Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Kato

Noriyuki Kato 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: 20220282038
    Abstract: A polyester carbonate resin is provided, which includes a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (1), a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (2), a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a structural unit derived from a carbonic acid diester. The polyester carbonate can be used, e.g., in optical systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Hirohito ISHIZUKA, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11434327
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20220243008
    Abstract: Crystalline solvate forms and amorphous forms of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl, where the organic solvent is selected from methanol, toluene, and methyl ethyl ketone, and an amorphous form of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl having a purity of at least 99.0% by weight, based on organic matter. Thermoplastic resins containing a structural unit derived from 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl. Optical lenses containing the thermoplastic resins containing a structural unit derived from 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Manabu HIRAKAWA, Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ
  • Patent number: 11370882
    Abstract: A polyester carbonate resin is provided, which includes a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (1), a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (2), a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a structural unit derived from a carbonic acid diester. The polyester carbonate can be used, e.g., in optical systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Hirohito Ishizuka, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20220145004
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin including constituent units represented by general formula (1). (In formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent: a hydrogen atom; a fluorine atom; a chlorine atom; a bromine atom; an iodine atom; a C1-6 alkyl group; a monocyclic or polycyclic C6-36 aryl group; a monocyclic or polycyclic heteroaryl group having 5-36 ring atoms, 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the ring atoms being selected from nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen, and the other ring atoms being carbon in the heteroaryl group; a C2-6 alkenyl group; a C1-6 alkoxy group; or a C7-17 aralkyl group. In formula (1), X, a, and bare each as described in the present specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Manabu HIRAKAWA, Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ
  • Publication number: 20220135738
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition having a structural unit represented by formula (1), a structural unit represented by formula (2), and a structural unit represented by formula (3): wherein, in formula (3), R1 to R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may optionally include a heterocyclic atom selected from an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom, an alkenyl group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group containing 7 to 17 carbon atoms; p, q, r and s each independently represents an integer of 0 to 4; and i represents an integer of 1 to 10, and ii represents an integer of 0 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro ISHIHARA, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Noriyuki KATO, Shoko SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11315767
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus configured to perform plasma processing on a conductive workpiece having a flat plate shape includes: a conductive vacuum chamber having a recessed portion which is configured to cause a processing object portion of at least one side of the workpiece having a flat plate shape to be disposed in the recessed portion and a peripheral edge portion which is provided outside the recessed portion to be continuous with the recessed portion; a holding member configured to hold the workpiece to be separated and insulated from the peripheral edge portion; a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage between the workpiece and the vacuum chamber; and an insulating layer configured to cover a portion of the peripheral edge portion facing the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noriyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 11306180
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate having an appropriate refractive index and an appropriate Abbe number, and comprehensively excelling in heat resistance, total light transmittance, and hue, and a molded article thereof. The polycarbonate includes a constituent unit represented by Formula [I] and a constituent unit having a hydrocarbon group containing a cyclic structure. In Formula [I], R1 and R2 each independently denote a hydrocarbon group, and each R3 independently denotes a hydrogen atom, a heteroatom-containing group, a halogen atom-containing group, a linear alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a group including an aryl group and having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Masahiro Kanda
  • Publication number: 20220106483
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition that cuts visible light and has infrared light transmittance. A thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and a coloring material, wherein the refractive index at a wavelength of 894 nm is 1.60 or greater, and when the thickness of the thermoplastic resin composition is 1 mm, the maximum value of the transmittance of wavelengths of 380 nm-630 nm is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 1.00%, and the average transmittance of wavelengths of 840 nm-940 nm is greater than or equal to 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi MOTEGI, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Kensuke OSHIMA, Masahiro KANDA, Shoko SUZUKI, Tatsunobu OGATA, Mitsutake SUEMATSU
  • Patent number: 11286342
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance that includes structural units represented by general formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kentaro Ishihara, Munenori Shiratake, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Shoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11251019
    Abstract: The plasma device includes a vessel with the first and second molds facing to each other. A work is sealed in the closed first and second molds. The work includes an object to be processed with a part to be processed and a part not to be processed on an outer periphery of the part to be processed, and a masking member covering the part not to be processed. The first mold includes a facing plane portion disposed facing an outer periphery surface of the work, a first recessed portion disposed facing the part to be processed and generating plasma, and a second recessed portion disposed facing the part not to be processed between the facing plane portion and the first recessed portion and generating plasma. A depth of the second recessed portion is different from a depth of the first recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuharu Baba, Noriyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20220043183
    Abstract: Provided is an optical lens formed by integrally molding a lens part that is an optically effective portion and has a light incidence/emission surface, and a lens edge part that is an optically ineffective portion and has a surface thereof except the light incidence/emission surface. The lens edge part includes a non-transparent region in part or all thereof, the lens part and the lens edge part include a thermoplastic resin, and the non-transparent region in the lens edge part contains a total of 0.1-5 mass % of one or more of a black dye and a black pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi MOTEGI, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Kensuke OSHIMA, Masahiro KANDA, Shoko SUZUKI, Tatsunobu OGATA, Mitsutake SUEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220025110
    Abstract: Provided is an optical resin composition for lenses that contains a resin having a structural unit represented by formula (1), and a binaphthalene compound and/or a binaphthalene compound oligomer having a structural unit represented by formula (2). A, p, K1, K2, Z, and q in formula (1) are as described in the present specification. R1-R10, a, and b in formula (2) are as described in the present specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsutake SUEMATSU, Atsushi MOTEGI, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Kensuke OSHIMA, Masahiro KANDA, Shoko SUZUKI, Tatsunobu OGATA
  • Publication number: 20210371367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to triarylmethane compounds of the formula (I), which suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. R1, R2 are e.g. hydrogen; Y is an alkylene group having 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, Ar is selected from mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl; X1, X2, X3, X4 are CH, C—Rx or N, provided that in each ring at most two of X1, X2, X3, X4 are N; Rx is e.g. halogen, CN or CH?CH2. The invention also relates to thermoplastic resins comprising a polymerized unit of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Karl Reuter, Vasyl Andrushko, Mark Kantor, Florian Stolz, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima
  • Publication number: 20210363295
    Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin composition which has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, and high thermal stability. The polycarbonate resin composition according to one embodiment of the present application includes a polycarbonate resin and an antioxidant, wherein the polycarbonate resin contains a constituent unit represented by general formula (1) (in general formula (1), X represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1-10), and the antioxidant content is 1-3000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210355058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices: where A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals, X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7, Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar? or a radical Ra; R3 is Alk, O-Alk?-, O-Alk?-[O-Alk?]0, O—CH2—Ar—C(O)—, O—C(O)—Ar—C(O)— or O-Alk-C(O)—, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively, m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar? and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar?; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C?C—R11 and Ar—C?C—R11; R11 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Murata, Kensuke Oshima, Florian Stolz
  • Publication number: 20210347937
    Abstract: A polyester carbonate resin is provided and includes a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (1), a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (2), and a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein Q represents the following: wherein n and m each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Manabu HIRAKAWA, Noriyuki KATO, Eiichi HONDA, Yasuaki YOSHIMURA, Yuichiro SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20210340317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. In Formula (I), A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals; X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7; Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar? or a radical Ra; R3 is Alk, O-Alk?-, O-Alk?-[O-Alk?]o, O—CH2—Ar—C(O)—, O—C(O)—Ar—C(O)— or O-Alk-C(O)—, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively; m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar? and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar?; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C?C—R11 and Ar—C?C—R11; R11 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ, Philipp KOSCHKER, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11072573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binaphthyl compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing polycarbonate resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical lenses: Formula (I) where X is C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl-C(O)—, where C(O) is bound to the oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group and where C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl, respectively, are unsubstituted or carry a phenyl ring; R and R? are identical or different and selected from mono or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 36 atoms, which are ring members, where 1, 2, 3 or 4 of these atoms are selected from nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, while the remainder of these atoms are carbon atoms, where mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl are unsubstituted or carry 1 or 2 radicals Ra, which are selected from the group consisting of CN, CH3, OCH3, O-phenyl, O-naphthyl, S-phenyl, S-naphthyl, CI or F; and, if
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Reuter Chemische Apparatebau E.K.
    Inventors: Karl Reuter, Vasyl Andrushko, Mark Kantor, Florian Stolz, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Shinya Ikeda, Shoko Suzuki, Koji Hirose, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11002883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin comprising a constituting unit (A) derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (1), wherein the resin composition comprises an ultraviolet absorber in an amount of 2,000 ppm to 40,000 ppm:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda