Patents by Inventor Motoaki Sugino

Motoaki Sugino 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).

  • Thermal transfer recording material and thermal transfer recording method
    Patent number: 6713432
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording material comprising a support having thereon an image transferring layer containing a coloring material represented by Formula (I), Formula (I): wherein each R11 and R12 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group; R13 is a substituent and n is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when n is 2 or more, a plurality of R13s are the same or different; R14 is an alkyl group; and each R15 and R16 is independently an alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Dai Ikemizu, Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Motoaki Sugino, Norio Miura
  • Thermal transfer recording material and thermal transfer recording method
    Publication number: 20020151437
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording material comprising a support having thereon an image transferring layer containing a coloring material represented by Formula (I), Formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Dai Ikemizu, Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Motoaki Sugino, Norio Miura
  • Thermal transfer recording material
    Patent number: 6337304
    Abstract: An image receiving sheet characterized by comprising an image receiving layer composed of a metal ion containing compound capable of forming chelate with a thermally transferable dye and an acryl resin composed of styrene and acrylonitrile as component unit, and an image forming method employing it are disclosed. Discoloration or smudge are prevented, glossiness is excellent, dye acceptability is high and image storage stability is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yorihiro Yamaya, Motoaki Sugino, Masaki Nakamura, Atsushi Tomotake, Kaori Fukumuro
  • Dye usable for photographic lightsensitive material, fine solid particle dispersion of said dye and silver halide photographic lightsensitive material containing said fine solid particle dispersion of said dye
    Patent number: 6187929
    Abstract: A dye represented by the following formula (1); Formula (1)  wherein A represents an acidic nucleus, L1, L2 and L3 represent a methine group, n represents 0, 1 or 2, Z represents a nonmetalic atom group necessary to form a heterocyclic group by bonding with a nitrogen atom included in the above formula (1), Y represents a substituent represented by the following formula (2) or a heterocyclic group; Formula (2)  wherein R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group, and R1 and R2 may form a ring by bonding with each other, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an electron withdrawing group: said dye represented by the above formula (1) has at least one carboxy group or one alkylsulfonamide group in an aromatic ring portion of its molecular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Motoaki Sugino, Akira Onishi
  • Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material
    Patent number: 5998117
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support and one or more photographic constituent layers and at least one of said layers contains a dye capable of being decolored by reacting with a color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Motoaki Sugino, Nobuaki Kagawa, Shigeto Hirabayashi, Atsushi Tomotake, Satoshi Nakagawa