Patents by Inventor Shintaro Fukunaga

Shintaro Fukunaga 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: 20240124389
    Abstract: An object of present invention is to provide a compound or a salt thereof constituting lipid particles that can achieve a high nucleic acid encapsulation rate and excellent delivery of nucleic acids, and to provide lipid particles and pharmaceutical composition using the compound or a salt thereof, which can achieve a high nucleic acid encapsulation rate and excellent delivery of nucleic acids. According to an aspect of the present invention, a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof is provided. In the formula, each symbol has a meaning defined in the present specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro TANABE, Tatsuya NITABARU, Mashiko YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi FUKUNAGA, Naoto NAKAMURA, Noriyuki KASAGI, Taisuke ENDO, Keiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240117088
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluorinated copolymer, whereby it is possible to efficiently produce a fluorinated copolymer in which coloration and foaming are suppressed during heating. A method for producing a fluorinated copolymer, comprising a step of producing a fluorinated copolymer by polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene and other monomer other than the tetrafluoroethylene in the presence of a hydroperoxide, at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfite, a hydrogen sulfite, a dithionite, and a metabisulfite, at least one selected from the group consisting of an acidic substance and a substance that generates an acid by hydrolysis, and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke SHIBASAKI, Yuki ORITO, Keiji HORI, Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Daisuke TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230391934
    Abstract: To provide a copolymer capable of forming a coated electrical wire excellent in engine oil resistance, a composition, a molded product, and a coated electrical wire. The copolymer of the present invention is a copolymer comprising units based on ethylene, units based on tetrafluoroethylene, and units based on compound A represented by CH?CX(CF2)nY (wherein X and Y are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, and n is an integer of from 2 to 6) or compound B represented by CF2?CF—O—C3F7, wherein the crystal lamella thickness determined by the small angle X-ray scattering method is at most 4.0 nm and the melting point is at least 245° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke SHIBASAKI, Shuma KAWANAMI, Daisuke TAGUCHI, Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Mie TAKAYAMA, Kazuhiro NAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230212331
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluorinated polymer which does not require an emulsifier as an essential component while an aqueous medium with little environmental burden is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke SHIBASAKI, Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Daisuke TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11524439
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a film excellent in water vapor barrier property, tensile elongations, and transparency. A resin material containing polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) is melted and extruded into a film from an extrusion die, the extruded product is brought into contact with a cooling roll having a surface temperature of at most 120° C. in a state such that the surface temperature of the extruded product is higher than the crystallization temperature of PCTFE to form a film web, and the film web is subjected to heat treatment at from 80 to 200° C. to obtain a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Higuchi, Shintaro Fukunaga, Takatoshi Yaoita
  • Publication number: 20220041549
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a perfluoroacyl peroxide which can suppress formation of solid matters in a reaction apparatus, and a method for producing a fluoroalkyl iodide. The method for producing a perfluoroacyl peroxide of the present invention is a method for producing a perfluoroacyl peroxide, which comprises: mixing an organic solvent solution containing a perfluoroacyl halide and an organic solvent which is at least one perfluoroalkyl iodide selected from the group consisting of C2F5I, C4F9I and C6F13I, a first aqueous solution containing hydrogen peroxide, and a second aqueous solution containing a basic alkali metal compound, to obtain a mixed liquid, and reacting the perfluoroacyl halide and the hydrogen peroxide in the mixed liquid to produce a perfluoroacyl peroxide, wherein the pH of the aqueous phase of the mixed liquid is adjusted to be from 7 to 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki FUJITA, Shintaro FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210023756
    Abstract: To provide a film made of polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), of which a laminate with other layer is less likely to curl when subjected to drawing. A film comprising PCTFE, having thermal shrinkage rates within ±1.2% in MD and in TD when heated at 140° C. for 30 minutes and then cooled to 25° C., based on the dimension at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Higuchi, Shintaro Fukunaga, Takatoshi Yaoita
  • Publication number: 20210023757
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a film excellent in water vapor barrier property, tensile elongations and transparency. A resin material containing polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) is melted and extruded into a film from an extrusion die, the extruded product is brought into contact with a cooling roll having a surface temperature of at most 120° C. in a state such that the surface temperature of the extruded product is higher than the crystallization temperature of PCTFE to form a film web, and the film web is subjected to heat treatment at from 80 to 200° C. to obtain a film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki HIGUCHI, Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Takatoshi YAOITA
  • Publication number: 20200157288
    Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing copolymer composition capable of forming a uniform coating. The composition comprises a fluorine-containing copolymer having units derived from tetrafluoroethylene, units derived from ethylene, and 0.4 to 1.0 mol % of at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, an acid anhydride group, a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group, an amide group, an amino group, and an isocyanate group, and an aliphatic compound having 6 to 10 carbon atoms having one carbonyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru AIDA, Kaori ABE, Shintaro FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10246604
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing an aqueous liquid containing a vinyl polymer, of which the production efficiency is high, without lowering the yield of the vinyl polymer. When removing a hydrophilic organic solvent from a mixed liquid comprising a vinyl polymer, the hydrophilic organic solvent and water to produce an aqueous liquid containing the vinyl polymer, a liquid phase and a gas phase are formed in a closed container, a part of the liquid of the liquid phase is formed into small droplets and brought into contact with the gas phase to vaporize the hydrophilic organic solvent, and the vaporized hydrophilic organic solvent is removed from the closed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukunaga, Katsuya Ueno, Akio Ogawa, Yutaka Ohyama, Teruhiko Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20170327710
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing an aqueous liquid containing a vinyl polymer, of which the production efficiency is high, without lowering the yield of the vinyl polymer. When removing a hydrophilic organic solvent from a mixed liquid comprising a vinyl polymer, the hydrophilic organic solvent and water to produce an aqueous liquid containing the vinyl polymer, a liquid phase and a gas phase are formed in a closed container, a part of the liquid of the liquid phase is formed into small droplets and brought into contact with the gas phase to vaporize the hydrophilic organic solvent, and the vaporized hydrophilic organic solvent is removed from the closed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Katsuya UENO, Akio OGAWA, Yutaka OHYAMA, Teruhiko YASUDA
  • Patent number: 9682370
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a fluorinated copolymer which is capable of providing an ion exchange membrane which can suppress a decrease in current efficiency by impurities in an aqueous alkali chloride solution as a raw material on electrolysis of the alkali chloride aqueous solution. Also provided is a process for producing a fluorinated copolymer that comprises washing a fluorinated copolymer comprising a fluorinated monomer having a carboxylic acid type functional group and a fluorinated olefin, with a washing solvent containing a fluorinated solvent at a temperature of at least 40° C. and at most a boiling point of the washing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukunaga, Yukiko Hattori, Kazuo Umemura, Shigeru Aida, Atsushi Tsuji, Toshinori Tomita
  • Patent number: 9604180
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated copolymer which is capable of providing an ion exchange membrane having little adverse effect due to impurities in an alkali chloride aqueous solution on electrolysis of the alkali chloride aqueous solution. To use a fluorinated copolymer of a fluorinated monomer having a carboxylic acid type functional group with a fluorinated olefin, wherein the proportion of components having a common logarithm (log M) of a molecular weight M being from 2.0 to 3.5 is at most 10 mass % per 100 mass % of components having a common logarithm (log M) of a molecular weight M being at least 2.0, contained in a CClF2CF2CClFH soluble content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yukiko Hattori, Shintaro Fukunaga, Kazuo Umemura, Shigeru Aida, Atsushi Tsuji, Toshinori Tomita
  • Patent number: 9487650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition comprising a melt-moldable side chain 1,2-diol-containing PVA-based resin (A), and fluororesin containing a polar functional group capable of reacting with or forming hydrogen bond(s) with hydroxyl group (B). The component (A) and the component (B) have excellent affinity, and therefore if either the component (A) or component (B) becomes matrix, the other can be finely dispersed into the matrix, thus providing a resin composition having excellent gas-barrier property, solvent resistance, and bending fatigue resistance. The present invention also provides emulsified dispersion and binder in which the resin composition is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shibutani, Akinobu Inakuma, Yasuhiro Hirano, Seiji Maeda, Eiichi Nishi, Shigeru Aida, Shintaro Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20150038633
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition comprising a melt-moldable side chain 1,2-diol-containing PVA-based resin (A), and fluororesin containing a polar functional group capable of reacting with or forming hydrogen bond(s) with hydroxyl group (B). The component (A) and the component (B) have excellent affinity, and therefore if either the component (A) or component (B) becomes matrix, the other can be finely dispersed into the matrix, thus providing a resin composition having excellent gas-barrier property, solvent resistance, and bending fatigue resistance. The present invention also provides emulsified dispersion and binder in which the resin composition is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shibutani, Akinobu Inakuma, Yasuhiro Hirano, Seiji Maeda, Eiichi Nishi, Shigeru Aida, Shintaro Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20140080930
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a fluorinated copolymer which is capable of providing an ion exchange membrane which can suppress a decrease in current efficiency by impurities in an aqueous alkali chloride solution as a raw material on e.g. electrolysis of the alkali chloride aqueous solution. A process for producing a fluorinated copolymer, which comprises a step of washing a fluorinated copolymer of a fluorinated monomer having a carboxylic acid type functional group with a fluorinated olefin, by a washing solvent containing a fluorinated solvent, at a temperature of at least 40° C. and at most a boiling point of the washing solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Yukiko HATTORI, Kazuo UMEMURA, Shigeru AIDA, Atsushi TSUJI, Toshinori TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20140073709
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated copolymer which is capable of providing an ion exchange membrane having little adverse effect due to impurities in an alkali chloride aqueous solution on electrolysis of the alkali chloride aqueous solution. To use a fluorinated copolymer of a fluorinated monomer having a carboxylic acid type functional group with a fluorinated olefin, wherein the proportion of components having a common logarithm (log M) of a molecular weight M being from 2.0 to 3.5 is at most 10 mass % per 100 mass % of components having a common logarithm (log M) of a molecular weight M being at least 2.0, contained in a CClF2CF2CClFH soluble content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko Hattori, Shintaro Fukunaga, Kazuo Umemura, Shigeru Aida, Atsushi Tsuji, Toshinori Tomita
  • Patent number: 8415439
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ETFE-type copolymer having a high melt tension and excellent blow moldability. An ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer which comprises ethylene units, tetrafluoroethylene units and units of a monomer (A) having at least two copolymerizable double bonds and which has a ratio (X/W) of its melt tension (XmN) to a load (Wkg) applied for the measurement of the melt tension being at least 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukunaga, Atsushi Funaki
  • Publication number: 20100286352
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a thermoplastic fluororesin having a high melt tension and being excellent in blow moldability, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Atsushi Funaki
  • Publication number: 20100204423
    Abstract: To provide an ETFE-type copolymer having a high melt tension and excellent blow moldability. An ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer which comprises ethylene units, tetrafluoroethylene units and units of a monomer (A) having at least two copolymerizable double bonds and which has a ratio (X/W) of its melt tension (XmN) to a load (Wkg) applied for the measurement of the melt tension being at least 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukunaga, Atsushi Funaki