Patents by Inventor Masaki Obi

Masaki Obi 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: 10241404
    Abstract: To provide a photosensitive resin composition containing a crosslinkable fluororesin which hardly damages a substrate of e.g. an organic semiconductor when a resin film is formed, and a resin film using it, an organic semiconductor device and its production process, and a fluororesin suitable for the photosensitive resin composition. A photosensitive resin composition comprising a fluororesin having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and having a fluorine atom content of at least 47 mass %, a crosslinking agent having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond (excluding the fluororesin), a photoinitiator and a non-aromatic fluorinated solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Obi, Tomoaki Sakurada, Takefumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20180307140
    Abstract: To provide e.g. a photosensitive resin composition for a biochip, capable of forming a liquid repellent film at a high resolution, with an aqueous alkaline solution, without performing PEB treatment, a method for forming the liquid repellent film, a process for producing a biochip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki OBI, Tomoaki SAKURADA, Taihei TANIGUCHI, Miyako SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180202934
    Abstract: To provide a biochip whereby noise lights in fluorescence analysis are reduced. A photosensitive composition for forming a liquid repellent film on a liquid contact surface of a biochip for fluorescence analysis, said photosensitive resin composition comprising a polymer having a fluoroalkyl group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, and a polymerizable crosslinkable group, and a photoinitiator having an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 365 nm of at most 400 [mL·g?1·cm?1]. A method for producing a biochip for fluorescence analysis, which comprises applying the photosensitive composition onto a liquid contact surface of a biochip for fluorescence analysis, followed by exposure and development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sakurada, Masaki Obi
  • Publication number: 20170322488
    Abstract: To provide a photosensitive resin composition containing a crosslinkable fluororesin which hardly damages a substrate of e.g. an organic semiconductor when a resin film is formed, and a resin film using it, an organic semiconductor device and its production process, and a fluororesin suitable for the photosensitive resin composition. A photosensitive resin composition comprising a fluororesin having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and having a fluorine atom content of at least 47 mass %, a crosslinking agent having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond (excluding the fluororesin), a photoinitiator and a non-aromatic fluorinated solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki OBI, Tomoaki Sakurada, Takefumi Abe
  • Patent number: 8018561
    Abstract: Electrode slit portions are formed in a pixel electrode in a direction of crossing a slit for dividing a liquid crystal layer into a plurality of domains. A titanium oxide film is formed so as to be exposed to the liquid crystal layer side via the electrode slit portions, the titanium oxide film having a relative dielectric constant higher than that of an organic film formed at positions corresponding to the electrode slit portions. By the titanium oxide film, an electric field of each domain is set, angles between the director in the vicinity of the electrode slit portion and transmission axes of polarizing plates are made to approximately 45°, and a decrease in transmittance caused by the falling direction of the director can be suppressed. The transmittance and contrast ratio are secured, and simultaneously an excellent wide viewing angle range can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Obi, Azusa Ikeda, Hideki Ito, Yasushi Kawata, Akio Murayama
  • Patent number: 8004637
    Abstract: An operative reflection and absorption plate including a substrate having a moth eye structure on its surface is used, whereby an absorbing status and a reflecting status can be realized without using a polarizing plate, and a display element exhibiting a bright and high contrast can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawata, Yuuzo Hisatake, Masaki Obi
  • Publication number: 20090251651
    Abstract: Electrode slit portions are formed in a pixel electrode in a direction of crossing a slit for dividing a liquid crystal layer into a plurality of domains. A titanium oxide film is formed so as to be exposed to the liquid crystal layer side via the electrode slit portions, the titanium oxide film having a relative dielectric constant higher than that of an organic film formed at positions corresponding to the electrode slit portions. By the titanium oxide film, an electric field of each domain is set, angles between the director in the vicinity of the electrode slit portion and transmission axes of polarizing plates are made to approximately 45°, and a decrease in transmittance caused by the falling direction of the director can be suppressed. The transmittance and contrast ratio are secured, and simultaneously an excellent wide viewing angle range can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Masaki Obi, Azusa Ikeda, Hideki Ito, Yasushi Kawata, Akio Murayama
  • Publication number: 20090201453
    Abstract: There is disclosed a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate with a gap, a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates, and a plurality of pixels formed of the first substrate, the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and arrayed in a direction along a plane of the first and second substrates, each pixel having a plurality of pretilt angles different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Masaki Obi, Yuuzo Hisatake, Hideki Ito, Yasushi Kawata, Akio Murayama
  • Patent number: 7556860
    Abstract: A laminate including: a first silica-based film; a second silica-based film; and an organic film, wherein the second silica-based film includes an organic group containing a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond. A method of forming the laminate includes: forming a first coating for a first silica-based film on a substrate; forming a second coating for a second silica-based film on the first coating, the second coating including an organic group containing a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond; forming a third coating for an organic film on the second coating; and curing a multilayer film including the first to third coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Akiyama, Seitaro Hattori, Takahiko Kurosawa, Manabu Sekiguchi, Terukazu Kokubo, Michihiro Mita, Tatsuya Yamanaka, Masaki Obi
  • Patent number: 7508475
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate including a first insulation substrate, and rectangular pixel electrodes provided in a matrix on the first insulation substrate and elongated in a first direction, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and including a second insulation substrate, a counter electrode on the second insulation substrate, and projections on the counter electrode, elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates. The projections extend through pixel regions defined by the pixel electrodes and counter electrode, and are formed asymmetrical with respect to a first imaginary line passing through centers of opposite short sides of each pixel electrode and extending in the first direction, and with respect to a second imaginary line passing through centers of opposite long sides of each pixel electrode and extending in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawata, Akio Murayama, Masaki Obi, Kisako Ninomiya, Norihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090066894
    Abstract: An operative reflection and absorption plate including a substrate having a moth eye structure on its surface is used, whereby an absorbing status and a reflecting status can be realized without using a polarizing plate, and a display element exhibiting a bright and high contrast can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawata, Yuuzo Hisatake, Masaki Obi
  • Patent number: 7462678
    Abstract: A process for producing a film forming composition, the process including hydrolyzing and condensing: (A) at least one silane compound selected from a compound (A-1) shown by the following general formula (1), a compound (A-2) shown by the following general formula (2), and a compound (A-3) shown by the following general formula (3), RaSi(OR1)4-a??(1) Si(OR2)4??(2) R3b(R4O)3-bSi—(R7)d—Si(OR5)3-cR6c??(3); and (B) a cyclic silane compound shown by the following general formula (4):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Akiyama, Seitaro Hattori, Masaki Obi, Koichi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20080218866
    Abstract: On the back surface of a window member and a display surface of a liquid crystal display panel, the same antireflective structures having a plurality of convexities with predetermined dimensions not more than the wavelength of visible light are formed, respectively. While the liquid crystal display panel is protected by the window member, reflection of external light on the back surface of the window member and the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel and reflection of outgoing light from the liquid crystal display panel can be reduced by the convexities of the antireflective structures, so that visibility can be secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Yasushi KAWATA, Masaki OBI, Akio MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20080080048
    Abstract: A lens array includes a glass substrate, a lens array layer, and a flat layer. The lens array layer and the flat layer are made of a resin material thinner than the glass substrate and have generally the same thickness. The lens array layer and the flat layer are adhered to the two sides of the glass substrate through adhesive layers to oppose each other through the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuo Saishu, Kazuki Taira, Yoshiharu Momonoi, Ryoichi Watanabe, Takashi Sasabayashi, Masahiko Tomikawa, Masaki Obi
  • Publication number: 20070221923
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate comprising forming a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of switching elements on a substrate, forming an under layer having a plurality of color layers overlapping the scanning lines, the signal lines and the switching elements, a plurality of base parts, and a plurality of protective parts located near the base parts and having a height equal to or greater than that of the base parts, polishing a surface of the under layer, and forming a plurality of pillar-shaped spacers on the base parts after the surface of the under layer has been polished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Obi, Hiroharu Inoue, Atsuyuki Manabe
  • Publication number: 20070165166
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate including a first insulation substrate, and rectangular pixel electrodes provided in a matrix on the first insulation substrate and elongated in a first direction, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and including a second insulation substrate, a counter electrode on the second insulation substrate, and projections on the counter electrode, elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates. The projections extend through pixel regions defined by the pixel electrodes and counter electrode, and are formed asymmetrical with respect to a first imaginary line passing through centers of opposite short sides of each pixel electrode and extending in the first direction, and with respect to a second imaginary line passing through centers of opposite long sides of each pixel electrode and extending in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawata, Akio Murayama, Masaki Obi, Kisako Ninomiya, Norihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20060216531
    Abstract: A laminate including: a first silica-based film; a second silica-based film; and an organic film, wherein the second silica-based film includes an organic group containing a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond. A method of forming the laminate includes: forming a first coating for a first silica-based film on a substrate; forming a second coating for a second silica-based film on the first coating, the second coating including an organic group containing a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond; forming a third coating for an organic film on the second coating; and curing a multilayer film including the first to third coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Akiyama, Seitaro Hattori, Takahiko Kurosawa, Manabu Sekiguchi, Terukazu Kokubo, Michihiro Mita, Tatsuya Yamanaka, Masaki Obi
  • Publication number: 20050096415
    Abstract: A process for producing a film forming composition, the process including hydrolyzing and condensing: (A) at least one silane compound selected from a compound (A-1) shown by the following general formula (1), a compound (A-2) shown by the following general formula (2), and a compound (A-3) shown by the following general formula (3), RaSi(OR1)4-a??(1) Si(OR2)4??(2) R3b(R4O)3-bSi—(R7)d—Si(OR5)3-cR6c??(3); and (B) a cyclic silane compound shown by the following general formula (4):
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahrio Akiyama, Seitaro Hattori, Masaki Obi, Koichi Hasegawa