Patents by Inventor Nobuo Kawato

Nobuo Kawato 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: 11866648
    Abstract: A process for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials of the present invention includes a step A of mixing together a polyisocyanate compound (i), a polymer (ii) represented by General Formula (ii), a photochromic compound (iii), and an internal release agent (iv), a step B of mixing a mixed solution obtained by the step A with a polythiol compound (v), and a step C of further mixing a mixed solution obtained by the step B with a polymerization catalyst (vi) so as to obtain a polymerizable composition for optical materials, wherein in the step A, the internal release agent (iv) is added so that a content thereof in the polymerizable composition for optical materials is 500 to 3,000 ppm, and in the step C, the polymerization catalyst (vi) is added so that a content thereof in the polymerizable composition for optical materials is 120 to 500 ppm. R1A1—R2—A2—R3]n??(ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki Kasori, Nobuo Kawato
  • Publication number: 20230228927
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material according to the present invention includes a photochromic composition (A), and a polymerizable composition (B) including a bi- or higher functional iso(thio)cyanate compound and a bi- or higher functional active hydrogen compound, in which the photochromic composition (A) is a composition including at least three types of photochromic compounds (i) to (iii), the photochromic compound (i) has a structure including a chromophore a and a monovalent or a divalent organic group including one or more types of a polysiloxane chain or a polyoxyalkylene chain, the photochromic compound (ii) has the chromophore a (which is not the photochromic compound (i)), and the photochromic compound (iii) has a chromophore b different from the chromophore a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichiro KADOWAKI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20220252771
    Abstract: An optical material satisfies the following (1) to (3) by a transmittance curve in a case in which the optical material is measured at a thickness of 2 mm, and has a* of from ?4 to 1 and b* of from ?1 to 11 as a hue in a CIE 1976 (L*, a*, b*) color space: (1) the transmittance curve has a maximum value T1 of transmittance at a wavelength of from 400 nm to 445 nm of 65% or more; (2) the transmittance curve has a minimum value T2 of transmittance at a wavelength of from 445 nm to 485 nm of 60% to 90%; and (3) a minimum value of transmittance at a wavelength of from 650 nm to 800 nm is 75% or more, and an average value of transmittance at a wavelength of from 650 nm to 800 nm is 80% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWATO, Manami TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20220098473
    Abstract: A process for producing a polymerizable composition for optical materials of the present invention includes a step A of mixing together a polyisocyanate compound (i), a polymer (ii) represented by General Formula (ii), a photochromic compound (iii), and an internal release agent (iv), a step B of mixing a mixed solution obtained by the step A with a polythiol compound (v), and a step C of further mixing a mixed solution obtained by the step B with a polymerization catalyst (vi) so as to obtain a polymerizable composition for optical materials, wherein in the step A, the internal release agent (iv) is added so that a content thereof in the polymerizable composition for optical materials is 500 to 3,000 ppm, and in the step C, the polymerization catalyst (vi) is added so that a content thereof in the polymerizable composition for optical materials is 120 to 500 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki KASORI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Patent number: 11248077
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention includes (A) an allyl carbonate compound represented by General Formula (1) and including two or more allyloxycarbonyl groups; (B) a (meth)acrylate compound represented by General Formula (2) and including two or more (meth)acryl groups; and (C) a photochromic compound, in which, in 100% by weight in a total of the compound (A) and the compound (B), the compound (A) is included in an amount of more than 0% by weight and 30% by weight or less and the compound (B) is included in an amount of 70% by weight or more and less than 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kadowaki, Nobuo Kawato, Masaru Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210171682
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition for an optical material includes an allyl carbonate compound (A) including two or more allyloxycarbonyl groups which is represented by General Formula (1); a (meth)acrylate compound (B) including two or more (meth)acryl groups which is represented by General Formula (2); at least one kind of compound (C), selected from compounds represented by General Formulas (3) to (6) and specified dyes; and a polymerization initiator (D) including at least a radical polymerization initiator (D1) and a radical polymerization initiator (D2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru KAWAGUCHI, Shinichiro KADOWAKI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20210054126
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention includes (A) an allyl carbonate compound represented by General Formula (1) and including two or more allyloxycarbonyl groups; (B) a (meth) acrylate compound represented by General Formula (2) and including two or more (meth) acryl groups; and (C) a photochromic compound, in which, in 100% by weight in a total of the compound (A) and the compound (B), the compound (A) is included in an amount of more than 0% by weight and 30% by weight or less and the compound (B) is included in an amount of 70% by weight or more and less than 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kadowaki, Nobuo Kawato, Masaru Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10921489
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material according to the present invention, including: a monomer mixture (A) including a polymerizable monomer having a (meth) acrylic group, a photochromic compound (B) which is at least one selected from compounds represented by Formulae (1) and (2); and an ultraviolet absorbing agent (C) which is at least one selected from compounds represented by Formulae (a) to (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Kawaguchi, Nobuo Kawato
  • Publication number: 20200148856
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material according to the present invention includes (A) phosphite triester represented by Formula (1), (D) a photochromic compound, (E) a polyisocyanate compound, and (F) a difunctional or higher functional active hydrogen compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki KASORI, Masaru KAWAGUCHI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20190211258
    Abstract: Provided is a photochromic lens in which a transmittance at 23° C. after irradiation using a xenon lamp at an illuminance of 50,000 lux for 15 minutes satisfies the following conditions. (1) A transmittance at 550 nm is 25% or less. (2) A transmittance a at 550 nm is larger than a minimum transmittance b between 575 nm and 600 nm, and a difference between the transmittance a and the transmittance b is 5% or more. (3) There are one or more points of inflection in a transmittance curve from 550 nm to 600 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kawato, Masaru Kawaguchi, Shinichiro Kadowaki, Yuuki Kasori
  • Patent number: 10344116
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical material including (A) a bifunctional amine having two secondary amino groups, (B) a bifunctional thiol having two mercapto groups, and (C) a bifunctional isocyanate having two isocyanato groups, in which the ratio ((a+b)/c) of the total molar number (a+b) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) and the molar number b of mercapto groups in the thiol (B) with respect to the molar number c of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (C) is in the range of 0.85 to 1.15, and the ratio (a/c) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) with respect to the molar number c of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (C) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Nobuo Kawato
  • Patent number: 10308756
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical material including (A) an amine having two or more secondary amino groups, (B) an isocyanate having two or more isocyanato groups, and (C) a thiol having three or more mercapto groups, in which the ratio (a/b) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) with respect to the molar number b of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (B) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Nobuo Kawato
  • Publication number: 20190048122
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material according to the present invention includes a polyisocyanate compound (A), a polyol compound (B) having a number average molecular weight of 100 or more, a difunctional or higher functional active hydrogen compound (C) (but, excluding the compound (B)), a photochromic compound (D), and an ultraviolet absorber (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki KASORI, Shinichiro KADOWAKI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Patent number: 10202483
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition of the present invention includes at least one isocyanate compound (A) having a cyclic structure, selected from compounds represented by the following Formulae (1), (2), and (3), and aliphatic isocyanate compound (B) having 4 to 11 carbon atoms, and a thiol compound (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Shinohara, Nobuo Kawato, Dong Gyu Jang, Soo Gyun Roh
  • Publication number: 20180341043
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material according to the present invention, including: a monomer mixture (A) including a polymerizable monomer having a (meth) acrylic group, a photochromic compound (B) which is at least one selected from compounds represented by Formulae (1) and (2); and an ultraviolet absorbing agent (C) which is at least one selected from compounds represented by Formulae (a) to (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru KAWAGUCHI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Patent number: 10131767
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention contains (A) at least one kind of isocyanate having two or more isocyanato groups, which contains aromatic isocyanate, (B) at least one kind of alcohol having two or more hydroxyl groups, (C) an acidic phosphoric acid ester represented by the following Formula (1), and (D) a benzotriazole-based compound, in which a ratio of secondary hydroxyl groups to the total molar number of primary and secondary hydroxyl groups contained in the alcohol (B) is equal to or greater than 50%, and the benzotriazole-based compound (D) is contained in an amount of 1 part by weight to 11 parts by weight with respect to a total of 100 parts by weight of the isocyanate (A) and the alcohol (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Nobuo Kawato, Kouji Suesugi, Shigetoshi Kuma, Tatsuya Ogawa, Toshiya Hashimoto, Mamoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180258212
    Abstract: A molded product according to the present invention is a molded product obtainable by polymerizing and curing a polymerizable composition including: a polyisocyanate compound (A); a polyol compound (B) which is represented by Formula (1) and which has a number average molecular weight of equal to or greater than 100; a bifunctional or higher functional active hydrogen compound (C) (here, excluding the compound (B)); and a photochromic compound (D), in which a concentration of SH groups measured by an IR analysis method is less than 1.0 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichiro KADOWAKI, Yuuki KASORI, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20170226267
    Abstract: The polymerizable composition of the present invention includes at least one isocyanate compound (A) having a cyclic structure, selected from compounds represented by the following Formulae (1), (2), and (3), and aliphatic isocyanate compound (B) having 4 to 11 carbon atoms, and a thiol compound (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki SHINOHARA, Nobuo KAWATO, Dong Gyu JANG, Soo Gyun ROH
  • Publication number: 20170204217
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical material including (A) a bifunctional amine having two secondary amino groups, (B) a bifunctional thiol having two mercapto groups, and (C) a bifunctional isocyanate having two isocyanato groups, in which the ratio ((a+b)/c) of the total molar number (a+b) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) and the molar number b of mercapto groups in the thiol (B) with respect to the molar number c of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (C) is in the range of 0.85 to 1.15, and the ratio (a/c) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) with respect to the molar number c of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (C) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Nobuo KAWATO
  • Patent number: 9678246
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material includes: (A) one or more isocyanates having two or more isocyanato groups that contains an aromatic isocyanate; (B) one or more alcohols having two or more hydroxyl groups; and (C) an acid phosphate represented by the following formula (1), in which a ratio of the molar number of a secondary hydroxyl group to the total molar number of primary and secondary hydroxyl groups contained in the alcohol (B) is 50% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kawato, Tatsuya Ogawa, Toshiya Hashimoto, Mamoru Tanaka, Shigetoshi Kuma