Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Shirake

Tomohiro Shirake 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: 20120319090
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a device having good characteristics and long life, wherein a functional thin film is formed in a desired region by a coating method; a thin film transistor; a method for producing the device; and a method for producing the thin film transistor. This problem can be solved by a device comprising: a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, a functional thin film formed above the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed above the functional thin film, characterized by further comprising, in a region surrounding the region where the functional thin film is formed, a film containing a compound in which a group containing fluorine and a ?-conjugated system are bound together by a cycloalkene structure or a cycloalkane structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Shinkai, Shuichi Haraguchi, Tomohiro Shirake, Masashi Ogawa, Shuhei Nakatani, Kei Sakanoue, Osamu Goto, Hidenobu Kakimoto