Patents by Inventor Miki Fukugami

Miki Fukugami 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: 20240123715
    Abstract: A barrier film including a substrate film containing a polyolefin, in which when both surfaces of the barrier film are analyzed with a fluorescent X-ray analyzer, a value obtained by dividing a sum of fluorescent X-ray intensities of chlorine detected from the both surfaces by a thickness of the substrate film (the sum of fluorescent X-ray intensities of chlorine/the thickness of the substrate film) is 0.015 kcps/?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventor: Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Patent number: 11794970
    Abstract: A packaging body constituted by a sheet that includes a gas barrier laminate and a sealant; and contents that are accommodated in the packaging body and that contain a sulfur-containing amino acid. The gas barrier laminate comprises: a resin substrate; a first layer containing an inorganic oxide; a second layer containing a carboxylic acid polymer; and a third layer containing a polyvalent metal compound and a resin. The resin substrate, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are layered in this order from the outside to the inside of the packaging body. The thickness of the third layer is 0.1 ?m or more. The sulfur content of the second layer is 1.0 atm % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Okamura, Miki Fukugami
  • Patent number: 11766695
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate including a resin substrate, a first coating layer containing a carboxylic acid polymer; and a second coating layer containing a polyvalent metal compound and a resin, laminated in this order; a ratio of a thickness of the second coating layer to the first coating layer in the range of 1.0 or more and 4.0 or less; and the second coating layer satisfies at least one of the following: (condition 1) a haze of the second coating layer is 8% or less; (condition 2) a surface roughness Ra of the second coating layer is ½ or less of the thickness of the second coating layer; and (condition 3) the number of concave portions having a diameter of 1.5 ?m or more per unit area on a surface of the second coating layer opposite to the first coating layer is 2/0.01 mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Okamura, Miki Fukugami
  • Publication number: 20230278768
    Abstract: A gas barrier layer-forming composition contains a solid content containing a polyurethane resin, a water-soluble polymer and a curing agent. The polyurethane resin contains a reaction product of an acid group-containing polyurethane resin having an acid group and a polyamine compound having an amino group. The polyurethane resin content, the water-soluble polymer content, and an inorganic layered mineral content in the solid content are 45 mass % or more and 75 mass % or less, 20 mass % or more and 35 mass % or less, and less than 2 mass %, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Ayumi TANAKA, Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Publication number: 20230258980
    Abstract: A gas barrier film according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes, in this order: a substrate; a first AlOx-deposited layer; a gas barrier intermediate layer; a second AlOx-deposited layer; and a gas barrier coating layer, each of the first and second AlOx-deposited layers having a thickness of 15 nm or less, each of the gas barrier intermediate layer and the gas barrier coating layer having a thickness of 200 to 400 nm, the gas barrier coating layer having a first complex modulus of 7 to 11 GPa at a measurement temperature of 25° C. and a second complex modulus of 5 to 8 GPa at a measurement temperature of 60° C., the first and second complex moduli being measured by nanoindentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Miki FUKUGAMI, Shigekazu YASUTAKE, Kaoru FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20230257172
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate including: a substrate layer which contains a polyolefin resin; a barrier layer; and an overcoat layer which contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin, the overcoat layer having a surface which has a surface hardness of 1.5 GPa or less, as measured by a nanoindentation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Kaoru FURUTA, Miki FUKUGAMI, Ayumi TANAKA, Mikinori YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230220536
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate including: a substrate layer which contains a polyolefin resin; a metal oxide-containing layer which contains a metal oxide; and an overcoat layer which contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin, the overcoat layer having a surface, the overcoat layer having a surface which has a softening temperature of 100 to 170° C., as measured by local thermal analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Ayumi TANAKA, Mikinori YAMADA, Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Publication number: 20230053232
    Abstract: A gas barrier film including: a substrate layer containing polypropylene; a resin layer containing a copolymer of propylene and another monomer; a vapor deposition layer of an inorganic oxide; and a gas barrier layer, laminated in this order, wherein the vapor deposition layer has a thickness of 5 nm to 300 nm, the resin layer has a thickness of 0.3 µm or more, and a surface of the resin layer facing the vapor deposition layer has at least one softening temperature in a range of 100° C. to 170° C. when measured by local thermal analysis (LTA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Miki FUKUGAMI, Kaoru FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20220411598
    Abstract: A gas barrier film comprising a resin base material, an oxygen barrier coating provided on at least one surface of the resin base material, and a base layer and/or an inorganic oxide layer provided between the resin base material and the oxygen barrier coating, wherein the black area ratio of one surface measured by the following measuring method is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi KAMINAGA, Ryo TAKEI, Yoshiki KOSHIYAMA, Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Miki FUKUGAMI, Ayumi TANAKA, Takayuki YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220267067
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas barrier layered body including: a substrate layer containing a polyolefin-based resin; a first polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer; a Si or Al-containing thin film layer; and a second polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer, in the stated order, in which a logarithmic decrement at 100° C. of the first polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer as measured by a rigid-body pendulum type physical property testing instrument is 0.20 or less and a logarithmic decrement at 125° C. is 0.30 or less, and an indentation hardness of the second polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer as determined by a nanoindenter is 0.5 to 1.0 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Ayumi TANAKA, Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Patent number: 11396167
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminate, the method comprising at least a pretreatment step of pretreating a surface of a substrate made of a plastic film by reactive ion etching so that the maximum displacement of the substrate surface measured by local thermal analysis is 300 nm or more, and a lamination step of laminating a thermoplastic resin layer made of a material different from that of the substrate on the pretreated surface of the substrate; wherein the plastic film is a polyethylene terephthalate film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Fukugami, Toshiya Ishii, Tomoko Ooki
  • Patent number: 11364704
    Abstract: A transparent conductive gas barrier laminate according to the present disclosure includes a transparent gas barrier film and a transparent conductive layer in this order from outside toward inside. In the laminate, the transparent gas barrier film has a b* value of more than 0 in a L*a*b* color system, and the transparent conductive layer contains a conductive polymer and has a b* value of less than 0 in the L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Shoda, Tomohiko Yamazaki, Kei Tsuruzoe, Kenji Matsumasa, Miki Fukugami, Kengo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20210339926
    Abstract: A packaging body constituted by a sheet that includes a gas barrier laminate and a sealant; and contents that are accommodated in the packaging body and that contain a sulfur-containing amino acid. The gas barrier laminate comprises: a resin substrate; a first layer containing an inorganic oxide; a second layer containing a carboxylic acid polymer; and a third layer containing a polyvalent metal compound and a resin. The resin substrate, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are layered in this order from the outside to the inside of the packaging body. The thickness of the third layer is 0.1 ?m or more. The sulfur content of the second layer is 1.0 atm % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo OKAMURA, Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Publication number: 20210291501
    Abstract: A gas barrier film includes a resin substrate and an oxygen barrier coating film in contact with a first surface of the resin substrate. The resin substrate includes two or more resin layers including a base layer. Of the two or more resin layers, a resin layer forming the first surface of the resin substrate does not contain an anti-blocking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi KAMINAGA, Seiya SUZUKI, Ryo TAKEI, Sayaka HOSHI, Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Miki FUKUGAMI, Ayumi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200346443
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminate, the method comprising at least a pretreatment step of pretreating a surface of a substrate made of a plastic film by reactive ion etching so that the maximum displacement of the substrate surface measured by local thermal analysis is 300 nm or more, and a lamination step of laminating a thermoplastic resin layer made of a material different from that of the substrate on the pretreated surface of the substrate; wherein the plastic film is a polyethylene terephthalate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miki FUKUGAMI, Toshiya ISHII, Tomoko OOKI
  • Publication number: 20200331024
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate including a resin substrate, a first coating layer containing a carboxylic acid polymer; and a second coating layer containing a polyvalent metal compound and a resin, laminated in this order; a ratio of a thickness of the second coating layer to the first coating layer in the range of 1.0 or more and 4.0 or less; and the second coating layer satisfies at least one of the following: (condition 1) a haze of the second coating layer is 8% or less; (condition 2) a surface roughness Ra of the second coating layer is ½ or less of the thickness of the second coating layer; and (condition 3) the number of concave portions having a diameter of 1.5 ?m or more per unit area on a surface of the second coating layer opposite to the first coating layer is 2/0.01 mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo OKAMURA, Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200255615
    Abstract: A gas barrier film includes a first base material film made of a plastic material and a coating layer formed on one of surfaces of the first base material film, the coating layer contains a watersoluble polymer and a water-swelling mica, the solid content ratios of the water-swelling mica in 5 a total solid content of the coating layer are within approximate ranges indicated from 20 mass % to 50 mass %, the mean area diameter of the water-swelling mica is within approximate ranges indicated from 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m, and the thickness of the coating layer is within approximate ranges indicated from 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., TOPPAN USA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomokazu MURASE, Rebecca HARMAN, Miki FUKUGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200009829
    Abstract: A transparent conductive gas barrier laminate according to the present disclosure includes a transparent gas barrier film and a transparent conductive layer in this order from outside toward inside. In the laminate, the transparent gas barrier film has a b* value of more than 0 in a L*a*b* color system, and the transparent conductive layer contains a conductive polymer and has a b* value of less than 0 in the L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo SHODA, Tomohiko YAMAZAKI, Kei TSURUZOE, Kenji MATSUMASA, Miki FUKUGAMI, Kengo OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8628638
    Abstract: A laminate prepared by pretreating at least one side of a substrate of a plastic film by plasma treatment and then directly laminating a thermoplastic resin on a surface treated by pretreatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miki Fukugami, Toshiya Ishii, Tomokazu Murase, Noritada Nakanishi, Ryukichi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20110212275
    Abstract: A laminate prepared by pretreating at least one side of a substrate of a plastic film by plasma treatment and then directly laminating a thermoplastic resin on a surface treated by pretreatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Fukugami, Toshiya Ishii, Tomokazu Murase, Noritada Nakanishi, Ryukichi Matsuo