Patents by Inventor Michio Higashijima

Michio Higashijima 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: 8476183
    Abstract: The invention provides: a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article. These are: a polymerization catalyst for polyester production containing titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms and having a specific constitution; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Higashijima, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Publication number: 20110301322
    Abstract: The invention provides: a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article. These are: a polymerization catalyst for polyester production containing titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms and having a specific constitution; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MISTUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio HIGASHIJIMA, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Publication number: 20110301019
    Abstract: The invention provides: a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article. These are: a polymerization catalyst for polyester production containing titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms and having a specific constitution; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio HIGASHIJIMA, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Publication number: 20110301020
    Abstract: The invention provides: a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article. These are: a polymerization catalyst for polyester production containing titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms and having a specific constitution; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio HIGASHIJIMA, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Patent number: 8039416
    Abstract: The invention provides: a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article. These are: a polymerization catalyst for polyester production containing titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms and having a specific constitution; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Higashijima, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Patent number: 8039417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid catalyst solution containing a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Higashijima, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Publication number: 20090221420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid catalyst solution containing a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio HIGASHIJIMA, Yutaka YATSUGI, Naoki YUKITA, Motohiro MUNAKATA
  • Publication number: 20090076242
    Abstract: The invention provides: a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article. These are: a polymerization catalyst for polyester production containing titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms and having a specific constitution; a polyester resin obtained with the catalyst; and a molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio Higashijima, Yutaka Yatsugi, Naoki Yukita, Motohiro Munakata
  • Publication number: 20090011236
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a process for producing a polyester with high molecular weight and high quality and having practicality as a container material, etc., which is able to achieve the production for a relatively short period of time of solid phase polycondensation without using a complicated melt polycondensation reaction device and consequently at a low cost and with good efficiency. The invention is concerned with a continuous production process for continuously producing a polyester including an esterification step, a melt polycondensation step, a granulation step and a solid phase polycondensation step, wherein at least two kinds of a catalyst 1 and a catalyst 2 which are satisfied with the following requirements (1) to (3) are successively added as catalysts in two arbitrary different places prior to the granulation step; an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester prepolymer granule obtained in the granulation step is 0.18 dL/g or more and not more than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical
    Inventors: Hisashi Kimura, Shinji Ono, Michio Higashijima