Patents by Inventor Tohru Konno

Tohru Konno 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: 9809723
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink with high productivity which has the same quality level as the conventional printing and which contains an isoindoline-based pigment having a specific electric conductance, which is measured according to DIN ISO 787/14, of 150 ?S/cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okamoto, Tohru Konno, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Publication number: 20170114239
    Abstract: An ink composition used for active energy ray-curable inkjet printing which has excellent curability and abrasion resistance, and which does not easily cause curing wrinkles and has excellent initiator solubility, little odor and low viscosity, is shown. The ink composition contains a pigment, a polymerizable compound and a photopolyrnerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable compound comprises 80 wt % or more of aliphatic ethylenically polymerizable compounds based on a total weight of the polymerizable compound, wherein the aliphatic ethylenically polymerizable compounds comprise polyfunctional (meth)acrylates including at least 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate and dipropylene glycol diacrylate, the photopolymerization initiator comprises an acyl phosphine oxide, and an amount of the dipropylene glycol diacrylate is 16 wt % or more and an amount of the acyl phosphine oxide is 10 wt % or more with respect to a total weight of the inkjet ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke FUJIWARA, Tohru KONNO
  • Patent number: 8691885
    Abstract: Specifically provided is a single pass-curable ink having high color reproducibility and high curing properties at the same time and having high dischargeability when used in printing at high frequency and high jetting speed, as compared with conventional ones. An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition contains a metal lake pigment of a rhodamine dye as a pigment, and the active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition may contain 0.5 to 10% by weight of Pigment Violet 1, Pigment Violet 1:1, Pigment Violet 2, Pigment Violet 2:2, Pigment Red 81, Pigment Red 81:1, Pigment Red 81:2, Pigment Red 81:3, Pigment Red 81:4, Pigment Red 81:5, Pigment Red 169, or Pigment Red 173 as the metal lake pigment of the rhodamine dye based on the total weight of the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., Toyo Ink Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okamoto, Kazuhiro Jonai, Tohru Konno
  • Publication number: 20140069294
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink with high productivity which has the same quality level as the conventional printing and which contains an isoindoline-based pigment having a specific electric conductance, which is measured according to DIN ISO 787/14, of 150 ?S/cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: TOYO INK CO., LTD., TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko OKAMOTO, Tohru KONNO, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Patent number: 8420847
    Abstract: A novel bis-phosphate compound is provided which can be applied to a wide range of reactive substrates and reactions as an asymmetric reaction catalyst and can realize an asymmetric reaction affording a high yield and a high enantiomeric excess. The bis-phosphate compound has a tetraaryl skeleton represented by General Formula (1). In an asymmetric reaction, an amidodiene and an unsaturated aldehyde compound are reacted with each other in the presence of the optically active bis-phosphate compound to give an optically active amidoaldehyde. The invention allows a reaction such as an asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction to proceed efficiently, which has been difficult with conventional mono-phosphate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tohoku University, API Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Terada, Norie Momiyama, Tohru Konno
  • Publication number: 20120330038
    Abstract: A novel bis-phosphate compound is provided which can be applied to a wide range of reactive substrates and reactions as an asymmetric reaction catalyst and can realize an asymmetric reaction affording a high yield and a high enantiomeric excess. The bis-phosphate compound has a tetraaryl skeleton represented by General Formula (1). In an asymmetric reaction, an amidodiene and an unsaturated aldehyde compound are reacted with each other in the presence of the optically active bis-phosphate compound to give an optically active amidoaldehyde. The invention allows a reaction such as an asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction to proceed efficiently, which has been difficult with conventional mono-phosphate compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: API Corporation, National University Corporation TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masahiro Terada, Norie Momiyama, Tohru Konno