Patents by Inventor Naoko Ito

Naoko Ito 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).

  • Patent number: 11661478
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound of the present invention is represented by the following General Formula (1). (In the General Formula (1), X is a trivalent atom or a trivalent atom group, A is a linking group including at least one polar group, B is a linking group having a perfluoropolyether chain, and D is a polar group or a substituent having a polar group at the end.) [Chem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takuya Minami, Yoshishige Okuno, Yuta Yamaguchi, Ryuuta Miyasaka, Naoya Fukumoto, Hiroko Hattori, Hiroyuki Tomita, Michio Seri, Naoko Ito, Ichiro Ota, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Patent number: 11555005
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound according to the present invention is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following General Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya Fukumoto, Ryuuta Miyasaka, Hiroyuki Tomita, Michio Seri, Naoko Ito, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Patent number: 11514945
    Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a lubricant layer having excellent adhesion to a protective layer is provided. A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium contains a fluorine-containing ether compound in which a group having an ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond is disposed at one or both terminals of a perfluoroalkyl polyether chain. It is preferable that the group having the ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond is disposed at one terminal of the perfluoroalkyl polyether chain, and a hydroxyl group is disposed at other terminal. It is preferable that the lubricant for a magnetic recording medium contains a compound in which one or more functional groups selected from a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an amido group and a carboxyl group is disposed at one or both terminals of a perfluoroalkyl polyether chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tomita, Hiroko Hattori, Naoya Fukumoto, Ryuuta Miyasaka, Naoko Ito, Ichiro Ota, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20220280396
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion composition includes (a) at least one ascorbic acid phosphate ester compound selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid phosphate esters and salts thereof, (b) an organically modified clay mineral, (c) an oil-based agent, and (d) water, in which a content of the component (b) is 0.2% by mass to 4.5% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Go FUKADA, Eiko KATO, Naoko ITO
  • Publication number: 20220267164
    Abstract: A titanium oxide powder of the present invention has a BET specific surface area of 5 m2/g or higher and 15 m2/g or lower and contains single-crystalline titanium oxide particles, in which a value (d10/d50) that is obtained by dividing a value (d10), which is obtained when a particle size distribution represented by a cumulative volume percentage of primary particle diameters of the titanium oxide particles is 10%, by a value (d50), which is obtained when a particle size distribution represented by a cumulative volume percentage thereof is 50%, is 0.3 or higher and 1 or lower, an amount of titanium oxide thereof is 99.0% by mass or more, and the titanium oxide powder has an anatase-type crystalline phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei YAKUBO, Naoko ITO, Tadashi NEYA
  • Patent number: 11332686
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by formula (1) shown below. R4—CH2—R3—CH2—R2—CH2—R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1) (In formula (1), R1 and R3 represent different perfluoropolyether chains, R2 represents a linking group containing one or more polar groups, and R4 represents a terminal group containing two or more polar groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya Fukumoto, Yuta Yamaguchi, Naoko Ito, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Patent number: 11292979
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by a formula (1) shown below. R4—CH2—R3—CH2—R2—CH2—R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R5??(1) In formula (1), R1 and R3 represent the same or different perfluoropolyether chains, R2 represents a linking group containing at least one polar group, one or both of R4 and R5 represent a terminal group containing two or more polar groups, and R4 and R5 are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Yuta Yamaguchi, Naoya Fukumoto, Naoko Ito, Hiroyuki Tomita, Ichiro Ota, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Patent number: 11279664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1), R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1). (In Formula (1), R1 is an end group including an organic group having at least one double bond or triple bond, R2 is a divalent linking group bonded to R1 by etheric oxygen, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R4 is an end group having two or three polar groups with each polar group being bonded to different carbon atoms, and the carbon atoms, to which the polar groups are bonded, being bonded to each other via a linking group including carbon atoms to which the polar groups are not bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yagyu, Yuta Yamaguchi, Naoya Fukumoto, Tsuyoshi Kato, Shoko Uetake, Hiroyuki Tomita, Ryuuta Miyasaka, Naoko Ito, Ichiro Ota, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20210401681
    Abstract: Provided is an oil-in-water-type skin external agent containing: (a) at least one tocopherol phosphate ester compound selected from the group consisting of tocopherol phosphate ester and a salt thereof; (b) gellan gum; (c) a dihydric or trihydric alcohol; (d) at least one oil component selected from the group consisting of esters of fatty acids having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and polyhydric alcohols, and vegetable oils; and (e) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Natsuno MISHINA, Naoko ITO, Manami HATANO
  • Publication number: 20210395103
    Abstract: A titanium oxide powder of the present invention contains a polyhedral-shaped titanium oxide particles, in which each particle of the polyhedral-shaped titanium oxide particles has eight or more faces and an average primary particle diameter is 300 nm or higher and 1000 nm or lower, and a crystallinity is 0.95 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei YAKUBO, Naoko ITO
  • Publication number: 20210340457
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by formula (1) shown below. R4—CH2—R3—CH2—R2—CH2—R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1) (In formula (1), R1 and R3 represent different perfluoropolyether chains, R2 represents a linking group containing one or more polar groups, and R4 represents a terminal group containing two or more polar groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya FUKUMOTO, Yuta YAMAGUCHI, Naoko ITO, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
  • Patent number: 11160744
    Abstract: A gel composition containing (a) at least one selected from tocopherol phosphoric acid esters and salts thereof; (b) carrageenan; (c) locust bean gum; (d) at least one selected from agar and glucomannan; and e) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Natsuno Mishina, Naoko Ito, Manami Hatano, Risa Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11011200
    Abstract: This fluorine-containing ether compound is represented by Formula (1). R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5??(1) (in Formula (1), R1 is an aryl group or an aralkyl group, R2 is a divalent linking group having 0 or 1 polar group, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R4 is a divalent linking group having 2 or 3 polar groups, and R5 is an aryl group or an aralkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Shoko Uetake, Naoya Fukumoto, Daisuke Yagyu, Yuta Yamaguchi, Naoko Ito, Hiroyuki Tomita, Ryuta Miyasaka, Katsumi Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20210061669
    Abstract: The titanium oxide powder of the present invention is a titanium oxide powder which has a BET specific surface area of 5 m2/g or more and 15 m2/g or less, and contains octahedral-shaped particles, wherein each octahedral-shaped particle thereof has line segments each of which connects two apexes which face each other and has a maximum value of the line segments, an average value of the maximum values is 300 nm or higher and 1000 nm or lower, and a value (D90/D10) is 1 or higher and 3 or lower, wherein the value is obtained by dividing a value (D90), which corresponds to 90% in a cumulative number percentage of the maximum values of line segments each of which connects two apexes which face each other, by a value (D10) which corresponds to 10% in the cumulative number percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei YAKUBO, Naoko ITO, Tetsuro ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20200323759
    Abstract: A gel composition containing (a) at least one selected from tocopherol phosphoric acid esters and salts thereof; (b) carrageenan; (c) locust bean gum; (d) at least one selected from agar and glucomannan; and e) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Natsuno MISHINA, Naoko ITO, Manami HATANO, Risa IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200263104
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by a formula (1) shown below. R4—CH2—R3—CH2—R2—CH2—R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R5??(1) In formula (1), R1 and R3 represent the same or different perfluoropolyether chains, R2 represents a linking group containing at least one polar group, one or both of R4 and R5 represent a terminal group containing two or more polar groups, and R4 and R5 are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta YAMAGUCHI, Naoya FUKUMOTO, Naoko ITO, Hiroyuki TOMITA, Ichiro OTA, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
  • Publication number: 20200010619
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound of the present invention is represented by the following General Formula (1). (In the General Formula (1), X is a trivalent atom or a trivalent atom group, A is a linking group including at least one polar group, B is a linking group having a perfluoropolyether chain, and D is a polar group or a substituent having a polar group at the end.) [Chem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takuya MINAMI, Yoshishige OKUNO, Yuta YAMAGUCHI, Ryuuta MIYASAKA, Naoya FUKUMOTO, Hiroko HATTORI, Hiroyuki TOMITA, Michio SERI, Naoko ITO, Ichiro OTA, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
  • Publication number: 20200002258
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound according to the present invention is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following General Formula (1). [Chem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya FUKUMOTO, Ryuuta MIYASAKA, Hiroyuki TOMITA, Michio SERI, Naoko ITO, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
  • Publication number: 20200005824
    Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a lubricant layer having excellent adhesion to a protective layer is provided. A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium contains a fluorine-containing ether compound in which a group having an ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond is disposed at one or both terminals of a perfluoroalkyl polyether chain. It is preferable that the group having the ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond is disposed at one terminal of the perfluoroalkyl polyether chain, and a hydroxyl group is disposed at other terminal. It is preferable that the lubricant for a magnetic recording medium contains a compound in which one or more functional groups selected from a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an amido group and a carboxyl group is disposed at one or both terminals of a perfluoroalkyl polyether chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOMITA, Hiroko HATTORI, Naoya FUKUMOTO, Ryuuta MIYASAKA, Naoko ITO, Ichiro OTA, Katsumi MUROFUSHI
  • Publication number: 20190084911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1), R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1). (In Formula (1), R1 is an end group including an organic group having at least one double bond or triple bond, R2 is a divalent linking group bonded to R1 by etheric oxygen, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R4 is an end group having two or three polar groups with each polar group being bonded to different carbon atoms, and the carbon atoms, to which the polar groups are bonded, being bonded to each other via a linking group including carbon atoms to which the polar groups are not bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke YAGYU, Yuta YAMAGUCHI, Naoya FUKUMOTO, Tsuyoshi KATO, Shoko UETAKE, Hiroyuki TOMITA, Ryuuta MIYASAKA, Naoko ITO, Ichiro OTA, Katsumi MUROFUSHI