Patents by Inventor Yasutomo Saitou

Yasutomo Saitou 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: 8426518
    Abstract: The aforementioned problems can be solved by a dispersion stabilizer composed of a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (B) having a double bond in its side chain. The polyvinyl alcohol polymer (B) is obtained by esterifying a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) with a carboxylic acid having an unsaturated double bond or a salt thereof. Furthermore, the aforementioned problems can be solved with a dispersion stabilizer composed of a carboxylic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol polymer (C) that is obtained by esterifying a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) with aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or aromatic carboxylic acid containing no olefinically unsaturated bond in the molecule or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kato, Shinsuke Nii, Yasutomo Saitou, Masato Nakamae
  • Publication number: 20090111940
    Abstract: The aforementioned problems can be solved by a dispersion stabilizer composed of a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (B) having a double bond in its side chain. The polyvinyl alcohol polymer (B) is obtained by esterifying a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) with a carboxylic acid having an unsaturated double bond or a salt thereof. Furthermore, the aforementioned problems can be solved with a dispersion stabilizer composed of a carboxylic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol polymer (C) that is obtained by esterifying a polyvinyl alcohol polymer (A) with aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or aromatic carboxylic acid containing no olefinically unsaturated bond in the molecule or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Masaki Kato, Shinsuke Nii, Yasutomo Saitou, Masato Nakamae