Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Nakagawa

Tomohiro Nakagawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20170247561
    Abstract: A surface treatment liquid composition for a substrate includes a nonionic resin particle and a multivalent metal salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Noriaki OKADA, Atsufumi HANAZAWA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Ayaka TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170247556
    Abstract: To provide an ink, which contains: water; a pigment; and a first water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent contains a water-soluble organic solvent (G) having a boiling point of 280° C. to 300° C., a water-soluble organic solvent (X) having a boiling point of 180° C. to 190° C., and a water-soluble organic solvent (Y) having a boiling point of 190° C. to 200° C., wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent contains a water-soluble organic solvent (G) having a boiling point of 280° C. to 300° C., a water-soluble organic solvent (X) having a boiling point of 180° C. to 190° C., and a water-soluble organic solvent (Y) having a boiling point of 190° C. to 200° C., wherein the ink satisfies the following formulae: 24?X?40 2?X/Y?20 where X [% by mass] is an amount of the water-soluble organic solvent (X), and Y [% by mass] is an amount of the water-soluble organic solvent (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Tsutomu MAEKAWA, Akiko BANNAI, Mariko KOJIMA, Hiroshi GOTOU, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170224790
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions that include a fungal glucosylceramide (GlcCer) purified from a non-pathogenic fungus (e.g., Candida utilis) and, optionally, an adjuvant. The invention also features methods of treating a patient who has a fungal disease and methods of preventing a fungal disease in a subject by administration of these compositions. Also within the scope of the invention are methods of formulating a fungal vaccine by: (a) providing a fungal glucosylceramide isolated from a non-pathogenic fungus; and (b) combining the fungal glucosylceramide with an adjuvant in a physiologically acceptable excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: KOHJIN LIFE SCIENCES CO., LTD., THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Maurizio DEL POETA, Visesato MOR, Toshiya SATO, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9663668
    Abstract: An inkjet ink, containing: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a pigment; and polycarbonate urethane resin particles, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent contains 50% by mass or more of a diol compound, and wherein the water-soluble organic solvent contains 50% by mass or more of a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of 200° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Rioch Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Naohiro Toda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Ichiroh Fujii, Juichi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20170121545
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for inkjet includes water, at least one hydrosoluble organic solvent each having a boiling point of 250° C. or lower; vinyl polymer particles containing a pigment, and polycarbonate-based urethane resin particles, wherein the aqueous ink for inkjet is used for an inkjet recording system including a heating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Ichiroh Fujii
  • Patent number: 9605173
    Abstract: An ink contains a colorant, a water soluble organic solvent, a silicone-based surfactant, a compound represented by the following chemical formula 1, and water, wherein the water soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of 250° C. or higher accounts for 38% by weight or less in a total amount of the water soluble organic solvent, where R11 and R12 each, independently represent aliphatic hydrocarbon groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms with forks and R13 and R14 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to two carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiroh Fujii, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170081610
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a phospholipid ?-linolenic acid composition of consistent quality and having a stable supply of source material, with focus on Torula yeast, which is edible and recognized as safe, in order to resolve issues with omega 3 sources. [Means for Solving the Problem] As a result of intensive study to resolve the above-noted issues, the inventors of the present invention have discovered that a phospholipid ?-linolenic acid composition can be obtained using residue of yeast extract extracted from Torula yeast (Candida utilis), for example, which is currently produced in large quantities for application in foods, and so arrived at the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicants: KOHJIN LIFE SCIENCES CO., LTD., KOHJIN LIFE SCIENCES CO., LTD., HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY, HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoto KAJI, Shiroh AIDA, Katsuhiro OSAKI, Masato OMAE, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Motoyuki TOKURIKI, Hayato MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9587124
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for inkjet includes water, at least one hydrosoluble organic solvent each having a boiling point of 250° C. or lower; vinyl polymer particles containing a pigment, and polycarbonate-based urethane resin particles, wherein the aqueous ink for inkjet is used for an inkjet recording system including a heating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Nagashima, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Ichiroh Fujii
  • Publication number: 20170051170
    Abstract: Ink includes water, an organic solvent, a surfactant including a silicon-based surfactant, and a resin including a polyester-based urethane resin having a polyolefin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Noriaki OKADA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9574098
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a pigment; and resin particles, wherein 50% by mass or more of the water-soluble organic solvent is a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of lower than 200° C., and the water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of lower than 200° C. comprises 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiroh Fujii, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20170022380
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a color material, an acrylic resin, urethane resin particles, and at least one organic solvent, wherein the at least one organic solvent includes 3-methyl-3-methoxy-1-butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hikaru Kobayashi, Noriaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20160364128
    Abstract: A printer server includes a display unit that can display a recording region which indicates an area in a continuous paper sheet on which information is recorded and the information to be recorded in the recording region and a display control unit that controls display contents of the display unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the recording region and the information in each of a layout view and a pre-view which are display forms different from each other, and causes the display unit to display a slider that can perform an enlargement and reduction operation of the recording region in each of the layout view and the pre-view, and a switching operation between the layout view and the pre-view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160355695
    Abstract: An ink for aqueous inkjet recording contains: water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a pigment; and polycarbonate-based urethane resin particles, wherein the pigment contains a geminalbis phosphonic acid group and/or a geminalbis phosphonate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Naohiro TODA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, lchiroh FUJII
  • Patent number: 9493665
    Abstract: An ink set for inkjet contains a white ink and one or more color inks other than the white ink, wherein the ink set satisfies the following I to III: I. each ink comprises water, a pigment, resin particulates, a water soluble organic solvent, and a silicone-based surfactant accounting for 1% by weight to 3% by weight of the ink, II. the pigment contained in each of the one or more color inks is a reformed pigment reformed by at least one of a geminal bisphosphonic acid group or a geminal bisphosphonic acid salt group, and III. the water soluble organic solvent of the white ink comprises glycol ether having a boiling point of from 200 degrees C. to 250 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9493001
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes ejecting an ink having a temperature from 28° C. to 40° C. and attaching the ink to a non-porous substrate having a temperature 5° C. to 20° C. higher than that of the ink, wherein the ink contains a colorant, resin particles, water, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, and a silicone-based surfactant, wherein the silicone-based surfactant accounts for 1% by weight to 3% by weight in the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Ichiroh Fujii
  • Publication number: 20160272832
    Abstract: An ink set that includes a first ink and a second ink each containing coloring agent, surfactant, organic solvent, resin, and water. The mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the first ink is larger than the mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the second ink. An ink-jet recording method using the ink set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20160272834
    Abstract: An ink set that includes a first ink and a second ink each containing coloring agent, surfactant, organic solvent, resin, and water. The mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the first ink is larger than the mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the second ink. An ink-jet recording method using the ink set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada
  • Patent number: 9446606
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for inkjet includes water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a pigment; and a particulate resin. The hydrosoluble organic solvent includes 2,3-butanediol and 1,2-propanediol at a weight ratio (2,3-butanediol/1,2-propanediol) of from 98/2 to 60/40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiroh Fujii, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20160264808
    Abstract: Ink having high adhesiveness for various substrates. The ink contains water, an organic solvent, at least one compound selected from formulae (1) and (2), and at least two kinds of resin particles. Ink-jet method. Record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9420130
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit that stores a plurality images having supplementary information respectively, an image analysis unit that performs an image analysis of each image stored in the image storage unit; and a time correction unit that corrects an imaging time that is included in the supplementary information of the image in such a manner that the plurality of images are arranged in an actual imaging time of the images in a case where the plurality of images are arranged in an order of the imaging time among the supplementary information, based on at least one of a result of the image analysis by the image analysis unit and a GPS information that is included in the supplementary information of the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Tomohiro Nakagawa