Patents by Inventor Masato Fujikake
Masato Fujikake 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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Patent number: 8252869Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound resulting from crosslinking of a poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of inexpensively and easily producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound having a high radical concentration. The present invention is a method of producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound including a repeating unit represented by the general formula (2): (in the formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group), comprising a nitroxidation step carried out in a state that a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid imino compound resulting from crosslinking of a poly(meth)acrylic acid imino compound including a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1): (in the formula, R represents the same group as that represented by R in said general formula (2)) is dispersed in water.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Fujimoto, Koji Ueda, Masato Fujikake
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Publication number: 20100273647Abstract: A water-absorbent resin is provided which is suitable for absorbing polymer-containing viscous liquids, wherein the specific surface area measured by the BET multipoint technique using krypton gas as the adsorption gas is no less than 0.05 m2/g, and the water retention capacity for 0.9 wt % physiological saline is 5-30 g/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro NAWATA, Masakazu YAMAMORI, Koji UEDA, Hideki YOKOYAMA, Masato FUJIKAKE
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Patent number: 7816457Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a method of producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid compound, in particular a method of producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound, which is a radical compound excellent in solvent stability.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Fujimoto, Koji Ueda, Masato Fujikake
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Patent number: 7737231Abstract: A process for preparing a water-absorbent resin made from an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid as an essential monomer characterized in that the process comprises allowing a metal chelating agent to be present at any step in the process in an amount of 0.001 to 6 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid; and adding a reducing agent or an oxidizing agent thereto in an amount of 0.001 to 6 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid before initiation of drying and/or during drying of a gelated product containing a water-absorbent resin obtained by polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Handa, Takayasu Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Nawata, Masato Fujikake
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Publication number: 20090136736Abstract: A water-absorbent resin is provided which is suitable for absorbing polymer-containing viscous liquids, wherein the specific surface area measured by the BET multipoint technique using krypton gas as the adsorption gas is no less than 0.05 m2/g, and the water retention capacity for 0.9 wt % physiological saline is 5-30 g/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2009Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: YASUHIRO NAWATA, Masakazu Yamamori, Koji Ueda, Hideki Yokoyama, Masato Fujikake
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Publication number: 20080319149Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a method of producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid compound, in particular a method of producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound, which is a radical compound excellent in solvent stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Fujimoto, Koji Ueda, Masato Fujikake
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Publication number: 20070178786Abstract: A water-absorbent resin is provided which is suitable for absorbing polymer-containing viscous liquids, wherein the specific surface area measured by the BET multipoint technique using krypton gas as the adsorption gas is no less than 0.05 m2/g, and the water retention capacity for 0.9 wt % physiological saline is 5-30 g/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Applicant: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nawata, Masakazu Yamamori, Koji Ueda, Hideki Yokoyama, Masato Fujikake
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Publication number: 20060293503Abstract: The present invention provides novel polyaminopyridines which are excellent in solubility in various solvents, and are preferably used in a polymer-type organic electroluminescent material, and a process for preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides polyaminopyridines having a repetition structural unit represented by the following general formula (1); and having a number average molecular weight in a range of 500 to 1000000.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2004Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicants: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Takaki Kanbara, Takakazu Yamamoto, Nobutaka Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Kitayama, Masafumi Okamoto, Masato Fujikake
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Publication number: 20050085604Abstract: A process for preparing a water-absorbent resin made from an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid as an essential monomer characterized in that the process comprises allowing a metal chelating agent to be present at any step in the process in an amount of 0.001 to 6 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid; and adding a reducing agent or an oxidizing agent thereto in an amount of 0.001 to 6 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid before initiation of drying and/or during drying of a gelated product containing a water-absorbent resin obtained by polymerization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2002Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Masayoshi Handa, Takayasu Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Nawata, Masato Fujikake
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Patent number: 6869994Abstract: A carboxyl group-containing polymer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a carboxyl group-containing polymer (A) prepared by copolymerizing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a) with a compound (b) having at least two ethylenic unsaturated groups; and 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of at least one compound (B) selected from an ester (c) obtained from a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, and an alkylene oxide adduct of an ester (d) obtained from a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid. Since the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition is excellent in the solubility in water and gives the aqueous solution excellent thickening property, the polymer composition can be suitably used as a thickener for various aqueous solutions.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2000Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Shigeki Hamamoto, Tomoki Kawakita, Masatoyo Yoshinaka
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Publication number: 20030153887Abstract: A water-absorbing resin which has a specific surface area, as measured by the BET multipoint adsorption method employing krypton as an adsorbate gas, of 0.05 m2/g or larger and a water retentivity, as measured with 0.9 wt. % physiological saline, of 5 to 30 g/g. It is suitable for absorbing viscous liquids containing a high-molecular compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Yasuhiro Nawata, Masakazu Yamamori, Koji Ueda, Hideki Yokoyama, Masato Fujikake
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Patent number: 6599979Abstract: A polymer composition containing carboxyl group which is excellent in water solubility, thickening properties and flow characteristics. This composition comprises (A) a cross-linked polymer comprising (a) an &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (b) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, and (B) at least one polymer selected from among polymers comprising vinylpyrrolidone as an essential monomer and polyethylene oxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Shinji Kobayashi, Shigeki Hamamoto, Mitsutaka Tabata, Tomoki Kawakita
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Patent number: 6573330Abstract: A process for preparing a water-absorbent resin is provided which enables the water-absorbent resin to ensure the reduction in the release amount of liquid and the increase in the liquid diffusibility. In the preparation process, the water-absorbent resin is prepared by polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer. The polymerization of the water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer is allowed to take place in the presence of a water-absorbent resin having a water-absorbing rate different from that of a water-absorbent resin resulting from polymerization of the water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer. In a preferred mode, the polymerization is performed by a reversed-phase suspension polymerization method.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Yasuhiro Nawata, Magoto Shirakawa, Masakazu Yamamori, Shioko Yoshinaka, Morio Nakamura
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Publication number: 20020111436Abstract: A polymer composition containing carboxyl group which is excellent in water solubility, thickening properties and flow characteristics. This composition comprises (A) a crosslinked polymer comprising (a) an &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (b) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, and (B) at least one polymer selected from among polymers comprising vinylpyrrolidone as an essential monomer and polyethylene oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 1999Publication date: August 15, 2002Inventors: MASATO FUJIKAKE, SHINJI KOBAYASHI, SHIGEKI HAMAMOTO, MITSUTAKA TABATA, TOMOKI KAWAKITA
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Patent number: 6235828Abstract: A method for producing a highly concentrated aqueous acrylic amide-based polymer dispersion which is inexpensive, good in fluidity and easy to handle is provided. The method comprises polymerizing a water-soluble monomer composition containing an acrylic amide monomer in an aqueous solution of an inorganic salt in the presence of a homopolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and/or a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and other monomer(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Shigeki Hamamoto, Nobutaka Fujimoto, Kimihiko Kondo, Morio Nakamura, Takao Okada
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Patent number: 6084032Abstract: A polymer composition containing carboxyl groups which has excellent water solubility, thickening properties and flow characteristics. The composition comprises (A) a crosslinked polymer comprising (a) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (b) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, and (B) at least one polymer comprising N-vinylpyrrolidone as essential monomer.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1998Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Shinji Kobayashi, Shigeki Hamamoto, Mitsutaka Tabata, Tomoki Kawakita
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Patent number: 5629395Abstract: There is provided an industrially advantageous process for producing a crosslinked polymer containing carboxyl groups which comprises (a) polymerizing an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and a crosslinking agent copolymerizable with it in the presence of a radical polymerization catalyst in an inert solvent, (b) heating the polymerized product in the presence of a radical scavenger and (c) removing the solvent. The polymer dissolved in water has high viscosity and excellent flowing properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1996Date of Patent: May 13, 1997Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Shinji Kobayashi, Shigeki Hamamoto, Mitsutaka Tabata, Morio Nakamura
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Patent number: 5326852Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for production of alkylene oxide polymers comprising reacting an alkylene oxide in an inert hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of a catalyst. The method of the present invention offers alkylene oxide polymers with a great commercial value and a high degree of polymerization which can be produced industrially advantageously with high reproducibility by the use of a catalyst obtained by a simple procedure of applying heat treatment to the product obtained by reacting an organic zinc compound with particular aliphatic polyhydric alcohol and monohydric alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1992Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Fujikake, Morio Nakamura, Shinji Kobayashi, Katsunori Tanaka, Masahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 4541871Abstract: Water-absorbent resins having improved water-absorbency, water-absorption rate and water-dispersibility can be produced by crosslinking a water-absorbent resin comprising a carboxylate as a constituent of the resin with a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups in the presence of water in a proportion of 0.01 to 1.3 parts by weight per part by weight of the resin in an inert solvent.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1984Date of Patent: September 17, 1985Assignee: Seitetsu Kagaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeji Obayashi, Morio Nakamura, Takushi Yamamoto, Masato Fujikake
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Patent number: 4507438Abstract: Water-absorbent resins having improved water-absorbency, water-absorption rate and water-dispersibility can be produced by crosslinking a water-absorbent resin comprising a carboxylate as a constituent of the resin with a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups in the presence of water in a proportion of 0.01 to 1.3 parts by weight per part by weight of the resin in an inert solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1982Date of Patent: March 26, 1985Assignee: Seitetsu Kagaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeji Obayashi, Morio Nakamura, Takushi Yamamoto, Masato Fujikake