Patents by Inventor Masahito Watanabe
Masahito Watanabe 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: 20230332026Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable composition containing a dithiol compound having a disulfide bond, a compound having two ethylenically unsaturated groups, a hydrogen abstraction type photoradical generator, and an intramolecular cleavage type photoradical generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Yuki MIYAMOTO, Masahito WATANABE, Takashi KUMAKI
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Patent number: 11738541Abstract: A decorating sheet to be attached to a surface of a decoration-target component includes a base film layer including a sheet-like base film; a decorating layer containing a decorating pattern; a light shielding layer provided in a back-side direction with respect to the decorating layer, the light shielding layer including a light transmitting section that has a predetermined shape; and a reflection suppressing layer provided between the decorating layer and the light shielding layer, the reflection suppressing layer containing a reflection suppressing image that is configured to suppress reflection of the decorating pattern onto a light image that is formed by light transmitted through the light transmitting section.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahito Watanabe
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Patent number: 11724569Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a secondary battery which is chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of a vehicle and store the electric power for running the vehicle; an air conditioning unit which performs air conditioning in a vehicle interior of the vehicle; a timer for managing a time for operating the air conditioning unit; and a control unit which sets a charging prohibition time period for prohibiting charging of the secondary battery for a time period set by a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Masahito Watanabe, Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Akira Saita, Kazufumi Kuroda
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Patent number: 11584715Abstract: A cocrystal containing the 1?R-diastereomer and the 1?S-diastereomer of sofpironium bromide at a ratio of 1:3 (Form CO), a crystal mixture (for example, Form B) containing Form CO and a crystalline form of the 1?R-diastereomer (Form MN), and a method for preparing sofpironium bromide, which is suitable for manufacture of the crystal mixture are provided. Form CO and a crystalline form of sofpironium bromide containing Form CO (for example, Form B) have superior stability without hygroscopic property, and accordingly they can be preferably used as a raw material of medicaments.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Botanix SB, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Marubayashi, Masahito Watanabe, Herbert R. Brinkman
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Patent number: 11566000Abstract: A cocrystal containing the 1?R-diastereomer and the 1'S-diastereomer of sofpironium bromide at a ratio of 1:3 (Form CO), a crystal mixture (for example, Form B) containing Form CO and a crystalline form of the 1?R-diastereomer (Form MN), and a method for preparing sofpironium bromide, which is suitable for manufacture of the crystal mixture are provided. Form CO and a crystalline form of sofpironium bromide containing Form CO (for example, Form B) have superior stability without hygroscopic property, and accordingly they can be preferably used as a raw material of medicaments.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Botanix SB, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Marubayashi, Masahito Watanabe, Herbert R. Brinkman
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Publication number: 20220298108Abstract: A cocrystal containing the 1?R-diastereomer and the 1?S-diastereomer of sofpironium bromide at a ratio of 1:3 (Form CO), a crystal mixture (for example, Form B) containing Form CO and a crystalline form of the 1?R-diastereomer (Form MN), and a method for preparing sofpironium bromide, which is suitable for manufacture of the crystal mixture are provided. Form CO and a crystalline form of sofpironium bromide containing Form CO (for example, Form B) have superior stability without hygroscopic property, and accordingly they can be preferably used as a raw material of medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicants: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Brickell Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi MARUBAYASHI, Masahito WATANABE, Herbert R. BRINKMAN
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Publication number: 20220111621Abstract: A decorating sheet to be attached to a surface of a decoration-target component includes a base film layer including a sheet-like base film; a decorating layer containing a decorating pattern; a light shielding layer provided in a back-side direction with respect to the decorating layer, the light shielding layer including a light transmitting section that has a predetermined shape; and a reflection suppressing layer provided between the decorating layer and the light shielding layer, the reflection suppressing layer containing a reflection suppressing image that is configured to suppress reflection of the decorating pattern onto a light image that is formed by light transmitted through the light transmitting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventor: Masahito WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220113827Abstract: A decorative sheet is a decorative sheet to be attached to a surface of a decoration target part, and includes a base film layer formed of a base film having a sheet shape, a decorative layer representing a decorative pattern, a light shield layer that is provided on a back side position with respect to the decorative layer and that includes a light transmitting portion having a predetermined shape, and a medium color layer formed between the decorative layer and the light shield layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Kenta SUZUKI, Masahito WATANABE, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11284232Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle near field communication unit that communicates via a near field communication path; a vehicle network communication unit that communicates via a global communication path; a control ECU; a transmission control unit that transmits control commands received by the vehicle near field communication unit and the vehicle network communication unit to the control ECU that controls actions of the vehicle; and a control command detection unit that detects whether or not there are a plurality of same control commands received within a prescribed time. When the control command detection unit detects a plurality of control commands received within the prescribed time, the transmission control unit transmits the control commands in order according to a prescribed priority order, and the control ECU processes the control commands received from the transmission control unit in a received order to control the actions of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahito Watanabe, Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Nobuharu Karasawa, Nobumasa Toyoshima, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Shimizu, Akira Saita, Hideyuki Sako, Hiroyuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 11246299Abstract: Disease model pigs produced by nuclear transplantation, disease model pigs exhibiting stable phenotypes and production methods thereof are provided. Chimeric pigs for producing disease model pigs exhibiting stable phenotypes, genital glands thereof, and germ cells thereof are also provided. A method for producing a genetically modified disease model pig, includes: (a) transplanting a nucleus of a genetically modified cell into cytoplasm of an egg; (b) developing an obtained clonal embryo in a womb of a female pig to obtain an offspring; and mating the obtained offspring or having the offspring undergo sexual reproduction to further obtain the genetically modified offspring as a disease model pig.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: PorMedTec Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Nagashima, Hitomi Matsunari, Masahito Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210395197Abstract: A cocrystal containing the 1?R-diastereomer and the 1?S-diastereomer of sofpironium bromide at a ratio of 1:3 (Form CO), a crystal mixture (for example, Form B) containing Form CO and a crystalline form of the 1?R-diastereomer (Form MN), and a method for preparing sofpironium bromide, which is suitable for manufacture of the crystal mixture are provided. Form CO and a crystalline form of sofpironium bromide containing Form CO (for example, Form B) have superior stability without hygroscopic property, and accordingly they can be preferably used as a raw material of medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicants: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Brickell Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi MARUBAYASHI, Masahito WATANABE, Herbert R. BRINKMAN
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Patent number: 11131588Abstract: An energy converter is formed by bonding a solid soft magnetic material and a solid magnetostrictive material. A vibration power generator is configured to generate power by means of the inverse magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material produced by the vibration of a vibration unit configured using the energy converter. A force sensor device includes a force detection unit that detects magnetization change resulting from the inverse magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material produced when a sensor unit configured using the energy converter deforms, and determines force acting on the sensor unit on the basis of the detected magnetization change. An actuator is configured to vibrate the vibration unit configured using the energy converter by means of the magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio Narita, Ryuichi Onodera, Tsuyoki Tayama, Masahito Watanabe, Daiki Chiba, Tatsuro Sasa, Takenobu Sato, Takashi Ebata
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Publication number: 20210172812Abstract: An energy converter is formed by bonding a solid soft magnetic material and a solid magnetostrictive material. A vibration power generator is configured to generate power by means of the inverse magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material produced by the vibration of a vibration unit configured using the energy converter. A force sensor device includes a force detection unit that detects magnetization change resulting from the inverse magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material produced when a sensor unit configured using the energy converter deforms, and determines force acting on the sensor unit on the basis of the detected magnetization change. An actuator is configured to vibrate the vibration unit configured using the energy converter by means of the magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio NARITA, Ryuichi ONODERA, Tsuyoki TAYAMA, Masahito WATANABE, Daiki CHIBA, Tatsuro SASA, Takenobu SATO, Takashi EBATA
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Publication number: 20210171460Abstract: A cocrystal containing the 1?R-diastereomer and the 1'S-diastereomer of sofpironium bromide at a ratio of 1:3 (Form CO), a crystal mixture (for example, Form B) containing Form CO and a crystalline form of the 1?R-diastereomer (Form MN), and a method for preparing sofpironium bromide, which is suitable for manufacture of the crystal mixture are provided. Form CO and a crystalline form of sofpironium bromide containing Form CO (for example, Form B) have superior stability without hygroscopic property, and accordingly they can be preferably used as a raw material of medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicants: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Brickell Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi MARUBAYASHI, Masahito WATANABE, Herbert R. BRINKMAN
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Publication number: 20210008963Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a secondary battery which is chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of a vehicle and store the electric power for running the vehicle; an air conditioning unit which performs air conditioning in a vehicle interior of the vehicle; a timer for managing a time for operating the air conditioning unit; and a control unit which sets a charging prohibition time period for prohibiting charging of the secondary battery for a time period set by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Kazuaki Takizawa, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Masahito Watanabe, Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Akira Saita, Kazufumi Kuroda
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Patent number: 10829475Abstract: The present invention provides efinaconazole producing and purifying methods adapted to industrial scale that provide high-purity efinaconazole in high yield by simple operations using specific impurities as indices. The efinaconazole producing method comprises: step A of forming a toluene solution comprising compound (II), compound (III), an inorganic base, and toluene in a volume (L) which is 2 to 5 times the mass (kg) of compound (II); step B of subjecting the toluene solution to reaction under heating; step C of washing the reaction mixture from step B to obtain a toluene solution of crude efinaconazole in which the residual amount of 4-MP is not more than 5 wt % of efinaconazole.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahito Watanabe, Takeshi Kanayama
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Publication number: 20200314610Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle near field communication unit that communicates via a near field communication path; a vehicle network communication unit that communicates via a global communication path; a control ECU; a transmission control unit that transmits control commands received by the vehicle near field communication unit and the vehicle network communication unit to the control ECU that controls actions of the vehicle; and a control command detection unit that detects whether or not there are a plurality of same control commands received within a prescribed time. When the control command detection unit detects a plurality of control commands received within the prescribed time, the transmission control unit transmits the control commands in order according to a prescribed priority order, and the control ECU processes the control commands received from the transmission control unit in a received order to control the actions of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Masahito Watanabe, Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Nobuharu Karasawa, Nobumasa Toyoshima, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Shimizu, Akira Saita, Hideyuki Sako, Hiroyuki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20200181110Abstract: The present invention provides efinaconazole producing and purifying methods adapted to industrial scale that provide high-purity efinaconazole in high yield by simple operations using specific impurities as indices. The efinaconazole producing method comprises: step A of forming a toluene solution comprising compound (II), compound (III), an inorganic base, and toluene in a volume (L) which is 2 to 5 times the mass (kg) of compound (II); step B of subjecting the toluene solution to reaction under heating; step C of washing the reaction mixture from step B to obtain a toluene solution of crude efinaconazole in which the residual amount of 4-MP is not more than 5 wt % of efinaconazole.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Masahito WATANABE, Takeshi KANAYAMA
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Publication number: 20190292166Abstract: The present invention provides efinaconazole producing and purifying methods adapted to industrial scale that provide high-purity efinaconazole in high yield by simple operations using specific impurities as indices. The efinaconazole producing method comprises: step A of forming a toluene solution comprising compound (II), compound (III), an inorganic base, and toluene in a volume (L) which is 2 to 5 times the mass (kg) of compound (II); step B of subjecting the toluene solution to reaction under heating; step C of washing the reaction mixture from step B to obtain a toluene solution of crude efinaconazole in which the residual amount of 4-MP is not more than 5 wt % of efinaconazole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Masahito WATANABE, Takeshi KANAYAMA
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Patent number: RE47204Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): ?d13/ft<0.4??(1) where ?d13 is the total sum of the thickness of the lenses included in the first to third lens units of the zoom lens on the optical axis, and ft is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the telephoto end.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Ueda, Masahito Watanabe, Masahiro Imamura, Mayu Miki