Patents by Inventor Yukiko TABUCHI

Yukiko TABUCHI 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: 20230237544
    Abstract: A price calculation device 200 includes a condition information acquisition unit 221 that acquires condition information representing the condition of a user who is receiving a service, a situation information acquisition unit 222 that acquires situation information representing the situation of the user, and a calculation unit 223 that calculates the price of the service on the basis of the condition information acquired by the condition information acquisition unit 221 and the situation information acquired by the situation information acquisition unit 222.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Takashi NAGATA, Akihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11046916
    Abstract: Provided is a surfactant composition which includes high concentrations of a surfactant, has fluidity in a wide concentration range, and does not become clouded when diluted with hard water. This surfactant composition includes component A, component B, and component C described below, wherein a total content of the component A and the component B is 35 to 80% by mass and wherein the component A is at least one sulfonate compound selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyalkane sulfonate and an olefin sulfonate, the component B is a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, and the component C is water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Tabuchi, Takaya Sakai, Makiko Shigehisa, Hiroko Endo
  • Patent number: 10941369
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surfactant composition which includes a surfactant at a high concentration, while having fluidity over a wide concentration range. A surfactant composition according to the present invention contains the components A, B, C and D described below, and is configured such that: the total content of the components A, B and C is from 30% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive); the mass ratio of the total content of the components A and B to the content of the component C, namely (A+B)/C is from 20/80 to 80/20; and the mass ratio of the content of the component A to the content of the component B, namely A/B is from 98/2 to 45/55. A: an internal olefin sulfonic acid and/or a salt thereof; B: an anionic surfactant other than the component A; C: a nonionic surfactant; D: water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Tabuchi, Takaya Sakai, Hiroko Endo
  • Publication number: 20200231902
    Abstract: Provided is a surfactant composition which includes high concentrations of a surfactant, has fluidity in a wide concentration range, and does not become clouded when diluted with hard water. This surfactant composition includes component A, component B, and component C described below, wherein a total content of the component A and the component B is 35 to 80% by mass and wherein the component A is at least one sulfonate compound selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyalkane sulfonate and an olefin sulfonate, the component B is a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, and the component C is water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Takaya SAKAI, Makiko SHIGEHISA, Hiroko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20190169536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surfactant composition which includes a surfactant at a high concentration, while having fluidity over a wide concentration range. A surfactant composition according to the present invention contains the components A, B, C and D described below, and is configured such that: the total content of the components A, B and C is from 30% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive); the mass ratio of the total content of the components A and B to the content of the component C, namely (A+B)/C is from 20/80 to 80/20; and the mass ratio of the content of the component A to the content of the component B, namely A/B is from 98/2 to 45/55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Takaya SAKAI, Hiroko ENDO
  • Patent number: 9738619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid by subjecting 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to oxidation reaction in the presence of water, oxygen and an activated carbon-supported metal catalyst containing a noble metal, the process including the following steps (1) and (2) in which the steps (1) and (2) are carried out under a pressure of not less than 0.1 MPa and less than 1.0 MPa while maintaining a reaction solution at a pH of not more than 7, and an amount of the oxygen fed until a time at which the step (2) is terminated is not less than 120 mol % and not more than 140 mol % on the basis of the 5-hydroxymethylfurfural charged: step (1): conducting the oxidation reaction at a temperature of not lower than 50° C. and not higher than 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai Yashiro, Masato Nomura, Kaoru Ohmae, Yukiko Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20160221979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid by subjecting 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to oxidation reaction in the presence of water, oxygen and an activated carbon-supported metal catalyst containing a noble metal, the process including the following steps (1) and (2) in which the steps (1) and (2) are carried out under a pressure of not less than 0.1 MPa and less than 1.0 MPa while maintaining a reaction solution at a pH of not more than 7, and an amount of the oxygen fed until a time at which the step (2) is terminated is not less than 120 mol % and not more than 140 mol % on the basis of the 5-hydroxymethylfurfural charged: step (1): conducting the oxidation reaction at a temperature of not lower than 50° C. and not higher than 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai YASHIRO, Masato NOMURA, Kaoru OHMAE, Yukiko TABUCHI