Patents by Inventor Masaki Higashi

Masaki Higashi 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: 20240110922
    Abstract: An estrogen derivatization method uses a quaternary cation-containing 5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl compound represented by Formula (1): where in Formula (1), X is a quaternary cation. A mass spectrometry method includes derivatizing estrogen by the above estrogen derivatization method. A derivatization reagent derivatizing estrogen includes a quaternary cation-containing 5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl compound represented by Formula (1), where in Formula (1), X is a quaternary cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya Higashi, Masaki Takiwaki, Koji Takahashi, Seketsu Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 11045771
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has a high permeation rate and high salt removal performance and is excellent in terms of performance stability during long-term operation. The composite semipermeable membrane of the present invention includes: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous supporting layer, the separation functional layer includes a crosslinked polyamide and a hydrophilic polymer having an acidic group, and in the separation functional layer, a ratio of (molar equivalent of amino groups)/(molar equivalent of amide groups) is 0.18 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Okabe, Koji Nakatsuji, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masaki Higashi
  • Publication number: 20180311623
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which has a high permeation rate and high salt removal performance and is excellent in terms of performance stability during long-term operation. The composite semipermeable membrane of the present invention includes: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous supporting layer; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous supporting layer, the separation functional layer includes a crosslinked polyamide and a hydrophilic polymer having an acidic group, and in the separation functional layer, a ratio of (molar equivalent of amino groups)/(molar equivalent of amide groups) is 0.18 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jun OKABE, Koji NAKATSUJI, Tsuyoshi HAMADA, Masaki HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20150060354
    Abstract: A separation membrane support includes a nonwoven fabric and has excellent membrane formability that achieves a high and stable yield when the separation membrane support supports various separation membranes, having excellent processability when a fluid separation element is produced, and having excellent mechanical strength. The nonwoven fabric has a boiling water shrinkage of ?0.2 to 2.0% in the length direction (longitudinal direction) after treatment in boiling water for 5 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hane, Masaki Higashi, Hitoshi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Yoshikazu Yakake
  • Publication number: 20120305473
    Abstract: Provided is a composite semipermeable membrane having a polyamide separation-functional layer on a porous support layer, wherein the polyamide separation-functional layer has a yellow index of 10 to 40, and the actual length of the polyamide separation-functional layer per 1 ?m-length of the porous support layer is from 2 ?m to 5 ?m, or a composite semipermeable membrane having on a porous support layer a polyamide separation-functional layer prepared by polycondensation of polyfunctional amines with polyfunctional acid halides, wherein the polyamide separation-functional layer is formed by the steps of (A) interfacial polycondensation in which polyfunctional amines and polyfunctional acid halides are brought into contact at 40° C. to 70° C. and subsequent (B) heat treatment at 70° C. to 150° C. The composite semipermeable membrane according to the present invention has high boron removal performance and high water permeation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ogawa, Hiroki Tomioka, Masahiro Kimura, Masaki Higashi, Kiyohiko Takaya, Masakazu Koiwa