Patents by Inventor Naoko Mikami

Naoko Mikami 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: 11746407
    Abstract: A method includes: sandwiching a plastic layer between a glass substrate and a metal plate made of an iron-nickel alloy and joining the metal plate to the glass substrate with the plastic layer in between; forming a mask portion including a plurality of mask holes from the metal plate; joining a surface of the mask portion that is opposite to a surface of the mask portion that is in contact with the plastic layer to a mask frame, which has a higher rigidity than the mask portion and is in a shape of a frame surrounding the mask holes of the mask portion; and peeling off the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sato, Reiji Terada, Naoko Mikami
  • Patent number: 11746423
    Abstract: A rolled metal sheet includes an obverse surface and a reverse surface that is a surface located opposite to the obverse surface. At least either one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a processing object. A method for manufacturing a metal mask substrate includes reducing a thickness of the rolled metal sheet to 10 ?m or less by etching the processing object by 3 ?m or more by use of an acidic etching liquid, and roughening the processing object so that the processing object becomes a resist formation surface that has a surface roughness Rz of 0.2 ?m or more, thereby obtaining a metal mask sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Mikami, Sumika Tamura, Reiji Terada, Masashi Kurata, Daisei Fujito, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Takehiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 11453940
    Abstract: A vapor deposition metal mask substrate includes a nickel-containing metal sheet including a obverse surface and a reverse surface, which is opposite to the obverse surface. At least one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a target surface for placing a resist layer. The target surface has a surface roughness Sa of less than or equal to 0.019 ?m. The target surface has a surface roughness Sz of less than or equal to 0.308 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumika Tamura, Mikio Shinno, Daisei Fujito, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Takehiro Nishi, Naoko Mikami
  • Patent number: 11390953
    Abstract: The ratio of the difference between a surface distance L at each of the different positions in a width direction DW of a metal sheet and a minimum surface distance Lm to the minimum surface distance Lm is an elongation difference ratio. The elongation difference ratio in a center section in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than or equal to 3×10?5. The elongation difference ratios in two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet are less than or equal to 15×10?5. The elongation difference ratio in at least one of the two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than the elongation difference ratio in the center section in the width direction of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Shinno, Reiji Terada, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Masashi Kurata, Kenta Takeda, Naoko Mikami, Sumika Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20220042160
    Abstract: A method includes: sandwiching a plastic layer between a glass substrate and a metal plate made of an iron-nickel alloy and joining the metal plate to the glass substrate with the plastic layer in between; forming a mask portion including a plurality of mask holes from the metal plate; joining a surface of the mask portion that is opposite to a surface of the mask portion that is in contact with the plastic layer to a mask frame, which has a higher rigidity than the mask portion and is in a shape of a frame surrounding the mask holes of the mask portion; and peeling off the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke SATO, Reiji TERADA, Naoko MIKAMI
  • Patent number: 11180843
    Abstract: A method includes: sandwiching a plastic layer between a glass substrate and a metal plate made of an iron-nickel alloy and joining the metal plate to the glass substrate with the plastic layer in between; forming a mask portion including a plurality of mask holes from the metal plate; joining a surface of the mask portion that is opposite to a surface of the mask portion that is in contact with the plastic layer to a mask frame, which has a higher rigidity than the mask portion and is in a shape of a frame surrounding the mask holes of the mask portion; and peeling off the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sato, Reiji Terada, Naoko Mikami
  • Publication number: 20210355586
    Abstract: A rolled metal sheet includes an obverse surface and a reverse surface that is a surface located opposite to the obverse surface. At least either one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a processing object. A method for manufacturing a metal mask substrate includes reducing a thickness of the rolled metal sheet to 10 ?m or less by etching the processing object by 3 ?m or more by use of an acidic etching liquid, and roughening the processing object so that the processing object becomes a resist formation surface that has a surface roughness Rz of 0.2 ?m or more, thereby obtaining a metal mask sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Naoko MIKAMI, Sumika TAMURA, Reiji TERADA, Masashi KURATA, Daisei FUJITO, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Takehiro NISHI
  • Patent number: 11111585
    Abstract: A rolled metal sheet includes an obverse surface and a reverse surface that is a surface located opposite to the obverse surface. At least either one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a processing object. A method for manufacturing a metal mask substrate includes reducing a thickness of the rolled metal sheet to 10 ?m or less by etching the processing object by 3 ?m or more by use of an acidic etching liquid, and roughening the processing object so that the processing object becomes a resist formation surface that has a surface roughness Rz of 0.2 ?m or more, thereby obtaining a metal mask sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Mikami, Sumika Tamura, Reiji Terada, Masashi Kurata, Daisei Fujito, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Takehiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 10876215
    Abstract: A vapor deposition metal mask substrate includes a nickel-containing metal sheet including a obverse surface and a reverse surface, which is opposite to the obverse surface. At least one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a target surface for placing a resist layer. The target surface has a surface roughness Sa of less than or equal to 0.019 ?m. The target surface has a surface roughness Sz of less than or equal to 0.308 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumika Tamura, Mikio Shinno, Daisei Fujito, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Takehiro Nishi, Naoko Mikami
  • Publication number: 20200399770
    Abstract: A vapor deposition metal mask substrate includes a nickel-containing metal sheet including a obverse surface and a reverse surface, which is opposite to the obverse surface. At least one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a target surface for placing a resist layer. The target surface has a surface roughness Sa of less than or equal to 0.019 ?m. The target surface has a surface roughness Sz of less than or equal to 0.308 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Sumika TAMURA, Mikio SHINNO, Daisei FUJITO, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Takehiro NISHI, Naoko MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200362465
    Abstract: The ratio of the difference between a surface distance L at each of the different positions in a width direction DW of a metal sheet and a minimum surface distance Lm to the minimum surface distance Lm is an elongation difference ratio. The elongation difference ratio in a center section in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than or equal to 3×10?5. The elongation difference ratios in two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet are less than or equal to 15×10?5. The elongation difference ratio in at least one of the two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than the elongation difference ratio in the center section in the width direction of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Mikio SHINNO, Reiji TERADA, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Masashi KURATA, Kenta TAKEDA, Naoko MIKAMI, Sumika AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10767266
    Abstract: The ratio of the difference between a surface distance L at each of the different positions in a width direction DW of a metal sheet and a minimum surface distance Lm to the minimum surface distance Lm is an elongation difference ratio. The elongation difference ratio in a center section in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than or equal to 3×10?5. The elongation difference ratios in two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet are less than or equal to 15×10?5. The elongation difference ratio in at least one of the two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than the elongation difference ratio in the center section in the width direction of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Shinno, Reiji Terada, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Masashi Kurata, Kenta Takeda, Naoko Mikami, Sumika Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20200274068
    Abstract: A metal foil includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has a first nickel mass proportion (mass %), which is a percentage of a mass of nickel in a sum of a mass of iron and the mass of nickel at the first surface. The second surface has a second nickel mass proportion (mass %), which is a percentage of a mass of nickel in a sum of a mass of iron and the mass of nickel at the second surface. An absolute value of a difference between the first nickel mass proportion (mass %) and the second nickel mass proportion (mass %) is a mass difference (mass %). A value obtained by dividing the mass difference by a thickness (?m) of the vapor deposition mask substrate is a standard value. The standard value is less than or equal to 0.05 (mass %/?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Mikio SHINNO, Masashi KURATA, Naoko MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200208251
    Abstract: A method includes: sandwiching a plastic layer between a glass substrate and a metal plate made of an iron-nickel alloy and joining the metal plate to the glass substrate with the plastic layer in between; forming a mask portion including a plurality of mask holes from the metal plate; joining a surface of the mask portion that is opposite to a surface of the mask portion that is in contact with the plastic layer to a mask frame, which has a higher rigidity than the mask portion and is in a shape of a frame surrounding the mask holes of the mask portion; and peeling off the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sato, Reiji Terada, Naoko Mikami
  • Patent number: 10273569
    Abstract: A metal mask substrate includes a metal surface to which a resist is to be disposed. A specular reflectance of incident light to the surface is 45.2% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumika Tamura, Naoko Mikami, Daisei Fujito, Kiyoaki Nishitsuji, Takehiro Nishi
  • Publication number: 20180312979
    Abstract: The ratio of the difference between a surface distance L at each of the different positions in a width direction DW of a metal sheet and a minimum surface distance Lm to the minimum surface distance Lm is an elongation difference ratio. The elongation difference ratio in a center section in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than or equal to 3×10?5. The elongation difference ratios in two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet are less than or equal to 15×10?5. The elongation difference ratio in at least one of the two edge sections in the width direction DW of the metal sheet is less than the elongation difference ratio in the center section in the width direction of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Mikio SHINNO, Reiji TERADA, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Masashi KURATA, Kenta TAKEDA, Naoko MIKAMI, Sumika AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180066352
    Abstract: A metal mask substrate includes a metal surface to which a resist is to be disposed. A specular reflectance of incident light to the surface is 45.2% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sumika TAMURA, Naoko MIKAMI, Daisei FUJITO, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Takehiro NISHI
  • Publication number: 20180065162
    Abstract: A rolled metal sheet includes an obverse surface and a reverse surface that is a surface located opposite to the obverse surface. At least either one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a processing object. A method for manufacturing a metal mask substrate includes reducing a thickness of the rolled metal sheet to 10 ?m or less by etching the processing object by 3 ?m or more by use of an acidic etching liquid, and roughening the processing object so that the processing object becomes a resist formation surface that has a surface roughness Rz of 0.2 ?m or more, thereby obtaining a metal mask sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Naoko MIKAMI, Sumika TAMURA, Reiji TERADA, Masashi KURATA, Daisei FUJITO, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Takehiro NISHI
  • Publication number: 20180038002
    Abstract: A vapor deposition metal mask substrate includes a nickel-containing metal sheet including a obverse surface and a reverse surface, which is opposite to the obverse surface. At least one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface is a target surface for placing a resist layer. The target surface has a surface roughness Sa of less than or equal to 0.019 ?m. The target surface has a surface roughness Sz of less than or equal to 0.308 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sumika TAMURA, Mikio SHINNO, Daisei FUJITO, Kiyoaki NISHITSUJI, Takehiro NISHI, Naoko MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20040052747
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition which comprises one or more kinds of mono-N&agr;-long-chain acylarginines and/or one or more kinds of powders selected from powders subjected to a surface treatment with a mono-N&agr;-long-chain acylarginine and (B) a silicone compound for cosmetics and/or an amphoteric surfactant and is preferably applied to hair or skin. The composition has a feature of imparting gloss and elasticity to hair and skin, whilst little sliminess to skin and scalp during rinsing and little tackiness after drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Naoko Mikami, Hirofumi Yokota, Eiko Oshimura