Patents by Inventor Ryouichi SATOU

Ryouichi SATOU 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: 12037504
    Abstract: A decorative material is designed with excellent visual effect and a bright pattern layer on a base material, wherein the layer has at least a first and second bright ink layer, the first and second bright ink layer satisfy the following relationship (A) or (B), each bright ink layer is provided on at least part of the base material when the decorative material is viewed in a plan view, and the first layer has a region overlapping and a region that not overlapping the second layer, and the second layer has a region overlapping and a region not overlapping the first layer. (A) The first bright ink layer contains a first bright pigment, and the second bright ink layer contains a different second bright pigment. (B) The first and second bright ink layer contain bright pigments, and the first layer pigment content is different from the second layer pigment content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kaida, Yuki Aoyama, Ryouichi Satou
  • Publication number: 20240190107
    Abstract: A decorative material having a design with an excellent tactile and a visual effect. The decorative material has a texture region on a base material, the texture region is composed of: a plurality of projection regions containing a plurality of particles with a particle size of 5 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less and independent of each other; and a gap region between the projection regions, and the average diameter of the circumscribed circles of the projection regions, when the texture region is viewed in plan view, is 100 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAIDA, Yuji TANAKA, Yuki AOYAMA, Ryouichi SATOU
  • Publication number: 20240124725
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative material having a design with an excellent visual effect. The decorative material has a texture region on a base material in which a plurality of projections independent of each other gather together, wherein the projections comprise a resin binder and bright flaky particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Aoyama, Takafumi Kaida, Ryouichi Satou
  • Patent number: 11931987
    Abstract: A decorative material having a design with an excellent tactile and a visual effect. The decorative material has a texture region on a base material, the texture region is composed of: a plurality of projection regions containing a plurality of particles with a particle size of 5 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less and independent of each other; and a gap region between the projection regions, and the average diameter of the circumscribed circles of the projection regions, when the texture region is viewed in plan view, is 100 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kaida, Yuji Tanaka, Yuki Aoyama, Ryouichi Satou
  • Publication number: 20230183511
    Abstract: A decorative material is designed with excellent visual effect and a bright pattern layer on a base material, wherein the layer has at least a first and second bright ink layer, the first and second bright ink layer satisfy the following relationship (A) or (B), each bright ink layer is provided on at least part of the base material when the decorative material is viewed in a plan view, and the first layer has a region overlapping and a region that not overlapping the second layer, and the second layer has a region overlapping and a region not overlapping the first layer. (A) The first bright ink layer contains a first bright pigment, and the second bright ink layer contains a different second bright pigment. (B) The first and second bright ink layer contain bright pigments, and the first layer pigment content is different from the second layer pigment content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAIDA, Yuki AOYAMA, Ryouichi SATOU
  • Publication number: 20230139195
    Abstract: A decorative material having a design with an excellent tactile and a visual effect. The decorative material has a texture region on a base material, the texture region is composed of: a plurality of projection regions containing a plurality of particles with a particle size of 5 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less and independent of each other; and a gap region between the projection regions, and the average diameter of the circumscribed circles of the projection regions, when the texture region is viewed in plan view, is 100 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi KAIDA, Yuji TANAKA, Yuki AOYAMA, Ryouichi SATOU