active hydrogen-containing compound in a reactor. Step (2): a step for returning a condensed liquid obtained by cooling gas phase components in the reactor to the reactor. Step (3): a step for discharging gas phase components that are not condensed in the step (2) to the outside of the reactor. Step (A): a step for mixing the liquid phase component, water, and a compound of general formula (III). Step (B): a step for reacting the liquid phase component with water inside the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Masaaki SHINOHATA, Yusuke SAKURAI, Yusuke ISHII, Takeharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230114799
    Abstract: An isocyanate composition according to the present invention contains: a difunctional or more-functional isocyanate compound; and 1.0 ppm by mass to 1.0 × 104 ppm by mass, based on the isocyanate compound, of a compound having at least one unsaturated bond excluding unsaturated bonds constituting an aromatic ring, the compound being different from the isocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Masaaki SHINOHATA, Atsushi OHKUBO
  • Patent number: 11578030
    Abstract: A method is provided for collecting a compound of formula (III) (in which R31 is a monovalent to trivalent organic group and n31 is an integer of 1 to 3) from a liquid phase component that is formed as a by-product in a method for producing a compound of general formula (I) (in which R11 is a monovalent to trivalent organic group and n 11 is an integer of 1 to 3), wherein the collection method contains steps (1) to (3) or steps (A) and (B), and step (4). Step (1): a step for reacting the liquid phase component with at least one active hydrogen-containing compound in a reactor. Step (2): a step for returning a condensed liquid obtained by cooling gas phase components in the reactor to the reactor. Step (3): a step for discharging gas phase components that are not condensed in the step (2) to the outside of the reactor. Step (A): a step for mixing the liquid phase component, water, and a compound of general formula (III). Step (B): a step for reacting the liquid phase component with water inside the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Masaaki Shinohata, Yusuke Sakurai, Yusuke Ishii, Takeharu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230021574
    Abstract: This isocyanate production method, for continuously producing an isocyanate while suppressing side reactions, is a method for producing an isocyanate through the thermal decomposition of carbamate, and comprises: a thermal decomposition step in which a mixed solution containing carbamate and a compound (A) having a specific structure is continuously put into a pyrolysis reactor and carry out a pyrolysis reaction of carbamate; a low-boiling-point decomposition product recovery step in which a low-boiling-point decomposition product having a lower standard boiling point than the compound (A) is continuously extracted in a gaseous form from the pyrolysis reactor, and a high-boiling-point component recovery step in which a liquid phase component, which is not recovered in a gaseous form in the low-boiling-point decomposition product recovery step, is continuously extracted as a high-boiling-point component from the pyrolysis reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TAKAGAKI, Yusuke IWATA, Masaaki SHINOHATA, Koichi NAKAOKA, Yusuke SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11548975
    Abstract: An isocyanate composition according to the present invention contains: a difunctional or more-functional isocyanate compound; and 1.0 ppm by mass to 1.0×104 ppm by mass, based on the isocyanate compound, of a compound having at least one unsaturated bond excluding unsaturated bonds constituting an aromatic ring, the compound being different from the isocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Masaaki Shinohata, Atsushi Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 11352319
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a carbamate that includes a step (1) and a step (2) described below: (1) a step of producing a compound (A) having a urea linkage, using an organic primary amine having at least one primary amino group per molecule and at least one compound selected from among carbon dioxide and carbonic acid derivatives, at a temperature lower than the thermal dissociation temperature of the urea linkage; and (2) a step of reacting the compound (A) with a carbonate ester to produce a carbamate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Koichi Nakaoka, Yusuke Sakurai, Midori Nagamoto, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Masaaki Shinohata
  • Patent number: 11306055
    Abstract: An isocyanate production method is characterized by having: a carbamation step in which a carbonic acid ester, an inorganic acid salt of an amino acid derivative, and a basic compound are reacted to obtain a reaction mixture containing a carbamic acid ester derived from the carbonic acid ester, a hydroxy compound derived from the carbonic acid ester, and the carbonic acid ester; and a thermal decomposition step in which the carbamic acid ester is subjected to a thermal decomposition reaction to obtain an isocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Yuji Kosugi, Yusuke Sakurai, Masaaki Shinohata
  • Patent number: 11192853
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for separating, with a multi-stage distillation column, a mixture containing an active hydrogen-containing compound (A) and a compound (B) that reversibly reacts with the active hydrogen containing compound (A), the method comprising distillation-separating the active hydrogen-containing compound (A) and the compound (B) with the multi-stage distillation column in the presence of an intermediate-boiling-point inactive compound (C) that has a normal boiling point between a normal boiling point of the active hydrogen-containing compound (A) and a normal boiling point of the compound (B) and is chemically inactive for both of the (A) and the compound (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Shinohata, Nobuhisa Miyake
  • Patent number: 11174337
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isocyanate composition including an isocyanate compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, R1 represents an a-valent organic group, R2 represents a monovalent organic group, a represents an integer of 1 or 2), and/or a compound having a UV absorption in a spectral region of a decamer or higher isocyanate measured by gel permeation chromatography; and an isocyanate composition including an isocyanate compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, or a compound having at least one unsaturated bond other than an unsaturated bond constituting an aromatic ring or an inert compound such as a hydrocarbon compound or the like and having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond other than an unsaturated bond constituting an aromatic ring; or the like R1—(COO—R2)a??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Masaaki Shinohata, Atsushi Ohkubo, Koichi Nakaoka, Yuji Kosugi
  • Patent number: 11118001
    Abstract: An isocyanate composition according to the present invention contains an isocyanate compound of formula (1) and/or (2) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen or a monovalent organic group, and R2 represents a monovalent organic group), and, relative to the total mass of the isocyanate compound in the composition, 1.0 ppm by mass to 10% by mass of a compound of formula (3): R13—(COO—R14)a (wherein R13 represents an organic group with a valence of a, R14 represents a monovalent organic group, and a represents an integer of 1 or 2), which is different from the isocyanate compound, and/or, 1.0 ppm by mass to 10% by mass of a compound having an UV absorption in an area of decamer or higher isocyanates in a measurement spectrum of gel permeation chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Masaaki Shinohata, Atsushi Ohkubo, Koichi Nakaoka, Yuji Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20210253517
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an amino acid aminoalkyl ester or an inorganic acid salt thereof by reacting a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below or a compound represented by general formula (III) shown below, or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (IV-I) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-II) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-III) shown below and compounds represented by general formula (IV-IV) shown below, or an inorganic acid salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Kazuhiro TAKAGAKI, Tsubasa UEMATSU, Koichi NAKAOKA, Masaaki SHINOHATA
  • Publication number: 20210238141
    Abstract: A compound having an uretonimine group contains, as a structural unit, a carbodiimide compound derived from at least one of an aliphatic diisocyanate and an aromatic diisocyanate, and also contains an isocyanate compound as a structural unit, wherein the residue obtained by removing an isocyanate group from the isocyanate compound and the residue obtained by removing a carbodiimide group from the carbodiimide compound are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Masakazu YAMAUCHI, Hiroshi INADA, Yusuke EBE, Masaaki SHINOHATA
  • Patent number: 11078321
    Abstract: An isocyanate composition according to the present invention contains an isocyanate compound of formula (1) and/or (2) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen or a monovalent organic group, and R2 represents a monovalent organic group), and, relative to the total mass of the isocyanate compound in the composition, 1.0 ppm by mass to 10% by mass of a compound of formula (3): R13—(COO—R14)a (wherein R13 represents an organic group with a valence of a, R14 represents a monovalent organic group, and a represents an integer of 1 or 2), which is different from the isocyanate compound, and/or, 1.0 ppm by mass to 10% by mass of a compound having an UV absorption in an area of decamer or higher isocyanates in a measurement spectrum of gel permeation chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Masaaki Shinohata, Atsushi Ohkubo, Koichi Nakaoka, Yuji Kosugi
  • Patent number: 11046645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isothiocyanate production method using an organic primary amine and thiourea as starting materials; to a composition for transporting and storing an N-substituted O-substituted thiocarbamate that includes an N-substituted O-substituted thiocarbamate and a hydroxy compound, the equivalent weight ratio of hydroxy groups of the hydroxy compound with respect to the carbamate groups of the N-substituted O-substituted thiocarbamate being in the range of 1 to 100; to a composition for transporting and storing a compound with a thioureido group that includes a compound with a thioureido group and a hydroxy compound, the equivalent weight ratio of hydroxy groups of the hydroxy compound with respect to the thioureido groups of the compound with a thioureido group being in the range of 1 to 100; and to an isothiocyanate composition containing an isothiocyanate and a compound with a specific functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Shinohata, Yuji Kosugi, Nobuhisa Miyake
  • Publication number: 20210179548
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a carbamate that includes a step (1) and a step (2) described below: (1) a step of producing a compound (A) having a urea linkage, using an organic primary amine having at least one primary amino group per molecule and at least one compound selected from among carbon dioxide and carbonic acid derivatives, at a temperature lower than the thermal dissociation temperature of the urea linkage; and (2) a step of reacting the compound (A) with a carbonate ester to produce a carbamate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Koichi NAKAOKA, Yusuke SAKURAI, Midori NAGAMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAGAKI, Masaaki SHINOHATA
  • Publication number: 20210155573
    Abstract: A method is provided for collecting a compound of formula (III) (in which R31 is a monovalent to trivalent organic group and n31 is an integer of 1 to 3) from a liquid phase component that is formed as a by-product in a method for producing a compound of general formula (I) (in which R11 is a monovalent to trivalent organic group and n 11 is an integer of 1 to 3), wherein the collection method contains steps (1) to (3) or steps (A) and (B), and step (4). Step (1): a step for reacting the liquid phase component with at least one active hydrogen-containing compound in a reactor. Step (2): a step for returning a condensed liquid obtained by cooling gas phase components in the reactor to the reactor. Step (3): a step for discharging gas phase components that are not condensed in the step (2) to the outside of the reactor. Step (A): a step for mixing the liquid phase component, water, and a compound of general formula (III). Step (B): a step for reacting the liquid phase component with water inside the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Masaaki SHINOHATA, Yusuke SAKURAI, Yusuke ISHII, Takeharu SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10968168
    Abstract: An isocyanate production method according to the present invention is a method in which an isocyanate is produced by subjecting a carbamate to thermal decomposition, and includes: a step of preparing a mixture liquid containing the carbamate, an inactive solvent and a polyisocyanate compound; a step of conducting a thermal decomposition reaction of the carbamate by continuously introducing the mixture liquid into a thermal decomposition reactor; a step of collecting a low-boiling decomposition product by continuously extracting the low-boiling decomposition product in a gaseous state from the reactor, the low-boiling decomposition product having a boiling point lower than the polyisocyanate compound; and a step of collecting a high-boiling component by continuously extracting, from the reactor, a liquid phase component which is not collected in a gaseous state at the step of collecting the low-boiling decomposition product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Miyake, Koichi Nakaoka, Tsubasa Uematsu, Yusuke Sakurai, Yusuke Ishii, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Takeharu Sasaki, Yuji Kosugi, Atsushi Ohkubo, Masaaki Shinohata
  • Publication number: 20200216387
    Abstract: An isocyanate production method is characterized by having: a carbamation step in which a carbonic acid ester, an inorganic acid salt of an amino acid derivative, and a basic compound are reacted to obtain a reaction mixture containing a carbamic acid ester derived from the carbonic acid ester, a hydroxy compound derived from the carbonic acid ester, and the carbonic acid ester; and a thermal decomposition step in which the carbamic acid ester is subjected to a thermal decomposition reaction to obtain an isocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Yuji KOSUGI, Yusuke SAKURAI, Masaaki SHINOHATA
  • Publication number: 20200115327
    Abstract: An isocyanate production method according to the present invention is a method in which an isocyanate is produced by subjecting a carbamate to thermal decomposition, and includes: a step of preparing a mixture liquid containing the carbamate, an inactive solvent and a polyisocyanate compound; a step of conducting a thermal decomposition reaction of the carbamate by continuously introducing the mixture liquid into a thermal decomposition reactor; a step of collecting a low-boiling decomposition product by continuously extracting the low-boiling decomposition product in a gaseous state from the reactor, the low-boiling decomposition product having a boiling point lower than the polyisocyanate compound; and a step of collecting a high-boiling component by continuously extracting, from the reactor, a liquid phase component which is not collected in a gaseous state at the step of collecting the low-boiling decomposition product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhisa MIYAKE, Koichi NAKAOKA, Tsubasa UEMATSU, Yusuke SAKURAI, Yusuke ISHII, Kazuhiro TAKAGAKI, Takeharu SASAKI, Yuji KOSUGI, Atsushi OHKUBO, Masaaki SHINOHATA