Patents by Inventor Taira MURAKAMI

Taira MURAKAMI 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: 11874602
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer has an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound 1, a polymerizable compound 2, and a polymerizable compound 3, in which a molecular weight of the polymerizable compound 1 is less than 1,000, a weight-average molecular weight of the polymerizable compound 2 is 1,000 or more and 3,000 or less, and a weight-average molecular weight of the polymerizable compound 3 is more than 3,000 and 15,000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sakaguchi, Akinori Fujita, Taira Murakami
  • Patent number: 11458757
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor includes an image recording layer on a support, in which the lithographic printing plate precursor has projections which are discontinuously formed on a surface of an outermost layer on a side where the image recording layer is provided, and a melting point of each projection is in a range of 70° C. to 150° C. A method of producing a lithographic printing plate includes a step of image-wise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor to form an exposed portion and an unexposed portion, and a step of supplying at least one of printing ink or dampening water to remove the unexposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Kudo, Yoshiki Morita, Keisho Funatsu, Taira Murakami
  • Publication number: 20220276560
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous developer for a flexographic printing plate, which has excellent concentration suitability and good storage stability in a case of being made into a concentrated solution, an aqueous developing concentrated solution for a flexographic printing plate, and a manufacturing method of a flexographic printing plate using these. The aqueous developer for a flexographic printing plate of the present invention is an aqueous developer for a flexographic printing plate including an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and water, in which the anionic surfactant is a compound represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato SHIRAKAWA, Taira MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220229365
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer has an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound 1, a polymerizable compound 2, and a polymerizable compound 3, in which a molecular weight of the polymerizable compound 1 is less than 1,000, a weight-average molecular weight of the polymerizable compound 2 is 1,000 or more and 3,000 or less, and a weight-average molecular weight of the polymerizable compound 3 is more than 3,000 and 15,000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akira SAKAGUCHI, Akinori FUJITA, Taira MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11370862
    Abstract: A planographic printing plate precursor includes: a support; and an image recording layer which includes a radical initiator, a radical polymerizable component, and a radiation absorption compound, and in which the image recording layer shows two or more peaks of a radical generation amount in a radical generation amount-versus-time curve after exposure to image forming radiation, in which the radical initiator includes an electron-donating radical initiator and an electron-accepting radical initiator, and the radiation absorption compound comprises a compound represented by the following Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadao Shibamoto, Taira Murakami, Kyosuke Tsumura, Kotaro Kudo
  • Publication number: 20220026808
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous developer for a flexographic printing plate capable of maintaining good developability and suppressing aggregation of a dispersion in the developer diluted with water after repeated use, and a manufacturing method of a flexographic printing plate using the same. The aqueous developer for a flexographic printing plate according to the present invention is an aqueous developer for a flexographic printing plate, containing a surfactant represented by Formula (1), and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Namba, Taira Murakami
  • Publication number: 20210356865
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water-developable flexographic printing plate precursor which has excellent water developability and exhibits excellent printing durability in a case of being made into a flexographic printing plate, a flexographic printing plate, and a photosensitive resin composition. The water-developable flexographic printing plate precursor of the present invention includes a photosensitive layer, in which the photosensitive layer contains a monomer, a polymerization initiator, a base polymer, and water-dispersible particles, the water-dispersible particles have carbon-carbon double bonds, and an amount of the carbon-carbon double bonds on a surface of the water-dispersible particles is 21 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke NAMBA, Kazuhiro Fujimaki, Taira Murakami
  • Patent number: 10814610
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having: a support; and an image-recording layer as an outermost surface layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer includes a hydrophilic polymer, an ion intensity derived from the hydrophilic polymer has a maximum value I1, the ion intensity being measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry in such a manner that cutting is carried out from an image-recording layer surface in a direction of the support by an Ar gas cluster ion beam method, a ratio d0/d1 of a thickness d0 of the image-recording layer to a depth d1 from an outermost layer at which the I1 is obtained is 2.0 or more, and a ratio I1/I0 of the I1 to an ion intensity I0 derived from the hydrophilic polymer at a depth from the outermost layer of the d0 is 1.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Araki, Shizuka Ishikawa, Taira Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200189306
    Abstract: Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor including an image recording layer on a support, in which the lithographic printing plate precursor has projections which are discontinuously formed on a surface of an outermost layer on a side where the image recording layer is provided, and a melting point of each projection is in a range of 70° C. to 150° C.; and a method of producing a lithographic printing plate obtained by using the lithographic printing plate precursor. It is preferable that the method of producing a lithographic printing plate includes a step of image-wise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor to form an exposed portion and an unexposed portion, and a step of supplying at least one of printing ink or dampening water to remove the unexposed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro KUDO, Yoshiki MORITA, Keisho FUNATSU, Taira MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200180299
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having: a support; and an image-recording layer as an outermost surface layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer includes a hydrophilic polymer, an ion intensity derived from the hydrophilic polymer has a maximum value I1, the ion intensity being measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry in such a manner that cutting is carried out from an image-recording layer surface in a direction of the support by an Ar gas cluster ion beam method, a ratio d0/d1 of a thickness d0 of the image-recording layer to a depth d1 from an outermost layer at which the I1 is obtained is 2.0 or more, and a ratio I1/I0 of the I1 to an ion intensity I0 derived from the hydrophilic polymer at a depth from the outermost layer of the d0 is 1.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro ARAKI, Shizuka ISHIKAWA, Taira MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20190329545
    Abstract: A planographic printing plate precursor includes: a support; and an image recording layer which includes a radical initiator, a radical polymerizable component, and a radiation absorption compound, and in which the image recording layer shows two or more peaks of a radical generation amount in a radical generation amount-versus-time curve after exposure to image forming radiation, in which the radical initiator includes an electron-donating radical initiator and an electron-accepting radical initiator, and the radiation absorption compound comprises a compound represented by the following Formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tadao SHIBAMOTO, Taira MURAKAMI, Kyosuke TSUMURA, Kotaro KUDO
  • Patent number: 10241400
    Abstract: A color developing composition which develops colors in a high density and does not significantly discolor when aged, a lithographic printing plate precursor which has excellent plate-inspecting properties by means of color development and is capable of maintaining strong color development even when aged after color development, a plate making method for a lithographic printing plate in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used, and a new compound that can be preferably used as a color developer. The color developing composition of the present invention includes a compound represented by Formula 1. The compound in the present invention is represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, R1 represents a group in which an R1—O bond is cleaved by heat or exposure to infrared rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Mizuno, Keisuke Nogoshi, Kyosuke Tsumura, Taira Murakami, Kohei Aizu
  • Publication number: 20170123315
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a color developing composition which develops colors in a high density and does not significantly discolor when aged, a lithographic printing plate precursor which has excellent plate-inspecting properties by means of color development and is capable of maintaining strong color development even when aged after color development, a plate making method for a lithographic printing plate in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used, and a new compound that can be preferably used as a color developer. The color developing composition of the present invention includes a compound represented by Formula 1. The compound in the present invention is represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, R1 represents a group in which an R1—O bond is cleaved by heat or exposure to infrared rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Akio MIZUNO, Keisuke NOGOSHI, Kyosuke TSUMURA, Taira MURAKAMI, Kohei AIZU