Patents by Inventor Masafumi Hori

Masafumi Hori 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).

  • Publication number: 20240150367
    Abstract: A compound of the following general formula [I]: wherein each symbol has the same meaning as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical use of the same in treating organ transplant rejection, graft versus host reaction after transplantation, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and chronic myeloproliferative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Noji, Makoto Shiozaki, Tomoya Miura, Yoshinori Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Katsuya Maeda, Akimi Hori, Masafumi Inoue, Yasunori Hase
  • Patent number: 11705331
    Abstract: A composition for use in selective modification of a base material surface includes a polymer having, at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with a metal, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Patent number: 11460767
    Abstract: A composition for film formation includes a polymer and a solvent. The polymer includes a first repeating unit, a second repeating unit, a third repeating unit, and a structural unit on at least one end of a main chain of the polymer. The first repeating unit includes a crosslinkable group. The second repeating unit differs from the first repeating unit. The third repeating unit differs from the first repeating unit and has higher polarity than polarity of the second repeating unit. The structural unit includes an interacting group capable of interacting with Si—OH, Si—H or Si—N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Patent number: 11370872
    Abstract: A composition for pattern formation includes a first polymer, a second polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes: a first block including a first structural unit derived from a substituted or unsubstituted styrene; and a second block including a second structural unit other than the first structural unit. The second polymer includes: the first structural unit; and a group bonding to at least one end of a main chain thereof and including a polar group. The polar group is preferably a hydroxy group or a carboxyl group. A number average molecular weight of the second polymer is preferably no greater than 6,000. A mass ratio of the second polymer to the first polymer is preferably no less than 0.15 and no greater than 0.4. The solvent preferably comprises a compound comprising a hydroxyl group and an alkyl ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Hori, Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Patent number: 11335559
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes: forming a pattern on an upper face side of a substrate; applying a first composition to a sidewall of the pattern; forming a resin layer by applying a second composition to an inner face side of the sidewall of the pattern coated with the first composition; allowing the resin layer to separate into a plurality of phases; and removing at least one of the plurality of phases. The first composition contains a first polymer. The second composition contains a second polymer. The second polymer includes a first block having a first structural unit and a second block having a second structural unit. The polarity of the second structural unit is higher than the polarity of the first structural unit. Immediately before forming of the resin layer, a static contact angle ? (°) of water on the sidewall of the pattern satisfies inequality (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka, Tomoki Nagai
  • Patent number: 11211246
    Abstract: A method for selectively modifying a base material surface, includes applying a composition on a surface of a base material to form a coating film. The coating film is heated. The base material includes a surface layer which includes a first region including silicon. The composition includes a first polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with the silicon. The first region preferably contains a silicon oxide, a silicon nitride, or a silicon oxynitride. The base material preferably further includes a second region that is other than the first region and that contains a metal; and the method preferably further includes, after the heating, removing with a rinse agent a portion formed on the second region, of the coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Publication number: 20210166935
    Abstract: A composition for use in selective modification of a base material surface includes a polymer having, at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with a metal, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Tomohiro ODA, Hitoshi OSAKI, Masafumi HORI, Takehiko NARUOKA
  • Patent number: 10950438
    Abstract: A method for selectively modifying a base material surface, includes applying a composition on a surface of a base material to form a coating film. The coating film is heated. The base material includes a surface layer which includes a first region including a metal. The composition includes a first polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with the metal. It is preferred that the base material further includes a second region comprising substantially only a non-metal, and the method further includes, after the heating, removing with a rinse agent a portion formed on the second region, of the coating film. The metal is preferably a constituent of a metal substance, an alloy, an oxide, an electrically conductive nitride or a silicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Publication number: 20200357633
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes: forming a pattern on an upper face side of a substrate; applying a first composition to a sidewall of the pattern; forming a resin layer by applying a second composition to an inner face side of the sidewall of the pattern coated with the first composition; allowing the resin layer to separate into a plurality of phases; and removing at least one of the plurality of phases. The first composition contains a first polymer. The second composition contains a second polymer. The second polymer includes a first block having a first structural unit and a second block having a second structural unit. The polarity of the second structural unit is higher than the polarity of the first structural unit. Immediately before forming of the resin layer, a static contact angle ? (°) of water on the sidewall of the pattern satisfies inequality (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Tomohiro ODA, Masafumi HORI, Takehiko NARUOKA, Tomoki NAGAI
  • Patent number: 10691019
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes forming a base pattern having recessed portions on a front face side of a substrate directly or via other layer. The recessed portions of the base pattern are filled with a first composition to form a filler layer. Phase separation of the filler layer is allowed to form a plurality of phases of the filler layer. A part of the plurality of phases of the filler layer is removed to form a miniaturized pattern. The forming of the base pattern includes: forming a resist pattern on the front face side of the substrate; forming a layer of a second polymer on lateral faces of the resist pattern; and forming a layer of a third polymer that differs from the second polymer on a surface of the substrate or on a surface of the other layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Takehiko Naruoka, Masafumi Hori, Hitoshi Osaki, Tomohiro Oda
  • Publication number: 20190233561
    Abstract: A composition for film formation includes a polymer and a solvent. The polymer includes a first repeating unit, a second repeating unit, a third repeating unit, and a structural unit on at least one end of a main chain of the polymer. The first repeating unit includes a crosslinkable group. The second repeating unit differs from the first repeating unit. The third repeating unit differs from the first repeating unit and has higher polarity than polarity of the second repeating unit. The structural unit includes an interacting group capable of interacting with Si—OH, Si—H or Si—N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Publication number: 20190235386
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes forming a base pattern having recessed portions on a front face side of a substrate directly or via other layer. The recessed portions of the base pattern are filled with a first composition to form a filler layer. Phase separation of the filler layer is allowed to form a plurality of phases of the filler layer. A part of the plurality of phases of the filler layer is removed to form a miniaturized pattern. The forming of the base pattern includes: forming a resist pattern on the front face side of the substrate; forming a layer of a second polymer on lateral faces of the resist pattern; and forming a layer of a third polymer that differs from the second polymer on a surface of the substrate or on a surface of the other layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Takehiko Naruoka, Masafumi Hori, Hitoshi Osaki, Tomohiro Oda
  • Publication number: 20190198316
    Abstract: A method for selectively modifying a base material surface, includes applying a composition on a surface of a base material to form a coating film. The coating film is heated. The base material includes a surface layer which includes a first region including a metal. The composition includes a first polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with the metal. It is preferred that the base material further includes a second region comprising substantially only a non-metal, and the method further includes, after the heating, removing with a rinse agent a portion formed on the second region, of the coating film. The metal is preferably a constituent of a metal substance, an alloy, an oxide, an electrically conductive nitride or a silicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Tomohiro ODA, Hitoshi OSAKI, Masafumi HORI, Takehiko NARUOKA
  • Publication number: 20190198317
    Abstract: A method for selectively modifying a base material surface, includes applying a composition on a surface of a base material to form a coating film. The coating film is heated. The base material includes a surface layer which includes a first region including silicon. The composition includes a first polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes at an end of a main chain or a side chain thereof, a group including a first functional group capable of forming a bond with the silicon. The first region preferably contains a silicon oxide, a silicon nitride, or a silicon oxynitride. The base material preferably further includes a second region that is other than the first region and that contains a metal; and the method preferably further includes, after the heating, removing with a rinse agent a portion formed on the second region, of the coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Publication number: 20190194365
    Abstract: A composition includes a first polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes a first structural unit including a fluorine atom, and a group including a first functional group at an end of a main chain or a side chain of the first polymer. The first functional group is capable of forming a bond with a metal or a metalloid. The first structural unit preferably includes a fluorinated hydrocarbon group. The first structural unit is preferably derived from a (meth)acrylic ester containing a fluorine atom, or a styrene compound containing a fluorine atom. The first structural unit preferably contains 6 or more fluorine atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Tomohiro ODA, Masafumi HORI, Hitoshi OSAKI, Takehiko NARUOKA
  • Publication number: 20190135967
    Abstract: A composition for pattern formation includes a first polymer, a second polymer and a solvent. The first polymer includes: a first block including a first structural unit derived from a substituted or unsubstituted styrene; and a second block including a second structural unit other than the first structural unit. The second polymer includes: the first structural unit; and a group bonding to at least one end of a main chain thereof and including a polar group. The polar group is preferably a hydroxy group or a carboxyl group. A number average molecular weight of the second polymer is preferably no greater than 6,000. A mass ratio of the second polymer to the first polymer is preferably no less than 0.15 and no greater than 0.4. The solvent preferably comprises a compound comprising a hydroxyl group and an alkyl ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi HORI, Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Hitoshi Osaki, Takehiko Naruoka
  • Publication number: 20180342387
    Abstract: A pattern-forming method includes: forming a pattern on an upper face side of a substrate; applying a first composition to a sidewall of the pattern; forming a resin layer by applying a second composition to an inner face side of the sidewall of the pattern coated with the first composition; allowing the resin layer to separate into a plurality of phases; and removing at least one of the plurality of phases. The first composition contains a first polymer. The second composition contains a second polymer. The second polymer includes a first block having a first structural unit and a second block having a second structural unit. The polarity of the second structural unit is higher than the polarity of the first structural unit. Immediately before forming of the resin layer, a static contact angle ? (°) of water on the sidewall of the pattern satisfies inequality (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Tomohiro Oda, Masafumi Hori, Takehiko Naruoka, Tomoki Nagai
  • Patent number: 10048586
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first polymer including an acid-labile group, an acid generator to generate an acid upon exposure to radiation, and a second polymer including a fluorine atom and a functional group shown by a general formula (x). The second polymer has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the first polymer. R1 represents an alkali-labile group. A represents an oxygen atom, —NR?—, —CO—O—# or —SO2—O—##, wherein the oxygen atom represented by A is not an oxygen atom bonded directly to an aromatic ring, a carbonyl group, or a sulfoxyl group, R? represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali-labile group, and “#” and “##” each indicate a bonding hand bonded to R1. -A-R1??(x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Asano, Mitsuo Sato, Hiromitsu Nakashima, Kazuki Kasahara, Yoshifumi Oizumi, Masafumi Hori, Takanori Kawakami, Yasuhiko Matsuda, Kazuo Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9760004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation-sensitive resin composition that contains: a compound that has a structure represented by the following formula (1); a first polymer that includes a fluorine atom; and a solvent. In the following formula (1), X represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group or a single bond. Y+ represents a monovalent radiation-degradable onium cation. The first polymer preferably has at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following formula (2a) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2b). The first polymer preferably includes an alkali-labile group. The first polymer preferably includes an acid-labile group. It is preferred that a radiation-sensitive acid generator is further contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromu Miyata, Hayato Namai, Masafumi Hori
  • Patent number: 9513548
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first polymer including an acid-labile group, an acid generator to generate an acid upon exposure to radiation, and a second polymer including a fluorine atom and a functional group shown by a general formula (x). The second polymer has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the first polymer. R1 represents an alkali-labile group. A represents an oxygen atom, —NR?—, —CO—O—# or —SO2—O—##, wherein the oxygen atom represented by A is not an oxygen atom bonded directly to an aromatic ring, a carbonyl group, or a sulfoxyl group, R? represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali-labile group, and “#” and “##” each indicate a bonding hand bonded to R1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Asano, Mitsuo Satou, Hiromitsu Nakashima, Kazuki Kasahara, Yoshifumi Oizumi, Masafumi Hori, Takanori Kawakami, Yasuhiko Matsuda, Kazuo Nakahara