Patents by Inventor Yoshio Okamoto

Yoshio Okamoto 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: 8053543
    Abstract: A polymer compound derivative, obtained by modifying part of the hydroxy or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy or amino groups with molecules of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): A-X—Si(Y)nR3-n (I), where A represents a reactive group which reacts with a hydroxy or amino group, X represents an alkylene group which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and which may have a branch, or an arylene group which may have a substituent, Y represents a reactive group which reacts with a silanol group to form a siloxane bond, R represents an alkyl group which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and which may have a branch, or an aryl group which may have a substituent, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ikai, Masami Kamigaito
  • Patent number: 7938962
    Abstract: A separating agent which combines a high optical resolving power inherent in polysaccharide derivatives with sufficient solvent resistance and a method with which the separating agent can be produced efficiently in short steps. The separating agent for enantiomeric isomers is characterized in that a polymerizable polysaccharide derivative of a polysaccharide derivative having polymerizable functional groups and a polymerizable monomer having polymerizable unsaturated groups are copolymerized with a carrier having polymerizable functional groups to be chemically bound mutually. The separating agent is preferably used for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and has an excellent solvent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Takateru Kubota
  • Patent number: 7772153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers which exhibits high optical resolving power together with solvent resistance. That is, the present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers including a polysaccharide derivative such as a carbamate derivative or ester derivative of cellulose or amylose carried on a porous carrier such as silica gel, in which the porous carrier having an epoxy group and part of the hydroxyl groups of the polysaccharide derivative are chemically bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7772382
    Abstract: Provided is a chitosan derivative having a high optical resolving power. Specifically provided is a chitosan derivative represented by the following Formula (I). wherein R1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group having a carbon number of 1 to 30 which may have a substituent; R2 represents a substituent originating from an isocyanic acid derivative, carboxylic acid, ester, acid halide, acid amide compound, halide compound, aldehyde, or alcohol; and n is an integer of 5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Masami Kamigaito
  • Patent number: 7745616
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution with a satisfactory separation efficiency. The beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution include a polysaccharide derivative, in which the polysaccharide derivative has a structure crosslinked at the 6-position hydroxy group of constituent units of the polysaccharide with a crosslinking agent. The process for producing the beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution includes: the step of adding dropwise an organic solvent solution of the polysaccharide derivative to a coagulation bath being stirred to thereby produce beads; the step of taking out the beads and then optionally drying the same after washing; and the step of reacting the beads with a crosslinking agent in an organic solvent to react at least part of the 6-position hydroxy groups in the constituent units of the polysaccharide with the crosslinking agent, thereby obtaining a reaction mixture containing beads having a crosslinked structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: National University Corporation, Nagoya University, Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ikai, Masami Kamigaito
  • Patent number: 7740758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers, which has an excellent ability to identify asymmetry. That is, the present invention relates to a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers which includes as an effective component a polysaccharide derivative having a bicyclic or more structure having an aromatic, alicyclic, or heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7703707
    Abstract: In the valve, fuel, flowing down as a valve side flow along the side of the valve, further flows down toward an orifice plate through a fuel path which closes and opens upon forward and backward movement of the valve, and is injected as a mist from each orifice. The valve moves forward and backward by sliding on a valve surrounding portion through a guide portion constituted by plural sliding guides arranged between the valve and valve surrounding portion. Since the sliding guides are tapered from the valve to the surrounding portion, the side flow from the guide portion has a flow velocity distribution biased toward the surrounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Yoshio Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100099861
    Abstract: Provided is a complex obtained by reacting a polymer compound derivative obtained by modifying part of hydroxy groups or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy groups or amino groups with a compound represented by the following general formula (I) with one or more kinds of compounds represented by the following general formulae (II) to (V): (I) A-X—Si(Y)nR3-n (where A, X, Y, R, and n are as defined in claim 1) ; (II) M(OR1)nR24-n; (III) Al(OR1)pR23-p; (IV) Mg(OR1)gR22-q (where M, R1, R2, n, p, and q are as defined in claim 1); and (V) (where R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in claim 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ikai, Masami Kamigaito
  • Patent number: 7683167
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers exhibiting high separation power. That is, the present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers including, as an active ingredient, a polysaccharide derivative having at least part of hydrogen atoms of hydroxyl groups of a polysaccharide such as cellulose or amylose substituted by at least one of atomic groups represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): (in the formulae, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, or a linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7682463
    Abstract: After the resist stripping liquid is supplied to the surface of the substrate which is being rotated at a first rotational speed, the rotational speed of the substrate is reduced from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed with the supply of the resist stripping liquid to the surface of the substrate continued, thereby forming a liquid film by a mount of the resist stripping liquid on the surface of the substrate and then, maintaining a state where the liquid film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okuyama, Kazumi Asada, Yoshio Okamoto, Yuji Sugahara
  • Publication number: 20090288442
    Abstract: A discharge device in a substance modifying device is provided with a positive electrode in linear or needle form and a negative electrode in plane form. Thus, substances having a nanostructure are made to contact an active species generated through streamer discharge, which is discharge between the positive and negative electrodes, where discharge between certain points of the positive electrode and a number of points on the negative electrode occurs stably and approximately simultaneously, and is diffused from between the positive and negative electrodes, so that the nanostructure is eliminated. The nanostructure is eliminated in this manner, and thus, the bioinvasive response due to the nanostructure of substances is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-ichiro Arai, Satoshi Ozawa, Yoshio Okamoto, Kenkichi Kagawa, Satoki Nakada
  • Publication number: 20090264639
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a polysaccharide derivative containing a structure wherein hydrogen atoms in a hydroxyl group or amino group at the 2-position and the 3-position of a structure unit of polysaccharide are substituted with different substituents respectively represented by a specific general formula; and, a separating agent for optical isomers, which contains such a polysaccharide derivative. The present invention can provide a novel polysaccharide derivative which has excellent optical isomer separating ability, and is thus suitable for a separating agent for optical isomers, and can provide a separating agent for optical isomers which comprises the polysaccharide derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Shunsuke Kondo, Masami Kamigaito
  • Patent number: 7591922
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus for supplying a treatment liquid onto the surface of a substrate to treat the same. This apparatus is provided with: a spin chuck for holding and rotating a substrate; a nozzle for supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate held by the spin chuck; a circulating passage arranged such that the treatment liquid supplied to the substrate from the nozzle and used for substrate treatment is circulated to the nozzle and reutilized for substrate treatment; a metal contamination amount measuring device for measuring the metal contamination amount in the treatment liquid passing through the circulating passage; and a judgment processing unit for judging whether or not the value measured by the metal contamination amount measuring device has exceeded a predetermined set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20090124798
    Abstract: A polymer compound derivative, obtained by modifying part of the hydroxy or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy or amino groups with molecules of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): A-X—Si(Y)nR3-n (I), where A represents a reactive group which reacts with a hydroxy or amino group, X represents an alkylene group which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and which may have a branch, or an arylene group which may have a substituent, Y represents a reactive group which reacts with a silanol group to form a siloxane bond, R represents an alkyl group which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and which may have a branch, or an aryl group which may have a substituent, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ikai, Masami Kamigaito
  • Publication number: 20090105440
    Abstract: Disclosed is a filler for optical isomer separation which: allows a polymer compound derivative to be immobilized on the surface of a carrier at a high ratio; and is excellent in optical separation ability. The filler is characterized in that the filler is obtained by modifying part of hydroxy or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy or amino groups with molecules of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): A-X—Si(Y)nR3-n, and is carried by a carrier through chemical bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ikai, Masami Kamigaito
  • Publication number: 20090068468
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution with a satisfactory separation efficiency. The beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution include a polysaccharide derivative, in which the polysaccharide derivative has a structure crosslinked at the 6-position hydroxy group of constituent units of the polysaccharide with a crosslinking agent. The process for producing the beads for enantiomeric isomer resolution includes: the step of adding dropwise an organic solvent solution of the polysaccharide derivative to a coagulation bath being stirred to thereby produce beads; the step of taking out the beads and then optionally drying the same after washing; and the step of reacting the beads with a crosslinking agent in an organic solvent to react at least part of the 6-position hydroxy groups in the constituent units of the polysaccharide with the crosslinking agent, thereby obtaining a reaction mixture containing beads having a crosslinked structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ikai, Masami Kamigaito
  • Publication number: 20090062519
    Abstract: Provided is a chitosan derivative having a high optical resolving power. Specifically provided is a chitosan derivative represented by the following Formula (I). wherein R1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group having a carbon number of 1 to 30 which may have a substituent; R2 represents a substituent originating from an isocyanic acid derivative, carboxylic acid, ester, acid halide, acid amide compound, halide compound, aldehyde, or alcohol; and n is an integer of 5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Masami Kamigaito
  • Publication number: 20080167460
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separating agent for optical isomers having a porous monolithic inorganic type carrier and polysaccharide or a derivative thereof supported on the monolithic inorganic type carrier, and a separation column for optical isomers in which the separating agent for optical isomers is held in a column tube. According to the invention, the separating agent for optical isomers and the separation column for optical isomers which have high asymmetry recognition ability and can be used particularly at a high flow rate when used for the separation of optical isomers is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Chiyo Yamamoto, Chankvetadze Bezhan
  • Publication number: 20080142623
    Abstract: In the valve, fuel, flowing down as a valve side flow along the side of the valve, further flows down toward an orifice plate through a fuel path which closes and opens upon forward and backward movement of the valve, and is injected as a mist from each orifice. The valve moves forward and backward by sliding on a valve surrounding portion through a guide portion constituted by plural sliding guides arranged between the valve and valve surrounding portion. Since the sliding guides are tapered from the valve to the surrounding portion, the side flow from the guide portion has a flow velocity distribution biased toward the surrounding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Yoshio Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7387263
    Abstract: The heating injector in which the fuel is heated within a short time when starting and the size of a fuel atomized particle is very small h as casing 10 for a fuel injection valve which supplies fuel to an engine, orifice member 50 with an orifice through which fuel passes, plunger 20 which carries out switching action of orifice, swirl chip 30 which contacts the orifice member and the casing at a plurality of positions, and forms a fuel passage blocked by a plurality of narrow portions and a fuel heating space channel where entrance side was blocked by the narrow portion in the downstream side, and a heater which is arranged between fuel passage forming member and casing and supported by either of the fuel passage forming member or the casing in a plurality of parts in the fuel passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Takehiko Kowatari, Yoshio Okamoto