Patents by Inventor Saki Hanatani

Saki Hanatani 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: 9533528
    Abstract: A ballpoint pen 10 includes: a ballpoint pen tip 20 having a writing ball 30 and a holder 21 holding the writing ball 30; a shaft tube 12 to which the rear end part of the ballpoint pen tip 20 is mounted; and ink 40 accommodated in the shaft tube 12. The holder 21 has an ink guiding hole 26 formed from the rear end thereof toward the head end thereof and a ball house 22 formed with the inner circumference near the head end of the holder 21 expanded. The writing ball 30 is formed of a zirconia sintered body with the content of an aluminum element being less than 0.1 weight %, and the ink 40 contains inorganic particles 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Osano, Yoshihide Ishii, Misao Ooyama, Saki Hanatani
  • Patent number: 9416286
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen making it possible to draw sharp and fine lines which are less likely to be blurred at an initial part of writing and are written smoothly and which are clear at stop, jump and sweep parts to provide beautiful characters. The ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen contains at least water and a colorant and having a dilatant fluid characteristic in at least a part of a region of a shear rate of 1 to 383 s?1 (25° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji Takeuchi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Noriko Sakane, Saki Hanatani
  • Publication number: 20150275000
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen making it possible to draw sharp and fine lines which are less likely to be blurred at an initial part of writing and are written smoothly and which are clear at stop, jump and sweep parts to provide beautiful characters. The ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen contains at least water and a colorant and having a dilatant fluid characteristic in at least a part of a region of a shear rate of 1 to 383 s?1 (25° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji Takeuchi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Noriko Sakane, Saki Hanatani
  • Publication number: 20150078803
    Abstract: A ballpoint pen 10 includes: a ballpoint pen tip 20 having a writing ball 30 and a holder 21 holding the writing ball 30; a shaft tube 12 to which the rear end part of the ballpoint pen tip 20 is mounted; and ink 40 accommodated in the shaft tube 12. The holder 21 has an ink guiding hole 26 formed from the rear end thereof toward the head end thereof and a ball house 22 formed with the inner circumference near the head end of the holder 21 expanded. The writing ball 30 is formed of a zirconia sintered body with the content of an aluminum element being less than 0.1 weight %, and the ink 40 contains inorganic particles 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Osano, Yoshihide Ishii, Misao Ooyama, Saki Hanatani