Patents by Inventor Takeshi Iwanaga

Takeshi Iwanaga 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: 12353165
    Abstract: A method for producing pressure-responsive particles includes: adding an aggregating agent and a dispersion containing silica particles to a dispersion containing composite resin particles containing a styrene-based resin including a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound as polymer components and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin including a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound as a polymer component to cause aggregation so as to form aggregated particles; and heating and fusing the aggregated particles to form pressure-responsive particles. The amount of the silica particles added by the dispersion containing the silica particles is 0.5 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less relative to a total mass of the composite resin particles. The mass ratio of the styrene-based resin to the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin in the pressure-responsive particles is from 80:20 to 20:80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Kamiwaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Satoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 12325779
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the percentage water absorption of the cellulosic particle measured by method B in ISO 15512:1999 is 11% or more and 20% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Satomi Kashiwagi, Shota Matoba, Ayu Naito, Kazusei Yoshida, Yuko Iwadate, Masahiro Oki, Takahiro Ishizuka, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano, Takeshi Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20250134795
    Abstract: Cellulose particles include mother particles, containing cellulose as a principal component; and a coating layer that coats the mother particles, in which the average circularity of the cellulose particles is 0.97 or more, and the relation between carbon atom amount Cs and oxygen atom amount Os in the cellulose particles measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies the formula A1: Cs/Os?2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Takeshi IWANAGA, Yuko IWADATE, Sakae TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 12209204
    Abstract: A method for producing pressure-responsive particles includes: adding an aggregating agent to a dispersion containing composite resin particles containing a styrene-based resin including a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound as polymer components and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin including a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound as a polymer component to aggregate the composite resin particles so as to form aggregated particles A; forming a shell by adding an aggregating agent and styrene-based resin particles containing a styrene compound and a vinyl monomer other than the styrene compound as polymer components to a dispersion containing the aggregated particles A to aggregate the styrene-based resin particles so as to form aggregated particles B; and heating and fusing the aggregated particles B to form pressure-responsive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240327545
    Abstract: Cellulose acetate particles include cellulose acetate as a main component, in which a total degree of acyl substitution of the cellulose acetate is 0.05 or more and less than 0.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ayu NAITO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Kenji YAO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20240327619
    Abstract: Cellulose particles each include: a base particle containing cellulose as a main component; and a coating layer that covers the base particle and contains a coating material other than a coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi IWANAGA, Ayu NAITO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Kenji YAO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Patent number: 12103993
    Abstract: Pressure-responsive particles include pressure-responsive base particles and silica particles, in which the pressure-responsive base particles contain a styrene-based resin that contains styrene and other vinyl monomers as polymerization components and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin that contains at least two kinds of (meth)acrylic acid esters as polymerization components and in which a ratio of a mass of the (meth)acrylic acid esters to a total mass of polymerization components is 90% by mass or more, the pressure-responsive particles have at least two glass transition temperatures, a difference between a lowest glass transition temperature and a highest glass transition temperature is 30° C. or higher, and a ratio of a surface coating rate Cs2 by the silica particles after application of the following first stress to a surface coating rate Cs1 by the silica particles before application of stress satisfies a relationship of 0.4?Cs2/Cs1?0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Iida, Takako Kobayashi, Takashi Hasegawa, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Takeshi Iwanaga, Satoshi Kamiwaki, Mieko Seki, Sumiaki Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20240262966
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the percentage water absorption of the cellulosic particle measured by method B in ISO 15512:1999 is 11% or more and 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Shota MATOBA, Ayu NAITO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO, Takeshi IWANAGA
  • Publication number: 20240261206
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains: cellulose as its base constituent; and at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon ester and a ketone, and the amount of the hydrocarbon ester or ketone in the cellulosic particle is 3 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Shota MATOBA, Ayu NAITO, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Takeshi IWANAGA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20240262967
    Abstract: A cellulosic particle contains cellulose as its base constituent, and the intensity of sodium fluorescent x-rays from the cellulosic particle measured by x-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.015 kps or more and 0.1 kps or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji YAO, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Ayu NAITO, Shota MATOBA, Satomi KASHIWAGI, Yuko IWADATE, Masahiro OKI, Takahiro ISHIZUKA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Patent number: 11958939
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution contains: an aqueous solvent containing water; particles; and a polyimide precursor, wherein the polyimide precursor has a high molecular weight region A containing a high molecular weight side maximum value and a low molecular weight region B containing a low molecular weight side maximum value in an elution curve obtained by gel permeation chromatography, a weight average molecular weight in the high molecular weight region A is 50,000 or more, a weight average molecular weight in the low molecular weight region B is 10,000 or more and 30,000 or less, and a value of a/(a+b) is 0.60 or more and 0.98 or less in which a represents an area of the high molecular weight region A and b represents an area of the low molecular weight region B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakada, Shigeru Seitoku, Takeshi Iwanaga, Tomoyo Okubo, Hajime Sugahara, Hidekazu Hirose
  • Patent number: 11796928
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support. A top surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes fluorine-containing resin particles, a fluorine-containing dispersant, and two or more charge transporting materials. When the charge transporting materials are listed in order of decreasing HOMO energy levels, a difference in HOMO energy level between each adjacent two of the charge The ratio A of the amount of each of the charge transporting materials to the total amount of the charge transporting materials satisfies the condition 1 below, [(100/N)?(100/N×0.3)]?A?[(100/N)+(100/N×0.3)]??Condition 1 where N represents the number of types of the charge transporting materials included in the top surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenta Shingu, Yoshiteru Yamada, Akihiro Kawasaki, Keisuke Kusano, Kohei Hashimoto, Yuto Okazaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Wataru Yamada, Hirohito Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 11787942
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes: a polyimide precursor; polyester resin particles containing a polyester resin and having a volume average particle diameter of from 3 ?m to 50 ?m inclusive and an average circularity of 0.970 or more; and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeru Seitoku, Kosuke Nakada, Takeshi Iwanaga, Hidekazu Hirose
  • Publication number: 20230103101
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive toner includes toner particles containing a composite resin that includes a styrene-based resin and a (meth)acrylate-based resin. The difference between a lowest glass transition temperature of the composite resin and a highest glass transition temperature thereof is 30° C. or more, and the toner particles have a gel fraction of from 1.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi IWANAGA, Takako KOBAYASHI, Mieko SEKI, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Satoshi KAMIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230080755
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes: a polyimide precursor; polyester resin particles containing a polyester resin and having a volume average particle diameter of from 3 ?m to 50 ?m inclusive and an average circularity of 0.970 or more; and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeru SEITOKU, Kosuke NAKADA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20230077397
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes an aqueous solvent including water, a polyimide precursor, resin particles, and an ionization agent X having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and 130° C. or less and an ionization agent Y having a boiling point of 250° C. or more and 300° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi IWANAGA, Shigeru SEITOKU, Kosuke NAKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20230076583
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution includes: a polyimide precursor that is a polymer of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine compound; particles; a solvent; and a compound having at least four carboxy groups per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKADA, Shigeru SEITOKU, Takeshi IWANAGA, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11547069
    Abstract: Water purification particles have porous particles and photocatalyst particles formed of titanium-based compound particles that are supported on the porous particles, have absorption at a wavelength of 500 nm in a visible absorption spectrum, and have an absorption peak at 2,700 cm?1 to 3,000 cm?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum, and a metal compound having a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group is bonded to the surface of each of the titanium-based compound particles through an oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi Iwanaga, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Sakae Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220306806
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor film contains a polyimide precursor, in which a total content of a solvent containing water and a solvent other than water in the polyimide precursor film is 5 mass % or more and 40 mass % or less, and a mass ratio of water to the solvent other than water in the polyimide precursor film is 0 or more and 2.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoyo OKUBO, Takeshi IWANAGA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Kosuke NAKADA, Hajime SUGAHARA, Shigeru SEITOKU
  • Publication number: 20220305739
    Abstract: A polyimide porous film includes: a polyimide porous film body; and at least one of resin particles and a resin porous film, the at least one of the resin particles and the resin porous film adhering to one surface or both surfaces of the polyimide porous film body, and containing a fluorine-based resin or containing a fluorine-based resin and an acrylic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Takeshi IWANAGA, Shigeru SEITOKU, Kosuke NAKADA, Tomoyo OKUBO, Hidekazu HIROSE