Patents by Inventor Yoshishige Yoshioka

Yoshishige Yoshioka 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: 5905046
    Abstract: A water-disintegrable sheet having biodegradability. The sheet comprises one or more kinds of biodegradable synthetic fibers, and one or more kinds of natural fibers and/or regenerated fibers, all the fibers being bound together by a binder such that the binding power of the binder will be substantially lost in water. The sheet has a given degree of tensile strength and good softness, coupled with a required degree of liquid absorbency, and still has some biodegradation property. Therefore, the sheet can be flushed in a flush toilet without involving any appreciable increase in the volume of solid residues in a septic tank and/or in a sewage disposal plant and is therefore suitable for use in the form of a wet wiper in particular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignees: Uni-Charm Corporation, Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takeda, Toshiya Okubo, Chieko Arita, Chizu Otani, Yoshishige Yoshioka, Fumio Matsuoka, Naoji Ichise