Patents by Inventor Yuichi Otsuka

Yuichi Otsuka 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: 20240249951
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method includes: developing a substrate which has a coating film of a metal-containing resist formed thereon and has been subjected to an exposure treatment and a heat treatment after the exposure treatment, the developing including: exposing the substrate to an acid atmosphere being an atmosphere containing gas of a weak acid under a pressure of an atmospheric pressure or higher; and removing a product produced by a reaction between the metal-containing resist and the gas of the weak acid, by heating the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke YOSHIHARA, Yuichi TERASHITA, Yukinobu OTSUKA, Shinsuke TAKAKI, Hiroki TADATOMO, Naoki SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20230158452
    Abstract: A gas treatment method includes: a process (a) of allowing gas to be treated in which a target substance to be treated is mixed with air to pass through inside a housing, the target substance to be treated exhibiting volatility at room temperature and belonging to at least one substance selected from a group consisting of carbon compounds, nitrogen compounds, and sulfur compounds; a process (b) of introducing ozone into a space through which the gas to be treated flows inside the housing at 200° C. or lower; a process (c) of stirring the gas to be treated after the process (b); and a process (d) of heating the gas to be treated to 300° C. or higher after executing the process (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Otsuka, Takahiro Hiraoka, Masaki Miura, Kensuke Nakamura