Patents by Inventor Motoaki Iwabuchi

Motoaki Iwabuchi 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: 20200317840
    Abstract: A bio-electrode composition includes (A) an ionic material and (B) a lithium titanate powder. The component (A) is a polymer compound containing a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from an ammonium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, and a silver salt of any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and N-carbonyl-fluorosulfonamide. Thus, the present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in the electric conductivity even when the bio-electrode is wetted with water or dried; a bio-electrode including a living body contact layer formed of the bio-electrode composition; and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200315476
    Abstract: A bio-electrode composition includes (A) an ionic material and (B) a silicon material powder. The component (A) is a polymer compound containing a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from an ammonium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, and a silver salt of any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and N-carbonyl-fluorosulfonamide. Thus, the present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in the electric conductivity even when the bio-electrode is wetted with water or dried; a bio-electrode including a living body contact layer formed of the bio-electrode composition; and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI
  • Patent number: 10792489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in conductivity even though the bio-electrode is soaked in water or dried. The present invention is accomplished by a bio-electrode composition including an ionic material and a resin, in which the ionic material is a lithium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, a calcium salt, or an ammonium salt of sulphonamide represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Takayuki Fujiwara, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Yasuyoshi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200276437
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode that is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in conductivity even though the bio-electrode is soaked in water or dried. The present invention is accomplished by providing a conductive substrate and a living body contact layer formed on the conductive substrate, where the living body contact layer is a cured product of a bio-electrode composition including an (A) ionic material and a (B) resin other than the component (A), in which the component (A) has both a repeating unit “a” of a lithium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, or an ammonium salt of sulfonamide including a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a repeating unit “b” having a silicon atom, —R1—C(?O)—N?—SO2—Rf1M+(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Osamu WATANABE, Takayuki FUJIWARA, Yasuyoshi KURODA
  • Patent number: 10759938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including: a resin containing a main chain having a urethane bond and two side chains each having a silicon-containing group; and an electro-conductive material, wherein the electro-conductive material is a polymer compound having one or more repeating units selected from fluorosulfonic acid salts shown by the following formulae (1)-1 and (1)-2, sulfonimide salts shown by the following formula (1)-3, and sulfonamide salts shown by the following formula (1)-4. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light in weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried. The present invention also provides a bio-electrode in which the living body contact layer is formed from the bio-electrode composition, and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Osamu Watanabe, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Shiori Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10743788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including: a resin containing a urethane bond in a main chain and a siloxane bond in a side chain; and an electro-conductive material, wherein the electro-conductive material is a polymer compound having one or more repeating units selected from fluorosulfonic acid salts shown by the following formulae (1)-1 and (1)-2, sulfonimide salts shown by the following formula (1)-3, and sulfonamide salts shown by the following formula (1)-4. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light in weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried. The present invention also provides a bio-electrode in which the living body contact layer is formed from the bio-electrode composition, and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Osamu Watanabe, Motoaki Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 10734132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in conductivity even though the bio-electrode is soaked in water or dried. The present invention is accomplished by a bio-electrode composition including an (A) ionic material and a (B) resin other than the component (A), in which the component (A) has both a repeating unit “a” of a sodium salt, a potassium salt, or an ammonium salt including a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a repeating unit “b” having a silicon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Osamu Watanabe, Takayuki Fujiwara, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Yasuyoshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10726967
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a biological electrode composition formable a living body contact layer for a biological electrode which is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, as well as light in the weight thereof and producible at a low cost, and in addition, which does not cause a significant decrease in the conductivity thereof regardless of under a water-wet condition and a dry condition; a polymer compound which can be suitably used for the biological electrode composition; a polymerizable monomer suitable as a raw material of the polymer compound; a biological electrode having a living body contact layer formed of the biological electrode composition; and a method for producing the same; and wherein, the polymerizable monomer is represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Osamu Watanabe, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Takayuki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10695554
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in conductivity even though the bio-electrode is soaked in water or dried. The present invention is accomplished by a bio-electrode composition including an (A) ionic material and a (B) resin other than the component (A), in which the component (A) has both a repeating unit “a” of a lithium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, or an ammonium salt of sulfonamide including a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a repeating unit “b” having a silicon atom, —R1—C(?O)—N?—SO2—Rf1M+??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Osamu Watanabe, Takayuki Fujiwara, Yasuyoshi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200190275
    Abstract: The present invention is a composite stretchable film including: a surface film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 1 containing a copolymer of one or more of units “a1” to “a4” and silicone-pendant type urethane units “b1” and/or “b2” represented by the following general formula (1); and an inner film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 2 containing a unit “c” having polyether and urethane bonds represented by the following general formula (2), on which the surface film is laminated. The present invention provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and a method for forming the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Joe IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200113464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including (A) an ionic material and (C) a metal powder, wherein the component (A) is a polymer compound containing a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from the group consisting of an ammonium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, and a silver salt of any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and fluorosulfonamide. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even though it is wetted with water or dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Koji HASEGAWA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Yasuyoshi KURODA
  • Patent number: 10610116
    Abstract: An adhesive composition including a resin and an electro-conductive material, wherein the electro-conductive material is one or more salts selected from sodium salt, potassium salt, and calcium salt having two fluorosulfonic acid structures per molecule and 5 or more carbon atoms shown by formula (1): ?O3S—Y—La-A-Lb-Y—SO3?(Mn+)2/n (1), wherein, A represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms and optionally substituted by a heteroatom or optionally interposed by a heteroatom; La and Lb each represent a linking group like an ether group, ester group; Y represents an alkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms, containing 1-6 fluorine atoms, and optionally containing a carbonyl group; Mn+ represents any of Na+, K+, Ca2+. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode with excellent electric conductivity, biocompatibility, and light weight, which can be manufactured at low cost and without large lowering of electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Masaki Ohashi, Yasuyoshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10610906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a resist composition which is used in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor apparatus, comprising the steps of: cleaning a manufacturing apparatus for the resist composition with a cleaning solution; analyzing the cleaning solution taken out from the manufacturing apparatus; repeating the step of cleaning and the step of analyzing until a concentration of a nonvolatile component(s) contained in the cleaning solution became 10 ppm or less; and manufacturing the resist composition by using the manufacturing apparatus after the step of repeating. There can be provided a method for manufacturing a resist composition which can manufacture a resist composition lowered in coating defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoaki Iwabuchi, Tsutomu Ogihara, Yukio Hoshi, Yusuke Biyajima
  • Publication number: 20200102417
    Abstract: A stretchable film includes, in a stacked form: a polyurethane film containing a repeating unit having a fluorine atom; and a polyurethane film containing a repeating unit having a silicon atom. At least one surface of the stretchable film is made of the polyurethane film containing a repeating unit having a fluorine atom. Thus, provided are: a stretchable film having excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency; and a method for forming the stretchable film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Koji HASEGAWA, Shiori NONAKA, Joe IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10603696
    Abstract: This is to provide a process for manufacturing a resist composition which can prepare a resist composition lowered in coating defects, and the manufacturing process is a process for manufacturing a resist composition to be used in a process for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, the process comprising the steps of: cleaning a manufacturing apparatus for a resist composition with a cleaning solution; analyzing the cleaning solution taken out from the manufacturing apparatus; repeating the step of cleaning and the step of analyzing until a concentration of metal components contained in the cleaning solution becomes 5 ppb or less; and manufacturing the resist composition by using the manufacturing apparatus after the step of repeating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ogihara, Motoaki Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 10591817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a composition for forming a coating film for a lithography used in manufacture of a semiconductor device by using a producing apparatus provided with a metal adsorbent and a filter, comprising the steps of: (1) introducing a solvent used in the composition into the producing apparatus, (2) circulating the solvent in the producing apparatus to adsorb a metal impurity by the metal adsorbent, (3) adding a raw material of the composition into the circulated solvent and homogenizing them to prepare the composition, and (4) circulating the prepared composition in the producing apparatus to remove a microscopic foreign matter by the filter. This method enables to produce a composition for forming a coating film for a lithography with its metal impurities, which cause an etching defect, extremely reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ogihara, Motoaki Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 10584221
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stretchable film including: a cured product of a composition which contains (A) a poly(meth)acrylate compound having a polymerizable double bond and a siloxane bond, (B) a (meth)acrylate compound having a urethane bond, and (C) an organic solvent having a boiling point in the range of 115 to 200° C. at atmospheric pressure; wherein the component (A) is localized in the direction of the surface of the film. The stretchable film of the present invention is excellent in stretchability and strength as well as repellency on the film surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Motoaki Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20200060614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including a silsesquioxane bonded to a sulfonimide salt, wherein the sulfonimide salt is shown by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that may have an aromatic group, an ether group, or an ester group, or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms containing at least one fluorine atom; M+ is an ion selected from a lithium ion, a sodium ion, a potassium ion, and a silver ion. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even though it is wetted with water or dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Yasuyoshi KURODA
  • Publication number: 20200060565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including a silsesquioxane bonded to a sulfonic acid salt shown by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, optionally containing an ether group or an ester group, and the alkylene group may also contain an aromatic group; Rf1 and Rf2 represent H, F, O, or a CF3 group and can form a carbonyl group with a carbon atom bonded therewith; Rf3 and Rf4 represent H, F, or a CF3 group and one or more fluorine atoms are contained in Rf1 to Rf4; M is selected from Na, K, and Ag. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Yasuyoshi KURODA
  • Publication number: 20200040125
    Abstract: The present invention is a stretchable film of a cured product of a resin including: a polymer compound having a urethane bond in the main chain, a repeating unit containing a fluorine atom, and a repeating unit containing a silicon atom. The present invention provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and a method for forming the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Motoaki IWABUCHI, Joe IKEDA, Shiori NONAKA, Koji HASEGAWA