Patents by Inventor Shigeru NISHIZAWA

Shigeru NISHIZAWA 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: 20240113690
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vibrator includes a preparation step of preparing a quartz crystal substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are in a front and back relationship, a first film formation step of forming a first stacked body by sequentially stacking a first underlying film, a second underlying film, and a first protective film at the first surface, a first patterning step of patterning the first stacked body in a manner in which the first underlying film, the second underlying film, and the first protective film remain in a region of an element formation region other than a first groove formation region and a second groove formation region, the first underlying film and the second underlying film remain in the first groove formation region, and the first underlying film remains in the second groove formation region, and a first dry etching step of dry etching the quartz crystal substrate from the first surface through the first stacked body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tsukasa Watanabe, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Shigeru Shiraishi, Ryuta Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20240110786
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vibrator includes a preparation step of preparing a quartz crystal substrate having a first surface and a second surface that are in a front and back relationship, a first protective film formation step of forming a first protective film in an element formation region of the first surface, the first protective film having a first opening overlapping a first groove formation region and a second opening overlapping a second groove formation region, in which a region of the quartz crystal substrate where the vibrator is formed is referred to as the element formation region, a region where the first groove is formed is referred to as the first groove formation region, and a region where the second groove is formed is referred to as the second groove formation region, and a first dry etching step of dry etching the quartz crystal substrate from the first surface through the first protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiyori Sakata, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Ryuta Nishizawa, Shigeru Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20240110787
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vibrator includes a preparation step of preparing a quartz crystal substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are in a front and back relationship, a first protective film formation step of forming a first protective film in an element formation region of the quartz crystal substrate at the first surface where the vibrator is formed; and a first dry etching step of dry etching the quartz crystal substrate from the first surface through the first protective film. R1>R2, in which R1 is a thickness of the first protective film in a first groove formation region of the quartz crystal substrate where the first groove is formed and R2 is a thickness of the first protective film in the second groove formation region where the second groove is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke Ariizumi, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Shigeru Shiraishi, Ryuta Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20240113691
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vibrator includes a preparation step of preparing a quartz crystal substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are in a front and back relationship, a first protective film formation step of forming a first protective film in a second groove formation region when a region of the quartz crystal substrate where the vibrator is formed is referred to as an element formation region, a region where the first groove is formed is referred to as a first groove formation region, and a region where the second groove is formed is referred to as the second groove formation region, a second protective film formation step of forming, in the first groove formation region, a second protective film having a lower etching rate than the first protective film, a third protective film formation step of forming a third protective film in a region of the element formation region other than the first groove formation region and the second groove formation region, and a first dry etching st
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tsukasa Watanabe, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Shigeru Shiraishi, Ryuta Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20240113692
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vibrator includes a preparation step of preparing a quartz crystal substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are in a front and back relationship, a first protective film formation step of forming a first protective film in a region of an element formation region other than a first groove formation region and a second groove formation region when a region of the quartz crystal substrate where the vibrator is formed is referred to as the element formation region, a region where the first groove is formed is referred to as the first groove formation region, and a region where the second groove is formed is referred to as the second groove formation region, a first dry etching step of dry etching the quartz crystal substrate from the first surface through the first protective film, a second protective film formation step of forming a second protective film in the first groove formation region, and a second dry etching step of dry etching the quartz crystal substrate
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tsukasa Watanabe, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Shigeru Shiraishi, Ryuta Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 11633505
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a nuclear magnetic resonance diagnostic agent that has a lower toxicity to organisms and reduced side effects and yet has a site specificity toward a specific cell, tissue, organ, etc. [Solution] When ALA or an ALA derivative is administered in vivo, a metabolite thereof is accumulated in a specific cell, tissue, organ, etc. Focusing on this phenomenon, a nuclear magnetic resonance analysis was performed on a site wherein the metabolite of ALA that had been administered in vivo would be possibly accumulated. As a result, it was surprisingly found that ALA and an ALA derivative are useful as a diagnostic agent whereby the aforesaid problem can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: National University Corporation Kumamoto University, University of Occupational and Enviromental Health, Japan, SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yoneda, Shigeru Nishizawa, Junkoh Yamamoto, Tohru Tanaka, Hidenori Itoh
  • Publication number: 20180083177
    Abstract: A thermoelectric material contains as a major ingredient a magnesium silicon alloy, a magnesium silicon tin alloy, a silicon or a silicon germanium alloy, and includes a porous body with a large number of pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Hakusan, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Nishizawa, Shigeyuyki Tsurumi, Hidetaka Sato
  • Publication number: 20170056351
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition, which induces immunity to tumor cells and is also able to induce inhibition of tumor growth. [Solution] Provided is a composition for inducing tumor immunity, comprising ALAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shigeru NISHIZAWA, Junkoh YAMAMOTO, Tohru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150320888
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a nuclear magnetic resonance diagnostic agent that has a lower toxicity to organisms and reduced side effects and yet has a site specificity toward a specific cell, tissue, organ, etc. [Solution] When ALA or an ALA derivative is administered in vivo, a metabolite thereof is accumulated in a specific cell, tissue, organ, etc. Focusing on this phenomenon, a nuclear magnetic resonance analysis was performed on a site wherein the metabolite of ALA that had been administered in vivo would be possibly accumulated. As a result, it was surprisingly found that ALA and an ALA derivative are useful as a diagnostic agent whereby the aforesaid problem can be solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya YONEDA, Shigeru NISHIZAWA, Junkoh YAMAMOTO, Tohru TANAKA, Hidenori ITOH