Patents by Inventor Osamu Kazeto
Osamu Kazeto 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).
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Patent number: 12071524Abstract: A water-soluble film is provided that is capable of achieving deformation resistance during pouch storage as well as excellent water solubility of the film and excellent reduction in undissolved residues. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein a crystal long period Ds obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement in a water/methanol mixed solvent (volume ratio: 2/8) is from 10.0 to 30.0 nm and a rate of increase (DS?Da)/Da of the crystal long period Ds to a crystal long period Da obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement before immersion in the solvent is 30% or more and 130% or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto, Mitsunori Asada
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Patent number: 12054606Abstract: A method for discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin in which all or a part of carbon is derived from bio-derived ethylene from a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing only a polyvinyl alcohol resin derived only from fossil fuel-derived ethylene by measuring an abundance ratio 14C/C of carbon 14 (14C) in total carbon.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Yasutaka Inubushi
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Publication number: 20240254294Abstract: A water-soluble film is provided that is capable of achieving deformation resistance during pouch storage as well as excellent water solubility of the film and excellent reduction in undissolved residues. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein a crystal long period Ds obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement in a water/methanol mixed solvent (volume ratio: 2/8) is from 10.0 to 30.0 nm and a rate of increase (DS?Da)/Da of the crystal long period Ds to a crystal long period Da obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement before immersion in the solvent is 30% or more and 130% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto, Mitsunori Asada
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Patent number: 12049546Abstract: The present invention provides a monolayer base film for hydraulic transfer printing that is excellent in water solubility and allows high resolution transfer printing without rupture even in high speed printing and a film for hydraulic transfer printing using the same. The present invention is a base film for hydraulic transfer printing comprising a polyvinyl alcohol resin, the base film forming a printing layer to be transferred to an article by hydraulic transfer printing. In this base film for hydraulic transfer printing, the base film for hydraulic transfer printing has an amount (A1) of crystalline component of 60% or less and an amount (A2) of constrained amorphous component from 10% to 50%, the amounts being obtained from a spin-spin relaxation curve by 1H pulse NMR measurement of the base film in deuterated methanol, and a moisture content from 1 to 5 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Patent number: 12018145Abstract: A PVA film containing PVA that does not increase carbon dioxide existing in the global environment or has a small increase amount even when carbon dioxide is generated by a biodegradation treatment or an incineration treatment. A polyvinyl alcohol resin film having a polyvinyl alcohol resin with an abundance ratio of carbon 14 in total carbon constituting the polyvinyl alcohol resin of 1.0×10?4 or more. A method for discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film, the method including discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin (Ab) in which at least part of the carbon is derived from bio-derived ethylene.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Yasutaka Inubushi
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Patent number: 11939441Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film with polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
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Patent number: 11939442Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film comprising polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
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Patent number: 11883988Abstract: Disclosed is a mold release film that is to be placed between a stock solution that serves as a raw material for artificial marble and a shaping apparatus when the stock solution is fed to the shaping apparatus, and then solidified and molded.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Takashi Nerio, Masahiro Takafuji
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Publication number: 20230323047Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film comprising polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
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Publication number: 20230323046Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film with polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kazeto, Masahiro Takafuji
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Publication number: 20230312846Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film capable of achieving both cold water solubility and resistance to oxidative deterioration. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the water-soluble film has a surface on at least one side in which an abundance ratio of carbonyl in all carbon bonds obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 1 to 5%, and a complete dissolution time in water at 10° C. is 120 seconds or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20230257174Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film capable of suppressing formation of holes when used as a package while maintaining water solubility, and a package using such a water-soluble film. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein within a square A1 with a side of 1 cm or more and 5 cm or less positioned at an arbitrary location on at least one surface of the water-soluble film, each side of an area of square A2 with a side of 5 ?m is divided into 64 to divide the entire area into 4096 pixels, and when elastic moduli of the pixels are measured by an atomic force microscope, a number average value of the elastic moduli of the pixels is 1 to 200 MPa, and a coefficient of variation of the elastic moduli of the pixels is 0.1 to 0.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20230257536Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film having good transparency and good releasability from a support with less surfactant content. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin and surfactant, wherein a content of the surfactant is 0.005 to 1 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol resin, and a ratio S(0)/S(32) of an abundance amount S(0) of the surfactant on at least one surface of the water-soluble film to an abundance amount S(32) of the surfactant on a cross-section surface at a depth of 32 nm from the at least one surface of the water-soluble film, measured by a count number of fragment ions derived from the surfactant detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry on the at least one surface of the water-soluble film, is in the range of 100 to 500.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20230257534Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film capable of which is excellent in water solubility and less likely to cause problems such as breakage of packaging material during storage and transportation by controlling the crystal long period structure of the PVA molecule and, for example, the degree of phase separation state between PVA and other components in the water-soluble film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20230257535Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film excellent in high-speed heat-sealing property while maintaining excellent solubility in water, and a package using the same. [Solution] A water-soluble film of the present invention is a water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein after conditioning the water-soluble film at a temperature of 20° C. and a relative humidity of 60% for 24 hours, a first melting temperature Tm1 obtained from a melting curve when the temperature of the water-soluble film is raised to 200° C. at 500° C./sec and a second melting temperature Tm2 obtained from a melting curve when the temperature of the water-soluble film is cooled to 0° C. at 100° C./sec after a temperature rise and the temperature of the water-soluble film is again raised to 200° C. at 100° C./sec satisfy relationships of the following formulas (1) and (2). 105° C.?Tm1?165° C.??(1) Tm2?Tm1?20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20230250245Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film that is excellent in high-speed printability and moisture resistance. [Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the water-soluble film has a surface on at least one side in which an abundance ratio of carbon-oxygen single bond (C—O) in all carbon element bonds obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is in the range of 75 to 85%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20230073770Abstract: A PVA film containing PVA that does not increase carbon dioxide existing in the global environment or has a small increase amount even when carbon dioxide is generated by a biodegradation treatment or an incineration treatment. A polyvinyl alcohol resin film having a polyvinyl alcohol resin with an abundance ratio of carbon 14 in total carbon constituting the polyvinyl alcohol resin of 1.0×10?4 or more. A method for discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film, the method including discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin (Ab) in which at least part of the carbon is derived from bio-derived ethylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu KAZETO, Yasutaka INUBUSHI
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Publication number: 20220348757Abstract: A method for discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin in which all or a part of carbon is derived from bio-derived ethylene from a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing only a polyvinyl alcohol resin derived only from fossil fuel-derived ethylene by measuring an abundance ratio 14C/C of carbon 14 (14C) in total carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu KAZETO, Yasutaka INUBUSHI
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Publication number: 20220135301Abstract: There is provided a water-soluble film containing polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein a ratio RSm (LD/TD) is 1.2 or greater and 2.5 or less, where the RSm (LD/TD) is the ratio of an average length RSm (LD) of roughness curve elements on at least one film surface in the longitudinal direction to an average length RSm (TD) of roughness curve elements on the same film surface in the transverse direction. This allows provision of a water-soluble film that can be suitably used for manufacturing a package with excellent uniformity of seal strength, even for manufacturing a package with excellent uniformity of seal strength during high-speed sealing; and a package using the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto
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Publication number: 20220041824Abstract: There is provided a water-soluble film containing polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the ratio of fluorine element to the total amount of elements (F1S) found at the time of analyzing a first surface of the water-soluble film through X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy is 1 mol % or greater and 25 mol % or less; and ratio of the fluorine element to the total amount of elements (F1B) found at the time of analyzing a surface 0.1 ?m deep from the first surface through X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy is 0.5 mol % or less. As a result, a water-soluble film having excellent detachability from the support, as well as excellent transparency and sealing property, and a packaging body for chemicals may be provided using this film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Okamoto, Sayaka Shimizu, Osamu Kazeto