Patents by Inventor Naoki Watanabe
Naoki Watanabe 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).
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Publication number: 20250084412Abstract: Provided is a drug that allows highly-efficient skipping of exon. The present invention provides an antisense oligomer wherein two or more unit oligomers targeting sequences that are neither consecutive nor overlap with each other in the same exon are connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicants: NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD., NATIONAL CENTER OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRYInventors: Naoki Watanabe, Yuuichirou Tone, Shin'ichi Takeda, Tetsuya Nagata
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Publication number: 20250076083Abstract: Magnets are arranged at intervals along a stroke direction with an interposed space. Magnetic pole surfaces of adjacent ones of the magnets have opposite poles. A detector is arranged with a gap in a gap direction against a magnetic pole surface of each of the magnets and acquires a sine signal and a cosine signal as detection signals of phases corresponding to the positions of the magnets, based on a change in a magnetic field received from the magnets according to movement of the detector relative to the detection object in the stroke direction. A signal processor acquires the sine signal and the cosine signal from the detector, generates, based on the sine signal and the cosine signal, an arctangent signal corresponding to a stroke amount of the detection object relative to the detector, and acquires the arctangent signal as a position signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Yuki MATSUMOTO, Tsukasa KONO, Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya OHMI, Michihiro MAKITA, Naoki WATANABE, Sukhwa JUNG
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Publication number: 20250068271Abstract: Provided is an active pen used with electronic equipment including a touch sensor that is of a capacitive system and that includes sensor electrodes, the active pen including a receiving circuit that receives an uplink signal from the electronic equipment, a transmitting circuit that transmits a downlink signal to the electronic equipment, an attendant function circuit that performs an attendant function different from reception of the uplink signal and transmission of the downlink signal, and a controller that controls operation of the receiving circuit, the transmitting circuit, or the attendant function circuit according to a plurality of kinds of operation modes including a normal mode and a low power consumption mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Yoshio NOMURA, Masafumi UTSUGI, Jun KADOWAKI, Ryutaro NITOBE, Susumu YAMADA, Haruhiko HISANO, Hideyuki HARA, Naoki WATANABE
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Publication number: 20250062724Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes a low-noise amplifier configured to amplify a radio-frequency signal, a switching circuit coupled between the low-noise amplifier and an antenna connection terminal, and a bias circuit configured to supply a direct-current bias voltage to the low-noise amplifier 11. The switching circuit includes a terminal coupled to the low-noise amplifier and a terminal coupled to the antenna connection terminal, and a transistor including a gate terminal and a p-type first substrate, configured to alternate the connection and disconnection between the terminals and in response to a voltage applied to the gate terminal. The bias circuit, the terminal, and the first substrate are coupled for direct-current conduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Naoki MORIKAWA, Daisuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20250051581Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polymer emulsion having excellent preservation stability, a thermosetting resin composition containing the polymer emulsion, and having excellent curability at low temperature, a coating material containing the thermosetting resin composition, a resin cured film obtained by curing the thermosetting resin composition, a coating film including the resin cured film, and a method for storing the polymer emulsion. The present invention includes an invention of a polymer emulsion (B) including a polymer (A) containing a constituent unit (A-1), and water, wherein a content ratio of the constituent unit (A-1) when a total content of all constituent units of the polymer (A) is defined as 100 mol % is 0.5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: Resonac CorporationInventors: Yuki WATANABE, Naoki SEKIOKA
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Publication number: 20250042933Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which causes skipping of the 53rd exon in the human dystrophin gene with a high efficiency. The present invention provides an oligomer which efficiently enables to cause skipping of the 53rd exon in the human dystrophin gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicants: NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD., NATIONAL CENTER OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRYInventors: Naoki Watanabe, Youhei Satou, Shin'ichi Takeda, Tetsuya Nagata
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Patent number: 12218469Abstract: A crimping terminal includes a conductor crimping portion, the conductor crimping portion including: a bottom plate on which a conductor of an electric wire is disposed; and a pair of conductor tightening pieces extending from both side edges of the bottom plate, the conductor crimping portion configured to be crimped and connected to the conductor by tightening the conductor in a state where the conductor is covered with the conductor tightening pieces. The conductor crimping portion includes a serration extending in a groove shape across the pair of conductor tightening pieces and the bottom plate in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the conductor to be disposed on the bottom plate, and a width of an opening of the serration is equal to or larger than a width of a bottom surface of the serration.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Ito, Kazuma Watanabe, Michihiro Mori
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Patent number: 12211720Abstract: A vacuum transfer device configured to transfer a substrate in a vacuum includes: a flat motor including a body, a plurality of electromagnetic coils arrayed in the body, and a current controller that controls a current supplied to the electromagnetic coil; a transfer unit including a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate, and a base having a plurality of magnets arrayed therein and magnetically levitating from a surface of the body by a magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic coil, and move in a magnetically levitating state thereby moving the substrate holder; and a temperature controller configured to adjust temperature of at least a portion of the body. The temperature of the transfer unit is adjusted by stopping the magnetic levitation of the base by controlling the current supplied to the electromagnetic coil, and bringing the base into contact with a temperature-adjusted portion of the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Tatsuo Hatano, Naoki Watanabe, Tetsuya Miyashita
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Publication number: 20250026020Abstract: To activate communication between an autonomous operation body and a user. Providing an information processing device that includes: an application control unit that controls operation of an application relating to communication between an autonomous operation body and a user; and a reflection unit that causes the autonomous operation body to reflect an operation performed by the user in the application. In the information processing device, the application control unit controls operation of an avatar imitating the autonomous operation body, and the reflection unit causes the autonomous operation body to reflect a reward obtained by the avatar on the basis of the operation performed by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: TOMOO MIZUKAMI, KEI YOSHINAKA, NAOKI YUASA, IZUMI KAWANISHI, HIROTO WATANABE, JUNICHIROU SAKATA, TOHRU KURATA, YUICHIRO TOU
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Patent number: 12202832Abstract: The present invention provides a compound or a salt thereof having a calcium-sensing receptor antagonistic activity, and being expected to be useful as an agent for preventing or treating heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or the like. The compounds represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof has a calcium-sensing receptor antagonistic activity, and is expected to be useful as an agent for preventing or treating heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or the like, wherein each symbol is as described in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Shuji Kitamura, Zenichi Ikeda, Minoru Ikoma, Koji Watanabe, Hideki Hirose, Takafumi Yukawa, Sachie Morimoto, Naoki Nishizawa, Taiji Asami
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Publication number: 20250019508Abstract: Provided is a layered body including glass and a polyamic acid heat-cured product that is readily releasable from an inorganic substrate after being heated at 250° C. A layered body including an inorganic substrate and a polyamic acid heat-cured product, the layered body being characterized by a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 or greater for the polyamic acid, and a peel strength of 0.3 N/cm or weaker between the polyamic acid heat-cured product layer and the inorganic substrate, after the layered body has been heated at 250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaya TOKUDA, Tetsuo OKUYAMA, Naoki WATANABE, Hiroyuki WAKUI, Harumi YONEMUSHI, Denichirou MIZUGUCHI
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Patent number: 12183612Abstract: A substrate transfer apparatus for transferring a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a transfer unit including a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate, and a base having therein a magnet and configured to move the substrate holder; a planar motor including a main body, a plurality of electromagnetic coils disposed in the main body, and a linear driver configured to supply a current to the electromagnetic coils, and magnetically levitate and linearly drive the base; a substrate detection sensor configured to detect the substrate when the substrate held by the substrate holder passes by; and a transfer controller configured to calculate an actual position of the substrate held by the substrate holder based on detection data of the substrate detection sensor, calculate correction values for a logical position that has been set, and correct a transfer position of the substrate based on the correction values.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Tatsuo Hatano, Naoki Watanabe
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Patent number: 12172409Abstract: An inorganic substrate/polymer film laminate with an attached protective film that allows for easy individual removal even when stored in a stacked state for a long period of time is provided. A first laminate is characterized by including an inorganic substrate, a polymer film layer and a first protective film, in that order, wherein the surface roughness Ra of the surface of the inorganic substrate opposite of the polymer film layer is 0.02-1.2 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaya Tokuda, Satoshi Maeda, Tetsuo Okuyama, Naoki Watanabe
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Patent number: 12174044Abstract: Magnets are arranged at intervals along a stroke direction with an interposed space. Magnetic pole surfaces of adjacent ones of the magnets have opposite poles. A detector is arranged with a gap in a gap direction against a magnetic pole surface of each of the magnets and acquires a sine signal and a cosine signal as detection signals of phases corresponding to the positions of the magnets, based on a change in a magnetic field received from the magnets according to movement of the detector relative to the detection object in the stroke direction. A signal processor acquires the sine signal and the cosine signal from the detector, generates, based on the sine signal and the cosine signal, an arctangent signal corresponding to a stroke amount of the detection object relative to the detector, and acquires the arctangent signal as a position signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Matsumoto, Tsukasa Kono, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Ohmi, Michihiro Makita, Naoki Watanabe, Sukhwa Jung
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Publication number: 20240419266Abstract: A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventor: Naoki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240410050Abstract: A stage structure includes a plurality of stages respectively configured to support a substrate placed thereon, a single cooling plate common to the plurality of stages, a refrigerator configured to cool the cooling plate, and an elevating device configured to thermally connect or separate a first contact surface of the plurality of stages and a second contact surface of the cooling plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Tatsuo HATANO
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Patent number: 12162397Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting and the like capable of preventing (or suppressing) vibrations of a radar unit (and as a result, capable of preventing the detection area of the radar unit from being significantly changed) are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a lamp housing; an outer lens attached to the lamp housing, the outer lens including a recessed part and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; a radar cover disposed while covering the recessed part, and forming a second space between the radar cover and the recessed part; a bracket disposed in the second space; a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket; and a first fixing part fixing one end of the bracket to the outer lens; and a second fixing part fixing the other end of the bracket to the lamp housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LID., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Watanabe, Atsushi Imori, Yuichiro Nishimura, Minoru Yamaguchi, Miho Sasaki, Hideaki Aizawa, Masayuki Takayama, Hironori Tamakawa, Takato Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240377900Abstract: An active pen includes an integrated circuit that transmits a downlink signal through a first electrode and receives an uplink signal through a second electrode different from the first electrode. The active pen includes a stop filter inserted between the second electrode and the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit, in operation, performs transmission of the downlink signal and the reception of the uplink signal at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Takeshi KOIKE, Naoki WATANABE
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Patent number: 12115755Abstract: The invention provides a laminate including a polyimide film and an inorganic substrate, which has a number density of blisters including carbide particles therein of 50/m2 or less, an average height of blisters of 2 ?m or less, a product of the number density of the blisters (blisters/m2) and the average height of the blisters (?m) of 20 or less. The inventive laminate can be obtained by laminating the polyimide film and the inorganic substrate after sufficiently purifying and cleaning to remove foreign bodies made of inorganic substance therefrom, followed by heat treating the laminate at a temperature of 350-600° C. and then rapidly cooling it to carbonize and reduce the organic foreign bodies, and also to rapidly cool the gas contained in the blisters, which leads to reduced height of blisters.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Tetsuo Okuyama, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Naoki Watanabe, Kaya Tokuda, Shota Hara
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Patent number: 12105898Abstract: A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Watanabe