Patents by Inventor Yasushi Shinjo

Yasushi Shinjo 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).

  • Image forming device, image forming process, and pattern forming process, and photosensitive material used therein
    Patent number: 6195156
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming process, an image forming device, and a pattern forming process intended to obtain an image by developing a latent image which has been formed by exposing to light a photosensitive material including a photocatalytic layer which includes a photocatalyst and a hydrophobic layer applied on top of said photocatalytic layer, or a photosensitive material including a hydrophobic photosensitive layer which includes a photocatalyst and an organic compound, wherein the photocatalyst, when exposed to light, changes the angle of contact with water in the area on the surface of the photosensitive material which is exposed to light, thereby differentiating from the angle of contact with water in the area which is not exposed to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hirohisa Miyamoto, Shuzo Hirahara, Yasushi Shinjo, Koichi Tsunemi, Mitsunaga Saito, Masahiro Hosoya