Patents by Inventor Masahiro Oki

Masahiro Oki 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: 12460054
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the intensity of sodium fluorescent x-rays from the cellulosic particle measured by x-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.015 kps or more and 0.1 kps or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Kazusei Yoshida, Ayu Naito, Shota Matoba, Satomi Kashiwagi, Yuko Iwadate, Masahiro Oki, Takahiro Ishizuka, Takeshi Iwanaga, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano
  • Publication number: 20250255788
    Abstract: Resin particles have closed cells inside and have a volume-average particle size of 1 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less, the closed cells have an average long axis length of 0.1 ?m or more and 2.0 ?m or less, and a closed cell porosity is 1% or more and 40% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Masahiro OKI, Shota MATOBA, Yuko IWADATE, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Ami AMANO
  • Patent number: 12325779
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the percentage water absorption of the cellulosic particle measured by method B in ISO 15512:1999 is 11% or more and 20% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Satomi Kashiwagi, Shota Matoba, Ayu Naito, Kazusei Yoshida, Yuko Iwadate, Masahiro Oki, Takahiro Ishizuka, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano, Takeshi Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20250170030
    Abstract: Porous cellulose particles contain a cellulose, a cellulose derivative, or a mixture thereof as a main component, in which the porous cellulose particles have open cells extending from a particle surface to a particle interior, and have a BET specific surface area of 1.7 m2/g or more and 24.0 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shota MATOBA, Masahiro OKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Yuko IWADATE, Sakae TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 12187861
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains 90 parts by mass or more and 99.5 parts by mass or less of cellulose; and 0.5 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of a cellulose derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Kazusei Yoshida, Ayu Naito, Yuko Iwadate, Takahiro Ishizuka, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano, Masahiro Oki, Hideaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20240325258
    Abstract: A cellulose particle includes a mother particle containing cellulose as a main component, a first coating layer containing at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of a basic polysaccharide and a salt of the basic polysaccharide, the first coating layer being provided on a surface of the mother particle, and a second coating layer containing at least one hydrophobic compound selected from a fatty acid, a fatty acid metal salt, an acylated amino acid, or an acylated amino acid salt, the second coating layer being provided on the first coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shota MATOBA, Masahiro OKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Kenji YAO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20240325257
    Abstract: A cellulose particle includes: a base particle containing cellulose as a main component; a first coating layer disposed on a surface of the base particle and containing a multivalent metal salt of an acid functional group-containing resin; and a second coating layer disposed on the first coating layer and containing at least one hydrophobic compound selected from fatty acids, multivalent metal salts of fatty acids, amino acid compounds, and multivalent metal salts of amino acid compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Masahiro OKI, Shota MATOBA, Kenji YAO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Patent number: 12065547
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle includes: a cellulose-based core particle; a first coating layer covering the core particle and containing a polyamine compound; and a second coating layer covering the first coating layer and containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a wax, a linear-chain saturated fatty acid, a hydroxy fatty acid, and an amino acid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Masahiro Oki, Kazusei Yoshida, Ayu Naito, Yuko Iwadate, Takahiro Ishizuka, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano
  • Publication number: 20240262966
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the percentage water absorption of the cellulosic particle measured by method B in ISO 15512:1999 is 11% or more and 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Shota MATOBA, Ayu NAITO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO, Takeshi IWANAGA
  • Publication number: 20240261206
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains: cellulose as its base constituent; and at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon ester and a ketone, and the amount of the hydrocarbon ester or ketone in the cellulosic particle is 3 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Shota MATOBA, Ayu NAITO, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Takeshi IWANAGA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20240262967
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the intensity of sodium fluorescent x-rays from the cellulosic particle measured by x-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.015 kps or more and 0.1 kps or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Shota MATOBA, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Patent number: 12024618
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin, and a coating layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a quaternary ammonium salt-containing polymer, polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polylysine on a surface of the mother particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Oki, Kenji Yao, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kazusei Yoshida, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Patent number: 11879040
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin and a plasticizer, in which an amount of a metal element having an ionic valence of 2 or more, obtained by fluorescent X-ray analysis, is 0.002% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less with respect to a total amount of the resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazusei Yoshida, Masahiro Oki, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kenji Yao, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20230391970
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent. If hydrophobized silica particles are attached to the cellulosic particle, the percentage detachment upon sonication of the silica particles is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Ayu NAITO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230312842
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the 5-day and 60-day percentage biodegradations of the cellulosic particle measured as per JIS K6950:2000 are lower than 20% and 60% or higher, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Masahiro Oki, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kazusei Yoshida, Ayu Naito, Yuko Iwadate, Takahiro Ishizuka, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano, Satomi Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20230303781
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains 90 parts by mass or more and 99.5 parts by mass or less of cellulose; and 0.5 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of a cellulose derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Yuko IWADATE, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO, Masahiro OKI, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11732099
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin, in which an alkali metal atomic weight A present on a resin particle surface with respect to a total atomic weight present on the resin particle surface, which is measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and an alkali metal atomic weight B present in the resin particles with respect to the total atomic weight present on the resin particles, which is measured by a fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy, satisfy a relationship of 0?(A/B)<0.15 and 0.005 atomic %?B?0.5 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshikawa, Kenji Yao, Masahiro Oki, Kazusei Yoshida, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20230250241
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle includes: a cellulose-based core particle; a first coating layer covering the core particle and containing a polyamine compound; and a second coating layer covering the first coating layer and containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a wax, a linear-chain saturated fatty acid, a hydroxy fatty acid, and an amino acid compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Masahiro OKI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Yuko IWADATE, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230250262
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains a first component that is cellulose; and a second component that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid derivative (A), an aromatic compound having a long-chain aliphatic group and at least one of a phenolic hydroxyl group or a monoglycidyl ether group directly bound to an aromatic group (B), and a (meth)acrylic compound (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hirokazu HAMANO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Masahiro OKI, Yuko IWADATE, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO
  • Publication number: 20220306823
    Abstract: Resin particles include mother particles containing a biodegradable resin, in which an alkali metal atomic weight A present on a resin particle surface with respect to a total atomic weight present on the resin particle surface, which is measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and an alkali metal atomic weight B present in the resin particles with respect to the total atomic weight present on the resin particles, which is measured by a fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy, satisfy a relationship of 0?(A/B)<0.15 and 0.005 atomic %?B?0.5 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Kenji YAO, Masahiro OKI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI