Patents by Inventor Ryo Karasawa
Ryo Karasawa 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: 11926765Abstract: An adhesive composition for use in debonding with light irradiation, which composition can achieve debonding through irradiation with light, characterized in that the adhesive composition contains an adhesive component (S) and a light-absorbing organic compound (X); and the light-absorbing organic compound (X) contains, in the molecule thereof, one or more aromatic rings, one or more rings each containing a heteroatom forming the ring, and one or more groups selected from among a carbonyl group and a thiocarbonyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Okuno, Shunsuke Moriya, Hiroshi Ogino, Ryo Karasawa, Tetsuya Shinjo
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Publication number: 20240020642Abstract: A system and method are provided for using artificial intelligence for patent valuation. The method includes obtaining a master list of patent classification codes used by a patent office. The method also includes, for each patent issued by the patent office: obtaining a respective set of patent classification codes assigned to the respective patent and forming a respective training vector. Each element in the respective training vector is a categorical variable that specifies whether a patent classification code is included in the respective set of classification codes. The system receives a respective user-specified value metric for each patent. The method also includes training a machine learning model according to a training data table that includes the training vectors. The machine learning model is configured to predict value metrics for patents according to their corresponding patent classification codes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu AKAMINE, Ryo KARASAWA, Atsushi OKAWA
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Patent number: 11866676Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for use in removal of a polysiloxane adhesive remaining on a substrate, the composition containing a tetrahydrocarbylammonium fluoride and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains an alkylene glycol dialkyl ether and a lactam compound represented by formula (1). (in formula (1), R101 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group, and R102 represents a C1 to C6 alkylene group.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Tetsuya Shinjo, Ryo Karasawa, Takahisa Okuno
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Patent number: 11592747Abstract: There is provided resist underlayer film for lithography process with high dry etching resistance, wiggling resistance, and heat resistance. Resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography including polymer having unit structure of Formula (1): wherein A is hydroxy group-substituted C6-40 arylene group derived from polyhydroxy aromatic compound; B is C6-40 arylene group or C4-30 heterocyclic group containing nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or combination thereof; X+ is H+, NH4+, primary ammonium ion, secondary ammonium ion, tertiary ammonium ion, or quaternary ammonium ion, T is hydrogen atom, C1-10 alkyl group or C6-40 aryl group that may be substituted with halogen group, hydroxy group, nitro group, amino group, carboxylate ester group, nitrile group, or combination thereof as substituent, or C4-30 heterocyclic group containing nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or combination thereof, B and T may form C4-40 ring together with carbon atom to which they are bonded.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Someya, Ryo Karasawa, Keisuke Hashimoto, Tetsuya Shinjo, Rikimaru Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11479627Abstract: A film with reduced formation of an edge reservoir at a periphery of a film in which the edge reservoir causes an unnecessary residue that cannot be removed by an etching process, and a method for forming the film. A film forming composition for use in a lithography process includes a surfactant containing a polymer and an oligomer having a C3-5 perfluoroalkyl partial structure. The perfluoroalkyl partial structure may further include an alkyl partial structure. The surfactant is contained in an amount of 0.0001% by mass to 1.5% by mass based on the total solid content of the film forming composition. The film forming composition further includes a coating film resin, the coating film resin is a novolac resin, a condensation epoxy resin, a (meth)acylic resin, a polyether-based resin, or a silicon-containing resin, etc. The formed film can be used as a resist underlayer film or a resist overlayer film.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makiko Umezaki, Ryo Karasawa, Shuhei Shigaki, Ryuta Mizuochi
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Patent number: 11472168Abstract: A laminated body for polishing a back surface of a wafer, the laminated body including an intermediate layer that is disposed between a support and a circuit surface of the wafer and peelably adheres to the support and the circuit surface, wherein the intermediate layer includes an adhesion layer in contact with the wafer and a peeling layer in contact with the support, and the peeling layer contains a novolac resin that absorbs light with a wavelength of 190 nm to 600 nm incident through the support, resulting in modification. The light transmittance of the peeling layer at a wavelength range of 190 nm to 600 nm may be 1 to 90%. The modification caused by absorption of light may be photodecomposition of the novolac resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Hirokazu Nishimaki, Ryo Karasawa, Tetsuya Shinjo, Satoshi Kamibayashi, Shunsuke Moriya, Takahisa Okuno
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Patent number: 11459414Abstract: Methods for forming a film with reduced formation of an edge reservoir at a periphery of a film in which the edge reservoir causes an unnecessary residue that cannot be removed by an etching process. A film forming composition for use in a lithography process includes a surfactant containing a polymer and an oligomer having a C3-5 perfluoroalkyl partial structure. The perfluoroalkyl partial structure may further include an alkyl partial structure. The surfactant is contained in an amount of 0.0001% by mass to 1.5% by mass based on the total solid content of the film forming composition. The film forming composition further includes a coating film resin, the coating film resin is a novolac resin, a condensation epoxy resin, a (meth)acrylic resin, a polyether-based resin, or a silicon-containing resin, etc. The formed film can be used as a resist underlayer film or a resist overlayer film.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makiko Umezaki, Ryo Karasawa, Shuhei Shigaki, Ryuta Mizuochi
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Publication number: 20220154104Abstract: The invention provides a cleaning agent composition for use in removal of, for example, a polysiloxane adhesive. The composition contains a quaternary ammonium salt, an etching rate enhancer formed of an amphoteric surfactant, and an organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa OKUNO, Hiroshi OGINO, Ryo KARASAWA, Tetsuya SHINJO
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Publication number: 20220145218Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for use in removal of a polysiloxane adhesive remaining on a substrate, the composition containing a tetrahydrocarbylammonium fluoride and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains an alkylene glycol dialkyl ether and a lactam compound represented by formula (1). (in formula (1), R101 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group, and R102 represents a C1 to C6 alkylene group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Tetsuya SHINJO, Ryo KARASAWA, Takahisa OKUNO
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Publication number: 20220135914Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for use in removal of an adhesive residue, the composition containing a quaternary ammonium salt and a solvent, wherein the solvent consists of an organic solvent, and the organic solvent includes an N,N,N?,N?-tetra(hydrocarbyl)urea.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Takahisa OKUNO, Ryo KARASAWA, Tetsuya SHINJO
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Publication number: 20220135913Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for use in removal of a polysiloxane adhesive remaining on a substrate containing a tetrahydrocarbylammonium fluoride and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains a lactam compound represented by formula (1) and a ring-structure-having ether compound including at least one species selected from among a cyclic ether compound, a cycloalkyl (chain alkyl) ether compound, a cycloalkyl (branched alkyl) ether compound, and a di(cycloalkyl) ether compound. (in formula (1), R101 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group; and R102 represents a C1 to C6 alkylene group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Tetsuya SHINJO, Ryo KARASAWA, Takahisa OKUNO
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Publication number: 20220073801Abstract: An adhesive composition for use in debonding with light irradiation, which composition can achieve debonding through irradiation with light, wherein the adhesive composition contains an adhesive component and carbon black, and the adhesive component contains a component (A) which is cured through hydrosilylation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Tetsuya SHINJO, Ryo KARASAWA, Takahisa OKUNO
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Publication number: 20220010178Abstract: An adhesive composition for use in debonding with light irradiation, which composition can achieve debonding through irradiation with light, characterized in that the adhesive composition contains an adhesive component (S) and a light-absorbing organic compound (X); and the light-absorbing organic compound (X) contains, in the molecule thereof, one or more aromatic rings, one or more rings each containing a heteroatom forming the ring, and one or more groups selected from among a carbonyl group and a thiocarbonyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa OKUNO, Shunsuke MORIYA, Hiroshi OGINO, Ryo KARASAWA, Tetsuya SHINJO
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Publication number: 20220010242Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for use in removal of a polysiloxane adhesive remaining on a substrate, the composition containing a tetrahydrocarbylammonium fluoride and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains an aromatic compound represented by formula (1) and a lactam compound represented by formula (2). (in formulas (1) and (2), s represents the number of substituents R100s of the benzene ring and is 2 or 3; s groups of R100s each independently represent a C1 to C6 alkyl group; the total number of carbon atoms in s groups of C1 to C6 alkyl groups is 3 or greater; R101 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group; and R102 represents a C1 to C6 alkylene group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Tetsuya SHINJO, Ryo KARASAWA, Takahisa OKUNO
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Patent number: 11199775Abstract: A resist underlayer film not undergoing intermixing with a resist layer, having high dry etching and heat resistance, exhibiting high temperature low mass loss, and exhibiting even stepped substrate coatability, includes a polymer containing a unit structure of the formula (1): The unit structure of formula (1) is a unit structure of the formula (2): A method for producing a semiconductor device, includes forming, on a semiconductor substrate, a resist underlayer film using a resist underlayer film-forming composition, forming a hard mask on the resist underlayer film, a resist film on the hard mask, a resist pattern by irradiation with light or an electron beam and development of the resist film, a pattern by etching the hard mask using the resist pattern, a pattern by etching the underlayer film using the patterned hard mask, and processing the substrate using the patterned resist underlayer film.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Karasawa, Keisuke Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11194251Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography capable of being dry-etched during pattern transfer from the upper layer or during substrate processing and capable of being removed with an alkaline aqueous solution after the substrate processing. The composition includes a polymer (A) having an acrylamide structure or an acrylic acid ester structure; a polymer (B) having a blocked isocyanate structure; and a solvent (C). The polymer (A) is a polymer including a unit structure of Formula (1). The polymer (B) is a polymer including a unit structure of Formula (2). A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps for: forming a resist pattern; etching an inorganic hard mask layer with use of the resist pattern; etching a resist underlayer film with use of the pattered inorganic hard mask layer; and processing a semiconductor substrate with use of the pattered resist underlayer film.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryo Karasawa, Tokio Nishita, Yasunobu Someya, Takafumi Endo, Rikimaru Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20210102088Abstract: Methods for forming a film with reduced formation of an edge reservoir at a periphery of a film in which the edge reservoir causes an unnecessary residue that cannot be removed by an etching process. A film forming composition for use in a lithography process includes a surfactant containing a polymer and an oligomer having a C3-5 perfluoroalkyl partial structure. The perfluoroalkyl partial structure may further include an alkyl partial structure. The surfactant is contained in an amount of 0.0001% by mass to 1.5% by mass based on the total solid content of the film forming composition. The film forming composition further includes a coating film resin, the coating film resin is a novolac resin, a condensation epoxy resin, a (meth)acrylic resin, a polyether-based resin, or a silicon-containing resin, etc. The formed film can be used as a resist underlayer film or a resist overlayer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makiko UMEZAKI, Ryo KARASAWA, Shuhei SHIGAKI, Ryuta MIZUOCHI
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Publication number: 20200387072Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition including a novolac resin having a structural group (C) formed by reaction between an aromatic ring of an aromatic compound (A) having at least two amino groups and three C6-40 aromatic rings and a vinyl group of an aromatic vinyl compound (B). The structural group (C) may be a group of the following Formula (1): [wherein R1 is a divalent group containing at least two amino groups and at least three C6-40 aromatic rings]. R1 may be a divalent organic group prepared by removal of two hydrogen atoms from aromatic rings of a compound of the following Formula (2): R1 may be a divalent organic group prepared by removal of two hydrogen atoms from aromatic rings of N,N?-diphenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu NISHIMAKI, Daigo SAITO, Ryo KARASAWA, Keisuke HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20200353735Abstract: A laminated body for polishing a back surface of a wafer, the laminated body including an intermediate layer that is disposed between a support and a circuit surface of the wafer and peelably adheres to the support and the circuit surface, wherein the intermediate layer includes an adhesion layer in contact with the wafer and a peeling layer in contact with the support, and the peeling layer contains a novolac resin that absorbs light with a wavelength of 190 nm to 600 nm incident through the support, resulting in modification. The light transmittance of the peeling layer at a wavelength range of 190 nm to 600 nm may be 1 to 90%. The modification caused by absorption of light may be photodecomposition of the novolac resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Hirokazu NISHIMAKI, Ryo KARASAWA, Tetsuya SHINJO, Satoshi KAMIBAYASHI, Shunsuke MORIYA, Takahisa OKUNO
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Patent number: 10551737Abstract: A method forms a resist underlayer film that has high resistance to dry etching using a gas containing a fluorocarbon. A method for forming a resist underlayer film includes the steps of: applying to a substrate a resist underlayer film-forming composition containing a fullerene derivative in which one to six molecules of malonic acid diester of the following Formula (1): wherein two Rs are each independently a C1-10 alkyl group, are added to one molecule of fullerene, a compound having at least two epoxy groups, and a solvent; and baking the substrate applied with the resist underlayer film-forming composition at least one time at a temperature of 240° C. or higher under an atmosphere of nitrogen, argon, or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryo Karasawa, Tetsuya Shinjo, Keisuke Hashimoto