Patents by Inventor Yoshio Kimura
Yoshio Kimura 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: 10459339Abstract: This resist pattern forming method comprises: a step for coating a substrate with a chemically amplified resist; a subsequent step for forming a latent image of a pattern by exposing the resist film on the substrate; a subsequent step for irradiating the exposed resist film selectively with infrared light from a first heating source having wavelengths 2.0-6.0 ?m; a subsequent step for heating the substrate by means of a second heating source that is different from the first heating source for the purpose of diffusing an acid that is produced in the resist film by exposure; and a subsequent step for forming a pattern of the resist film by supplying a developer liquid to the substrate. Consequently, roughening of sidewalls of the resist pattern can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Tetsuo Fukuoka, Yoshio Kimura, Gousuke Shiraishi
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Patent number: 10351811Abstract: A cell culture container characterized by being equipped with a container main body and a flat plate attached onto one surface of the container main body, wherein the container main body is equipped with an inflow port through which a liquid can flow into the container main body, a passage through which the liquid flowing into the container main body from the inflow port can pass, and an outflow port through which the liquid passing through the passage can flow out from the container main body, and wherein, on the bottom surface of the passage, multiple cell-seeding areas in which cells passing through the passage can be seeded are arranged side by side along the passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Kurakazu, Yasuhiro Oshima, Yoshio Kimura, Kenichi Kagawa, Shinichi Gomi, Shigenori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20160355773Abstract: A cell culture container characterized by being equipped with a container main body and a flat plate attached onto one surface of the container main body, wherein the container main body is equipped with an inflow port through which a liquid can flow into the container main body, a passage through which the liquid flowing into the container main body from the inflow port can pass, and an outflow port through which the liquid passing through the passage can flow out from the container main body, and wherein, on the bottom surface of the passage, multiple cell-seeding areas in which cells passing through the passage can be seeded are arranged side by side along the passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Tomoaki KURAKAZU, Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Yoshio KIMURA, Kenichi KAGAWA, Shinichi GOMI, Shigenori OZAKI
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Publication number: 20160085154Abstract: This resist pattern forming method comprises: a step for coating a substrate with a chemically amplified resist; a subsequent step for forming a latent image of a pattern by exposing the resist film on the substrate; a subsequent step for irradiating the exposed resist film selectively with infrared light from a first heating source having wavelengths 2.0-6.0 ?m; a subsequent step for heating the substrate by means of a second heating source that is different from the first heating source for the purpose of diffusing an acid that is produced in the resist film by exposure; and a subsequent step for forming a pattern of the resist film by supplying a developer liquid to the substrate. Consequently, roughening of sidewalls of the resist pattern can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Tetsuo FUKUOKA, Yoshio KIMURA, Gousuke SHIRAISHI
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Patent number: 8888920Abstract: The present invention is an imprint system including an imprint unit transferring a transfer pattern to a coating film formed on a substrate using a template having the transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof to form a predetermined pattern in the coating film, the imprint system including: a substrate carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the substrates, and carrying the substrate into/out of the imprint unit side; and a template carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the imprint unit side at a predetermined timing.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
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Patent number: 8840728Abstract: The present invention is a template treatment apparatus forming a film of a release agent on a template having a transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof, the template treatment apparatus including: a treatment station forming a film of a release agent on the front surface of the template; and a template carry-in/out station capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the treatment station, wherein the treatment station includes: a cleaning unit cleaning the front surface of the template; a coating unit applying a release agent to the cleaned front surface of the template; a heating unit baking the applied release agent; and a carry unit carrying the template to the cleaning unit, the coating unit, and the heating unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
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Patent number: 8728565Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inhibiting production of copper sulfide in an electrical insulating oil inside an oil-filled electrical apparatus, including adding a benzotriazole compound not having a long-chain alkyl group when the oil-filled electrical apparatus is an open-type oil-filled electrical apparatus, or adding a benzotriazole compound having a long-chain alkyl group when the oil-filled electrical apparatus is a closed-type oil-filled electrical apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Fukutaro Kato, Eiichi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Yoshio Kimura, Noboru Hosokawa, Junji Tanimura, Satoru Toyama
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Patent number: 8564804Abstract: Print job data is generated in accordance with a printing instruction from an application. When encryption of the print job data is designated, the generated print job data is encrypted, and the generated or encrypted print job data is output. When a printing apparatus serving as an output destination to which the encrypted print job data is output does not have a decryption function of decrypting the encrypted print job data, the output destination is changed to a decryption apparatus having the decryption function. When designation to save the print job data in the printing apparatus is detected in encryption, the print job is canceled.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masakatsu Sakurai, Yoshio Kimura
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Patent number: 8547574Abstract: A technique for providing a first information processing apparatus configured to acquire first identification information as information for identifying the information processing apparatus, searching for a second information processing apparatus capable of wireless communication, acquiring a second identification information as information for identifying the second information processing apparatus that was found, comparing the first identification information and the second identification information, changing the first identification information when the first identification information and the second identification information are identical, and notifying when the first identification information is changed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshio Kimura
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Publication number: 20130216698Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inhibiting production of copper sulfide in an electrical insulating oil inside an oil-filled electrical apparatus, including adding a benzotriazole compound not having a long-chain alkyl group when the oil-filled electrical apparatus is an open-type oil-filled electrical apparatus, or adding a benzotriazole compound having a long-chain alkyl group when the oil-filled electrical apparatus is a closed-type oil-filled electrical apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Fukutaro Kato, Eiichi Nagao, Tsuyoshi Amimoto, Yoshio Kimura, Noboru Hosokawa, Junji Tanimura, Satoru Toyama
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Patent number: 8457310Abstract: A print system which are capable of inhibiting simultaneous use of the encrypted print and the box storage to thereby increase the security of print data. A host computer has an encryption function of encrypting print data, and issues a print job for the print data encrypted by the encryption function. A print server receives the issued print job, and has a decryption function of decrypting the encrypted print data of the received print job. A printer has a storage function of storing the print data decrypted by the decryption function, and outputs the stored print data. At least one of the host computer and the print server inhibits simultaneous use of the encryption function and the storage function.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Uchikawa, Yushi Matsukubo, Fumio Mikami, Yoshinobu Umeda, Tadashi Kawaguchi, Yoshio Kimura, Yasuhiko Hirano, Hitoshi Imai, Hiroyasu Morita
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Patent number: 8408158Abstract: A coating/developing device includes a processing block having a plurality of coating unit blocks stacked and a developing unit block stacked on the coating unit blocks. Each of the unit blocks is provided with a liquid processing unit for coating a liquid chemical on a substrate, a heating unit for heating the substrate, a cooling unit for cooling the substrate and a transfer unit for transferring the substrate between the units. The liquid processing unit is provided with a coating unit for coating a resist liquid on the substrate, a first bottom antireflection coating (BARC) forming unit for coating a liquid chemical for a BARC on the substrate before the resist liquid is coated thereon, and a second BARC forming unit for coating a liquid chemical for the BARC on the substrate after the resist liquid is coated thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Masami Akimoto, Shinichi Hayashi, Yasushi Hayashida, Nobuaki Matsuoka, Yoshio Kimura, Issei Ueda, Hikaru Ito
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Patent number: 8302556Abstract: Provided is a coating and developing apparatus composed of an assembly of plural unit blocks. A first unit-block stack and a second unit-block stack are arranged at different positions with respect to front-and-rear direction. Unit blocks for development, each of which comprises plural processing units including a developing unit that performs developing process after exposure and a transfer device that transfers a substrate among the processing units, are arranged at the lowermost level. Unit blocks for application, or coating, each of which comprises plural processing units including a coating unit that performs application process before exposure and a transfer device that transfers a substrate among the processing units, are arranged above the unit blocks for development. Unit blocks for application are arranged in both the first and second unit-block stacks.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Masami Akimoto, Shinichi Hayashi, Yasushi Hayashida, Nobuaki Matsuoka, Yoshio Kimura, Issei Ueda, Hikaru Ito
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Patent number: 8268384Abstract: A substrate transfer system to reduce total processing time by transferring a substrate at a first delivery stage to a process block where processing can be carried out earliest. The substrate processing apparatus includes a first transfer device delivering a wafer with respect to a substrate carrier, and a second transfer device delivering a wafer between a plurality of process blocks and the first transfer device via a first delivery stage, to transfer the wafer with respect to the process blocks. The process block where there is no wafer or where processing of the last wafer within the relevant process block will be completed earliest is determined based on processing information of the wafers from the process blocks, and the wafer of the first delivery stage is transferred by the second transfer device to the relevant process block. This ensures smooth transfer of the wafer to the process block.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Nobuaki Matsuoka, Yoshio Kimura, Akira Miyata
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Patent number: 8231285Abstract: A resist pattern forming method using a coating and developing apparatus and an aligner being connected thereto which are controlled to form a resist film on a surface of a substrate with a base film and a base pattern formed thereon, followed by inspecting at least one of a plurality of measurement items selected from: reflection ratio and film thickness of the base film and the resist film, line width after a development, an accuracy that the base pattern matches with a resist pattern, a defect on the surface after the development, etc. A parameter subject to amendment is selected based on corresponding data of each measurement item, such as the film thickness of the resist and the line width after the development, and amendment of the parameter is performed. This results in a reduced workload of an operator, and the appropriate amendment can be performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kunie Ogata, Koki Nishimuko, Hiroshi Tomita, Yoshio Kimura, Ryouichi Uemura, Michio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20120180475Abstract: An actuator 10 includes a main body 14 having a displacement unit 11 and electrodes 12 and 13 configured to apply a voltage to the displacement unit 11, the displacement unit being made of a mixture of a silicone-containing elastomer and an ionic liquid, and being displaced by applying a voltage between the electrodes; and a displacement transmission unit 15 configured to be displaced in an out-of-plane direction by displacement of the displacement unit 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Masahiro Shimizu, Shigekazu Komatsu, Eiichi Nishimura, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiko Ooasa, Hidenori Okuzaki
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Publication number: 20120097336Abstract: The present invention is a template treatment apparatus forming a film of a release agent on a template having a transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof, the template treatment apparatus including: a treatment station forming a film of a release agent on the front surface of the template; and a template carry-in/out station capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the treatment station, wherein the treatment station includes: a cleaning unit cleaning the front surface of the template; a coating unit applying a release agent to the cleaned front surface of the template; a heating unit baking the applied release agent; and a carry unit carrying the template to the cleaning unit, the coating unit, and the heating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
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Publication number: 20120086142Abstract: The present invention is a system including: an imprint unit transferring a transfer pattern to a coating film on a substrate using a template to form a predetermined pattern in the coating film; a treatment station connected to the imprint unit and performing a predetermined treatment on the template; a template carry-in/out station connected to the treatment station, capable of keeping templates, and carrying the template in/out from/to the treatment station; a carry line provided through the imprint unit and carrying the template between the imprint unit and the treatment station; and a substrate carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping substrates, and carrying the substrate in/out from/to the imprint unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
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Publication number: 20120073461Abstract: The present invention is an imprint system including an imprint unit transferring a transfer pattern to a coating film formed on a substrate using a template having the transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof to form a predetermined pattern in the coating film, the imprint system including: a substrate carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the substrates, and carrying the substrate into/out of the imprint unit side; and a template carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the imprint unit side at a predetermined timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
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Publication number: 20120057187Abstract: Print job data is generated in accordance with a printing instruction from an application. When encryption of the print job data is designated, the generated print job data is encrypted, and the generated or encrypted print job data is output. When a printing apparatus serving as an output destination to which the encrypted print job data is output does not have a decryption function of decrypting the encrypted print job data, the output destination is changed to a decryption apparatus having the decryption function. When designation to save the print job data in the printing apparatus is detected in encryption, the print job is canceled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: MASAKATSU SAKURAI, Yoshio Kimura