Patents by Inventor Minoru Waki

Minoru Waki 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: 20160368895
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing a compound that is useful for preventing or treating diseases associated with malfunctioning of PGI2 receptors, in particular, pulmonary hypertension. [Solution] A positive allosteric regulator of a PGI2 receptor which comprises a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof. (1) (In the formula, R1 is a branched chain or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having 3 to 10 carbon atoms which may be substituted, R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, R3 is 1 to 4 substituents which are the same or different independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, and an alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, and A is an aryl which may be substituted or a heteroaryl which may be substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuo NAGANO, Takayoshi OKABE, Hirotatsu KOJIMA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Kenjiro HANAOKA, Manabu SHIMONISHI, Shinichiro EGASHIRA, Hirofumi NAKANO, Kazuo KUMAGAI, Hiroyuki MIYACHI, Kenji MATSUNO, Minoru WAKI
  • Patent number: 7858676
    Abstract: An aqueous pigment dispersion for ink jet having a pigment dispersed, characterized by containing a water-soluble resin and a resin having a urethane bond and/or an amide bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Mikuni Shikiso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Izumi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20080108746
    Abstract: An aqueous pigment dispersion for ink jet having a pigment dispersed, characterized by containing a water-soluble resin and a resin having a urethane bond and/or an amide bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation, MIKUNI SHIKISO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Izumi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7008994
    Abstract: A water-based pigment dispersion in which a pigment is dispersed with a water soluble or self-emulsifying thermoplastic resin containing carboxylic group, characterized in that the ratio of the pigment to the thermoplastic resin containing the carboxylic group (pigment/thermoplastic resin containing carboxylic group (weight ratio of effective solid matter)) is 10/10 to 10/1, the thermoplastic resin containing the carboxylic group is cross-linked with a cross-linking agent after the pigment is dispersed with the thermoplastic resin, and the ratio of the cross-linking agent to the thermoplastic resin containing the carboxylic group (cross-linking agent/thermoplastic resin containing carboxylic group (weight ratio of effective solid matter)) is 1/100 to 50/100; a process for preparing the same; and a water-based ink containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Mikuni Shikiso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Minoru Waki
  • Publication number: 20040242726
    Abstract: An aqueous pigment dispersion for ink jet having a pigment dispersed, characterized by containing a water-soluble resin and a resin having a urethane bond and/or an amide bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Izumi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 6806300
    Abstract: A water-based ink composition for ink-jet printing, containing at least pigment, a dispersing resin, a surface active agent, an organic solvent and water, in which the pigment is dispersed with the dispersing resin, characterized in that the dispersing resin comprises a copolymer (I) prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture (I) containing a monomer (A) represented by the formula (I), a monomer (B) represented by the formula (II) and a monomer (C) represented by the formula (III) and a copolymer (II) prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture (II) containing a monomer (D) represented by the formula (IV) and a monomer (E) represented by the formula (V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignees: Mikuni Shikiso Kabushiki Kaisha, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Kazuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20020035172
    Abstract: A water-based ink composition for ink-jet printing, containing at least pigment, a dispersing resin, a surface active agent, an organic solvent and water, in which the pigment is dispersed with the dispersing resin, characterized in that the dispersing resin comprises a copolymer (I) prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture (I) containing a monomer (A) represented by the formula (I), a monomer (B) represented by the formula (II) and a monomer (C) represented by the formula (III) and a copolymer (II) prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture (II) containing a monomer (D) represented by the formula (IV) and a monomer (E) represented by the formula (V).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: Mikuni Shikiso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Kazuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6274646
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided which can realize printing with excellent fixation even on a coated paper having a smooth surface. Further, an ink composition is also provided which, when used in ink jet printing, causes neither clogging nor creation of a precipitate. A copolymer of butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, and acrylic acid is added to an ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Mikuni Color Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Watanabe, Kiyohiko Takemoto, Shuichi Yamaguchi, Naoki Tanaka, Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Kazumi Adachi
  • Patent number: 6083315
    Abstract: An agglomerated pigment comprises (1) an organic pigment compound, (2) either a sulfonated organic pigment compound obtained by incorporating at least one sulfonic group into the organic pigment compound or a sulfonated organic pigment derivative obtained by incorporating at least one sulfonic group into a derivative of the organic pigment compound, (3) univalent inorganic counter ions bonded to sulfonic groups of component (2), and (4) bivalent or higher inorganic counter ions which are bonded to sulfonic groups of component (2) and wherein each such group has an at least univalent positive charge, the surface of the agglomerated organic pigment as a whole being positively charged. An aqueous pigment dispersion and a water-based ink composition both having excellent storage stability, an agglomerated pigment for use as a raw material for the dispersion, and a process for producing the pigment are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Mikuni Color Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto Nakamura, Hidehiko Komatsu, Michinari Tsukahara, Hideo Yamazaki, Minoru Waki, Naoki Okamoto, Kazumi Adachi