Patents by Inventor Shin Aihara

Shin Aihara 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: 8048841
    Abstract: The present invention is a spray mold remover, prepared by filling a bleaching composition in a container having a spraying means, the bleaching composition containing (a) an alkali metal hypochlorite, (b) a cationic surfactant and (c) a compound represented by the formula (1): X1—O(AO)n—X2??(1) wherein, AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; n represents an average addition mole number of the alkyleneoxy group ranging from 5 to 150; X1 and X2 each represent a hydrogen atom, —SO3M, —CH2COOM (M represents an alkali metal atom), or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that X1 and X2 do not represent hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Yosuke Komatsu, Masafumi Shioji
  • Publication number: 20100237282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bleaching composition containing, in a specific ratio, (a) an alkali metal hypochlorite, (b) an amphoteric polymer compound having, as constituent units, (b1) a monomer unit having at least one member selected from a quaternary ammonium group, a tertiary amine group and a secondary amine group and (b2) a monomer unit having an anionic group, (c) a quaternary ammonium-based surfactant, and (d) water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Yosuke Komatsu, Shin Aihara
  • Publication number: 20100193735
    Abstract: The present invention is a spray mold remover, prepared by filling a bleaching composition in a container having a spraying means, the bleaching composition containing (a) an alkali metal hypochlorite, (b) a cationic surfactant and (c) a compound represented by the formula (1): X1—O(AO)n—X2??(1) wherein, AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; n represents an average addition mole number of the alkyleneoxy group ranging from 5 to 150; X1 and X2 each represent a hydrogen atom, —SO3M, —CH2COOM (M represents an alkali metal atom), or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that X1 and X2 do not represent hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Yosuke Komatsu, Masafumi Shioji
  • Publication number: 20090294043
    Abstract: A method of providing surface protection during cutting using treatment with a chemical solution or dicing with defined requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin AIHARA, Masumi SARUWATARI
  • Patent number: 7544649
    Abstract: This invention provides an antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which is excellent in antifouling effect without any problem in corrosion of metallic materials. The antifouling detergent for hard surfaces comprises a polymer comprising a monomer unit A having at least one group selected from amino groups and quaternary ammonium groups and a monomer unit B represented by —SO2—, in a specific ratio in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7501387
    Abstract: An antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which can be used in home to confer an excellent antifouling performance and an ability to prevent re-deposition on hard surfaces in a toilet, a bathroom and a kitchen; and a method of antifouling and washing hard surfaces of toilet bowls, which includes treating the surfaces with an antifouling detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20080185700
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive tape which acts as a dicing tape which is excellent in dicing property and pickup property in a dicing step, and as an adhesive tape which is excellent in connection reliability in a step of bonding a semiconductor device with a supporting member. The adhesive film comprises a layer in which an adhesive layer (A) comprising an olefin polymer and an adhesive layer (B) are directly laminated to each other, wherein the 180° peel strength between the layer (A) and the layer (B) is not more than 0.7 N/10 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Takamatsu, Shin Aihara
  • Patent number: 7358158
    Abstract: An adhesive tape having an adhesive layer formed on one side of a substrate layer, which renders it possible to minimize the extent of development of chipping or fragmentation (nicks) or crack in chip when the silicon wafer, to which this tape is adhered, is cut into chips using a dicer. The adhesive layer of the tape has a storage modulus G? of 1 MPa or more at a temperature of 15 to 35° C., and preferably tan ? as represented by the ratio of a loss modulus G? to the storage modulus G? is 0.05 or less. The adhesive layer is preferably constructed principally of an olefin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Hitoshi Koga
  • Publication number: 20080020575
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet which can prevent breakage of a semiconductor wafer even when a circuit-formed surface of the semiconductor wafer has a significant unevenness, and a method for protecting the semiconductor wafer by using such protection sheet. The semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet includes at least one resin layer (A) satisfying a relationship of G? (60)/G? (25)<0.1, where G? (25) is a storage elastic modulus at 25° C., and G? (60) is a storage elastic modulus at 60° C. The semiconductor wafer protecting method using such sheet is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Saimoto, Toshiya Urakawa, Akemi Nakajima, Ikuo Akai, Shin Aihara
  • Publication number: 20070172649
    Abstract: An adhesive material and a pressure sensitive adhesive film containing the same of the present invention are characterized in that they satisfy the following requirements (a) and (b). These adhesive material and pressure sensitive adhesive film of the present invention exhibit excellent stability against not only light and heat but also various chemicals. Consequently, they are suitable applications in surface protection uses, transport storage uses, heating treatment uses, grinding/polishing uses, cutting processing uses and transport/storage uses in the fields of electronic/semiconductor materials, optical/display materials and the like, where demands for performances and qualities are strict. The above requirements are: (a) an olefinic polymer is contained, and (b) by measurement according to a differential scanning calorimetry test, the melting temperature Tm is in the range of 80° C. to 180° C. and the heat of fusion ?H is at least 1 J/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Katsutoshi Ozaki, Ryoji Mori, Masumi Saruwatari, Takashi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20060058211
    Abstract: This invention provides an antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which is excellent in antifouling effect without any problem in corrosion of metallic materials. The antifouling detergent for hard surfaces comprises a polymer comprising a monomer unit A having at least one group selected from amino groups and quaternary ammonium groups and a monomer unit B represented by —SO2—, in a specific ratio in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Niyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20050153127
    Abstract: An adhesive tape having an adhesive layer formed on one side of a substrate layer, which renders it possible to minimize the extent of development of chipping or fragmentation (nicks) or crack in chip when the silicon wafer, to which this tape is adhered, is cut into chips using a dicer. The adhesive layer of the tape has a storage modulus G? of 1 MPa or more at a temperature of 15 to 35° C., and preferably tan ? as represented by the ratio of a loss modulus G? to the storage modulus G? is 0.05 or less. The adhesive layer is preferably constructed principally of an olefin polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Hitoshi Koga
  • Publication number: 20050070456
    Abstract: This invention provides an antifouling detergent for hard surfaces, which can be used in home to confer an excellent antifouling performance and an ability to prevent re-deposition on hard surfaces in a toilet, a bathroom and a kitchen. The antifouling detergent for hard surfaces comprises a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 80,000 wherein a monomer unit having, in molecule (a), at least one group selected from amino groups and quaternary ammonium groups is contained in an amount of 10 to 100 mol-% relative to the whole monomer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yosuke Komatsu, Kazunori Tsukuda, Seiichi Miyanaga, Kenichi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20050031822
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an adhesive sheet suitable for applications to surface protection involving cutting processing, and in particular an adhesive sheet suitable for applications to surface protection requiring excellent cutting processability, chemical solution treatment and dicing, particularly in the fields of electronic circuit material, semiconductor material and optical material demanding high performance and qualities, are not detrimental to the environment. An adhesive sheet 10 having an adhesive layer 2 laminated on at least one side of a substrate layer 1, wherein the substrate layer 1 contains an olefin polymer, and has a tensile modulus of elasticity and tear strength in a specific range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Masumi Saruwatari
  • Publication number: 20030054643
    Abstract: An adhesive tape having an adhesive layer formed on one side of a substrate layer, which renders it possible to minimize the extent of development of chipping or fragmentation (nicks) or crack in chip when the silicon wafer, to which this tape is adhered, is cut into chips using a dicer. The adhesive layer of the tape has a storage modulus G′ of 1 MPa or more at a temperature of 15 to 35° C., and preferably tan&dgr; as represented by the ratio of a loss modulus G″ to the storage modulus G′ is 0.05 or less. The adhesive layer is preferably constructed principally of an olefin polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Hitoshi Koga
  • Patent number: 5695911
    Abstract: Phthalocyanine compounds represented by the below-described formula are suitable for use in the fabrication of color filters. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.12, R.sup.13 and R.sup.16 represent a group represented by the below-described formula, H or a halogen atom, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.14 and R.sup.15 represent an alkyl, alkoxyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino or aryloxyl, arylthio group or --COOR.sup.17, R.sup.17 being a particular monovalent group, H or a halogen atom; and Met represents a metal atom. ##STR2## wherein X and Z represent O or S, R.sup.18, R.sup.19 and R.sup.20 represent H or an alkyl group, A, B and D represent a connecting group, n and l is an integer of 0-10, m, q, t, u, r and w are an integer of 0-2, and p is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignees: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated, Yamamoto Chemicals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hisato Itoh, Akio Karasawa, Kenichi Sugimoto, Takahisa Oguchi, Shin Aihara
  • Patent number: 5633106
    Abstract: There is provided with an optical recording medium comprising at least a dye-containing recording layer and a reflective layer laminated on a transparent substrate in this order which has a reflectance of 65% or higher, measured through the substrate, to a light beam having a selected wavelength (.lambda.1) of from 770 to 830 nm and has a reflectance of 15% or higher to a light beam having a selected wavelength (.lambda.2) of from 630 to 690 nm and which is recordable and reproducible with a laser beam having the wavelength of .lambda.1 and being reproducible with a laser beam having the wavelength of .lambda.2. In addition, the recording layer has a dye A having the absorption maximum at the wavelength shorter than 630 nm mixed with a dye B having the absorption maximum at the wavelength of from 630 to 900 nm. Alternatively, an interference layer is provided along with the recording and reflective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Hideki Umehara, Masatoshi Yanagimachi, Yoshiteru Taniguchi, Sumio Hirose
  • Patent number: 5573831
    Abstract: An optical recording medium comprising a transparent substrate; a recording layer on the transparent substrate; a metal reflective layer; and one or more protective layers. These layers are laminated successively on the transparent substrate. The outermost protective layer is formed of an ultraviolet curable resin containing an organic filler and/or an inorganic filler having water absorbency and/or oil absorbency. The protective layer has a printable surface permitting writing characters with writing instruments or ink jet printers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Suzuki, Shin Aihara, Sumio Hirose
  • Patent number: 5446142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-absorbing compound represented by the formula (I):Dye-(OR.sup.1)(OR.sup.2)(OR.sup.3) . . . (OR.sup.n) (I)wherein Dye is a light-absorbing compound residue having at least one aromatic ring; OR.sup.1 to OR.sup.n are substituents on the aromatic ring, and are independently (a) substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbonoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or (b) substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated hydrocarbonoxy groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and at least one of OR.sup.1 to OR.sup.n is an unsaturated hydrocarbonoxy group; and n is a value of from 1 to 10. The present invention also provides an optical recording medium containing the above-mentioned light-absorbing compound in a recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignees: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Yamamoto Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisato Itoh, Takahisa Oguchi, Kenichi Sugimoto, Ryu Oi, Hideki Umehara, Shin Aihara
  • Patent number: 5422226
    Abstract: An optical recording medium comprises a transparent substrate, a recording layer containing at least one organic dye overlying the substrate, a metallic layer directly contacting and overlying the recording layer, a protective layer comprising at least one layer directly contacting and overlying the metal layer, a layered print portion comprising at least one layer directly contacting and overlying the protective layer, and said protective layer and said print portion satisfying the following relationship:.SIGMA.AiBi+.SIGMA.CjDj<3 (.mu.m) (1)where Ai (.mu.m) is a thickness and Bi is a curing shrinkage rate of the i-th protective layer, respectively, where i is an integer of 1 or more, Cj (.mu.m) is a thickness and Dj is a curing shrinkage rate of the j-th print portion layer, respectively, where J is an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Aihara, Yuko Suzuki, Sumio Hirose