Patents by Inventor Satoshi Endo

Satoshi Endo 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: 20230103242
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polymer, comprising: a first step for synthesizing a crude polymer by reacting a monomer containing a pyrimidinetrione structure, an imidazolidinedione structure, or a triazinetrione structure, in an organic solvent in the presence of a quaternary phosphonium salt or quaternary ammonium salt; and a second step for precipitating and separating a purified polymer by mixing a poor solvent with the crude polymer-containing solution obtained in the first step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto HASHIMOTO, Shun KUBODERA, Shigetaka OTAGIRI, Satoshi KAMIBAYASHI, Tokio NISHITA, Yuichi GOTO, Yasunobu SOMEYA, Yuki ENDO
  • Patent number: 11603548
    Abstract: An Fc-binding protein exhibiting improved alkaline resistance, a method for producing the protein, an antibody adsorbent obtained by immobilizing the protein on a carrier, and a method for separating an antibody using the adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoko Watanabe, Satoshi Endo, Yosuke Terao, Seigo Oe
  • Publication number: 20230057320
    Abstract: A document reading device includes: an image capturing member that captures an image of a document; a placement portion that is disposed below the image capturing member and that has a boundary line between multiple surfaces at a position at which the boundary line is covered by the document when the document has a maximum size that the image capturing member is capable of imaging and the document is placed on the placement portion; and a document reading member that reads the document that is placed on the placement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryusuke NAKATA, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Kenichi ISHIKURA, Takahiro IIZUKA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Tomonori SATO, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230055462
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading member that reads an image of a document that is transported, a discharge portion onto which the document that is read by the reading member is discharged, a placement portion that is installed above the discharge portion, an object being placed on the placement portion such that at least a part of an upper surface of the reading member is covered, and an image capturing member that is installed above the placement portion and that captures an image of the object that is placed on the placement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomonori SATO, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Kenichi ISHIKURA, Takahiro IIZUKA, HIROYUKI TANAKA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230053700
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body having an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium and a medium storage part in which a recording medium to be supplied to the image forming part is stored; and a front opening/closing covering that is an openable and closable covering that covers at least a part of the image forming part and a part of the medium storage part on a front face of the apparatus body, wherein the front opening/closing covering is constituted by a single opening/closing covering that covers at least a range from one end to the other end in a left-right direction of the part of the medium storage part in a left-right direction of the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takahiro IIZUKA, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Kenichi ISHIKURA, HIROYUKI TANAKA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Tomonori SATO, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230055327
    Abstract: A sheet containing apparatus includes a first container unit that contains a sheet having a first size and that tilts with respect to a horizontal direction such that a first end and a second end in a width direction of the apparatus are located at different heights with the first container unit installed in a sheet containing apparatus body when viewed in a first direction, and a covering portion that is movable to a covering position at which the covering portion covers at least a part of the first container unit in the first direction and an open position at which the covering portion uncovers the first container unit in the first direction. When viewed in the first direction, a tilting division line is adjacent to the first container unit and tilts with respect to the horizontal direction, and at least a whole of the tilting division line is covered by the single covering portion in the first direction with the covering portion positioned at the covering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenichi ISHIKURA, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, HIROYUKI TANAKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Tomonori SATO, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Takahiro IIZUKA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230054566
    Abstract: A driving device includes: a frame disposed in the driving device to support a driven unit driven by the driving device, the frame including a first portion, a distance from which to an outer wall of an accommodation device that accommodates the driving device is shorter, and a second portion, a distance from which to the outer wall is longer than the distance from the first portion to the outer wall; and a driving unit disposed between the second portion and the outer wall, at least a part of the driving unit being away from the outer wall by the distance between the first portion and the outer wall or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke KONDO, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Kenichi ISHIKURA, Takahiro IIZUKA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Tomonori SATO, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20230058066
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a medium discharge portion onto which a medium to be taken out by a person with the person standing is discharged, a placement portion that is installed above the medium discharge portion, an object in color that is represented by using a Y-value closer than a value that represents black color to a value that represents white color where the color is represented by using a Y-value that represents luminance in a YCbCr method being placed on the placement portion, an image capturing member that is installed above the placement portion and that captures an image of the object that is placed on the placement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Naoyuki KATO, Kenichi ISHIKURA, Takahiro IIZUKA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Tomonori SATO, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA
  • Publication number: 20230055187
    Abstract: A container apparatus includes a first container unit that is movable from a first position at which a recording medium having a first size is to be supplied into an apparatus body to a second position at which a user is to supply the recording medium and that includes an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion in a direction in which the recording medium is to be supplied into the apparatus body with the first container unit positioned at the first position. The upstream end portion and the downstream end portion of the first container unit are located at different heights with the first container unit positioned at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya HASEGAWA, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Kenichi ISHIKURA, Takahiro IIZUKA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Tomonori SATO, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Miho MORITA, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230058921
    Abstract: A document reading device includes an imaging unit that images a document, a placing portion that includes a first placing portion and a second placing portion and that has a placing surface on which the document is placed, the placing surface being formed by the first placing portion and the second placing portion, and a detector that detects an edge of the document that is placed on the placing surface by using a color difference or a luminance difference between the placing surface and the document. An end portion of the first placing portion adjacent to the second placing portion extends toward the second placing portion beyond an end portion of the second placing portion adjacent to the first placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Miho MORITA, Naoyuki KATO, Kenji YAMADA, Satoshi NODA, Kenichi ISHIKURA, Takahiro IIZUKA, HIROYUKI TANAKA, Shinya HASEGAWA, Kota TOMIOKA, Yoichi YAMAKAWA, Tomonori SATO, Ryusuke NAKATA, Kazuyuki KODA, Isamu ADACHI, Tomomi ISHIDA, Shinnosuke KONDO, Yuya SHIOKAWA, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Kohei TACHIBANA, Shinichi OHBA, Taisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20230041961
    Abstract: A contact determination device includes a sensor measuring a contact degree of a body to be detected with an object, a contact determination unit determining whether the body to be detected is in contact with the object, based on a reference value, and a correction unit correcting the reference value, in which a cumulative value is obtained by accumulating a fluctuation amount of the detection value from a contact start time of the body to be detected with the object during a period in which the body to be detected is in contact with the object, and when the detection value increases as the contact degree increases, the correction unit corrects the reference value, based on a maximum value of the cumulative value, or when the detection value decreases as the contact degree increases, the correction unit corrects the reference value, based on a minimum value of the cumulative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi ENDO, Satoshi HAYASAKA, Hiroki NAGAKUSA, Ryo KOMATSU, Satoshi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230029997
    Abstract: Provided is a composition which is for forming a resist underlayer film and with which the amount of a sublimate derived from a low-molecular-weight component such as an oligomer can be reduced, the composition comprising, for example, an organic solvent and a polymer having a repeating unit represented by formula (1-1), wherein the content of a low-molecular-weight component having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or less is 10 mass % or less in the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto HASHIMOTO, Shun KUBODERA, Shigetaka OTAGIRI, Satoshi KAMIBAYASHI, Tokio NISHITA, Yuichi GOTO, Yasunobu SOMEYA, Yuki ENDO
  • Patent number: 11565748
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus predicts an appropriate operation amount which is an operation amount performed by a driver in correspondence with the external environment, and sets the appropriate operation amount range including the appropriate operation amount, an appropriate operation amount range including the appropriate operation amount, and changes the reaction force characteristics of the operation device when it is determined that the operation amount of the driver corresponding to the prediction time point of the appropriate operation amount is not included in the appropriate operation amount range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shusaku Sugamoto, Terumasa Endo, Satoshi Inoue, Takeshi Hamaguchi, Shuhei Manabe
  • Patent number: 11548454
    Abstract: Noise caused by vibration of a door hole seal is reduced. A door hole seal includes a first sheet having a slit formed therein and a second sheet covering the slit from an exterior side of a vehicle. At least a specific region of the second sheet is made of a rubber-like elastic body, the specific region extending from a portion corresponding to the slit to a vertically lower end of the second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Sasaki, Hiromu Oda, Satoshi Endo
  • Patent number: 11542301
    Abstract: The present application addresses the problem of providing an Fc-binding protein having an improved antibody separation ability. The present application also addresses the problem of providing a high-accuracy antibody separation method using an insoluble carrier having the protein immobilized thereon. The problems can be solved by: an Fc-binding protein in which at least an amino acid substitution at a specific position therein occurs and which has reduced affinity for an antibody; and an antibody separation method including allowing an equilibration buffer solution to pass through a column in which an insoluble carrier having the protein immobilized thereon is filled to equilibrate the column, adding a solution containing an antibody to cause the adsorption of the antibody onto the carrier, and eluting the antibody adsorbed on the carrier using an elution solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Terao, Yoshiharu Asaoka, Ryoko Otake, Satoshi Endo, Naoki Yamanaka, Yukie Yamamoto, Seigo Oe
  • Patent number: 11542728
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle door lock device capable of preventing a vehicle door from being opened accidentally even when the vehicle door is deformed. A vehicle door lock device includes: a housing including: a case having an opening portion; and a cover, which is mounted to the case so as to be openable and closable, and is configured to cover the opening portion; a cam mechanism, which is accommodated in the housing, and is supported on the case; and a bracket configured to restrain a cable which is locked to a locking portion formed on the housing, and is configured to connect the cam mechanism and an operation element provided to a door of a vehicle from being released from the locking portion when the cable connected to the cam mechanism in the opening portion is pressed toward the cover side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tanaka, Yasuhiko Sono, Junichiro Takagi, Satoshi Endo
  • Publication number: 20220396395
    Abstract: A support tool includes a first plate portion, a second plate portion that rises obliquely from the first plate portion and changes an angle with respect to the first plate portion by elastic deformation when receiving a load, a third plate portion that rises obliquely from a rising side edge of the second plate portion in a direction that overlaps the second plate portion when projected downward and narrows an angle with respect to the second plate portion by elastic deformation when receiving a load, and a support portion that extends from a rising side edge of the third plate portion and supports a support object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KONO, Taisuke ENDO, Satoshi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220396057
    Abstract: A cover tape for packing an electronic component includes: a substrate layer; a heat sealing layer placed on one surface side of the substrate layer; and an intermediate layer placed between the substrate layer and the heat sealing layer, and a transmitted image definition based on JIS K 7374, with an optical comb width set to 0.5 mm, is 30% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayuro MURATA, Satoshi ENDO, Takashi MIHARA, Nobuyuki TOMINAGA
  • Publication number: 20220356297
    Abstract: A resist underlayer film having an especially high dry etching rate; a composition for forming the resist underlayer film; a method for forming a resist pattern; and a method for producing a semiconductor device. The composition for forming the resist underlayer film has a solvent and a product of reaction between an epoxidized compound and a heterocyclic compound containing at least one moiety having reactivity with an epoxy group. It is preferable that the heteroring contained in the heterocyclic compound be selected from among furan, pyrrole, pyran, imidazole, pyrazole, oxazole, thiophene, thiazole, thiadiazole, imidazolidine, thiazolidine, imidazoline, dioxane, morpholine, diazine, thiazine, triazole, tetrazole, dioxolane, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, piperidine, piperazine, indole, purine, quinoline, isoquinoline, quinuclidine, chromene, thianthrene, phenothiazine, phenoxazine, xanthene, acridine, phenazine, and carbazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIBAYASHI, Yuki ENDO
  • Patent number: 11427828
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing FcRn having improved stability with respect to heat and acids, a method for producing said FcRn, an antibody adsorbent in which said FcRn is used, and an antibody isolation method in which said adsorbent is used. The above problem is solved by substituting an amino acid residue at a specific position in an extracellular region of a human FcRn ? chain and/or a ?2 microglobulin region of a human FcRn ? chain by another specific amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Terao, Naoki Yamanaka, Natsuko Kizu, Satoshi Endo, Seigo Oe