Patents by Inventor Yugo Yamamoto

Yugo Yamamoto 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: 20220389268
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection which can form layers that are excellent in terms of pattern retentivity and moisture resistance at high temperatures, have satisfactory adhesiveness to the circuits or metal wiring lines of the semiconductor device over a long period, and are less apt to suffer ion migration. The ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection comprises (A) one or more cationic photopolymerizable compounds including an alicyclic epoxy compound, (B) a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a silane coupling agent, wherein the silane coupling agent is contained in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the cationic photopolymerizable compounds. The ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection has a viscosity, as measured with an E-type viscometer at 25° C. and 20 rpm, of 5-50 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuharu YAMADA, Takumi SHIRAISHI, Yusuke TOMITA, Yugo YAMAMOTO, Takuo SHIKAMA
  • Publication number: 20220186066
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a protection member which is for a semiconductor and has excellent pattern retention at high temperatures and moisture resistance and has good adhesion to a semiconductor circuit, etc. for long period of time. The protection member which is for a semiconductor and solves said problem, includes a cured article of an organic polymerizable compound having a functional group containing an oxygen atom and/or a nitrogen atom. The absolute value of the difference between the linear expansion coefficient at 150° C. of the cured article and the linear expansion coefficient at 25° C. of the cured article is 55 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuharu YAMADA, Takumi SHIRAISHI, Yusuke TOMITA, Yugo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11264589
    Abstract: The image display device sealing material contains a resin component and a curing agent, wherein the resin component contains biphenyl skeleton-containing epoxy resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 200 or more and 100,000 or less, alicyclic skeleton-containing epoxy resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 180 or more and 790 or less, and styrene oligomer having a weight-average molecular weight of 750 or more and 4000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tomita, Masatoshi Takagi, Yugo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200176706
    Abstract: The image display device sealing material contains a resin component and a curing agent, wherein the resin component contains biphenyl skeleton-containing epoxy resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 200 or more and 100,000 or less, alicyclic skeleton-containing epoxy resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 180 or more and 790 or less, and styrene oligomer having a weight-average molecular weight of 750 or more and 4000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke TOMITA, Masatoshi TAKAGI, Yugo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10050224
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide the following: an optical-device surface-sealing composition that makes it possible to fabricate an optical-device-using display with a low amount of warpage even if there is a large difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of substrates used in said display; a display with a low amount of warpage; and a manufacturing method therefor. The storage modulus of elasticity (G?(80)) of this optical-device surface-sealing composition, measured at 80° C. after said composition is heated from 40° C. to 80° C. at 5° C./min and then held at 80° C. for 30 minutes, is between 1.0×103 and 2.0×106 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Setsuko Oike, Masatoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20170324040
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface sealing material which has high storage stability and is capable of forming, on an object to be coated such as an organic EL element, a cured product layer that has less irregularity, cissing and the like, while having high surface smoothness. A surface sealing material for organic EL elements according to the present invention contains (B) a cationically polymerizable compound that comprises a cationically polymerizable functional group in each molecule and has a structure represented by formula (1) —(R—O)n— (wherein R represents an alkylene group having 2-5 carbon atoms and n represents an integer of 1-150), (C) a thermal cationic polymerization initiator and (D) a leveling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo YAMAMOTO, Jun OKABE
  • Patent number: 9013049
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition for sealing an optical semiconductor, which is a raw material for a sealing resin layer having good curability and excellent storage stability; preferably a raw material for a sealing resin layer further having excellent weather resistance. The surface sealant for an optical semiconductor of Embodiment 1 according to the present invention contains epoxy resin (a) having two or more epoxy groups in a molecule, and metal complex (b1) which contains at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of Zn, Bi, Ca, Al, Cd, La and Zr, a tertiary amine capable of forming a complex with the metal ion and having no N—H bond and an anionic ligand having a molecular weight of 17 to 200, in which the surface sealant has a viscosity of 10 to 10000 mPa·s, as measured by E-type viscometer at 25° C. and 1.0 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Jun Okabe, Setsuko Oike
  • Publication number: 20150034928
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide the following: an optical-device surface-sealing composition that makes it possible to fabricate an optical-device-using display with a low amount of warpage even if there is a large difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of substrates used in said display; a display with a low amount of warpage; and a manufacturing method therefor. The storage modulus of elasticity (G?(80)) of this optical-device surface-sealing composition, measured at 80° C. after said composition is heated from 40° C. to 80° C. at 5° C./min and then held at 80° C. for 30 minutes, is between 1.0×103 and 2.0×106 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Setsuko Oike, Masatoshi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20140367670
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the issue of providing a surface sealing agent which can be cured at low temperatures and which exhibits excellent storage stability. In order to resolve this issue, provided is a surface sealing agent for an organic EL element, the surface sealing agent including an epoxy resin (A) having at least two epoxy groups in a molecule, and a curing accelerator (B) which is a salt of a specific quaternary ammonium ion, wherein 0.1-10 parts by weight of the curing accelerator (B) is contained relative to 100 parts by weight of the surface sealing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Jun Okabe
  • Patent number: 8889803
    Abstract: To provide an epoxy polymerizable composition which exhibits low curing shrinkage and high workability and which gives a cured article having a high refraction index and high heat resistance. The epoxy polymerizable composition contains (A2) fluorene epoxy compound having the following general formula (1) or (2), (A3) epoxy compound having a softening point of 30° C. or less, and (B1) thiol compound having two or more thiol groups in one molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takamatsu, Yugo Yamamoto, Yuichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20140131691
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polymerizable resin composition with which the cured product refractive index is high and the viscosity under a high shear stress is a specific viscosity or lower. Provided is an polymerizable epoxy composition comprising (A1) an S-containing epoxy resin represented by a general formula, (A2) an epoxy compound having a softening point of 70° C. or lower, (B) a curing promoter, and (C) a thiol compound having two or more thiol groups per molecule, wherein viscosity at 25° C. and 60 rpm as determined using a B viscometer is between 100 and 15,000 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Masatoshi Takagi, Shunsuke Fujii, Shintaro Maekawa, Setsuko Oike
  • Publication number: 20130153880
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition for sealing an optical semiconductor, which is a raw material for a sealing resin layer having good curability and excellent storage stability; preferably a raw material for a sealing resin layer further having excellent weather resistance. The surface sealant for an optical semiconductor of Embodiment 1 according to the present invention contains epoxy resin (a) having two or more epoxy groups in a molecule, and metal complex (b1) which contains at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of Zn, Bi, Ca, Al, Cd, La and Zr, a tertiary amine capable of forming a complex with the metal ion and having no N—H bond and an anionic ligand having a molecular weight of 17 to 200, in which the surface sealant has a viscosity of 10 to 10000 mPa·s, as measured by E-type viscometer at 25° C. and 1.0 rpm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Jun Okabe, Setsuko Oike
  • Patent number: 8466238
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide latent curing agents which exert high low-temperature curing properties when used together with ionically polymerizable compounds and which exhibit high storage stability at room temperature. Latent curing agents for ionically polymerizable compounds which agents each contain a hydroxyl-free amine imide compound having an N—N bond energy of 100 to 210 kJ/mol as determined by B3LYP functional theory method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tamatani, Mitsuaki Chida, Yugo Yamamoto, Yuichi Ito, Takashi Nakano, Naritoshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8216684
    Abstract: The bonding method of the present invention is a method of bonding a member (a) having a layer (a1) comprising an organic polymer (A), and a member (b) containing a compound (B) having specific functional groups, wherein the bonding method comprises bonding the member (a) and the member (b) via a layer comprising an inorganic compound (C) having a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom, which is at least partly provided on the outermost surface of the member (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ito, Yugo Yamamoto, Kimihiko Saito
  • Patent number: 7914641
    Abstract: A sealing material for a flat panel display contains 100 parts by weight of a compound (A) containing at least one epoxy group in the molecule, and 0.01 to 40 parts by weight of a compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation. The compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation is preferably a compound that generates a tertiary amine upon irradiation. The sealing material has favorable curability at low temperature, and a long pot life at room temperature, and does not cause deterioration of display members with ionic components and acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Yuichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20110001419
    Abstract: To provide an epoxy polymerizable composition which exhibits low curing shrinkage and high workability and which gives a cured article having a high refraction index and high heat resistance. The epoxy polymerizable composition contains (A2) fluorene epoxy compound having the following general formula (1) or (2), (A3) epoxy compound having a softening point of 30° C. or less, and (B1) thiol compound having two or more thiol groups in one molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Takamatsu, Yugo Yamamoto, Yuichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20100253213
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide latent curing agents which exert high low-temperature curing properties when used together with ionically polymerizable compounds and which exhibit high storage stability at room temperature. Latent curing agents for ionically polymerizable compounds which agents each contain a hydroxyl-free amine imide compound having an N—N bond energy of 100 to 210 kJ/mol as determined by B3LYP functional theory method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tamatani, Mitsuaki Chida, Yugo Yamamoto, Yuichi Ito, Takashi Nakano, Naritoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20100152315
    Abstract: A sealing material for a flat panel display contains 100 parts by weight of a compound (A) containing at least one epoxy group in the molecule, and 0.01 to 40 parts by weight of a compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation. The compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation is preferably a compound that generates a tertiary amine upon irradiation. The sealing material has favorable curability at low temperature, and a long pot life at room temperature, and does not cause deterioration of display members with ionic components and acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Yuichi Ito
  • Patent number: 7495035
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a photo-curable resin composition which provides a sealing agent for a flat panel display with good moisture permeation resistance and excellent adhesion. The present inventors have conducted extensive studies to solve the above-described problems, and as a result, they have found a photo-curable resin composition which comprises a cationic photopolymerization initiator (A), a cationically polymerizable compound (B), a cyclic polyether compound (C) and another organic compound (D), wherein the amount of (B) is 1.0 to 99.9% by mass and the amount of (C) is 0.0 to 10.0% by mass, both based on the sum of (B), (C) and (D), and the sum (F) of the fluorine atoms in a fluorine-containing organic compound is 0.0 to 40.0% by mass, based on the sum of (B), (C) and (D), and wherein at least 1/1000 mass ratio of the (B) component is a compound containing an oxetanyl group, and both of the contents of (C) and (F) are not 0.0% by mass at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Yasushi Mizuta, Yuichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20080160339
    Abstract: The bonding method of the present invention is a method of bonding a member (a) having a layer (a1) comprising an organic polymer (A), and a member (b) containing a compound (B) having specific functional groups, wherein the bonding method comprises bonding the member (a) and the member (b) via a layer comprising an inorganic compound (C) having a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom, which is at least partly provided on the outermost surface of the member (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ito, Yugo Yamamoto, Kimihiko Saito