Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Yamasaki

Tomoaki Yamasaki 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: 9938382
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing a powdery pseudopolyrotaxane with a high inclusion ratio. The present invention relates to a method for producing a pseudopolyrotaxane, including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that contains pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which the polyethylene glycol is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; and a drying step of drying the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane produced in the inclusion step to obtain the pseudopolyrotaxane. In the drying step, the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane is sprayed and dried in a heated gas-stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Patent number: 9487630
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a polyrotaxane which enables industrially advantageous production of a polyrotaxane with a high inclusion rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Akira Kimura, Hiroki Okazaki, Changming Zhao
  • Patent number: 9475908
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane enabling to produce an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane having good fluidity and excellent dispersion stability of the pseudopolyrotaxane particles therein. The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane. The method includes: a mixing step of a dissolving polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to prepare a mixed solution; and a cooling step of continuously or intermittently cooling the mixed solution in a state of flux to precipitate pseudopolyrotaxane particles. The pseudopolyrotaxane particles contain the polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Patent number: 9409999
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, which enables production of a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane excellent in storage stability in an industrially advantageous way. The present invention provides a method of producing a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, comprising: a hydrophilic modification step of preparing a solution of a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane by modifying all or part of hydroxy groups on a cyclodextrin of a polyrotaxane with hydrophilic modifying groups, the polyrotaxane containing the cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a drying step in which the prepared solution of the hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane is formed into a thin film state and dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Yuki Hayashi, Minoru Iwata
  • Patent number: 9266972
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a polyrotaxane composition comprising: a polyrotaxane containing a cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao, Minoru Iwata, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9238696
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a powdered hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, which enables production of a powdered hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane excellent in storage stability in an industrially advantageous way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Yuki Hayashi, Minoru Iwata
  • Patent number: 9205104
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane composition comprising: a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane produced by modifying, with hydrophilic modifying groups, all or part of hydroxy groups on a cyclodextrin of a polyrotaxane containing the cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao, Minoru Iwata, Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9150679
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saponification product of a vinyl ester/ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having superior tolerance of the aqueous thickening liquid against mechanical shear. More specifically, the present invention provides a saponification product of a vinyl ester/ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having the superior tolerance, by polymerizing a mixture where the molar ratio of the vinyl ester/ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is from 8/2 to 3/7, and saponifying the obtained copolymer in a mixed solvent where the mass composition ratio of an aqueous organic solvent/water mixture solvent is from 3/7 to 8/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Yuji Kinpara, Shigeki Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 9120901
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing a pseudopolyrotaxane with a high inclusion ratio. The present invention relates to a method for producing a pseudopolyrotaxane, including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that contains pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which the polyethylene glycol is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; and a drying step of drying the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane produced in the inclusion step to obtain the pseudopolyrotaxane. In the drying step, the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane is dried in a thin film state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150240036
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a polyrotaxane which enables industrially advantageous production of a polyrotaxane with a high inclusion rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Akira Kimura, Hiroki Okazaki, Changming Zhao
  • Patent number: 9068051
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a refined polyrotaxane which includes an industrially advantageous method of producing a polyrotaxane that has excellent storage stability. The method for producing a refined polyrotaxane includes the step of heat-cleaning a polyrotaxane with a cleaning medium, the polyrotaxane containing cyclodextrin molecules, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150125697
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saponification product of a vinyl ester/ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having superior tolerance of the aqueous thickening liquid against mechanical shear. More specifically, the present invention provides a saponification product of a vinyl ester/ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having the superior tolerance, by polymerizing a mixture where the molar ratio of the vinyl ester/ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is from 8/2 to 3/7, and saponifying the obtained copolymer in a mixed solvent where the mass composition ratio of an aqueous organic solvent/water mixture solvent is from 3/7 to 8/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Yuji Kinpara, Shigeki Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140066403
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane composition comprising: a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane produced by modifying, with hydrophilic modifying groups, all or part of hydroxy groups on a cyclodextrin of a polyrotaxane containing the cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao, Minoru Iwata, Yuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140066616
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, which enables production of a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane excellent in storage stability in an industrially advantageous way. The present invention provides a method of producing a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, comprising: a hydrophilic modification step of preparing a solution of a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane by modifying all or part of hydroxy groups on a cyclodextrin of a polyrotaxane with hydrophilic modifying groups, the polyrotaxane containing the cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a drying step in which the prepared solution of the hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane is formed into a thin film state and dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Yuki Hayashi, Minoru Iwata
  • Publication number: 20140066615
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a powdered hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, which enables production of a powdered hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane excellent in storage stability in an industrially advantageous way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Yuki Hayashi, Minoru Iwata
  • Publication number: 20140058078
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a polyrotaxane composition comprising: a polyrotaxane containing a cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao, Minoru Iwata, Yuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20130331562
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a refined polyrotaxane which includes an industrially advantageous method of producing a polyrotaxane that has excellent storage stability. The method for producing a refined polyrotaxane includes the step of heat-cleaning a polyrotaxane with a cleaning medium, the polyrotaxane containing cyclodextrin molecules, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130317209
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing a pseudopolyrotaxane with a high inclusion ratio. The present invention relates to a method for producing a pseudopolyrotaxane, including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that contains pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which the polyethylene glycol is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; and a drying step of drying the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane produced in the inclusion step to obtain the pseudopolyrotaxane. In the drying step, the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane is dried in a thin film state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130296547
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane enabling to produce an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane having good fluidity and excellent dispersion stability of the pseudopolyrotaxane particles therein. The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane. The method includes: a mixing step of a dissolving polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to prepare a mixed solution; and a cooling step of continuously or intermittently cooling the mixed solution in a state of flux to precipitate pseudopolyrotaxane particles. The pseudopolyrotaxane particles contain the polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130296546
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing a powdery pseudopolyrotaxane with a high inclusion ratio. The present invention relates to a method for producing a pseudopolyrotaxane, including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that contains pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which the polyethylene glycol is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; and a drying step of drying the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane produced in the inclusion step to obtain the pseudopolyrotaxane. In the drying step, the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane is sprayed and dried in a heated gas-stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicants: ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC., SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao