Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo Kimura

Yoshitomo 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).

  • Patent number: 8841057
    Abstract: A resin binder for use in a toner for electrophotography, containing a polycondensation resin obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having two or more secondary carbon atoms with a hydroxyl group bound thereto (an alcohol A), and a carboxylic acid component, wherein the alcohol A is contained in an amount of from 10 to 100% by mol, of the alcohol component; and a toner for electrophotography containing the resin binder. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention is suitably used in developing latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Aoki, Norihiro Fukuri, Takashi Kubo, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Yoshihiro Ueno, Hidenori Tachi
  • Patent number: 8383765
    Abstract: A polyester for a toner, obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a fumaric acid-modified rosin; and a toner containing the polyester for a toner. The polyester for a toner of the present invention is usable as a resin binder for a toner usable in, for example, developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yoshihiro Ueno, Yasunori Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8309291
    Abstract: A polyester for a toner, obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin; and a toner containing the polyester for a toner. The polyester for a toner of the present invention is usable as a resin binder for a toner usable in, for example, developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Katsutoshi Aoki, Takashi Kubo, Yoshihiro Ueno
  • Patent number: 8288499
    Abstract: A polyester for a toner having a softening point of from 70° to 110° C. and a glass transition temperature of from 38° to 60° C., obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A in a total amount of 80% by mole or more, with a carboxylic acid component, wherein the propylene oxide adduct has an average number of moles of from 2.0 to 2.4, and the ethylene oxide adduct has an average number of moles of from 2.5 to 4.2. The polyester for a toner of the present invention is suitably used as a resin binder of a toner, or the like, used for, for example, developing a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Shirai, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8236470
    Abstract: A toner containing a resin binder and a colorant, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester (A) having a softening point Tm(A) of from 100° to 160° C., and a polyester (B) having a softening point Tm(B) of from 80° to 120° C., the softening point of which is lower than that of the polyester (A) by 5° C. or more, each polyester obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component, wherein the polyester (A) and/or (B) is a polyester obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component consisting essentially of an aliphatic alcohol, wherein the alcohol component contains a dihydric alcohol component containing 1,2-propanediol in an amount of 65% by mol or more, and a carboxylic acid component. The toner of the present invention is usable in the development or the like of a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueno, Takashi Kubo, Yasunori Inagaki, Yoshitomo Kimura
  • Patent number: 8034924
    Abstract: Crystals of a purine nucleoside compound, particularly crystals of 2?,3?-dideoxyinosine, which have excellent storage stability and have a concentration of phosphate attached to the crystal of 25 ppm or more, may be produce by: (1) preparing an aqueous solution containing phosphate ion (PO43?) and a purine nucleoside compound; and (2) crystallizing the purine nucleoside compound from the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Naito, Yoshitomo Kimura, Hiroya Ueda, Minoru Harada
  • Publication number: 20110212395
    Abstract: A resin binder for use in a toner for electrophotography, containing a polycondensation resin obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having two or more secondary carbon atoms with a hydroxyl group bound thereto (an alcohol A), and a carboxylic acid component, wherein the alcohol A is contained in an amount of from 10 to 100% by mol, of the alcohol component; and a toner for electrophotography containing the resin binder. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention is suitably used in developing latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Aoki, Norihiro Fukuri, Takashi Kubo, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Yoshihiro Ueno, Hidenori Tachi
  • Patent number: 7824832
    Abstract: A toner for electrophotography, containing a resin binder containing a polyester-based resin (A) and a polyester-based resin (B) having a softening point of a temperature higher than the polyester-based resin (A) by 10° C. or more, wherein at least one of the polyester-based resins (A) and (B) is a resin derived from a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, having a polyester unit obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, and a method for producing the toner. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention is usable in, for example, developing or the like latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Yoshihiro Ueno, Katsutoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 7718754
    Abstract: A promoter for a polycondensation reaction used together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, the promoter for a polycondensation reaction comprising a pyrogallol compound having a benzene ring of which three hydrogen atoms adjacent to each other are substituted by hydroxyl groups; and a polycondensation resin obtained by polycondensing raw material monomers using the promoter as defined above and the catalyst. A polycondensation resin can be produced using the promoter of the present invention together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, and the polycondensation resin can be used in various applications including, for example, films, sheets, fibers, toner materials for electrophotography, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Shirai, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Takashi Kubo, Naoki Morita, Ryo Koike, Hiromi Iida
  • Publication number: 20100015545
    Abstract: A toner containing a resin binder and a colorant, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester (A) having a softening point Tm(A) of from 100° to 160° C., and a polyester (B) having a softening point Tm(B) of from 80° to 120° C., the softening point of which is lower than that of the polyester (A) by 5° C. or more, each polyester obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component, wherein the polyester (A) and/or (B) is a polyester obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component consisting essentially of an aliphatic alcohol, wherein the alcohol component contains a dihydric alcohol component containing 1,2-propanediol in an amount of 65% by mol or more, and a carboxylic acid component. The toner of the present invention is usable in the development or the like of a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueno, Takashi Kubo, Yasunori Inagaki, Yoshitomo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090326213
    Abstract: Crystals of a purine nucleoside compound, particularly crystals of 2?,3?-dideoxyinosine, which have excellent storage stability and have a concentration of phosphate attached to the crystal of 25 ppm or more, may be produce by: (1) preparing an aqueous solution containing phosphate ion (PO43?) and a purine nucleoside compound; and (2) crystallizing the purine nucleoside compound from the aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Masaki NAITO, Yoshitomo Kimura, Hiroya Ueda, Minoru Harada
  • Publication number: 20090156784
    Abstract: A polyester for a toner, obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a fumaric acid-modified rosin; and a toner containing the polyester for a toner. The polyester for a toner of the present invention is usable as a resin binder for a toner usable in, for example, developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yoshihiro Ueno, Yasunori Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20090117485
    Abstract: A toner for electrophotography, containing a resin binder containing a polyester-based resin (A) and a polyester-based resin (B) having a softening point of a temperature higher than the polyester-based resin (A) by 10° C. or more, wherein at least one of the polyester-based resins (A) and (B) is a resin derived from a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, having a polyester unit obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, and a method for producing the toner. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention is usable in, for example, developing or the like latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Yoshihiro Ueno, Katsutoshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090069530
    Abstract: A polyester for a toner, obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin; and a toner containing the polyester for a toner. The polyester for a toner of the present invention is usable as a resin binder for a toner usable in, for example, developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Katsutoshi Aoki, Takashi Kubo, Yoshihiro Ueno
  • Publication number: 20090036635
    Abstract: A promoter for a polycondensation reaction used together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, the promoter for a polycondensation reaction comprising a pyrogallol compound having a benzene ring of which three hydrogen atoms adjacent to each other are substituted by hydroxyl groups; and a polycondensation resin obtained by polycondensing raw material monomers using the promoter as defined above and the catalyst. A polycondensation resin can be produced using the promoter of the present invention together with a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, and the polycondensation resin can be used in various applications including, for example, films, sheets, fibers, toner materials for electrophotography, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji SHIRAI, Yoshitomo Kimura, Yasunori Inagaki, Takashi Kubo, Naoki Morita, Ryo Koike, Hiromi Iida
  • Publication number: 20080182194
    Abstract: A polyester for a toner having a softening point of from 70° to 110° C. and a glass transition temperature of from 38° to 60° C., obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A in a total amount of 80% by mole or more, with a carboxylic acid component, wherein the propylene oxide adduct has an average number of moles of from 2.0 to 2.4, and the ethylene oxide adduct has an average number of moles of from 2.5 to 4.2. The polyester for a toner of the present invention is suitably used as a resin binder of a toner, or the like, used for, for example, developing a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji SHIRAI, Yoshitomo KIMURA, Yasunori INAGAKI