Patents by Inventor Soji Arai

Soji Arai 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: 6764655
    Abstract: Light-leakage type photocatalyst fibers (10) are bundled together to form a filter assembly having an enormous number of minute gaps which provide fluid communication paths in a longitudinal direction of the photocatalyst fibers. Light is incident to each of the photocatalyst fibers constituting the filter assembly while an object fluid to be processed is introduced through an end face of the filter assembly to pass through the gaps among the photocatalyst fibers in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignees: Hoya Corporation, Hoya Candeo Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Nishii, Jumpei Hama, Soji Arai