Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Amano

Yoshifumi Amano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240075037
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a novel pharmaceutical use of a JAK inhibitor. [SOLUTION MEANS] A therapeutic or preventive agent for a skin disease selected from the group consisting of senile xerosis, asteatosis, eczema and contact dermatitis, containing a JAK inhibitor as an active ingredient. [EFFECT] The followings are found: a JAK inhibitor increases the expression amounts of filaggrin, loricrin, involucrin and ?-defensin 3 as skin barrier function-related proteins; a JAK inhibitor significantly increases NMF production in a Tape Stripping-treated mouse; and a JAK inhibitor significantly accelerates a reduction in TEWL in a dry skin mouse model, namely improves the skin barrier function. The JAK inhibitor can be used as an active ingredient of a therapeutic or preventive agent for skin diseases such as senile xerosis, asteatosis, eczema, contact dermatitis, ichthyosis vulgaris, Netherton syndrome, type B peeling skin syndrome, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Japan Tobacco Inc., Kyoto University
    Inventors: Atsuo TANIMOTO, Yoshifumi UEDA, Yukari KIMOTO (formerly KITAO), Wataru AMANO, Kenji KABASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11791171
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate rotating unit, a gas-liquid separator, and an exhaust route. The substrate rotating unit is configured to hold and rotate a substrate. The gas-liquid separator is provided so as to surround an outer circumference of the substrate rotating unit to separate gas and liquid droplets. The exhaust route is provided so as to surround an outer circumference of the gas-liquid separator and discharges the gas separated by the gas-liquid separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Kazuhiro Aiura
  • Patent number: 11776824
    Abstract: A processing liquid ejection nozzle ejects a processing liquid used for a substrate processing. The processing liquid ejection nozzle includes a nozzle main body and an angle changing mechanism. The nozzle main body includes a first main body formed with a first flow path therein which communicates with a processing liquid supply path, and a second main body bent from the first main body and formed with a second flow path therein which communicates with the first flow path. The angle changing mechanism changes an angle of the nozzle main body in a horizontal direction with respect to a fixing member to which the nozzle main body is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Kazuhiro Aiura, Tatsuhiro Ueki
  • Patent number: 11437252
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder that holds a substrate in a horizontal direction; a rotation driver that rotates the substrate holder; a first processing liquid nozzle that supplies a first processing liquid to a peripheral portion of the substrate; a first gas supply source that supplies a first gas at a first temperature to the peripheral portion of the substrate; and a second gas supply source that supplies a second gas at a second temperature to an inner side of the substrate in a radial direction. The first gas supply source includes a heater that heats the first gas into the first temperature, and a first gas ejection port that supplies the first gas heated by the heater through a conduit, and the second gas supply source includes a second gas ejection port that supplies the second gas through a gas supply pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Namba, Fitrianto, Yoichi Tokunaga, Yoshifumi Amano
  • Publication number: 20210257236
    Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11069546
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a first processing block, a second processing block, and a reversing device. The first processing block includes a first processing unit configured to perform a process on a substrate with a first surface of the substrate facing upward, and a first transfer device configured to carry the substrate into/from the first processing unit. The second processing block includes a second processing unit configured to perform a process on the substrate with a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the first surface, facing upward, and a second transfer device configured to carry the substrate into/from the second processing unit. The reversing device is provided on a transfer path of the substrate from the first processing block to the second processing block, and is configured to reverse the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Amano
  • Patent number: 11018035
    Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11011436
    Abstract: Whether a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate is appropriately removed is rapidly determined without depending on a kind of the film on the peripheral portion to be removed. An acquisition process S502 of acquiring information upon the kind of the film of the substrate; a selection process S503 of selecting a measurement setting corresponding to the acquired kind of the film from a table for measurement settings previously stored in a storage unit; a control process S504 of controlling an imaging unit 270 to image the peripheral portion of the substrate by using the measurement setting selected in the selection process are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20210020463
    Abstract: A processing liquid ejection nozzle ejects a processing liquid used for a substrate processing. The processing liquid ejection nozzle includes a nozzle main body and an angle changing mechanism. The nozzle main body includes a first main body formed with a first flow path therein which communicates with a processing liquid supply path, and a second main body bent from the first main body and formed with a second flow path therein which communicates with the first flow path. The angle changing mechanism changes an angle of the nozzle main body in a horizontal direction with respect to a fixing member to which the nozzle main body is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshifumi AMANO, Kazuhiro AIURA, Tatsuhiro UEKI
  • Publication number: 20200388511
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate rotating unit, a gas-liquid separator, and an exhaust route. The substrate rotating unit is configured to hold and rotate a substrate. The gas-liquid separator is provided so as to surround an outer circumference of the substrate rotating unit to separate gas and liquid droplets. The exhaust route is provided so as to surround an outer circumference of the gas-liquid separator and discharges the gas separated by the gas-liquid separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi AMANO, Kazuhiro AIURA
  • Publication number: 20200365422
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a holder, a nozzle arm and a position adjusting device. The holder is configured to hold a substrate. The nozzle arm has a nozzle configured to supply a processing liquid to a peripheral portion of the substrate. The position adjusting device is provided at the nozzle arm and is configured to adjust a position of the substrate to a given position on the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Kazuhiro Aiura
  • Publication number: 20200337118
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a holder and a heating device. The holder is configured to hold a central portion of a bottom surface of a substrate to be rotated. The heating device is configured to supply a heated fluid to the bottom surface of the substrate. The heating device includes multiple fins, a heat source, a fluid introduction unit and a fluid discharge unit. The multiple fins are arranged along a circumferential direction of the substrate to be located under the substrate at an outer side than the holder. The heat source is configured to heat the multiple fins. The fluid introduction unit is configured to introduce the fluid to the multiple fins. The fluid discharge unit is configured to discharge the fluid, which is heated while passing through the multiple fins, to the bottom surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Akira Fujita
  • Publication number: 20200328095
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder that holds a substrate in a horizontal direction; a rotation driver that rotates the substrate holder; a first processing liquid nozzle that supplies a first processing liquid to a peripheral portion of the substrate; a first gas supply source that supplies a first gas at a first temperature to the peripheral portion of the substrate; and a second gas supply source that supplies a second gas at a second temperature to an inner side of the substrate in a radial direction. The first gas supply source includes a heater that heats the first gas into the first temperature, and a first gas ejection port that supplies the first gas heated by the heater through a conduit, and the second gas supply source includes a second gas ejection port that supplies the second gas through a gas supply pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hiromitsu NAMBA, Fitrianto, Yoichi TOKUNAGA, Yoshifumi AMANO
  • Patent number: 10713772
    Abstract: Disclosed is a measurement processing device including: a processing unit configured to control an imaging device to image a substrate, on which a processing film is removed from the peripheral edge portion, and an enclosure member that surrounds the substrate. A captured image obtained by the imaging device is processed to measure a cut width in which the processing film is absent in the peripheral edge portion of the substrate, and a gap width between a peripheral edge end of the substrate and the enclosure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Yuki Ito, Eiichiro Okamoto, Kazuya Iwanaga, Ryoji Ikebe
  • Patent number: 10707102
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit configured to hold a substrate; a first processing liquid nozzle configured to supply a first processing liquid to a peripheral portion of the substrate; a second processing liquid nozzle configured to supply a second processing liquid, the temperature of which is lower than that of the first processing liquid, to the peripheral portion of the substrate; a first gas supply port configured to supply a first gas at a first temperature to a first gas supplied place on the peripheral portion of the substrate; and a second gas supply port configured to supply a second gas at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to a place closer to the center in the radial direction as compared to the first gas supplied place with respect to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Namba, Fitrianto, Yoichi Tokunaga, Yoshifumi Amano
  • Patent number: 10643865
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes a substrate holding unit, a brush, an arm, a discharge portion and a guide member. The substrate holding unit is configured to hold a substrate rotatably. The brush has a main body, a cleaning body provided at a lower portion of the main body and configured to be pressed onto the substrate, and a hollow portion formed in the main body and provided with an open top and an open bottom. The arm is configured to rotatably support the main body with a spindle therebetween. The discharge portion is provided at the arm, and plural kinds of processing liquids are discharged from the discharge portion while being switched. The guide member is provided between the discharge portion and the brush, and is configured to receive the processing liquid discharged from the discharge portion and guide the received processing liquid into the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Yuki Ito, Kento Kurusu
  • Patent number: 10217628
    Abstract: Imaging can be performed well even when an imaging device is disposed at a position facing a peripheral portion of a substrate. A substrate processing apparatus 16 which performs a processing of removing a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate W includes a rotating/holding unit 210 configured to hold and rotate the substrate; a first processing liquid supply unit 250A configured to supply a first processing liquid for removing the film onto the peripheral portion of the substrate while the substrate is being rotated in a first rotational direction R1 by the rotating/holding unit; and an imaging unit 270 provided at a position in front of an arrival region 902 of the first processing liquid on the substrate with respect to the first rotational direction R1, and configured to image the peripheral portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: D929534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Kazuhiro Aiura
  • Patent number: D930796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Kazuhiro Aiura
  • Patent number: D934991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Kazuhiro Aiura