Patents by Inventor Naoko Ochi

Naoko Ochi 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: 11643533
    Abstract: Provided are a film having an excellent balance between heat seal strength and opening strength, a method of producing the film, and a bag obtained by heat-sealing the film. According to the present invention, there is provided a film containing a resin, wherein a resin density of the film is 860 kg/m3 or more and less than 900 kg/m3, and on at least one surface of the film, an arithmetic mean height Sa satisfies the following Expression [1]: 0.10 ?m?Sa?0.50 ?m??[1], and a minimum autocorrelation length Sal satisfies the following Expression [2]: 0.2 ?m?Sal?10.4 ?m??[2].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Hiroshi Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20220411730
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve a sensation of piquant pungency of a packaged alcoholic beverage without a significant effect on the aroma of the beverage. By adding from 1.0 to 50 ppm of yucca saponin to an alcoholic beverage with an alcohol content of from 1 to 9.5 v/v %, a sensation of alcohol pungency in a packaged alcoholic beverage can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Kazuki Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20220340846
    Abstract: An object is to improve a sensation of piquant pungency of an alcoholic beverage without a significant effect on the aroma of the beverage. By adding from 0.1 to 5 ppm of chitosan to an alcoholic beverage with an alcohol content of from 1 to 10 v/v %, a sensation of alcohol pungency in a packaged alcoholic beverage can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuki Yoshihara, Naoko Ochi
  • Patent number: 11472899
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer capable of implementing formation of a film having excellent slipperiness and suppressed fish eyes, a method of producing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, an ethylene-based resin composition containing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, and a film containing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer or the ethylene-based resin composition. An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer according to the present invention has: a monomer unit (1) based on ethylene; and a monomer unit (2) based on an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein a branching parameter is 0.70 to 0.90, and a light scattering area ratio is 1.60 to 3.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Risa Murata, Yuki Azuma
  • Patent number: 11149102
    Abstract: A film including a resin component is provided. The resin density is 900 kg/m3 or more and 930 kg/m3 or less. The load length ratio (Tp(50)) at cutting level 50% of the surface roughness curve of at least one film surface is 0.01% or more and 29.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Tomokazu Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20210284829
    Abstract: Provided are a film having an excellent balance between heat seal strength and opening strength, a method of producing the film, and a bag obtained by heat-sealing the film. According to the present invention, there is provided a film containing a resin, wherein a resin density of the film is 860 kg/m3 or more and less than 900 kg/m3, and on at least one surface of the film, an arithmetic mean height Sa satisfies the following Expression [1]: 0.10 ?m?Sa?0.50 ?m??[1], and a minimum autocorrelation length Sal satisfies the following Expression [2]: 0.2 ?m?Sal?10.4 ?m??[2].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Naoko OCHI, Hiroshi TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20210122854
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer capable of implementing formation of a film having excellent slipperiness and suppressed fish eyes, a method of producing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, an ethylene-based resin composition containing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, and a film containing the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer or the ethylene-based resin composition. An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer according to the present invention has: a monomer unit (1) based on ethylene; and a monomer unit (2) based on an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein a branching parameter is 0.70 to 0.90, and a light scattering area ratio is 1.60 to 3.60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko OCHI, Risa MURATA, Yuki AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20190382515
    Abstract: A film including a resin component is provided. The resin density is 900 kg/m3 or more and 930 kg/m3 or less. The load length ratio (Tp(50)) at cutting level 50% of the surface roughness curve of at least one film surface is 0.01% or more and 29.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Naoko OCHI, Tomokazu YASUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9200093
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method which can simply suppress fouling in a reactor and, according to the present invention, there is provided a method of polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using a catalyst formed by bringing (A) a transition metal compound represented by the following general formula [3] or ?-oxo type transition metal compound dimer thereof and (B) an activating agent into contact with one another, the method comprising polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers in a solvent to which a surfactant-containing particle obtained by mixing a particle composed of an inorganic compound or an organic polymer, and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula [1] and a compound represented by general formula [2] has been added. R1—O—(—R2—O—)m-Q1??[1] R1?C(?O)NR52??[2] L1aM2X1b??[3].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Shinyo Tamura
  • Patent number: 8871885
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer wherein the copolymer has a monomer unit based on ethylene and a monomer unit based on an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, the density (d) is 860 to 950 kg/m3, the melt flow rate (MFR) is 1 to 100 g/10 min, the ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn) is 4 to 30, the ratio (Mz/Mw) of the Z average molecular weight (Mz) to the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 2 to 5, the swell ratio (SR) is 1.8 or more, and the characteristic relaxation time (?) obtained by linear viscoelasticity measurement is 0.01 to 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi, Yasutoyo Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20140288251
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method which can simply suppress fouling in a reactor and, according to the present invention, there is provided a method of polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers using a catalyst formed by bringing (A) a transition metal compound represented by the following general formula [3] or ?-oxo type transition metal compound dimer thereof and (B) an activating agent into contact with one another, the method comprising polymerizing addition polymerizable monomers in a solvent to which a surfactant-containing particle obtained by mixing a particle composed of an inorganic compound or an organic polymer, and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula [1] and a compound represented by general formula [2] has been added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Ochi, Shinyo Tamura
  • Patent number: 8841396
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer has a density of 860 to 950 kg/m3 and a melt flow rate of 0.01 to 100 g/10 min, wherein in a molecular weight curve measured by gel permeation chromatography, the molecular weight of the copolymer providing the highest peak exists within the range of 10,000 to 20,000, wherein the height of the peak at a molecular weight of 177,000 is 5 to 30% where the height of the highest peak is 100%, wherein a characteristic relaxation time of the copolymer satisfies a relation represented by formula (1), and wherein the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer exhibits more than one melt peak observed by a differential scanning calorimeter. 40.2×MFR?0.606<?<71.8×MFR?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi
  • Patent number: 8809462
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer comprising monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, having a density (d) of 860 to 950 kg/m3, having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.01 to 100 g/10 min, having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, and having a single melting peak measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi
  • Patent number: 8501891
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer wherein the copolymer has a monomer unit based on ethylene and a monomer unit based on an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, the density (d) is 860 to 950 kg/m3, the melt flow rate (MFR) is 1 to 100 g/10 min, the flow activation energy (Ea) is 60 kJ/mol or more, the ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn) is 5.5 to 30, the ratio (Mz/Mw) of the Z average molecular weight (Mz) to the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 2 to 5, and the swell ratio (SR) is 1.55 or more and less than 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Yasutoyo Kawashima, Naoko Ochi
  • Patent number: 8436101
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, which has a high melt tension but a small neck-in, and a molded object produced by extrusion molding of the copolymer. An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer having a monomer unit based on ethylene and a monomer unit based on an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, which has a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min, a density (d) of 850 to 940 kg/m3, a ratio (Mw/Mn) of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) of 2 to 12, and a value g* defined by the following formula (I) of 0.50 to 0.75: g*=[?]/([?]GPC×gSCB*)??(I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Yasutoyo Kawashima, Naoko Ochi, Takuya Ogane
  • Patent number: 8383848
    Abstract: A transition metal compound represented by the formula (1-1) or the formula (1-2) (M is a transition metal atom) and a process for producing a catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising a step of bringing the transition metal compound into contact with a co-catalytic component for activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidenori Hanaoka, Masato Takano, Naoko Ochi, Kazuo Takaoki, Kazuyuki Ito, Masayuki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20130041119
    Abstract: A method for producing an olefin polymer, including: polymerizing olefin monomers using the following substance (A1), the following substance (A2), and an activating agent (B): the substance (A1): a complex represented by the following general formula (1-1) or (1-2) the substance (A2): a transition metal compound represented by the following general formula (8) or a ?-oxo-type dimer of a transition metal compound represented by the general formula (8)
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko OCHI, Yoshinobu NOZUE
  • Publication number: 20130005930
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer has a density of 860 to 950 kg/m3 and a melt flow rate of 0.01 to 100 g/10 min, wherein in a molecular weight curve measured by gel permeation chromatography, the molecular weight of the copolymer providing the highest peak exists within the range of 10,000 to 20,000, wherein the height of the peak at a molecular weight of 177,000 is 5 to 30% where the height of the highest peak is 100%, wherein a characteristic relaxation time of the copolymer satisfies a relation represented by formula (1), and wherein the ethylene-?-olefin copolymer exhibits more than one melt peak observed by a differential scanning calorimeter. 40.2×MFR?0.606<?<71.8×MFR?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi
  • Patent number: 8299194
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer comprising monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, having a density (d) of 860 to 950 kg/m3, having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.05 to 100 g/10 min, having a ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) thereof to the number average molecular weight (Mn) thereof of 2 to 10, having a swell ratio (SR) of less than 1.35, and having a g* of 0.50 to 0.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi
  • Publication number: 20120065352
    Abstract: An ethylene-?-olefin copolymer comprising monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, having a density (d) of 860 to 950 kg/m3, having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.05 to 100 g/10 min, having a ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) thereof to the number average molecular weight (Mn) thereof of 2 to 10, having a swell ratio (SR) of less than 1.35, and having a g* of 0.50 to 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nozue, Naoko Ochi