Patents by Inventor Sunao Yoshihara

Sunao Yoshihara 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: 11926750
    Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that can form a color filter pixel unit with high external quantum efficiency. An ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles, light-diffusing particles, and at least two monomers with an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the at least two monomers include two monomers with Hansen solubility parameters ?d, ?p, and ?h that satisfy the following conditions: 16.0 MPa0.5??d<18.0 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??p<5.5 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??h<8.0 MPa0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Kizaki, Minoru Tabuchi, Mariko Toshimitsu, Sunao Yoshihara, Ikuro Kiyoto
  • Patent number: 11618833
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.5 to 7.0. The present invention also provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.0 to 6.5, and the ink composition has a water (H2O) content of 90 ppm or less measured with a Karl Fischer moisture meter. The present invention also provides a light conversion layer including a plurality of pixel units, wherein the plurality of pixel units include a pixel unit containing a cured product of the ink composition, and the light conversion layer is formed of the cured product of the ink composition. The present invention also provides a color filter including the light conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Takayuki Miki, Hirotomo Sasaki, Ikuro Kiyoto, Minoru Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20210139730
    Abstract: A dispersion contains, as essential ingredients, light-emitting nanocrystals, a polymeric dispersant having an amine value of 5 mg/KOH g or more, and a stimulation-responsive curable material that cures in response to an external stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Isonaka, Yasuo Umezu, Hidehiko Yamaguchi, Yoshio Aoki, Hirotomo Sasaki, Sunao Yoshihara, Takayuki Miki, Aya Ishizuka, Takeo Kizaki
  • Patent number: 10947403
    Abstract: A dispersion contains, as essential ingredients, light-emitting nanocrystals, a polymeric dispersant having an amine value of 5 mg/KOH g or more, and a stimulation-responsive curable material that cures in response to an external stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Isonaka, Yasuo Umezu, Hidehiko Yamaguchi, Yoshio Aoki, Hirotomo Sasaki, Sunao Yoshihara, Takayuki Miki, Aya Ishizuka, Takeo Kizaki
  • Publication number: 20210009826
    Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that can form a color filter pixel unit with high external quantum efficiency. An ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles, light-diffusing particles, and at least two monomers with an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the at least two monomers include two monomers with Hansen solubility parameters ?d, ?p, and ?h that satisfy the following conditions: 16.0 MPa0.5??d<18.0 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??p<5.5 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5??h<8.0 MPa0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Kizaki, Minoru Tabuchi, Mariko Toshimitsu, Sunao Yoshihara, Ikuro Kiyoto
  • Publication number: 20200224047
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.5 to 7.0. The present invention also provides an ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles and a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photopolymerizable compound has a Log P value in the range of ?1.0 to 6.5, and the ink composition has a water (H2O) content of 90 ppm or less measured with a Karl Fischer moisture meter. The present invention also provides a light conversion layer including a plurality of pixel units, wherein the plurality of pixel units include a pixel unit containing a cured product of the ink composition, and the light conversion layer is formed of the cured product of the ink composition. The present invention also provides a color filter including the light conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Takayuki Miki, Hirotomo Sasaki, Ikuro Kiyoto, Minoru Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20190390076
    Abstract: A dispersion contains, as essential ingredients, light-emitting nanocrystals, a polymeric dispersant having an amine value of 5 mg/KOH g or more, and a stimulation-responsive curable material that cures in response to an external stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Isonaka, Yasuo Umezu, Hidehiko Yamaguchi, Yoshio Aoki, Hirotomo Sasaki, Sunao Yoshihara, Takayuki Miki, Aya Ishizuka, Takeo Kizaki
  • Patent number: 10470312
    Abstract: There is provided a method for forming an electrically conductive ultrafine pattern which has an excellent pattern cross-sectional shape is provided by a composite technique including a printing process and a plating process, and furthermore, by imparting excellent adhesion to each interface of a laminate including a plating core pattern, an electrically conductive ultrafine pattern which can be preferably used as a highly accurate electric circuit and a method for manufacturing the same are also provided. The method includes (1) a step of applying a resin composition to form a receiving layer on a substrate; (2) a step of printing an ink containing plating core particles by a reverse offset printing method to form a plating core pattern on the receiving layer; and (3) a step of depositing a metal on the plating core pattern formed in the step (2) by an electrolytic plating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION (TOKYO)
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Haruhiko Katsuta, Yoshinori Katayama, Jun Shirakami, Akira Murakawa, Wataru Fujikawa, Yukie Saitou
  • Patent number: 9629253
    Abstract: Provided are a method for forming a high-definition metal pattern which including the steps of (1) forming a receiving layer on a substrate by coating the substrate with a resin composition including a urethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of five thousand or more or a vinyl resin and a medium, (2) forming a plating-core pattern on the receiving layer by printing an ink including a particle that serves as a plating core on the receiving layer by reverse offset printing, and (3) depositing a metal on the plating-core pattern by electroless plating, a high-definition metal pattern formed by the above-described method, and an electronic component including the high-definition metal pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Haruhiko Katsuta, Yoshinori Katayama, Jun Shirakami, Akira Murakawa, Wataru Fujikawa, Yukie Saitou
  • Patent number: 9384868
    Abstract: There is provided a water-based conductive ink for inkjet recording, the water-based conductive ink enabling formation of highly conductive circuit wiring even by low-temperature firing. A water-based conductive ink for inkjet recording contains metal nanoparticles (X), a polyhydric alcohol (A), and water (B), wherein a polyhydric alcohol represented by the following general formula is used as the polyhydric alcohol (A) (where R represents a hydrogen atom or any one lower alkyl group selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, and an n-propyl group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayoka Tachi, Sunao Yoshihara, Ryuu Koike, Yoshinori Katayama
  • Publication number: 20160007477
    Abstract: There is provided a method for forming an electrically conductive ultrafine pattern which has an excellent pattern cross-sectional shape is provided by a composite technique including a printing process and a plating process, and furthermore, by imparting excellent adhesion to each interface of a laminate including a plating core pattern, an electrically conductive ultrafine pattern which can be preferably used as a highly accurate electric circuit and a method for manufacturing the same are also provided. The method includes (1) a step of applying a resin composition to form a receiving layer on a substrate; (2) a step of printing an ink containing plating core particles by a reverse offset printing method to form a plating core pattern on the receiving layer; and (3) a step of depositing a metal on the plating core pattern formed in the step (2) by an electrolytic plating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Haruhiko Katsuta, Yoshinori Katayama, Jun Shirakami, Akira Murakawa, Wataru Fujikawa, Yukie Saitou
  • Publication number: 20150289383
    Abstract: Provided are a method for forming a high-definition metal pattern which including the steps of (1) forming a receiving layer on a substrate by coating the substrate with a resin composition including a urethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of five thousand or more or a vinyl resin and a medium, (2) forming a plating-core pattern on the receiving layer by printing an ink including a particle that serves as a plating core on the receiving layer by reverse offset printing, and (3) depositing a metal on the plating-core pattern by electroless plating, a high-definition metal pattern formed by the above-described method, and an electronic component including the high-definition metal pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Sunao Yoshihara, Haruhiko Katsuta, Yoshinori Katayama, Jun Shirakami, Akira Murakawa, Wataru Fujikawa, Yukie Saitou
  • Publication number: 20140134327
    Abstract: There is provided a water-based conductive ink for inkjet recording, the water-based conductive ink enabling formation of highly conductive circuit wiring even by low-temperature firing. A water-based conductive ink for inkjet recording contains metal nanoparticles (X), a polyhydric alcohol (A), and water (B), wherein a polyhydric alcohol represented by the following general formula is used as the polyhydric alcohol (A) (where R represents a hydrogen atom or any one lower alkyl group selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, and an n-propyl group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayoka Tachi, Sunao Yoshihara, Ryuu Koike, Yoshinori Katayama