Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Echigo

Masatoshi Echigo 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: 20250354093
    Abstract: A thinner composition includes: (B) a solvent containing: (B1) a compound represented by the following general formula (b-1): wherein R0 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi OKADA, Ryosuke HOSHINO, Hideyuki SATO, Masayuki KATAGIRI, Shu SUZUKI, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20250346723
    Abstract: A polymer including tellurium in the main chain, which is prepared by reacting (A) a compound having a plurality of cyclic (thio) ether groups, and (B) TeX4, wherein X is a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroto KUDO, Tadashi OMATSU, Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20250321485
    Abstract: A resist auxiliary film composition includes: (A) a resin; and (B) a solvent containing: (B1) a compound represented by the following general formula (b-1), wherein the content of the active component is 45% by mass or less based on the total amount of the resist auxiliary film composition: wherein R0 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi OKADA, Ryosuke HOSHINO, Hideyuki SATO, Masayuki KATAGIRI, Shu SUZUKI, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20250250216
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein RG is a group containing at least one cyclic structure, I is an iodine atom, R1 is a monovalent functional group having 0 to 30 carbon atoms, containing no polymerizable unsaturated bond, and being optionally the same or different; n is an integer of 1 to 5, and m is an integer of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Masahiro MATSUMOTO, Masataka IINUMA, Tadashi OMATSU, Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20240369930
    Abstract: A composition for spin-on carbon film formation, that is a composition for forming a spin-on carbon film as an underlayer film for lithography, containing a dendritic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20240369925
    Abstract: A resist auxiliary film composition includes: (A) a resin; and (B) a solvent containing: (B1) a compound represented by the following general formula (b-1), wherein the content of the active component is 45% by mass or less based on the total amount of the resist auxiliary film composition: wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi OKADA, Ryosuke HOSHINO, Hideyuki SATO, Masayuki KATAGIRI, Shu SUZUKI, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20240369924
    Abstract: A resist composition includes: (A) a resin; and (B) a solvent containing: (B1) a compound represented by the following general formula (b-1), wherein the content of the active component is 45% by mass or less based on the total amount of the resist composition: wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi OKADA, Ryosuke HOSHINO, Hideyuki SATO, Masayuki KATAGIRI, Shu SUZUKI, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Patent number: 12134596
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1). The compound can be used as a film forming material for lithography or an optical component forming material. A resin may also be obtained using this compound as a monomer, a composition, a method for forming a resist pattern, a method for forming an insulating film, a method for forming a circuit pattern, and a method for purifying the above compound or resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Makinoshima, Junya Horiuchi, Masatoshi Echigo
  • Publication number: 20240361693
    Abstract: A thinner composition includes: (B) a solvent containing: (B1) a compound represented by the following general formula (b-1): wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes applying the thinner composition to a substrate, before applying a photoresist film material or a photoresist underlayer film material to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi OKADA, Ryosuke HOSHINO, Hideyuki SATO, Masayuki KATAGIRI, Shu SUZUKI, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20240319600
    Abstract: In order to provide a film forming material for lithography or the like that has high film formability and solvent solubility, is applicable to a wet process, is excellent in curability, film heat resistance, film etching resistance, embedding properties to a substrate having difference in level, and film flatness, and is useful for forming a photoresist underlayer film, a film forming material for lithography according to the present disclosure contains a compound having an amino group bonded to an aromatic ring, and the compound is one represented by, for example, formula (1A), formula (1B), formula (2), formula (3), formula (4), or the like, as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Junya HORIUCHI, Hiroaki YAMAMOTO, Tadashi OMATSU, Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20240117102
    Abstract: A polymer having a constituent unit derived from a monomer represented by the following formula (0), wherein the polymer has sites in which the constituent units are linked by direct bonding between aromatic rings of the monomer represented by the formula (0): wherein R is a monovalent group, and m is an integer of 1 to 5, wherein at least one R is a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, or an amino group having 0 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kodai MATSUURA, Junya HORIUCHI, Yu OKADA, Tadashi OMATSU, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20240117101
    Abstract: A composition for film formation containing a polycyclic polyphenolic resin having repeating units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydroxy compounds represented by the formulas (1-0), (1A), and (1B), wherein the repeating units are linked by a direct bond between aromatic rings:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki YAMAMOTO, Kodai MATSUURA, Junya HORIUCHI, Atsuko IWASAKI, Takashi MAKINOSHIMA, Masatoshi Echigo
  • Publication number: 20240109997
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel resin that is useful as a film forming material for lithography and the like. The problem can be solved by a resin containing a constituent unit represented by the following formula (1) or (1)?: wherein the variables in the formulas are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Junya HORIUCHI, Takashi MAKINOSHIMA, Takashi SATO, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Patent number: 11852970
    Abstract: A material for lithography containing a tellurium-containing compound or a tellurium-containing resin, a production method therefor, a composition for lithography, a pattern formation method, a compound, a resin, and a method for purifying the compound or the resin are provided. The compounds and materials can provide for high solubility in a safe solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., A School Corporation Kansai University
    Inventors: Hiroto Kudo, Masatoshi Echigo, Takumi Toida, Takashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20230348351
    Abstract: Provided is a compound, a polymer, a composition, a composition for film formation, a pattern formation method, an insulating film formation method, and a method for producing a compound, by which a resist having excellent exposure sensitivity can be obtained. A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein RA is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; RX is ORB or a hydrogen atom; RB is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and P is a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an ester group, an acetal group, a carboxyalkoxy group, a carbonate ester group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a thiol group, an ether group, a thioether group, a phosphine group, a phosphone group, a urethane group, a urea group, an amide group, an imide group, or a phosphate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi OMATSU, Yu OKADA, Takeru KOGUMA, Masahiro MATSUMOTO, Yushi NIIMI, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20230333469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a film forming composition for lithography containing at least one selected from a compound having a predetermined structure and a resin obtained using the compound as a monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi SATO, Tadashi OMATSU, Takashi MAKINOSHIMA, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20230324801
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography that has features of having excellent smoothing performance on an uneven substrate, good embedding performance into a fine hole pattern, and a smoothed wafer surface after film formation, and the like. The object can be achieved by an underlayer film forming composition for lithography containing a compound having a protecting group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki YAMAMOTO, Atsuko IWASAKI, Takashi MAKINOSHIMA, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20230314942
    Abstract: A polycyclic polyphenolic resin having repeating units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydroxy compounds represented by the formulas (1A) and (1B); or a polycyclic polyphenolic resin having repeating units derived from an aromatic hydroxy compound represented by the formula (C-1A), wherein the repeating units are linked to each other by a direct bonding between aromatic rings: wherein in the formula (1A), R1 is a 2n-valent group having 1 to 60 carbon atoms or a single bond, each R2 is independently an alkyl group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an alkenyl group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an alkynyl group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, a halogen atom, a thiol group, an amino group, a nitro group, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kodai MATSUURA, Junya Horiuchi, Takashi MAKINOSHIMA, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20230296982
    Abstract: A polymer having repeating units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydroxy compounds represented by the formulas (1A) and (1B), wherein the repeating units are linked to each other by direct bonding between aromatic rings: wherein each R is independently an alkyl group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an alkenyl group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an alkynyl group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, a halogen atom, a thiol group, an amino group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a heterocyclic group, a carboxyl group, or a hydroxy group, at least one R is a group containing a hydroxy group, and each m is independently an integer of 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Junya HORIUCHI, Kodai MATSUURA, Yu OKADA, Tadashi OMATSU, Takashi MAKINOSHIMA, Masatoshi ECHIGO
  • Patent number: 11747728
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new compound that is useful as a film forming material for lithography and the like. The above object can be achieved by a compound represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Junya Horiuchi, Yu Okada, Takashi Makinoshima, Masatoshi Echigo