Patents by Inventor Minoru Okamoto

Minoru Okamoto 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: 12715966
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film capable of achieving both cold water solubility and resistance to oxidative deterioration. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the water-soluble film has a surface on at least one side in which an abundance ratio of carbonyl in all carbon bonds obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 1 to 5%, and a complete dissolution time in water at 10° C. is 120 seconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12709449
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film capable of suppressing formation of holes when used as a package while maintaining water solubility, and a package using such a water-soluble film. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein within a square A1 with a side of 1 cm or more and 5 cm or less positioned at an arbitrary location on at least one surface of the water-soluble film, each side of an area of square A2 with a side of 5 ?m is divided into 64 to divide the entire area into 4096 pixels, and when elastic moduli of the pixels are measured by an atomic force microscope, a number average value of the elastic moduli of the pixels is 1 to 200 MPa, and a coefficient of variation of the elastic moduli of the pixels is 0.1 to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12692353
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film having good transparency and good releasability from a support with less surfactant content. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin and surfactant, wherein a content of the surfactant is 0.005 to 1 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol resin, and a ratio S(0)/S(32) of an abundance amount S(0) of the surfactant on at least one surface of the water-soluble film to an abundance amount S(32) of the surfactant on a cross-section surface at a depth of 32 nm from the at least one surface of the water-soluble film, measured by a count number of fragment ions derived from the surfactant detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry on the at least one surface of the water-soluble film, is in the range of 100 to 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12583208
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer structure having: a polyolefin layer (A); an adhesive resin layer (B); and a resin composition layer (C), wherein the polyolefin layer (A) is laminated on at least one face of the resin composition layer (C) via the adhesive resin layer (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ishiuchi, Makoto Suzuki, Minoru Okamoto, Yuriko Mizutani
  • Patent number: 12466925
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film that causes less deformation of the package during storage, while maintaining excellent solubility in water, and is capable of suppressing the occurrence of tears and the like, a production method thereof, and a package using the water-soluble film. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. The water-soluble film has an amount (A1) of crystalline component of 60% or less and an amount (A2) of constrained amorphous component from 10% to 50%, the amounts being obtained from a spin-spin relaxation curve by 1H pulse NMR measurement of the water-soluble film in deuterated methanol. A ratio (A1/A2) of the amount (A1) of crystalline component to the amount (A2) of constrained amorphous component is preferably from 0.1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Publication number: 20250340728
    Abstract: Provided are: a resin composition containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH), the resin composition allowing for inhibition of neck-in and die buildup at a time of melt molding; and the like. The resin composition contains: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having an ethylene unit content of 20 mol % or more and 60 mol % or less; and crotonaldehyde (B1), wherein the resin composition further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of 2,4-hexadienal (B2) and 2,4,6-octatrienal (B3), and the following inequalities (1) and (2) are satisfied. In the inequalities (1) and (2): b1 represents a content (ppm) of crotonaldehyde (B1) with respect to the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); b2 represents a content (ppm) of 2,4-hexadienal (B2) with respect to the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); and b3 represents a content (ppm) of 2,4,6-octatrienal (B3) with respect to the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A). 2. ? b 1 / ( b 2 + b 3 ) < 150.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuko OSHITA, Tatsuya HASEGAWA, Kentaro YOSHIDA, Minoru OKAMOTO, Kimio OKADA
  • Patent number: 12371540
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film capable of maintaining good mechanical strength even when packaging a liquid detergent and the like while maintaining excellent water solubility of the water-soluble film and a package using the same. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. When a crystallinity index calculated for a first surface is Fd1 and a crystallinity index calculated for a second surface opposed to the first surface is Fd2 for FT-IR measurement of respective two surfaces of the water-soluble film by ATR technique using a diamond prism, the Fd1 and the Fd2 are 0.22?Fd1?0.72, 0.2?Fd2?0.65 and Fd1/Fd2?1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12344718
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film having excellent solubility in water and capable of reducing the stickiness of the contact surfaces to each other at the edges during storage in rolls, a production method thereof, and a package using the water-soluble film. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. The water-soluble film satisfies a formula (1) below when amounts of crystalline component are respectively (A1)0, (A1)60, and (A1)180, the amounts being obtained from a spin-spin relaxation curve by 1H pulse NMR measurement of the water-soluble film immediately after, 60 seconds after, and 180 seconds after the water-soluble film is immersed in a mixed solution of deuterated water and deuterated methanol mixed at a volume ratio of 1:1 at 5° C. ( Math ? ? 1 ) 0.2 < ( A ? ? 1 ) 60 / ( A ? ? 1 ) 0 < 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12325569
    Abstract: There is provided a water-soluble film containing polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein a ratio RSm (LD/TD) is 1.2 or greater and 2.5 or less, where the RSm (LD/TD) is the ratio of an average length RSm (LD) of roughness curve elements on at least one film surface in the longitudinal direction to an average length RSm (TD) of roughness curve elements on the same film surface in the transverse direction. This allows provision of a water-soluble film that can be suitably used for manufacturing a package with excellent uniformity of seal strength, even for manufacturing a package with excellent uniformity of seal strength during high-speed sealing; and a package using the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12319798
    Abstract: There is provided a water-soluble film containing polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the ratio of fluorine element to the total amount of elements (F1S) found at the time of analyzing a first surface of the water-soluble film through X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy is 1 mol % or greater and 25 mol % or less; and ratio of the fluorine element to the total amount of elements (F1B) found at the time of analyzing a surface 0.1 ?m deep from the first surface through X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy is 0.5 mol % or less. As a result, a water-soluble film having excellent detachability from the support, as well as excellent transparency and sealing property, and a packaging body for chemicals may be provided using this film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12291613
    Abstract: A water-soluble film is provided that is excellent in film transparency and water solubility and inhibits sticking between the films. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein a crystallite size obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by wide-angle X-ray measurement is from 4.0 to 5.5 nm and a degree of crystallization obtained from the X-ray profile is from 10.0% to 25.0%, and an external haze is from 7.0% to 30.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto, Mitsunori Asada
  • Patent number: 12286514
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble PVA film having good water sealing properties in addition to excellent water solubility while maintaining mechanical strength of the water-soluble PVA film and a package using the same. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. When a crystallinity index calculated using a diamond prism is Fd1 and a crystallinity index calculated using a germanium prism is Fg1 for FT-IR measurement of a first surface of the water-soluble film by ATR technique, Fd1 and Fg1 are 0.25?Fd1?0.65 and Fd1/Fg1>1. Fd1 and Fg1 are preferably Fd1/Fg1?1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12275827
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film capable of inhibiting sticking between the films while maintaining excellent water solubility and a package using the same. A water-soluble film of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin. When a crystallinity index calculated using a diamond prism is Fd1 and a crystallinity index calculated using a germanium prism is Fg1 for FT-IR measurement of a first surface of the water-soluble film by ATR technique, Fd1 and Fg1 are Fd1?0.65 and Fd1/Fg1<1. Fd1 is preferably Fd1?0.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12234333
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble film preferably used for production of a package that has excellent surface gloss and has excellent anti-blocking properties, and a package using the same. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the water-soluble film has a glossy surface with an average height SRc(G) of 1.8 ?m or less and a maximum height SRz(G) of 20 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Patent number: 12071524
    Abstract: A water-soluble film is provided that is capable of achieving deformation resistance during pouch storage as well as excellent water solubility of the film and excellent reduction in undissolved residues. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein a crystal long period Ds obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement in a water/methanol mixed solvent (volume ratio: 2/8) is from 10.0 to 30.0 nm and a rate of increase (DS?Da)/Da of the crystal long period Ds to a crystal long period Da obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement before immersion in the solvent is 30% or more and 130% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto, Mitsunori Asada
  • Publication number: 20240269969
    Abstract: A multilayer structure having: a polyolefin layer (A); an adhesive resin layer (B); and a resin composition layer (C), wherein the polyolefin layer (A) is laminated on at least one face of the resin composition layer (C) via the adhesive resin layer (B), the multilayer structure has neither a layer in which a resin having a melting point of 210° C. or higher is a principal component, nor a metal layer having a thickness of 1 ?m or more, a resin being a principal component constituting the polyolefin layer (A) is a polyolefin resin having a density of 0.850 g/cm3 or more and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi ISHIUCHI, Makoto SUZUKI, Minoru OKAMOTO, Yuriko MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240254294
    Abstract: A water-soluble film is provided that is capable of achieving deformation resistance during pouch storage as well as excellent water solubility of the film and excellent reduction in undissolved residues. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein a crystal long period Ds obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement in a water/methanol mixed solvent (volume ratio: 2/8) is from 10.0 to 30.0 nm and a rate of increase (DS?Da)/Da of the crystal long period Ds to a crystal long period Da obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement before immersion in the solvent is 30% or more and 130% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto, Mitsunori Asada
  • Patent number: 12049546
    Abstract: The present invention provides a monolayer base film for hydraulic transfer printing that is excellent in water solubility and allows high resolution transfer printing without rupture even in high speed printing and a film for hydraulic transfer printing using the same. The present invention is a base film for hydraulic transfer printing comprising a polyvinyl alcohol resin, the base film forming a printing layer to be transferred to an article by hydraulic transfer printing. In this base film for hydraulic transfer printing, the base film for hydraulic transfer printing has an amount (A1) of crystalline component of 60% or less and an amount (A2) of constrained amorphous component from 10% to 50%, the amounts being obtained from a spin-spin relaxation curve by 1H pulse NMR measurement of the base film in deuterated methanol, and a moisture content from 1 to 5 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
  • Publication number: 20240150946
    Abstract: Provided is a fiber structure having a high dust holding capacity. The fiber structure includes a thick fiber group composed of fibers A each having a single fiber diameter larger than 5 ?m and a thin fiber group composed of fibers B each having a single fiber diameter of 5 ?m or smaller, and has an intermingled region in which the thick fiber group and the thin fiber group are intermingled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: KURARAY KURAFLEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji SEKIYA, Soichi OBATA, Toru OCHIAI, Tsugumi YOSHIDA, Minoru OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230312846
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film capable of achieving both cold water solubility and resistance to oxidative deterioration. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the water-soluble film has a surface on at least one side in which an abundance ratio of carbonyl in all carbon bonds obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 1 to 5%, and a complete dissolution time in water at 10° C. is 120 seconds or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto