Patents by Inventor Shizuka Aoki

Shizuka Aoki 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: 20130032853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver anti-tarnish agent having, as an effective component, a zinc salt and/or a zinc complex, preferably at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid zinc salt having a carbon atom number of 3 to 20, a phosphoric acid zinc salt, a phosphate ester zinc salt and a carbonyl compound zinc complex; a silver anti-tarnish method for preventing tarnish of a silver part by applying said silver anti-tarnish agent to the silver part. According to the present invention, tarnish of a silver part such as a silver-plated part due to a sulfur-based gas can be prevented. The present invention is useful particularly as a silver anti-tarnish agent for a light-emitting diode and allows preventing tarnish of a silver part of a light-emitting diode and reduction in illuminance by applying the silver anti-tarnish agent of the present invention to a silver part such as a silver-plated part of a light-emitting diode for covering the silver part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawata, Chie Sasaki, Masato Yarita, Shizuka Aoki, Masataka Nakanishi