Patents by Inventor Masahiro Murotani

Masahiro Murotani 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: 9156762
    Abstract: A novel substance, 4,4-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexene having the formula (I), which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, and therefore, can be used as, for example, a starting material for inks and a starting material for electronic materials, and a method for producing the same are provided:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Youhei Aburai, Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani
  • Patent number: 9133090
    Abstract: A novel divinyl ether compound having the formula (I): wherein A indicates a single bond or a double bond which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, which have low toxicities, which are useful as a starting material for a polymer composition having excellent curability, adhesiveness and transmission in the ultraviolet light region, and further, having a special reactivity alone or with other compounds, and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Fukunishi, Masahiro Murotani
  • Patent number: 9096506
    Abstract: A novel compound, 1,1-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexane having the formula (I) and having a low odor, low volatility and low skin irritability, which is useful as a starting material for a polymerization composition having a low toxicity and excellent curability, adhesiveness and transparency in the ultraviolet light region, and having a special reactivity alone or with another compound, and a method for producing the same:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani, Seijin Nakamori
  • Patent number: 9000228
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing high purity vinyl ether represented by the following formula (1) from tertiary alcohol having a low reactivity comprising by reacting acetylene and a tertiary alcohol in the presence of a base using, as a solvent, a cyclic urea compound or glyme compound or mixture thereof: is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kakinuma, Shinya Mita, Masahiro Murotani
  • Publication number: 20140058136
    Abstract: A novel substance, 4,4-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexene having the formula (I), which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, and therefore, can be used as, for example, a starting material for inks and a starting material for electronic materials, and a method for producing the same are provided:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.
    Inventors: Youhei Aburai, Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani
  • Publication number: 20130178658
    Abstract: A novel divinyl ether compound having the formula (I): wherein A indicates a single bond or a double bond which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, which have low toxicities, which are useful as a starting material for a polymer composition having excellent curability, adhesiveness and transmission in the ultraviolet light region, and further, having a special reactivity alone or with other compounds, and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.
    Inventors: Youichi Fukunishi, Masahiro Murotani
  • Publication number: 20130041184
    Abstract: A novel compound, 1,1-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexane having the formula (I) and having a low odor, low volatility and low skin irritability, which is useful as a starting material for a polymerization composition having a low toxicity and excellent curability, adhesiveness and transparency in the ultraviolet light region, and having a special reactivity alone or with another compound, and a method for producing the same:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani, Seijin Nakamori
  • Publication number: 20120083628
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing high purity vinyl ether represented by the following formula (1) from tertiary alcohol having a low reactivity comprising by reacting acetylene and a tertiary alcohol in the presence of a base using, as a solvent, a cyclic urea compound or glyme compound or mixture thereof: is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kakinuma, Shinya Mita, Masahiro Murotani
  • Patent number: 7105694
    Abstract: O-isopropyl-isourea hydrogen sulfate or sulfate represented by the formula (I): wherein X represents HSO4 or ½ SO4 and the production method thereof, wherein O-isopropyl-isourea hydrogen sulfate is obtained by reacting cyanamide and isopropyl alcohol in the presence of sulfuric acid and is neutralized with an alkali metal hydroxide to produce O-isopropyl-isourea sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Youichi Fukunishi, Shinichi Kakinuma, Kenichi Ishii, Masahiro Murotani
  • Publication number: 20060183948
    Abstract: In view of the fact that a methyl vinyl ether, which is useful as a starting material for the synthesis of tetraalkoxypropane useful as a skeleton-forming agent having a high reactivity usable as a starting material, etc. for a pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediates such as a pyrazole derivative or pyrimidine derivative, particularly 1,1,3,3-tetramethoxypropane, is in a gaseous state and difficult to use for industrial production, tetraalkoxypropane useful as a skeleton-forming agent for a pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediate such as a pyrazole derivative or pyrimidine derivative is easily produced on an industrial scale by using the industrially useable propoxyvinyl ether, as a starting material, without using a gaseous state methyl vinyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Shinya Mita, Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani
  • Publication number: 20050171372
    Abstract: O-isopropyl-isourea hydrogen sulfate or sulfate represented by the formula (I): wherein X represents HSO4 or ½ SO4 and the production method thereof, wherein O-isopropyl-isourea hydrogen sulfate is obtained by reacting cyanamide and isopropyl alcohol in the presence of sulfuric acid and is neutralized with an alkali metal hydroxide to produce O-isopropyl-isourea sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Youichi Fukunishi, Shinichi Kakinuma, Kenichi Iishi, Masahiro Murotani
  • Patent number: 6858737
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a high purity 2-cyanoimino-1,3-thiazolidine, at a high yield, by cyclization reaction of dimethyl N-cyanoiminodithiocarbonate ester with 2-aminoethane thiol or the salt thereof in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Mita, Masahiro Murotani, Kenichi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20040235918
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a high purity 2-cyanoimino-1,3-thiazolidine, at a high yield, by cyclization reaction of dimethyl N-cyanoiminodithiocarbonate ester with 2-aminoethane thiol or the salt thereof in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Shinya Mita, Masahiro Murotani, Kenichi Ishii
  • Patent number: 6750351
    Abstract: A method for producing high purity 2-cyanoimino-1,3-thiazolidine comprising the steps of: reacting an alkali metal cyanide compound, an alkali metal hydroxide, a lower alcohol and chlorine in an aqueous solution to form an carboimidic acid ester solution, then adding an organic solvent thereto, followed by adding a cyanamide solution to form an N-cyanocarbonimidic acid ester, and further extracting the resultant ester with an organic solvent extracting solution, followed by washing with an aqueous solution of a reducing agent solution to obtain a high purity, stable N-cyanocarbonimidic acid ester as a first step; and reacting the N-cyanocarbonimidic acid ester obtained in the first step with 2-aminoethanethiol to be cyclicized as a second step to thereby obtain a 2-cyanoimino-1,3-thiazolidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Mita, Masahiro Murotani, Kenichi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20030130327
    Abstract: A method for producing high purity 2-cyanoimino-1,3-thiazolidine comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Shinya Mita, Masahiro Murotani, Kenichi Ishii
  • Patent number: 6054411
    Abstract: Addition of a dicarboxylic acid such as adipic acid to a cyanamide aqueous solution brings about improvement in storage stability of the cyanamide aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horikiri, Hidenori Nitta, Masahiro Murotani, Hiroaki Obata, Kenichi Ishii, Atsushi Hirota
  • Patent number: 5714617
    Abstract: A method for producing 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, useful as an intermediate compound for a medicine or pesticide, or the intermediate thereof, a salt of N-guanidino thiourea from aminoguanidine thiocyanate or a thiocyanate and an aminoguanidine compound in the presence of an acid in a polar solvent, or even from hydrazine and cyanamide is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehiko Yoshie, Masanori Sasaki, Hiroshi Shibafuchi, Yasushi Imai, Masahiro Murotani, Kenichi Ishii, Hajime Mura
  • Patent number: 5594146
    Abstract: A process for producing 5-aminotetrazole comprising the steps of: reacting cyanamide with hydrazine in a solvent to form a salt of aminoguanidine; adding thereto an acid and then a nitrite to form a salt of diazoguanidine; and cyclizing the salt of diazoguanidine, upon heating, to thereby produce the 5-aminotetrazole, without isolating the intermediate product and also a process for producing 5-aminotetrazole or a metal salt thereof in the form of powder by spray drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Murotani, Hajime Mura, Makoto Takeda, Hiroshi Shibafuchi