Patents by Inventor Takanori Taniguchi
Takanori Taniguchi 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).
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Publication number: 20240093134Abstract: Provided is a culture chamber capable of preparing spheroids with a uniform size with high efficiency and having a micro-space structure which is designed to facilitate replacement of a medium and harvesting of cells. The culture chamber includes a plurality of recesses (10) each formed of a bottom portion (11) and an opening portion (12). The bottom portion (11) has one of a hemispherical shape and a truncated cone shape and the opening portion (12) is defined by a wall that surrounds an area from a boundary between the opening portion (12) and the bottom portion (11) to an end of each of the recesses (10), the wall having a taper angle in a range from 1 degree to 20 degrees. An equivalent diameter of the boundary is in a range from 50 ?m to 2 mm and a depth from a bottom of the bottom portion (11) to the end of each of the recesses is in a range from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoko Ejiri, Satoru Ayano, Naoto Fukuhara, Hideki Taniguchi, Takanori Takebe
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Publication number: 20240064225Abstract: An information terminal includes: a processor: in response to information of a first category being acquired, stores the first category as display target information; in response to information of a category to which second notification information being acquired at a timing after the information of the first category is acquired, and if the category is the first category, stores the first category as the display target information; and in response to information of the category being acquired, and if the category is a second category different from the first category, stores the second category as the display target information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi INOUE, Takeshi HANADA, Takanori TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230219070Abstract: A catalyst may suppress pressure loss and coaking and produce a target substance in high yield when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted using the catalyst to produce the target substance. A ring-shaped catalyst may have a straight body part and a hollow body part, which is used when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted to produce a target substance, wherein a length of the straight body part is shorter than a length of the hollow body part and at least at one end part, a region from an end part of the straight body part to an end part of the hollow body part is concavely curved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kazuharu TAZAWA, Takanori TANIGUCHI, Takuya NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11628425Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst ensuring that when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted using a catalyst to produce a target substance, the pressure loss and coking are suppressed and the target substance can be produced in high yield. The present invention is related to a ring-shaped catalyst having a straight body part and a hollow body part, which is used when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted to produce a target substance, wherein a length of the straight body part is shorter than a length of the hollow body part and at least at one end part, a region from an end part of the straight body part to an end part of the hollow body part is concavely curved.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kazuharu Tazawa, Takanori Taniguchi, Takuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 10787543Abstract: The present invention provides a high-molecular-weight polyether polyol ensuring that when used as a polyurethane raw material, a polyurethane having excellent flexibility and elastic recovery can be obtained; and a method for producing, with high productivity, a polyether polyol having a higher number average molecular weight and a narrower molecular weight distribution than those of the raw material polyether polyol, and the polyether polyol of the present invention has a number average molecular weight of 3,500 to 5,500 and a molecular weight distribution of 1.7 to 3.0.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takanori Taniguchi, Yoko Nakagawa, Ryo Yamashita, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20200016577Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst ensuring that when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted using a catalyst to produce a target substance, the pressure loss and coking are suppressed and the target substance can be produced in high yield. The present invention is related to a ring-shaped catalyst having a straight body part and a hollow body part, which is used when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted to produce a target substance, wherein a length of the straight body part is shorter than a length of the hollow body part and at least at one end part, a region from an end part of the straight body part to an end part of the hollow body part is concavely curved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kazuharu TAZAWA, Takanori TANIGUCHI, Takuya NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20170253698Abstract: The present invention provides a high-molecular-weight polyether polyol ensuring that when used as a polyurethane raw material, a polyurethane having excellent flexibility and elastic recovery can be obtained; and a method for producing, with high productivity, a polyether polyol having a higher number average molecular weight and a narrower molecular weight distribution than those of the raw material polyether polyol, and the polyether polyol of the present invention has a number average molecular weight of 3,500 to 5,500 and a molecular weight distribution of 1.7 to 3.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takanori TANIGUCHI, Yoko NAKAGAWA, Ryo YAMASHITA, Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20140246621Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane, which comprises using a polyester polyol (a-1), a polyether polyol (b), an isocyanate compound (c) and a chain extender (d) as a raw material to produce a polyurethane, wherein the polyester polyol (a-1) is a polyester polyol (a-1) obtained by forming an ester bond between either a carboxyl group of a polycarboxylic acid (i-1) having a polysiloxane framework and a plurality of carboxyl groups or an ester group of a polycarboxylic acid ester (i-2) having a polysiloxane framework and a plurality of ester groups, and a hydroxyl group of a polyether polyol (ii).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori TANIGUCHI, Haruhiko Kusaka, Youko Nagagawa, Daisuke Hirooka, Hisashi Nagahama
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Patent number: 8759467Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane, which comprises using a polyester polyol (a-1), a polyether polyol (b), an isocyanate compound (c) and a chain extender (d) as a raw material to produce a polyurethane, wherein the polyester polyol (a-1) is a polyester polyol (a-1) obtained by forming an ester bond between either a carboxyl group of a polycarboxylic acid (i-1) having a polysiloxane framework and a plurality of carboxyl groups or an ester group of a polycarboxylic acid ester (i-2) having a polysiloxane framework and a plurality of ester groups, and a hydroxyl group of a polyether polyol (ii).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takanori Taniguchi, Haruhiko Kusaka, Youko Nakagawa, Daisuke Hirooka, Hisashi Nagahama
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Publication number: 20120277394Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane, which comprises using a polyester polyol (a-1), a polyether polyol (b), an isocyanate compound (c) and a chain extender (d) as a raw material to produce a polyurethane, wherein the polyester polyol (a-1) is a polyester polyol (a-1) obtained by forming an ester bond between either a carboxyl group of a polycarboxylic acid (i-1) having a polysiloxane framework and a plurality of carboxyl groups or an ester group of a polycarboxylic acid ester (i-2) having a polysiloxane framework and a plurality of ester groups, and a hydroxyl group of a polyether polyol (ii).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori TANIGUCHI, Haruhiko Kusaka, Youko Nakagawa, Daisuke Hirooka, Hisashi Nagahama
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Publication number: 20090247658Abstract: A polyurethane and a polyurethane-urea are provided which are extremely useful in high-performance polyurethane elastomer applications such as elastic polyurethane fibers, synthetic/artificial leathers, and TPUs. Disclosed are: a process for producing a polyurethane from (a) a polyether polyol obtained by a dehydration condensation reaction of a polyol and containing a 1,3-propanediol unit, (b) a polyisocyanate compound, and (c) a chain extender, wherein the polyurethane is produced in the co-presence of an aprotic polar solvent; a polyurethane produced by the process for polyurethane production; and a film and a fiber each comprising the polyurethane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi ChemcialInventors: Mitsuharu Kobayashi, Youko Fukuuchi, Takanori Taniguchi