Patents by Inventor Yo UTSUNO

Yo UTSUNO 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).

  • Flame-retardance-imparting material and flame-retardant resin formed article
    Patent number: 9976012
    Abstract: A method for producing a flame-retardance-imparting material comprises: a shredding step of shredding plant material containing stems and/or leaves of tomato plants and/or eggplant plants in a aqueous solvent; and an aqueous solvent removal step or removing the aqueous solvent from the plant material after shredding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yo Utsuno, Ichinori Shigematsu, Masako Seki
  • FLAME-RETARDANCE-IMPARTING MATERIAL AND FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN FORMED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20170218182
    Abstract: Provided are a flame-retardance-imparting material and a flame-retardant resin formed article that utilize plant waste. Resolution means: The present invention is a flame-retardance-imparting material obtained by contacting a plant material selected from plants and plant-derived materials with an aqueous solvent and then removing the aqueous solvent; and a flame-retardant resin formed article including a resin composition containing a flame-retardance-imparting material obtained by contacting a plant material selected from plants and plant-derived materials with an aqueous solvent and then removing the aqueous solvent, and a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yo UTSUNO, Ichinori SHIGEMATSU, Masako SEKI