Patents by Inventor Toru Kuroda
Toru Kuroda 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).
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Patent number: 8563774Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst, in which physical properties of a dried material or a calcined material in a production process of the catalyst are stable and a change in at least one of a catalyst activity and a selectivity to a target product is small and hence reproducibility of the catalyst is excellent. The present invention is a method for producing a catalyst containing molybdenum, bismuth, and iron, which contains the steps of washing a surface of at least one device equipped in an apparatus for the production of catalyst, to which a solid matter adheres, with a basic solution, and producing the catalyst with the apparatus for the production of catalyst thus washed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Masanori Nitta, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda, Seiichi Kawato
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Patent number: 8470730Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst, in which physical properties of a dried material or a calcined material in a production process of the catalyst are stable and a change in at least one of a catalyst activity and a selectivity to a target product is small and hence reproducibility of the catalyst is excellent. The present invention is a method for producing a catalyst containing molybdenum, bismuth, and iron, which contains the steps of washing a surface of at least one device equipped in an apparatus for the production of catalyst, to which a solid matter adheres, with a basic solution, and producing the catalyst with the apparatus for the production of catalyst thus washed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Masanori Nitta, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda, Seiichi Kawato
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Patent number: 8329942Abstract: A method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid through gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propylene, isobutylene or tertiary butanol, which is a raw material, with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complex oxide including molybdenum, bismuth and iron as essential components, by controlling the molar ratio of oxygen to the raw material such that a rate of reaction of the raw material is kept constant in the temperature range of from (TA-15)° C. to TA° C., where TA° C. is the boundary temperature of the activation energy of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Seiichi Kawato-ku, Toru Kuroda
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Publication number: 20120203023Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of a phenylalanine derivative of formula (I):Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Joseph Paul Adams, Toru Kuroda, Hiroaki Matsumae, John Bryce Strachan, Nobuhiro Yagi
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Publication number: 20120184771Abstract: A method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid through gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propylene, isobutylene or tertiary butanol, which is a raw material, with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complex oxide including molybdenum, bismuth and iron as essential components, by controlling the molar ratio of oxygen to the raw material such that a rate of reaction of the raw material is kept constant in the temperature range of from (TA—15)° C. to TA° C., where TA° C. is the boundary temperature of the activation energy of the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Seiichi Kawato, Toru Kuroda
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Patent number: 8178720Abstract: Disclosed is a method of a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of propylene, isobutylene, or tertiary butanol with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalyst to produce a corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and a corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acid, in which the catalyst can be used over a long period of time. Concretely, in the presence of the catalyst containing a complex oxide including molybdenum, bismuth and iron as essential components, at least one factor of a reaction pressure and a molar ratio of molecular oxygen to a raw material is controlled to change in such a way that a rate of reaction of the raw material is kept constant in the temperature range of from (TA?15)° C. to TA° C., when a boundary temperature of the activation energy of the catalyst is set to be TA° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Seiichi Kawato, Toru Kuroda
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Publication number: 20090221847Abstract: Disclosed is a method of a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of propylene, isobutylene, or tertiary butanol with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalyst to produce a corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and a corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acid, in which the catalyst can be used over a long period of time. Concretely, in the presence of the catalyst containing a complex oxide including molybdenum, bismuth and iron as essential components, at least one factor of a reaction pressure and a molar ratio of molecular oxygen to a raw material is controlled to change in such a way that a rate of reaction of the raw material is kept constant in the temperature range of from (TA-15)° C. to TA° C., when a boundary temperature of the activation energy of the catalyst is set to be TA° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Seiichi Kawato, Toru Kuroda
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Method for producing catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid
Patent number: 7579297Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst containing at least molybdenum, bismuth and iron including the steps of kneading particles containing catalyst components, an organic binder and a liquid, where the organic binder contains at least a high-viscosity organic binder having a viscosity of from 5,000 mPa·s to 25,000 mPa·s and a low-viscosity organic binder having a viscosity of from 10 mPa·s to less than 5,000 mPa·s, and extrusion molding the resultant kneaded mixture is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2004Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda -
Publication number: 20090170696Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst, in which physical properties of a dried material or a calcined material in a production process of the catalyst are stable and a change in at least one of a catalyst activity and a selectivity to a target product is small and hence reproducibility of the catalyst is excellent. The present invention is a method for producing a catalyst containing molybdenum, bismuth, and iron, which contains the steps of washing a surface of at least one device equipped in an apparatus for the production of catalyst, to which a solid matter adheres, with a basic solution, and producing the catalyst with the apparatus for the production of catalyst thus washed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Masanori Nitta, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda, Seiichi Kawato
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Patent number: 7476758Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a novel phenylalanine derivative of the formula (I): wherein X1 is a halogen atom, X2 is a halogen atom, Q is a group of the formula —CH2— or —(CH2)2— and Y is a lower alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has excellent inhibitory effects on ?4 integrin-mediated cell adhesion, and an intermediate useful in the process.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanbe Pharma CorporationInventors: Isao Inoue, Toru Kuroda, Ryuzo Yoshioka
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Patent number: 7419932Abstract: The method for preserving a catalyst of the present invention is characterized in that, in a process for continuously producing an objective product by a vapor phase oxidation reaction using a phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst containing phosphorus, molybdenum and vanadium, the phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst retained in a reactor is maintained under a condition of a water content of 30 mg or less per 1 g of catalyst dry weight, before the start of the reaction or during the stop of the reaction. By this, deterioration of the catalyst retained in the reactor can be simply prevented.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, Toru Kuroda, Hideyasu Takezawa, Yasuhiro Kabu
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Patent number: 7387982Abstract: The method of producing a catalyst for synthesis of an unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid of the present invention is characterized in that the method comprises a step of adding liquid to particles containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron and kneading the mixture, and extrusion-molding this kneaded substance, a step of preserving the molded article obtained by extrusion molding, and at least one step of drying and calcining the preserved molded article, and the contact time of particles containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron with liquid is 1 to 48 hours, and the preserving time of the molded article is 50% or more of the contact time of particles containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron with liquid. According to the production method of the present invention, catalytic activity can be easily controlled, and a catalyst having high activity and high selectivity is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Seiichi Kawato, Toru Kuroda
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Publication number: 20070167321Abstract: A method for obtaining a material containing recovered molybdenum for use in producing a catalyst from a molybdenum-containing material comprising at least molybdenum, A element (phosphorus and/or arsenic) and X element (at least one selected from the group consisting of potassium, rubidium, cesium and thallium), in particular, from a spent catalyst; and a method for producing a catalyst using said material containing recovered molybdenum. A particularly preferred catalyst is a catalyst for use in producing methacrylic acid through gas-phase catalytic oxidation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2005Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Mitsubishi Raycon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomasa Tatsumi, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda
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Publication number: 20070149809Abstract: A catalyst for use in producing an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid which is excellent in catalyst activity and selectivity to the unsaturated aldehyde and the unsaturated carboxylic acid, a method for producing such a catalyst and a method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid by using such a catalyst are provided. A method for producing a catalyst containing at least molybdenum, bismuth and iron for use in producing an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid through gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propylene, isobutylene, tertiary butyl alcohol or methyl tertiary butyl ether with molecular oxygen comprises the steps of kneading particles containing catalyst components, an organic binder and a liquid and extrusion molding the resultant kneaded mixture, the organic binder containing at least a high-viscosity organic binder having a viscosity (of its 1% water solution or dispersion at 20° C.) of from 5,000 mPa.s to 25,000 mPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2004Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda
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Publication number: 20060128561Abstract: The method for preserving a catalyst of the present invention is characterized in that, in a process for continuously producing an objective product by a vapor phase oxidation reaction using a phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst containing phosphorus, molybdenum and vanadium, the phosphorus-molybdenum-vanadium catalyst retained in a reactor is maintained under a condition of a water content of 30 mg or less per 1 g of catalyst dry weight, before the start of the reaction or during the stop of the reaction. By this, deterioration of the catalyst retained in the reactor can be simply prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2004Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., LtdInventors: Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, Toru Kuroda, Hideyasu Takezawa, Yasuhiro Kabu
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Patent number: 6973118Abstract: A frequency interleaving circuit frequency-interleaves main signals generated according to sound data by parameters set according to frequencies of transmission channels. A sub-signal generating circuit generates sub-signals for transmission control including pilot signals. Mapping circuits modulate the sub-signals by using pseudo-random sequences generated based on initial values of random codes set according to frequencies of transmission channels. The frequency-interleaved main signals and the sub-signals modulated by the mapping circuits are OFDM-modulated. Then, they are converted to the frequencies of the transmission channels. An increase of a dynamic range of transmission signals can be suppressed by controlling the initial values of random codes set.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2000Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignees: Sony Corporation, Nippon Hoso KyokaiInventors: Yasunari Ikeda, Toshihisa Hyakudai, Takahiro Okada, Tamotsu Ikeda, Toru Kuroda, Naohiko Iai, Kenichi Tsuchida, Makoto Sasaki
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Publication number: 20050165107Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a novel phenylalanine derivative of the formula (1): wherein X1 is a halogen atom, X2 is a halogen atom, Q is a group of the formula —CH2— or —(CH2)2— and Y is a lower alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has excellent inhibitory effects on ?4 integrin-mediated cell adhesion, and an intermediate useful in the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Isao Inoue, Toru Kuroda, Ryuzo Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20050159619Abstract: Prepared is a catalyst for use in the production of an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid in which catalytic activity is high and selectivity is excellent by a preparation process containing the steps of preparing catalyst component particles as dried particles prepared by spray drying an aqueous slurry containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron or as calcined particles prepared by further heat treating the dried particles; mixing and kneading the catalyst component particles with at least a liquid; first-molding the kneaded material; and second-molding the first-molded product to a finished shape using a piston molding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2003Publication date: July 21, 2005Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Seiichi Kawato, Toru Kuroda
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Patent number: 6919478Abstract: In producing a catalyst used for synthesis of an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid by a gas-phase catalytic oxidation, there is used a step of packing an additive-containing catalyst precursor of the catalyst into a tubular reactor, passing a gas through the tubular reactor, and elevating, in this state, the temperature of the additive-containing catalyst precursor so that a temperature of the gas at an outlet of the catalyst precursor layer becomes higher than a temperature of the gas at an inlet of the catalyst precursor layer. The step makes possible easy and highly reproducible production of a high-performance catalyst which is small in the reduction in catalytic performance caused by, for example, the thermal decomposition of the additive contained in the catalyst precursor.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiichi Kawato, Masahide Kondo, Toru Kuroda, Masanori Nitta, Mieji Sugiyama
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Patent number: 6867163Abstract: A molybdenum-based precipitate is prepared according to a process including the first step of forming a crude precipitate by pH adjustment to 6.5 or less in the presence of an alkali metal compound, and the second step of dissolving the crude precipitate in aqueous ammonia and forming a precipitate by pH adjustment to 6.5 or less. Then, the resulting molybdenum-based precipitate is washed with an acid aqueous solution having a pH of 6.5 or less and containing not less than 0.01 mole/L of ammonium root. Thus, a change in average particle diameter can be suppressed and good workability can be achieved, so that a molybdenum-based precipitate having a high purity and a desired average particle diameter can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyasu Takezawa, Toru Kuroda, Seiichi Kawato, Masanori Nitta