Patents by Inventor Michio Tsugawa

Michio Tsugawa 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: 8883925
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin polymer composition comprising: [A] a specific cyclic olefin polymer having a softening temperature (TMA) of 120 to 300° C.; and [B] a specific cyclic olefin polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or lower, wherein the absolute value of the difference between nD[A] and nD[B] is 0.014 or less in which nD[B] represents a refractive index of the cyclic olefin polymer [B] and nD[A] represent that of the cyclic olefin polymer [A], and the component [A] is contained in an amount of 50 to 95 parts by weight and the component [B] is contained in an amount of 5 to 50 parts by weight (provided that the total amount of the components [A] and [B] is defined as 100 parts by weight).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kizu, Masako Takamatsu, Michio Tsugawa, Ryouichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20100081768
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin polymer composition comprising: [A] a specific cyclic olefin polymer having a softening temperature (TMA) of 120 to 300° C.; and [B] a specific cyclic olefin polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or lower, wherein the absolute value of the difference between nD[A] and nD[B] is 0.014 or less in which nD[B] represents a refractive index of the cyclic olefin polymer [B] and nD[A] represents that of the cyclic olefin polymer [A], and the component [A] is contained in an amount of 50 to 95 parts by weight and the component [B] is contained in an amount of 5 to 50 parts by weight (provided that the total amount of the components [A] and [B] is defined as 100 parts by weight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kizu, Masako Takamatsu, Michio Tsugawa, Ryouichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20090161045
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of compensating the wavelength dependence of birefringence of an optical part (B) which comprises using a film (a) made of a (co)polymer (?) obtained from at least one olefin selected among 4-methyl-1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-pentene, and 3-methyl-1-butene as a (co)monomer ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawamoto, Eiichi Takahashi, Kouichi Kizu, Toru Takaoka, Michio Tsugawa, Ryouichi Seki, Shiro Shichijyo, Yoshikazu Yamada, Akira Sakai
  • Publication number: 20020137879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst or polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity and a process For producing a polyester using the catalyst. The catalyst for polyester production comprises a solid titanium compound which is obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. The present invention also provides a method to obtain a polyester having a small increase of the acetaldehyde content during the molding. This method comprises bringing a polyester, which is obtained by the use of a titanium compound catalyst and in which the reaction has been completed, into contact with a phosphoric ester aqueous solution or the like having a concentration of not less than 10 ppm in terms of phosphorus atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akivoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Sayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 6451959
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity, a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst and a polyester produced thereby. The catalyst comprises a solid titanium compound obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. In the process, the polyester is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, or an ester-forming derivative thereof, and an aliphatic diol, or ester-forming derivative thereof, in the presence of the catalyst. The resulting polyester has excellent transparency and tint, a titanium content of 1 to 100 ppm, a magnesium content of 1 to 200 ppm and a magnesium to titanium weight ratio of not less than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akivoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Masayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 6346070
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity and a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst. The catalyst for polyester production comprises a solid titanium compound which is obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. The present invention also provides a method to obtain a polyester having a small increase of the acetaldehyde content during the molding. This method comprises bringing a polyester, which is obtained by the use of a titanium compound catalyst and in which the reaction has been completed, into contact with a phosphoric ester aqueous solution or the like having a concentration of not less than 10 ppm in terms of phosphorus atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Inc
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akiyoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Masayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe
  • Patent number: 5532030
    Abstract: A polyolefin multilayer laminate in which a first layer (A) made of a cycloolefin-based resin, such as an ethylene/cycloolefin random copolymer resulting from copolymerization of ethylene and a cycloolefin represented by the formula (1) given below, or a cycloolefin-based resin blend and a second layer (B) made of an olefin (co)polymer or a composition containing it are laminated. This laminate can be used as a packaging material which is superior in the interlayer adhesion, shapability, moistureproof property, transparency, flexibility, easiness of hand-cutting, heat-sealability and dead-hold property. Formula (1) comprises ##STR1## in which n and q are 0 or 1, m is 0 or any positive integer, R.sup.1 -R.sup.18 and R.sup.a and R.sup.b denote each H, a halogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, wherein R.sup.15 -R.sup.18 may form, by combining with each other, a monocyclic or polycyclic ring, which may have double bond(s), and wherein R.sup.15 -R.sup.16 may have terminal-located alkylidene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirose, Shigetoshi Nishijima, Yohzoh Yamamoto, Hideshi Kawachi, Michio Tsugawa
  • Patent number: RE40571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity, a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst and a polyester produced thereby. The catalyst comprises a solid titanium compound obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. In the process, the polyester is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, or an ester-forming derivative thereof, and an aliphatic diol, or ester-forming derivative thereof, in the presence of the catalyst. The resulting polyester has excellent transparency and tint, a titanium content of 1 to 100 ppm, a magnesium content of 1 to 200 ppm and a magnesium to titanium weight ratio of not less than 0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohmatsuzawa, Fujito Ehara, Hideshi Hori, Kazuo Toyota, Kenzaburou Fukutani, Junichi Imuta, Akiyoshi Shimizu, Takayuki Onogi, Seiji Noda, Masayuki Sakai, Shoji Hiraoka, Koji Nakamachi, Michio Tsugawa, Satoru Miyazoe