Patents by Inventor Tomoko Imai

Tomoko Imai 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: 8420187
    Abstract: A novel cellulose acylate composition is disclosed. The composition comprises at least one cellulose acylate having an aromatic group-containing acyl group (Substituent A), in which a substitution degree with Substituent A satisfies following relational expressions (I) and (II): DSA2+DSA3?DSA6>0.05,??(I) 0.11<DSA2+DSA3+DSA6<0.71,??(II) wherein DSA2, DSA3 and DSA6 each indicate a substitution degree with Substituent A at the 2-, 3- and 6-positions of the cellulose acylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Imai, Akiko Watano
  • Patent number: 7473757
    Abstract: The hyperbranched polymers are at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1]: (wherein R is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, provided that nR's are equal to or different from one another and at least one R of nR's is hydrogen atom, and symbol n is an integer from 1 to 10) and the anhydrosugar alcohol [2]: (wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; provided that R1, mR2's, pR3's and R4 are equal to or different from one another and at least one R2 or R3 of said mR2's and pR3's is hydrogen atom, respectively; and symbol m is zero (0) or an integer from 1 to 20 and symbol p is an integer from 1 to 20, provided that symbol m+p is an integer from 1 to 20) or at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1] and/or the anhydrosugar alcohol [2] with at least one sugar compound selected from the anhydrosugar as represented by th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Harumi Kaga, Toyoji Kakuchi, Toshifumi Satoh, Tomoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20090002605
    Abstract: A novel cellulose acylate composition is disclosed. The composition comprises at least one cellulose acylate having an aromatic group-containing acyl group (Substituent A), in which a substitution degree with Substituent A satisfies following relational expressions (I) and (II): DSA2+DSA3?DSA6>0.05,??(I) 0.11<DSA2+DSA3+DSA6<0.71,??(II) wherein DSA2, DSA3 and DSA6 each indicate a substitution degree with Substituent A at the 2-, 3- and 6-positions of the cellulose acylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko IMAI, Akiko Watano
  • Publication number: 20080260972
    Abstract: A cellulosic substance composition contains a cellulosic substance having an aliphatic acyl group containing a branched structure having from 5 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Nozoe, Tomoko Imai, Kunihiro Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20080241430
    Abstract: A cellulose compound composition includes a cellulose compound that includes (A) an aliphatic acyl group having a carbon number of 5 to 30 and (B) an acyl group containing an aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoko Imai
  • Publication number: 20080107829
    Abstract: A cellulose film, containing a cellulose compound of formula (I), wherein, R16, R13, and R12 represent a hydrogen atom, or a group containing an aliphatic or aromatic group; —X16—, —X13—, and —X12— represent *1—O—, *1—OOC—, or *1—OOCNH—; n1 represents an average polymerization degree of 10 to 1,500, and the following relationships are satisfied; DS16long<(DS13long+DS12long)??Expression (I) 2.5?(DS13long+DS12long+DS16long)>0.01??Expression (II) wherein DS16long, DS13long, and DS12long represent a substitution degree at the 6-, 3- or 2-position of the substituent having absorption at the longest wavelength, among the 3n1 substituents on the 6-, 3- or 2-position; and said substituent has an absorption maximum wavelength at the longest wavelength in the range of 270 to 450 nm and a molar extinction coefficient of 2,000 to 1,000,000 for a solution of CH3—X16—R16, CH3—X13—R13 or CH3—X12—R12 corresponding to —X16—R16, —X13—R13 or —X12—R12, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toyohisa Oya, Takahiro Kato, Tomoko Imai, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20050010023
    Abstract: The hyperbranched polymers are at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1]: (wherein R is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, provided that nR's are equal to or different from one another and at least one R of nR's is hydrogen atom, and symbol n is an integer from 1 to 10) and the anhydrosugar alcohol [2]: (wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; provided that R1, mR2's, pR3's and R4 are equal to or different from one another and at least one R2 or R3 of said mR2's and pR3's is hydrogen atom, respectively; and symbol m is zero (0) or an integer from 1 to 20 and symbol p is an integer from 1 to 20, provided that symbol m+p is an integer from 1 to 20) or at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1] and/or the anhydrosugar alcohol [2] with at least one sugar compound selected from the anhydrosugar as represented by
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Harumi Kaga, Toyoji Kakuchi, Toshifumi Satoh, Tomoko Imai