Patents by Inventor Minoru Tabuchi

Minoru Tabuchi 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: 20250250178
    Abstract: It relates to forsterite particles containing molybdenum. It also relates to a method for producing the forsterite particles. The method includes firing a magnesium compound and silicon or a silicon compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Shaowei YANG, Minoru TABUCHI, Naoto YAGI, Jianjun YUAN, Xiao SUN, Wei Zhao, Jian GUO
  • Publication number: 20250215191
    Abstract: Provided are a copper-chromium oxide spinel, and a resin composition and a resin molded article containing the copper-chromium oxide spinel. Specifically, provided is a copper-chromium oxide spinel with a particle size distribution spread SPAN=(D90?D10)/D50 of 2 or less where, in volume-converted particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction and scattering method, particle sizes with a cumulative frequency from a smaller particle size side of 10%, 50%, and 90% are D10, D50, and D90, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru TABUCHI, Ryosuke SEKINE, Naoto YAGI, Koji OMICHI, Jianjun YUAN
  • Publication number: 20250214861
    Abstract: Niobate particles include molybdenum and are represented by KxNa(1-x)NbyOz, where X=0 to 1, y=1 to 10, and z=3 to 20. Preferably, the niobate particles are niobate particles including at least one selected from the group consisting of KxNa(1-x)NbO3 particles having a cubic shape, K2Nb4O11 particles having a columnar shape, a wire shape, or a ribbon shape, K4Nb6O17 particles having a plate shape, and KNb3O8 particles having a columnar shape, a wire shape, or a ribbon shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun YUAN, Minoru TABUCHI, Naoto YAGI
  • Patent number: 12344752
    Abstract: An ink composition that contains light-emitting nanocrystalline particles, a photopolymerizable component containing at least one photopolymerizable compound and having a Hansen solubility parameter ?p of 3.0 MPa0.5 or more, and a phosphite compound with a partial structure represented by the following formula (1). [In the formula (1), X1 to X3 independently denote an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1 denotes an alkyl group, and * denotes a bonding arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Otsuki, Mariko Toshimitsu, Masahiro Kobayashi, Minoru Tabuchi, Takayuki Miki, Ikuro Kiyoto
  • Publication number: 20250206634
    Abstract: To provide a method for recovering a molybdenum compound that can obtain molybdenum oxide powder having a high purity and a large specific surface area from a molybdenum component-containing solution. The method including: precipitating, in a molybdenum component-containing solution, a molybdate represented by AxMoyO3y+z (1) (in the formula (1), A represents an element selected from Group 4, Group 8, Group 12, Group 13, and Group 14; 3y+z represents the number of oxygen atoms contained in the molybdate; and z represents the number of ½ the valence number of A×x); firing including producing an oxide represented by AOz (2) (in the formula (2), A is the same as A in the formula (1); and z represents the number of oxygen atoms that combine with A in the formula (2) to produce an oxide) and producing vapor containing molybdenum trioxide, by thermally decomposing the molybdate; cooling; and recovering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tabuchi, Naoto Yagi, Jianjun Yuan
  • Patent number: 12264108
    Abstract: It relates to zirconia particles containing molybdenum and each having a polyhedron shape. The molybdenum is preferably unevenly distributed in surface layers of the zirconia particles. It also relates to a method for producing the zirconia particles. The method includes mixing a zirconium compound and a molybdenum compound to form a mixture and firing the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shaowei Yang, Minoru Tabuchi, Jianjun Yuan, Cheng Liu, Meng Li, Wei Zhao, Jian Guo
  • Publication number: 20240367991
    Abstract: Gadolinia particles containing molybdenum. A method for producing the gadolinia particles, including calcining a gadolinium compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shaowei YANG, Minoru TABUCHI, Jianjun YUAN, Wei ZHAO, Jian GUO
  • Patent number: 12129184
    Abstract: A molybdenum sulfide powder according to the invention contains molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A heavy-metal adsorbent according to the invention contains molybdenum sulfide particles, and the molybdenum sulfide particles have a median diameter D50 of 10 nm to 1,000 nm obtained by a dynamic light scattering type particle diameter distribution measuring device. A photothermal conversion material according to the invention contains a material containing molybdenum sulfide particles and generates heat by absorbing light energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu Oki, Yusuke Kano, Tomoki Dohi, Seiji Mizuta, Minoru Tabuchi, Jianjun Yuan, Masato Otsu
  • Publication number: 20240229264
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation catalyst according to a first aspect of the present invention contains a molybdenum sulfide powder containing molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A hydrogen generation catalyst according to a second aspect of the present invention contains a metal-doped molybdenum sulfide powder containing a doping metal in Groups 3 to 13 and molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Youki Kou, Yusuke Kano, Minoru Tabuchi, Jianjun Yuan
  • Publication number: 20240150195
    Abstract: A molybdenum compound is represented by a general formula MoXa (in the formula, X is a Group 14 element, a Group 15 element, or a Group 16 element, and a is 0.5, 1, or 2), has the number of functional groups per unit area of 10 per nm2 or less when X is the Group 14 element in the general formula MoXa, has the number of functional groups per unit area of 100 per nm2 or less when X is the Group 15 element or the Group 16 element in the general formula MoXa, and has a particle diameter of 10 nm or more and less than 1,000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tabuchi, Kazuaki Hatsusaka, Jianjun Yuan
  • Publication number: 20240140816
    Abstract: Gallia particles containing molybdenum. A method for producing the gallia particles, including calcining a gallium compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shaowei YANG, Minoru TABUCHI, Jianjun YUAN, Wei ZHAO, Jian GUO
  • Publication number: 20240133061
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation catalyst according to a first aspect of the present invention contains a molybdenum sulfide powder containing molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A hydrogen generation catalyst according to a second aspect of the present invention contains a metal-doped molybdenum sulfide powder containing a doping metal in Groups 3 to 13 and molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Youki Kou, Yusuke Kano, Minoru Tabuchi, Jianjun Yuan
  • Publication number: 20240092699
    Abstract: It relates to zirconia particles containing molybdenum and each having a polyhedron shape. The molybdenum is preferably unevenly distributed in surface layers of the zirconia particles. It also relates to a method for producing the zirconia particles. The method includes mixing a zirconium compound and a molybdenum compound to form a mixture and firing the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shaowei YANG, Minoru TABUCHI, Jianjun YUAN, Cheng LIU, Meng LI, Wei ZHAO, Jian GUO
  • Patent number: 11926750
    Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that can form a color filter pixel unit with high external quantum efficiency. An ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles, light-diffusing particles, and at least two monomers with an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the at least two monomers include two monomers with Hansen solubility parameters ?d, ?p, and ?h that satisfy the following conditions: 16.0 MPa0.5??d<18.0 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??p<5.5 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??h<8.0 MPa0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Kizaki, Minoru Tabuchi, Mariko Toshimitsu, Sunao Yoshihara, Ikuro Kiyoto
  • Patent number: 11642663
    Abstract: Provided is a molybdenum sulfide that is ribbon-shaped and particularly suitable for a hydrogen generation catalyst. Disclosed are a ribbon-shaped molybdenum sulfide, in which 50 particles as measured by observation with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) have a shape of, on average, 500 to 10000 nm in length, 10 to 1000 nm in width, and 3 to 200 nm in thickness; a method for producing the ribbon-shaped molybdenum sulfide, including: (1) heating a molybdenum oxide at a temperature of 200 to 1000° C. in the presence of a sulfur source; or (2) heating a molybdenum oxide at a temperature of 100 to 800° C. in the absence of a sulfur source, and then heating the molybdenum oxide at a temperature of 200 to 1000° C. in the presence of a sulfur source; and a hydrogen generation catalyst including the ribbon-shaped molybdenum sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Otsu, Jian-Jun Yuan, Minoru Tabuchi, Kaori Kawamura, Naoto Sakurai, Koichiro Matsuki, Yuichi Satokawa
  • Patent number: 11618833
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.5 to 7.0. The present invention also provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.0 to 6.5, and the ink composition has a water (H2O) content of 90 ppm or less measured with a Karl Fischer moisture meter. The present invention also provides a light conversion layer including a plurality of pixel units, wherein the plurality of pixel units include a pixel unit containing a cured product of the ink composition, and the light conversion layer is formed of the cured product of the ink composition. The present invention also provides a color filter including the light conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Takayuki Miki, Hirotomo Sasaki, Ikuro Kiyoto, Minoru Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20220348476
    Abstract: A molybdenum sulfide powder according to the invention contains molybdenum disulfide having a 3R crystal structure. A heavy-metal adsorbent according to the invention contains molybdenum sulfide particles, and the molybdenum sulfide particles have a median diameter Dso of 10 nm to 1,000 nm obtained by a dynamic light scattering type particle diameter distribution measuring device. A photothermal conversion material according to the invention contains a material containing molybdenum sulfide particles and generates heat by absorbing light energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu OKI, Yusuke KANO, Tomoki DOHI, Seiji MIZUTA, Minoru TABUCHI, Jianjun YUAN, Masato OTSU
  • Publication number: 20220056292
    Abstract: An ink composition that contains light-emitting nanocrystalline particles, a photopolymerizable component containing at least one photopolymerizable compound and having a Hansen solubility parameter ?p of 3.0 MPa0.5 or more, and a phosphite compound with a partial structure represented by the following formula (1). [In the formula (1), X1 to X3 independently denote an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1 denotes an alkyl group, and * denotes a bonding arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Otsuki, Mariko Toshimitsu, Masahiro Kobayashi, Minoru Tabuchi, Takayuki Miki, Ikuro Kiyoto
  • Publication number: 20210053037
    Abstract: Provided is a molybdenum sulfide that is ribbon-shaped and particularly suitable for a hydrogen generation catalyst. Disclosed are a ribbon-shaped molybdenum sulfide, in which 50 particles as measured by observation with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) have a shape of, on average, 500 to 10000 nm in length, 10 to 1000 nm in width, and 3 to 200 nm in thickness; a method for producing the ribbon-shaped molybdenum sulfide, including: (1) heating a molybdenum oxide at a temperature of 200 to 1000° C. in the presence of a sulfur source; or (2) heating a molybdenum oxide at a temperature of 100 to 800° C. in the absence of a sulfur source, and then heating the molybdenum oxide at a temperature of 200 to 1000° C. in the presence of a sulfur source; and a hydrogen generation catalyst including the ribbon-shaped molybdenum sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Otsu, Jian-Jun Yuan, Minoru Tabuchi, Kaori Kawamura, Naoto Sakurai, Koichiro Matsuki, Yuichi Satokawa
  • Publication number: 20210009826
    Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that can form a color filter pixel unit with high external quantum efficiency. An ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles, light-diffusing particles, and at least two monomers with an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the at least two monomers include two monomers with Hansen solubility parameters ?d, ?p, and ?h that satisfy the following conditions: 16.0 MPa0.5??d<18.0 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??p<5.5 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??h<8.0 MPa0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Kizaki, Minoru Tabuchi, Mariko Toshimitsu, Sunao Yoshihara, Ikuro Kiyoto