Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Morooka

Naoyuki Morooka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084062
    Abstract: Provided are a composition containing a component A and a component B, a cured substance or a molded body thereof, an optical member and a lens. Component A: A compound having a nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring as a partial structure Component B: A compound represented by any of General Formulae (B1) to (B5) In General Formulae (B1) to (B5), Ar101 to Ar104 represent an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, X1 represents a monovalent substituent, Y1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, and adjacent two of Ar101 to Ar104, X1, and Y1 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, where none of the monovalent substituents employed as X1 or Y1 is an aryl group or a heteroaryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NAKAYAMA, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Patent number: 11873426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula A and a compound represented by General Formula B. ArL-Sp-Pol)n??(General Formula A) In General Formula A, Ar represents an n-valent group containing a nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring as a partial structure; L represents a linking group such as —O— and —C(?O)O—; Sp represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol represents a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; n represents 1 or 2; and the compound represented by General Formula A has at least one polymerizable group. In General Formula B, R?, R?, and R?? are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R? and R? or R? and R?? may be bonded to each other to form a ring that may have a substituent; and W is a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakayama, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20230364887
    Abstract: Provided are a polymer film including a layer A and a layer B on at least one surface of the layer A, in which the layer A contains a polymer having a dielectric loss tangent of 0.01 or less or at least one polymer A selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal polymer, a fluorine-based polymer, a polymerized substance of a compound which has a cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group and a group having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a polyphenylene ether, and an aromatic polyether ketone, the layer B contains an additive, and the layer B has an inflection point in a change in elastic modulus due to a change in temperature or a change in deformation rate, or has a reduced elastic modulus under pressurization; a laminate using the polymer film; and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Sasada, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20230265058
    Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by the following General Formula (A1-1), a method for producing the same, and the use of the compound: wherein R5 and R6 represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, L1 and L2 represent an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, Spa and Spb represent a single bond or a divalent linking group, R11 and R21 represent a substituent, and v1 and w1 are an integer of 0 to 4. Further provided that a structure represented by (R11)v1-benzen ring/cyclopentadiene skeleton/naphthalene ring-(R21)w1 is not line-symmetrical, where “/” represents that two rings described on left and right sides of the structure are fused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NAKAYAMA, Kosuke CHIBA, Naoyuki MOROOKA
  • Publication number: 20230212136
    Abstract: Provided are a curable resin composition including a near-ultraviolet light-absorbing organic compound, indium tin oxide particles, and a polymer having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (P) and having an acidic group at one terminal, in which the near-ultraviolet light-absorbing organic compound is a compound that has a maximal value at 300 to 400 nm in an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 300 to 800 nm and does not substantially absorb light at a wavelength of 410 to 800 nm; a cured product formed of the curable resin composition; a diffractive optical element; and a multilayer diffractive optical element. ArP represents an aryl group and LP and RP1 represent a specific group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke CHIBA, Naozumi SHIRAIWA, Takafumi NAKAYAMA, Naoyuki MOROOKA
  • Publication number: 20230183406
    Abstract: Provided are the following compound represented by General Formula (A) or (B), a curable resin composition including the compound, a cured product thereof, an optical member, and a lens: A ring Ar1 and a ring Ar2 represent an aromatic ring represented by a specific formula or a fused ring thereof, R1 and R2 represent a specific substituent, and v and w are a specific integer. R3 and R4 represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, L1 and L2 represent an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and Spa to Spd represent a single bond or a divalent linking group. Pol1 and Pol2 represent a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group, in which at least one of Pol1 or Pol2 is a polymerizable group. Further, in the formulae, a structure represented by (R1)v—Ar1/cyclopentadiene skeleton/Ar2—(R2)w is not line-symmetrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NAKAYAMA, Kosuke Chiba, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20230096868
    Abstract: A curable resin composition for a lens, including a coloring agent A having a maximal absorption at a wavelength of 520 to 620 nm, in which a wavelength dispersion WD of a cured product of the composition, which is calculated by the following expression (X), is 2.0×10?5 or more; a cured product formed of the curable resin composition for a lens; a diffractive optical element; and a multilayer diffractive optical element. WD=(nC?n(1129))/(1129?656)??Expression (X) In the expression, nC represents a refractive index at a wavelength of 656 nm and n(1129) represents a refractive index at a wavelength of 1129 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naozumi SHIRAIWA, Naoyuki MOROOKA, Daisuke SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220403245
    Abstract: Provided are a cured product of a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (1), in which a birefringence ?n at a wavelength of 587 nm is 0.00??n?0.01; an optical member; a lens; a compound represented by General Formula (1); a curable resin composition containing the compound; a cured product; a diffractive optical element; and a multilayer diffractive optical element. Pol1-Spa-L1-Ar-L2-Spb-Pol2??Genera Formula (1) Ar represents an aromatic ring group represented by a specific formula, L1 and L2 represent —O—, Spa and Spb represent a linking group having the shortest atom number of 11 or more and linking Pol and L, Pol1 and Pol2 represent a polymerizable group, and in Spa and Spb, a linking portion to L1 or L2 is —CH2— and a linking portion to Pol1 or Pol2 is a carbon atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naozumi SHIRAIWA, Naoyuki MOROOKA
  • Patent number: 11518916
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a lens adhesive including a compound represented by General Formula 1 is provided. Pol1-Sp1-L1-Ar-L2-Sp2-Pol2??(General Formula 1) In the formula, Ar is an aromatic ring group represented by General Formula 2-2 and the like. In the formula, Z1 and Z2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, and the like; A1 and A2 each represent —S— and the like; X represents C(Rz)2 and the like (where Rz is a substituent, and two Rz's may form a ring); L1 and L2 each represent a single bond, —O—, —OC(?O)—, —OC(?O)O—, —OC(?O)NH—, and the like; Sp1 and Sp2 each represent a single bond or a linking group such as a linear alkylene group; Pol1 and Pol2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; and a compound represented by General Formula 1 has at least one polymerizable group. Using the lens adhesive, it is possible to provide a cemented lens that is unlikely to deteriorate due to light, and an imaging module having high durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakayama, Naozumi Shiraiwa, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20220315686
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition containing a polymerizable compound represented by General Formula (A), an acylphosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator, and an amine compound. ArL-Sp-Pol)n??Genera Formula (A) Ar represents an n-valent group containing a nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring satisfying all items (i) to (iii), as a partial structure. (i) The nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring has a fused ring structure in which two or more 6-membered rings are fused. (ii) The nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring has at least one nitrogen atom as a ring-constituting atom. (iii) All ring-constituting atoms have p-orbitals, and all the p-orbitals contribute to aromaticity. L and Sp each independently represent a single bond or a divalent linking group, Pol represents a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group, and n represents 1 or 2. The polymerizable compound represented by General Formula (A) contains at least one polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakayama, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Patent number: 11396613
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cured product obtained by curing a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula 1, in which a birefringence ?n (587 nm) is 0.00??n (587 nm)?0.01. Pol1-Sp1-L1-Ar-L2-Sp2-Pol2??(General Formula 1) In the formula, Ar represents a divalent group containing a ring structure selected from the group consisting of a quinoxaline ring and a quinazoline ring; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond, —O—, —OC(?O)—, —OC(?O)O—, —OC(?O)NH—, and the like; Sp1 and Sp2 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol1 and Pol2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; and the compound represented by General Formula 1 has at least one polymerizable group. The cured product of the present invention has a small Abbe number (?d) and a large partial dispersion ratio (?g, F), and is therefore useful for production of optical members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naozumi Shiraiwa, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Patent number: 11377545
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable resin composition including a bifunctional or more (meth)acrylate compound, indium tin oxide particles, and an acidic polymer, in which the acidic polymer has a moiety including a carboxyl group at a polymer skeleton of a (meth)acrylate compound and at any one of terminals of the polymer skeleton of a (meth)acrylate compound, and an acid value of the acidic polymer is 2.0 mgKOH/g or more and less than 100 mgKOH/g. The curable resin composition of the present invention provides a transparent cured product, hardly causes bubbles to be mixed in a case of applying the curable resin composition to a mold so as to form a lattice-shaped cured product, and also has a good peeled surface shape from the mold after curing. The present invention also provides a diffractive optical element including a surface having a diffraction grating shape and formed of the cured product of the curable resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takayasu Nagai, Naozumi Shiraiwa, Takafumi Nakayama, Naoyuki Morooka, Masahiro Takata, Masanori Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11370744
    Abstract: According to the present invention, as a monomer which is unlikely to be crystallized in a curable composition for manufacturing an optical member and which enables manufacture of a cured product having a high level of moisture-heat resistance, a compound represented by General Formula (A) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakayama, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20220169766
    Abstract: A lens having high quality even after long-term storage can be manufactured using a curable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula A, a compound represented by General Formula B, and a polymerization initiator, in which a ratio of a substance amount of the compound represented by General Formula B to a substance amount of the compound represented by General Formula A is 1 to 25 mol %. In the Formulas, each portion surrounded by a broken line of Ar11, Ar12, and Ar13 represents that each of the portions may form a fused ring; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond, —O—, or the like; Sp1 and Sp2 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol1 and Pol2 each represent a polymerizable group; R3 to R6 each represent a substituent; and q, r, v, and w are each an integer of 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakayama, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20220137260
    Abstract: Provided are a polymerizable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula (I-1) or General Formula (I-2) and a polymerizable compound, applications of the polymerizable composition, a compound represented by General Formula (II), and applications of the compound. In General Formula (I-1), General Formula (I-2), and General Formula (II), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, R4 and R5 each represent an electron-withdrawing group, and A represents a 5- or 6-membered ring or the like. In General Formula (I-1), D represents O, S, or N-E, and E represents an alkyl group. At least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, or A in General Formula (II) contains a substituent selected from the group consisting of General Formula (III) and General Formula (IV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro JIMBO, Naoyuki MOROOKA
  • Patent number: 11230619
    Abstract: A curable composition contains: a cardo skeleton-containing monomer having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule; an aromatic ring-containing monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer; and an acidic phosphate ester, in which the acidic phosphate ester is a compound represented by General Formula (1), and the content of the acidic phosphate ester is 0.003% to 1% by mass with respect to a total mass of the curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Morooka
  • Publication number: 20210403438
    Abstract: A curable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula A and a salt of an acidic phosphoric acid ester is provided as a curable composition for forming a cured product that has a small Abbe number and a large partial dispersion ratio and has excellent moldability. In General Formula A, Ar represents an n-valent group containing a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring as a partial structure, L represents a linking group such as —O— and —C(?O)O—, Sp represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, Pol represents a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group, and n represents 1 or 2; and the compound represented by General Formula A has at least one polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NAKAYAMA, Naoyuki MOROOKA
  • Publication number: 20210395418
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition suitable for producing a diffractive optical element, the resin composition including an indium tin oxide particle and a near-ultraviolet light-absorbing organic compound having a maximum value of an absorbance at 340 nm to 400 nm in an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 300 nm to 780 nm and exhibiting substantially no light absorption at a wavelength of 410 to 800 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naozumi SHIRAIWA, Takayasu Nagai, Naoyuki Morooka
  • Patent number: 11078180
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a cured product obtained by curing a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula 1, in which a birefringence ?n (587 nm) is 0.00??n (587 nm)?0.01, is provided, and this cured product is suitable for manufacturing an optical member. Pol1-Sp1-L1-Ar-L2-Sp2-Pol2??(General Formula 1) In formula, Ar is an aromatic ring group represented by General Formula 2-2 and the like. In formula, Z1 and Z2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, and the like; A1 and A2 each represent —S— and the like; X represents C(Rz)2 and the like (where Rz is a substituent, and two Rz's may form a ring); L1 and L2 each represent a single bond, —O—, —OC(?O)—, —OC(?O)O—, —OC(?O)NH—, and the like; Sp1 and Sp2 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol1 and Pol2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; and a compound represented by General Formula 1 has at least one polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Morooka, Naozumi Shiraiwa
  • Publication number: 20210108012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula A and a compound represented by General Formula B. Ar?L-Sp-Pol)n??(General Formula A) In General Formula A, Ar represents an n-valent group containing a nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring as a partial structure; L represents a linking group such as —O— and —C(?O)O—; Sp represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol represents a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; n represents 1 or 2; and the compound represented by General Formula A has at least one polymerizable group. In General Formula B, R?, R?, and R?? are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R? and R? or R? and R?? may be bonded to each other to form a ring that may have a substituent; and W is a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NAKAYAMA, Naoyuki Morooka