Patents by Inventor Satoru Inoue

Satoru Inoue 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: 20240150367
    Abstract: A compound of the following general formula [I]: wherein each symbol has the same meaning as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical use of the same in treating organ transplant rejection, graft versus host reaction after transplantation, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and chronic myeloproliferative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Noji, Makoto Shiozaki, Tomoya Miura, Yoshinori Hara, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Katsuya Maeda, Akimi Hori, Masafumi Inoue, Yasunori Hase
  • Publication number: 20240148736
    Abstract: The present invention relates a combination drug for treating a renal cancer and a potentiator for therapeutic effects of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The combination drug includes a combination of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor. The potentiator includes a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor. The potentiator enhances therapeutic effects of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor on a renal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Kazuhiro IKEDA, Kuniko INOUE, Shuhei KAMADA, Satoru KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240083380
    Abstract: A knee airbag device including an airbag cushion, a storage case in which is formed a horizontally long opening part where the expanded and deployed airbag cushion pops outs, a first flap for covering the airbag cushion exposed through the opening part such that the airbag cushion is retained in the storage case, and having a first weak part that breaks when pressed by the airbag cushion during expansion and deployment and a second flap, which is a component with a larger dimension in a length direction than the first flap and for covering an outer surface of the first flap so as to transverse in a short direction of the opening part a center part of the airbag cushion in a lateral direction, the second flap having a second weak part that breaks when pressed by the airbag cushion after rupture of the first weak part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Masaki OHSHINO, Teppei HOTTA, Shota INOUE, Satoru ARAI
  • Patent number: 11913917
    Abstract: An autosampler includes a retention path for injecting a sample into a mobile phase that flows through an analysis path to a column, the retention path including a needle at a downstream end and holding the sample, an injection path including a port at an upstream end for injecting into the analysis path, the sample injected from the needle into the port, a low-pressure path having an upstream end connected to a pump, and a valve that can switch between a first state in which an upstream analysis path and a downstream analysis path are connected and a downstream end of the low-pressure path and an upstream end of the retention path are connected and a second state in which the upstream analysis path and the upstream end of the retention path are connected and the downstream end of the injection path and the downstream analysis path are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Watanabe, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11910628
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Yuta Nakamura, Taketo Namikawa, Satoru Inoue, Yasuo Miyata, Hiromoto II
  • Patent number: 11850345
    Abstract: Provided are beads for blood processing having porous beads and a polymer carried on the surface of the porous beads, wherein: the porous beads are configured from at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, styrene resins, and cellulose resins; and the polymer includes a specific monomer defined in the description as a monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tokimizu, Satoru Inoue, Yoshihiro Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 11850346
    Abstract: Provided are beads for blood processing having porous beads and a polymer carried on the surface of the porous beads, wherein: the porous beads are configured from at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, styrene resins, and cellulose resins; and the polymer includes a specific monomer defined in the description as a monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tokimizu, Satoru Inoue, Yoshihiro Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20230392940
    Abstract: Implementations claimed and described herein provide systems and methods for determining fuel efficiency based on sensor data from a mobile device. In one implementation, sensor data from a mobile device is collected. The sensor data includes a dataset that reflects a last trip on a vehicle by the mobile device, wherein the sensor data is collected from at least one of global position system (GPS) data and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor data of the mobile device. Driving events comprising at least one of one or more braking events, one or more speeding events, and one or more acceleration events are determined based on the sensor data. A fuel consumption prediction is predicted via a trained prediction model based on the driving events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Jordan Nelson, Jacob Kruse
  • Publication number: 20230386005
    Abstract: A saliency analysis system includes: an input receiver that receives an evaluation target image; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor extracts low-order image feature amounts and high-order image feature amounts, from the evaluation target image, and calculates saliencies in the image, based on the low-order image feature amounts and the high-order image feature amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Shoichi URATANI
  • Publication number: 20230386079
    Abstract: An impression analysis system includes: an input obtainer that receives an evaluation target image; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor: extracts a low-order image feature amount, and a high-order image feature amount, from the evaluation target image, and compares data obtained by extracting a low-order image feature amount and a high-order image feature amount from a reference image associated with an impression evaluation, with data of the image feature amounts extracted by a feature amount extractor, and calculates a similarity between the evaluation target image and the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Shoichi URATANI
  • Publication number: 20230196390
    Abstract: A design evaluation device (100) includes a sensitivity information acquisition unit (111) that acquires sensitivity information of an evaluator with respect to a design of an object, an attribute information acquisition unit (112) that acquires attribute information of the evaluator, and a purchase expectation degree prediction unit (115) that predicts a purchase expectation degree with respect to the design of the object on the basis of the sensitivity information and the attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: SATORU INOUE, SHOICHI URATANI, KENJI TERADA, SHINICHIRO SAITO, NOBUHIKO TAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11557743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a luminescent film containing at least a phosphorescent compound and a fluorescent compound, wherein the convolution integral value J of the emission spectrum of the phosphorescent compound and the absorption spectrum of the fluorescent compound satisfies equation (1), the light emission from the fluorescent compound accounts for at least 90% of the emission spectrum of the luminescent film, and the absolute photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) of the luminescent film is represented by equation (2). Equation (1): J?1.5×1014, Equation (2): PLQE (a film composed of a phosphorescent compound and a host compound)×0.9?PLQE (a film containing a phosphorescent compound and a fluorescent compound) [The lowest triplet excited state of the host compound is higher than the lowest triplet excited state of the phosphorescent compound, and does not suppress the luminescent property of the phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Satoru Inoue, Yasuo Miyata
  • Patent number: 11539027
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a luminescent thin film, a luminescent multilayered film, and an organic electroluminescent element that have luminescence properties with excellent storage stability in atmospheric air; and a production method therefor. This luminescent thin film contains a luminescent compound A, and is characterized by containing 0.0001 mass % or more of an oxide B of luminescent compound A in terms of the luminescent compound A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Nakamura, Satoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11495744
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an organic semiconductor composition suitable for preparing an organic thin film by a solution method, an organic thin film obtained by using the organic semiconductor composition, and a practical field effect transistor which uses the organic thin film. The practical field effect transistor which uses the organic thin film has small variances in mobility and a threshold value, while maintaining a high mobility. Disclosed in the present specification is an organic semiconductor composition including an organic semiconductor compound, an insulation compound, an organic solvent A, which is a good solvent for the insulation compound, and an organic solvent B, which is a poor solvent for the insulation compound and has a higher boiling point than the organic solvent A. The mass ratio a:b of the organic solvent A and the organic solvent B is 1:8 to 8:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nozomi Onodera, Satoru Inoue, Yuichi Sadamitsu
  • Patent number: 11370030
    Abstract: A lamination molding apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a recoater head that forms a material powder layer by uniformly spreading metal material powder on a modeling table at a predetermined height; a laser light irradiation device that irradiates the material powder layer with laser light, and heats and melts the material powder to form a sintered layer; and a control device that forms a sintered body, which is an three-dimensional molded object, by repeatedly driving and controlling the recoater head and the laser light irradiation device; the control device reads sintered body data, that is configured by the shape of a base part in which at least a plurality of support members with constricted central portion are arranged continuously and the shape of a main body part which is a final molded product, and drives and controls the laser light irradiation device and the recoater head to form the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Soichiro Tanaka, Shinya Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20220199934
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi TABATA, Yuta NAKAMURA, Taketo NAMIKAWA, Satoru INOUE, Yasuo MIYATA, Hiromoto II
  • Patent number: 11302882
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Yuta Nakamura, Taketo Namikawa, Satoru Inoue, Yasuo Miyata, Hiromoto Ii
  • Patent number: 11292167
    Abstract: A cassette type mold apparatus includes a sub-runner formed on a parting surface of a fixed side matrix or a movable side matrix, a gate provided in a fixed side cassette mold or a movable side cassette mold and configured to inject a molten resin into a cavity space from the sub-runner, and a hot runner provided on the fixed side matrix so that a tip end thereof is aligned with the sub-runner to be perpendicular to the sub-runner and is in parallel with a mold opening and closing direction. In the cassette type mold apparatus, the movable side cassette mold can be stacked on the fixed side cassette mold in a state in which a cavity and a core are aligned and can be integrally loaded in a direction of a side surface of the entire mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Shuji Aiba, Shigeru Takakura
  • Patent number: 11198698
    Abstract: In the present invention, a composition comprising two types of thienothiophene compounds selected from the group consisting of the compounds indicated by formulas (1) to (4) (in formulas (1) to (4), either one of R1 and R2 represents an alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group having an alkyl group or a heterocyclic group having an alkyl group, and the other represents a hydrogen atom, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, a heterocyclic group or a substituent represented by formula (5) (in formula (5), R3 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heterocyclic group)) can form an organic thin film which is homogeneous over a large area, and an organic semiconductor device including the organic thin film is capable of exhibiting high mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunto Arai, Tatsuo Hasegawa, Satoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11161547
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a pair of left and right sonar devices provided in a vehicle, an obstacle detection controller for determining whether an obstacle present within a determination target distance range on a side of the vehicle is a wall or a curb by comparing a level value of a reflection wave received by one of the sonar devices with each of a first threshold value and a second threshold value that are different from each other, and an automatic parking controller for setting a guiding route for automatic parking depending on a determination result, and the automatic parking controller sets the guiding route requiring a large amount of steering of the vehicle in a case where the determination result indicates a curb, compared with a case where the determination result indicates a wall in the automatic parking in the form of parallel parking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Shinichi Harase, Ryotaro Suzuki, Wataru Tsujita, Tsutomu Asahina, Yoshitsugu Sawa