Patents by Inventor Seiichi HITOMI

Seiichi HITOMI 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: 10633252
    Abstract: A surface-modified inorganic substance is obtained by performing surface modification on a inorganic nitride by using an aldehyde compound such as a compound represented by General Formula I. A resin composition contains the surface-modified inorganic substance and a monomer having a group selected from the group consisting of an oxetanyl group, an oxiranyl group, and a (meth)acrylate group. ZZ—XX—CHO??General Formula I In the formula, ZZ represents a group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a thiol group, a hydroxyl group, an isocyanate group, a carboxyl group, a carboxylic acid anhydride group, an oxetanyl group, an oxiranyl group, and a (meth)acrylate group, and XX represents a divalent linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Hitomi, Keita Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190359876
    Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition capable of providing a cured substance in which an inorganic substance exhibits excellent dispersibility and which exhibits high thermal conductivity. A second object of the present invention is to provide a thermally conductive material formed by curing the curable composition and a device with a thermally conductive layer including the thermally conductive material. The curable composition according to an embodiment of the present invention contains an inorganic substance selected from the group consisting of an inorganic nitride and an inorganic oxide, a compound which has a monovalent substituent selected from the group consisting of a boronic acid group, a boronic acid ester group, an aldehyde group, and a pyridinium group and has a molecular weight equal to or greater than 1,000, and a polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi HITOMI, Keita TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10215898
    Abstract: Provided are a near infrared ray absorbent composition which can form a cured film having excellent near infrared ray shielding properties, a near infrared ray cut filter, a manufacturing method of a near infrared ray cut filter, a solid image pickup element, and a camera module. The near infrared ray absorbent composition includes a copper complex that is other than a copper phthalocyanine complex and has a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 700 to 1,200 nm and in which a molar light absorption coefficient at the maximum absorption wavelength is greater than or equal to 100 (L/mol·cm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouitsu Sasaki, Takashi Kawashima, Seiichi Hitomi, Yasuharu Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10184052
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a near infrared radiation-absorbing composition having favorable shielding properties in a near infrared range when used to produce cured films, a near infrared radiation cut-off filter and a production method therefor, and a camera module and a production method therefor. The near infrared radiation-absorbing composition including a copper complex formed by reacting a compound (A) having two or more coordinating atoms that form bonds using unshared electron pairs with a copper component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Hitomi, Takashi Kawashima, Kouitsu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180327265
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a surface-modified inorganic substance obtained by performing surface modification on a inorganic nitride by using an aldehyde compound such as a compound represented by General Formula I and a resin composition containing the surface-modified inorganic substance and a monomer having a group selected from the group consisting of an oxetanyl group, an oxiranyl group, and a (meth)acrylate group. By using the surface-modified inorganic substance or the resin composition, it is possible to provide a thermally conductive material having excellent thermal conductivity and a device having high durability. ZZ—XX—CHO??General Formula I (In the formula, ZZ represents a group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a thiol group, a hydroxyl group, an isocyanate group, a carboxyl group, a carboxylic acid anhydride group, an oxetanyl group, an oxiranyl group, a (meth)acrylate group, and a hydrogen atom, and XX represents a divalent linking group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: SEIICHI HITOMI, KEITA TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180292586
    Abstract: Provided are a near infrared absorbing composition with which a cured film having excellent solvent resistance and thermal shock resistance can be manufactured, a near infrared cut filter, a method of manufacturing a near infrared cut filter, a solid image pickup element, a camera module, and an image display device. The near infrared absorbing composition includes: a resin A that satisfies the following condition a1; an infrared absorber B; and a solvent D. At least the resin A has a crosslinking group, or the near infrared absorbing composition further includes a compound C having a crosslinking group that is different from the resin A. condition a1: in a case where the resin A does not have a crosslinking group, a glass transition temperature of the resin A measured by differential scanning calorimetry is 0° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi HITOMI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Keisuke ARIMURA, Takahiro OKAWARA
  • Publication number: 20180094086
    Abstract: The near infrared absorbing composition includes: a copper-containing polymer having a copper complex site at a polymer side chain; and a solvent, in which the copper complex site includes a site multidentate-coordinated to a copper atom and at least one selected from the group consisting of a site monodentate-coordinated to a copper atom and a counter ion to a copper complex skeleton, and a polymer main chain and a copper atom at the copper complex site are bonded to each other through the site monodentate-coordinated to a copper atom or the counter ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouitsu SASAKI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Seiichi HITOMI
  • Patent number: 9902794
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition exhibiting excellent solvent solubility while maintaining a high refractive index; an optical component using such a curable composition; and a compound. The curable composition contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and at least one kind selected from thermal radical polymerization initiators or photo radical polymerization initiators. In Formula (1), Ar1 to Ar4 each independently represent an aromatic ring, at least one of Ar1, . . . , or Ar4 represents a benzothiazole ring, a benzoxazole ring, an aromatic ring containing a benzothiazole ring or a benzoxazole ring, or an aromatic ring having a benzothiazolyl group or a benzoxazolyl group as a substituent, and two or more of Y1 to Y4 represent a polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi Ishiyama, Naoyuki Morooka, Seiichi Hitomi
  • Patent number: 9826129
    Abstract: Provided are a near-infrared-ray-absorbing composition having strong near-infrared shielding properties when a cured film is produced, a near-infrared-ray cut filter, a manufacturing method therefor, a camera module, and a manufacturing method therefor. The near-infrared-ray-absorbing composition includes a copper complex obtained by reacting a compound (A) having at least two coordination sites with a copper component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Inasaki, Takashi Kawashima, Seiichi Hitomi, Kouitsu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170227690
    Abstract: Provided are a near infrared ray absorbent composition which can form a cured film having excellent near infrared ray shielding properties, a near infrared ray cut filter, a manufacturing method of a near infrared ray cut filter, a solid image pickup element, and a camera module. The near infrared ray absorbent composition includes a copper complex that is other than a copper phthalocyanine complex and has a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 700 to 1,200 nm and in which a molar light absorption coefficient at the maximum absorption wavelength is greater than or equal to 100 (L/mol·cm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouitsu SASAKI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Seiichi HITOMI, Yasuharu SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 9618666
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a near-infrared-absorbing composition capable of forming a cured film having excellent heat resistance while maintaining strong near-infrared shielding properties when a cured film is produced. The near-infrared-absorbing composition of the present invention includes a copper complex obtained by reacting two or more kinds of sulfonic acids represented by General Formula (I) described below or salts thereof with a copper component and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kawashima, Seiichi Hitomi, Hidenori Takahashi, Yuki Nara, Seongmu Bak
  • Publication number: 20170002124
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition exhibiting excellent solvent solubility while maintaining a high refractive index; an optical component using such a curable composition; and a compound. The curable composition contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and at least one kind selected from thermal radical polymerization initiators or photo radical polymerization initiators. In Formula (1), Ar1 to Ar4 each independently represent an aromatic ring, at least one of Ar1, . . . , or Ar4 represents a benzothiazole ring, a benzoxazole ring, an aromatic ring containing a benzothiazole ring or a benzoxazole ring, or an aromatic ring having a benzothiazolyl group or a benzoxazolyl group as a substituent, and two or more of Y1 to Y4 represent a polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi ISHIYAMA, Naoyuki MOROOKA, Seiichi HITOMI
  • Publication number: 20160304730
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a near infrared radiation-absorbing composition having favorable shielding properties in a near infrared range when used to produce cured films, a near infrared radiation cut-off filter and a production method therefor, and a camera module and a production method therefor. The near infrared radiation-absorbing composition including a copper complex formed by reacting a compound (A) having two or more coordinating atoms that form bonds using unshared electron pairs with a copper component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi HITOMI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Kouitsu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160178816
    Abstract: Provided are a near-infrared-absorbing composition capable of forming a cured film having excellent heat resistance while maintaining high near-infrared-shielding properties, a near-infrared cut filter obtained using the same, a process for producing said cut filter, a camera module and a process for producing the same, and a solid photographing element. The near-infrared-absorbing composition includes a near-infrared-absorbing compound (A1) obtained from a reaction between a low-molecular-weight compound which has two or more coordination sites to a metal component or a coordination site to a metal component and a cross-linking group and has a molecular weight of 1800 or lower or a salt thereof and the metal component and a near-infrared-absorbing compound (B) obtained from a reaction between a high-molecular-weight compound having a repeating unit represented by Formula (II) below or a salt thereof and a metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Takeshi INASAKI, Seiichi HITOMI
  • Patent number: 9323145
    Abstract: A colored radiation-sensitive composition contains (A) a dye multimer, (B) a pigment, (C) a polymerizable compound, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, and (E) a dispersion resin obtained by reacting a polymer, which has a hydroxyl group on one terminal, with an acid anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Kaneko, Hiroaki Idei, Seiichi Hitomi, Kazuya Oota, Yousuke Murakami
  • Publication number: 20160103247
    Abstract: Provided are a near infrared radiation-absorbing composition capable of forming a cured film having excellent heat resistance while maintaining high near infrared radiation-shielding properties, a near infrared radiation cut-off filter and a production method therefor, and a camera module and a production method therefor. The near infrared radiation-absorbing composition includes a copper compound obtained from a reaction between a siloxane (A1) having an acid group or a salt thereof and a copper component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi HITOMI, Takeshi INASAKI
  • Patent number: 9268063
    Abstract: Colored radiation-sensitive composition includes (A) a dye multimer, (B) an alkali-soluble resin containing at least one kind of repeating unit selected from a group consisting of a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (b1) and a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (b2), (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator. In the formulae, each of R1 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group, and among these, an aryl group is preferable. R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R3 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer from 1 to 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Idei, Yushi Kaneko, Seiichi Hitomi, Kazuya Oota, Yousuke Murakami
  • Publication number: 20160037034
    Abstract: Provided are a near-infrared-ray-absorbing composition having strong near-infrared shielding properties when a cured film is produced, a near-infrared-ray cut filter, a manufacturing method therefor, a camera module, and a manufacturing method therefor. The near-infrared-ray-absorbing composition includes a copper complex obtained by reacting a compound (A) having at least two coordination sites with a copper component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi INASAKI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Seiichi HITOMI, Kouitsu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150301245
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a near-infrared-absorbing composition capable of forming a cured film having excellent heat resistance while maintaining strong near-infrared shielding properties when a cured film is produced. The near-infrared-absorbing composition of the present invention includes a copper complex obtained by reacting two or more kinds of sulfonic acids represented by General Formula (I) described below or salts thereof with a copper component and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi KAWASHIMA, Seiichi HITOMI, Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Yuki NARA, Seongmu BAK
  • Publication number: 20150293283
    Abstract: A near-infrared blocking filter includes a near-infrared absorbing substance, has a film thickness of 300 ?m or less, and has a visible light transmissivity in a wavelength range of 450 nm to 550 nm of 85% or more, a light transmissivity at a wavelength of 800 nm is 20% or less, and a light transmissivity at a wavelength of 850 nm is 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki NARA, Seongmu BAK, Toshihide EZOE, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Seiichi HITOMI