Patents by Inventor Takaaki Niinomi

Takaaki Niinomi 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: 9260443
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an organic device is provided comprising providing a first solution comprising an organic semiconductor or a precursor thereof; a solvent and a decomposable polymer additive, where the polymer additive is heated so that it decomposes into gas. The method is applicable to large scale fabrication of OLEDs, OPVs and OFET devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Craig J. Hawker, Michael Chabinyc, Sung-Yu Ku, Christopher Liman, Shinji Aramaki, Hengbin Wang, Takaaki Niinomi
  • Patent number: 8952247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device having at least a fullerene derivative as an electron acceptor and a compound as an electron donor between a pair of electrodes, wherein the fullerene derivative has 2 to 4 organic groups which each independently have 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and wherein when the fullerene derivative has two organic groups, these organic groups do not bind to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Sato, Eiichi Nakamura, Takaaki Niinomi, Yutaka Matsuo, Masahiko Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 8552289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device having at least a fullerene derivative as an electron acceptor and a compound as an electron donor between a pair of electrodes, wherein the fullerene derivative has 2 to 4 organic groups which each independently have 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and wherein when the fullerene derivative has two organic groups, these organic groups do not bind to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Sato, Eiichi Nakamura, Takaaki Niinomi, Yutaka Matsuo, Masahiko Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20120211082
    Abstract: There is provides a photoelectric conversion device material which can be used as an electrode buffer material for a solar cell or the like and can improve durability while maintaining the interaction with an electrode and mobility; a photoelectric conversion device using the photoelectric conversion device material; and a solar cell using the photoelectric conversion device. A photoelectric conversion device containing a buffer layer and an active layer, wherein the buffer layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), the active layer contains an n-type semiconductor, and the n-type semiconductor is a compound having a solubility in toluene of 0.5% by weight or more at 25° C. and having an electron mobility of 1.0×10?6 cm2/Vs or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji AKIYAMA, Hitoshi Oota, Misako Okabe, Saika Ootsubo, Junya Kawai, Yoshiko Moritake, Takaaki Niinomi, Yuhei Ogomi, Takamichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20120168728
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an organic device is provided comprising providing a first solution comprising an organic semiconductor or a precursor thereof; a solvent and a decomposable polymer additive, where the polymer additive is heated so that it decomposes into gas. The method is applicable to large scale fabrication of OLEDs, OPVs and OFET devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Craig J. Hawker, Michael Chabinyc, Sung-Yu Ku, Christopher Liman, Shinji Aramaki, Hengbin Wang, Takaaki Niinomi
  • Patent number: 8147961
    Abstract: A metal material that is, without using expensive apparatus, carburized in a low temperature region where crystal grains do not grow so much, and a producing method of the metal material are provided. A metal material mainly containing iron, wherein a surface of the metal material is subjected to a carburization treatment by a treatment using fullerenes as a carbon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, MEC International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Yoshimi, Takeshi Matsuo, Mitsuo Suzuki, Takaaki Niinomi, Yuichi Furukawa, Setsuyu Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20110005597
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device having at least a fullerene derivative as an electron acceptor and a compound as an electron donor between a pair of electrodes, wherein the fullerene derivative has 2 to 4 organic groups which each independently have 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and wherein when the fullerene derivative has two organic groups, these organic groups do not bind to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Sato, Eiichi Nakamura, Takaaki Niinomi, Yutaka Matsuo, Masahiko Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20090117359
    Abstract: A metal material that is, without using expensive apparatus, carburized in a low temperature region where crystal grains do not grow so much, and a producing method of the metal material are provided. A metal material mainly containing iron, wherein a surface of the metal material is subjected to a carburization treatment by a treatment using fullerenes as a carbon source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, FRONTIER CARBON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke Yoshimi, Takeshi Matsuo, Mitsuo Suzuki, Takaaki Niinomi
  • Publication number: 20080206444
    Abstract: There is provided a film-forming product used for forming a film containing fullerenes as a main component. The film containing fullerenes as a main component may be used as a mold release agent and a lubricant as well as a colorant, a writing utensil, cosmetics and a mending material. The present invention relates to a film-forming product constituted of a molded product containing fullerenes as a main component. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the film-forming product has a bar shape, and used for forming a mold releasing film or a lubricating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuo, Mitsuo Suzuki, Takaaki Niinomi
  • Patent number: 6090518
    Abstract: A radiation sensitive composition comprising a film-forming resin and a bis(sulfonyl)diazomethane compound of the following formula (1) or (2): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group which may be substituted, R.sup.2 is a halogen atom, an alkoxy group which may be substituted, a nitro group, a cyano group, a nitrile group or an amide group, and each of R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 which are independent of one another, is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group which may be substituted, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group which may be substituted, a nitro group, a cyano group, a nitrile group or an amide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Niinomi, Jun Fujita, Toshiyuki Urano, Etsuko Hino, Toshiaki Yokoo