Radiation Sensitive Composition Comprising Ethylenically Unsaturated Compound Patents (Class 430/281.1)
  • Patent number: 11945887
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) or Formula (2), a curable compound, and a solvent; a film formed of the curable composition; a near-infrared cut filter; a solid-state imaging element; an image display device; an infrared sensor; and a camera module. In the formulae, X1 to X5 each independently represent O, S, or a dicyanomethylene group, and R1 to R5 each independently represent a group represented by Formula (R2), and the like, in which at least one of R1 or R2 is the group represented by Formula (R2) and at least one of R3 or R4 is the group represented by Formula (R2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tokihiko Matsumura, Suguru Samejima
  • Patent number: 11934102
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a cured substance, which makes it possible to obtain a cured substance having excellent breaking elongation, a manufacturing method for a laminate, including the manufacturing method for a cured substance, a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, including the manufacturing method for a cured substance or the manufacturing method for a laminate, and there is provided a treatment liquid that is used in the manufacturing method for a cured substance. The manufacturing method for a cured substance includes a film forming step of applying a resin composition containing a precursor of a cyclization resin onto a base material to form a film, a treatment step of bringing a treatment liquid into contact with the film, and a heating step of heating the film after the treatment step, in which the treatment liquid contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a basic compound having an amide group and a base generator having an amide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyasu Nozaki, Misaki Takashima, Naoki Sato, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11822241
    Abstract: A salt represented by formula (I), an acid generator and a resist composition: wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represent a hydroxy group, —O—R10, —O—CO—O—R10 or —O-L1-CO—O—R10, L1 represents an alkanediyl group, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 each represent a halogen atom, an alkyl fluoride group or a hydrocarbon group, R10 represents an acid-labile group, X1, X2 and X3 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, m1 is an integer of 1 to 5, m2, m3, m8 and m9 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4, m5, m6 and m7 represent an integer of 0 to 4, in which 1?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?5, 0?m3+m9?5, and AI? represents an organic anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Komuro, Takashi Nakakoji, Koji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11809077
    Abstract: A photoresist composition comprises a first polymer formed by free radical polymerization. The first polymer comprises polymerized units formed from a monomer that comprises an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and an acid-labile group; a photoacid generator; a quencher of formula (1): and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Cardolaccia, Jason A. DeSisto, Choong-Bong Lee, Mingqi Li, Tomas Marangoni, Chunyi Wu, Cong Liu, Gregory P. Prokopowicz
  • Patent number: 11796912
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive composition contains: particles that include a metal oxide, a cation that includes a metal, an anion. The anion is preferably a conjugated base of an acid and the acid has preferably a pKa of no greater than 3. The content of the particles in terms of solid content equivalent is preferably no less than 50% by mass, and more preferably no less than 70% by mass. The hydrodynamic radius of the particles as determined by a dynamic light scattering analysis is preferably no greater than 10 nm. The total content of the cation and the anion with respect to 100 parts by mass of the particles is preferably no less than 5 parts by mass. The acid is preferably sulfonic acid, nitric acid, organic azinic acid, disulfonylimidic acid or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motohiro Shiratani
  • Patent number: 11762289
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition includes: (A) a binder resin; (B) a photopolymerizable monomer; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; (D) a quantum dot surface-modified with a compound having a thiol group at one terminal end and an alkoxy group, a cycloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, or a hydroxy group at the other terminal end; and (E) a solvent. A curable composition includes: (A?) a resin; (B?) a quantum dot surface-modified with a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2; and (C?) a solvent. A method of manufacturing the surface-modified quantum dot, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition or the curable composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinsuop Youn, Misun Kim, Hong Jeong Yu, Bumjin Lee, Yonghee Kang, Dongjun Kim, Byeonggeun Son, Jihyeon Yim, Mi Jeong Choi, Jonggi Kim, Minjee Park, Hojeong Paek, Woo Jung Shin, Young Woong Jang
  • Patent number: 11640114
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, Xa, Xb, L1, L2, L3 and L4 are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko Shimada, Koji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11609493
    Abstract: This photosensitive resin composition comprises: a photosensitive prepolymer having a carboxyl group and an ethylenically unsaturated group; a photopolymerization initiator; a thermosetting agent; and a pigment. The thermosetting agent is a polycarbodiimide compound represented by formula (1), in which a carbodiimide group is protected by an amino group that dissociates at temperatures of 80? or greater. The polycarbodiimide compound has a weight average molecular weight of 300-3000, and a carbodiimide equivalent weight of 150-600. When formed into a film having a dry film thickness of 10-40 ?m, the maximum value of the transmittance of the photosensitive resin composition is at least 7% for the transmission spectrum of at least some of the wavelength from 350-430 nm. (In formula (1), R1, R2, X1, X2, and n are as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Gondaira, Makoto Tai
  • Patent number: 11610728
    Abstract: An electronic component comprising a glass body containing a photosensitizer; a conductor as at least a part of an electric element, arranged on the glass body; a terminal electrode as a terminal of the electric element, arranged above an outer surface of the glass body, with the terminal electrode being electrically connected to the conductor; and an insulating film arranged above the outer surface of the glass body. The insulating film reflects or absorbs light in a photosensitive wavelength range of the photosensitizer contained in the glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Matsuki, Hiraku Kawai, Yuichi Iida, Masahiro Kubota, Fumihiko Naruse
  • Patent number: 11608394
    Abstract: A method for generating reactive species in a medium in which light irradiates the medium including a nanoparticle. A photoinitiator composed of semiconductor nanoparticles for photo-polymerization and 2D and 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Banin, Shlomo Magdassi, Nir Waiskopf, Lior Efraim Verbitsky
  • Patent number: 11591433
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a photopolymer composition including a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof including a reaction product of a reactive isocyanate compound having a hydrogen bonding functional group capable of forming multiple hydrogen bonds and at least one isocyanate group, and a polyol having at least two hydroxyl groups; a photoreactive monomer; and a photoinitiator, a hologram recording medium produced from the photopolymer composition, an optical element including the photopolymer composition and a holographic recording method using the photopolymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Heon Kim, Yeongrae Chang, Seokhoon Jang, Se Hyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 11545386
    Abstract: A workpiece unit that includes a workpiece, a tape stuck to the workpiece; and an annular frame to which an outer circumferential edge of the tape is stuck and which has an opening defined centrally therein. The workpiece is disposed in the opening in the annular frame and supported on the annular frame by the tape, and at least one of the tape and the annular frame has an irreversible discoloring section that discolors in response to an external stimulus. Such a configuration makes it possible to determine whether or not a process involving an external stimulus has been carried out on the workpiece unit, based on the appearance of the workpiece unit (i.e., based on whether the irreversible discoloring section has been discolored or not).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Saito, Masayuki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11543750
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor has an image-recording layer on a hydrophilic support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorbing dye that decomposes by exposure to an infrared ray and a color developer that develops color due to the exposure to an infrared ray. A method for producing a lithographic printing plate includes image-exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor using an infrared laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Nogoshi, Takeshi Inasaki, Kazuaki Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11534945
    Abstract: This patent application claims the use of directed energy in the form of electronically scanned ion beams to form plastic parts by selectively curing commodity or engineering resin in the shape of the part. Polymerization is limited to the vicinity of the controlled Bragg-peak of the ion beam (i.e., where linear energy transfer is maximized), if necessary, by the use of chemical polymerization inhibitors or conditions that inhibit polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Directed Energy Materials LLC
    Inventor: George Edward Parris
  • Patent number: 11493844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition for a flexographic printing plate, the photosensitive resin composition including at least a hydrophilic copolymer (A), a thermoplastic elastomer (B), a photo-polymerizable monomer (C), a photo-polymerization initiator (D), a plasticizer (E), and an acidic group-containing polymer (F), wherein the photosensitive resin composition for the flexographic printing plate has an acid value of 1 to 100 mgKOH/g, as measured by neutralization titration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Hideo Saito, Tohru Kihara, Kenji Ota
  • Patent number: 11472943
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material includes a compound represented by General Formula (1) and a polymerization reactive compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Kouji Suesugi
  • Patent number: 11421049
    Abstract: An a photopolymerization formulation is provided as is an improved method for forming an object using the formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Piedmont Chemical Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Paul D. Weipert, Theodosios Diplas, Michael Christian Meers
  • Patent number: 11378885
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pattern formation material includes a first monomer. The first monomer includes a first molecular chain, a first group, and a second group. The first molecular chain includes a first end and a second end. The first group has an ester bond to the first end. The second group has an ester bond to the second end. The first group is one of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. The second group is one of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. The first molecular chain includes a plurality of first elements bonded in a straight chain configuration. The first elements are one of carbon or oxygen. The number of the first elements is 6 or more. A film including the first monomer is caused to absorb a metal compound including a metallic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Asakawa, Naoko Kihara, Seekei Lee, Norikatsu Sasao, Tomoaki Sawabe, Shinobu Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11370862
    Abstract: A planographic printing plate precursor includes: a support; and an image recording layer which includes a radical initiator, a radical polymerizable component, and a radiation absorption compound, and in which the image recording layer shows two or more peaks of a radical generation amount in a radical generation amount-versus-time curve after exposure to image forming radiation, in which the radical initiator includes an electron-donating radical initiator and an electron-accepting radical initiator, and the radiation absorption compound comprises a compound represented by the following Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadao Shibamoto, Taira Murakami, Kyosuke Tsumura, Kotaro Kudo
  • Patent number: 11351509
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a filter membrane is sealed with a sealing material prior to using the filter membrane to filter process fluids. The sealing material is a fluorine-based polymer or a polymer with a cross-linking group. Once the sealing material has been placed in contact with the filter membrane, a cross-linking reaction may be initiated using either physical or chemical processes to cross-link the sealing material and to seal the filter membrane within the sealing material, thereby separating the filter membrane from the process fluids, reducing or eliminating leaching of the filter membrane into the process fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hsin Lo, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 11262361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are photodegradable hydrogels and associated kits for selectively capturing and releasing cells. The hydrogels result from cross linking in the presence of a photoinitiator (1) a macromer having a polymeric backbone structure, a photo labile moiety, and a first linking moiety, and (2) a cell-binding moiety having a second linking moiety. These two components are cross-linked by a polymerization reaction of the linking moieties to form a photodegradable hydrogel incorporating the cell-binding moiety within the hydrogel. Also disclosed are methods of making the hydrogels, and methods of using the hydrogels for selectively capturing and releasing cells and for detecting cells in a fluid. Such methods can be used to detect the presence and quantity of certain rare cell types in a biological fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Tibbitt, Kristi S. Anseth, April M. Kloxin, Mehmet Toner, John Oakey, Ajay Shah
  • Patent number: 11261273
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin comprising a structural unit derived from a compound represented by formula (I?) and a structural unit having an acid-labile group: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, L1 represents a group represented by formula (X1-1), etc., L11, L13, L15 and L17 each independently represent an alkanediyl group, L12, L14, L16 and L18 each independently represent —O—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO— or —O—CO—O—, and * and ** are bonds, and ** represents a bond to an iodine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuro Masuyama, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Koji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11124477
    Abstract: A novel sulfonium compound has formula (A). A positive resist composition comprising a polymer and a quencher containing the sulfonium compound is improved in resolution and LER during pattern formation and has storage stability. In formula (A), R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently a C1-C20 monovalent hydrocarbon group, p is an integer of 0-5, q is an integer of 0-5, and r is an integer of 0-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Inoue, Masaki Ohashi, Daisuke Domon, Keiichi Masunaga, Masaaki Kotake
  • Patent number: 11069730
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of color mixing, a method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel region. Each of the pixels has: a first optical filter layer disposed on a photoelectric conversion unit; a second optical filter layer disposed on the first optical filter layer; and a separation wall separating at least a part of the first optical filter layer for each of the pixels. Either the first optical filter layer or the second optical filter layer in at least one of the pixels is formed by an infrared cut filter, while the other is formed by a color filter. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor including a visible light pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sintaro Nakajiki, Yukihiro Sayama
  • Patent number: 11054743
    Abstract: This invention discloses a fluorene polyfunctional photoinitiator as represented by general formula (I), a photosensitive resin composition containing the same, the preparation of the same, and uses of the two. This compound has the advantages of simple synthesis, low cost, and good solubility, and has good application effects in photocurable compositions. Compared with conventional small molecule photoinitiators, it is not only excellent in photoinitiation activity, but also has the advantages such as low mobility, low odor, and yellowing resistance. The composition has high photosensitivity and good developability, high resolution, and excellent adaptation to a substrate, and is very suitable for producing a black matrix having high light-shielding property, a high-precision and high quality color filter and a liquid crystal display device, and can also be used in optical spacers and ribs, photoresist, wet film, dry film and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: CHANGZHOU TRONLY ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CO., LTD., CHANGZHOU TRONLY NEW ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Qian
  • Patent number: 11042094
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid for patterning a resist film and a pattern forming method, each of which can simultaneously suppress the occurrence of pattern collapse in a resist L/S pattern and the occurrence of omission failure in a resist C/H pattern. The treatment liquid of the present invention is a treatment liquid for patterning a resist film, which is used for subjecting a resist film obtained from an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition to at least one of development or washing, and contains an organic solvent, in which the treatment liquid contains a first organic solvent having a relative dielectric constant of 4.0 or less and a second organic solvent having a relative dielectric constant of 6.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Hirano, Hideaki Tsubaki, Toru Tsuchihashi, Wataru Nihashi, Kei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11036135
    Abstract: Provided are: a curable composition having excellent photolithographic properties and resin elution properties; a cured product of the curable composition; and a curing method of the curable composition. The curable composition is characterized by including: (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble polyfunctional (meth)acrylates and water-soluble polyfunctional (meth)acrylamides; and (B) a photosensitive group-containing water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble polyfunctional (meth)acrylates are preferably compounds represented by Formula (I) below, and the water-soluble polyfunctional (meth)acrylamides are preferably compounds represented by Formula (II) below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Hara, Masatomi Irisawa
  • Patent number: 11016385
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a photosensitive adhesive composition including 10 parts by weight to 90 parts by weight of a monomer having a vinyl ether functional group, 10 parts by weight to 90 parts by weight of a tertiary amine polymer, and 0.5 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a photoacid initiator. The weight-average molecular weight of the tertiary amine polymer is between 2000 and 20000. The disclosure also provides a photosensitive conductive adhesive composition and an electronic device containing the photosensitive conductive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Chi Yang, Shou-Yi Ho, Kuo-Chan Chiou
  • Patent number: 11009829
    Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of photopolymer materials, and more particularly relates to a dual image storage material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The dual image storage material is obtained by selective photoreaction of 1 to 50 parts by weight of an organic fluorescent material, 7 to 50 parts by weight of liquid crystal, 0.2 to 10 parts by weight of a photoinitiator and 33 to 67 parts by weight of photopolymerizable monomers. The obtained dual image storage material can present a high-brightness holographic pattern under sunlight and a fluorescent pattern under ultraviolet light in the same spatial position. The presented holographic and fluorescent patterns may be the same or different. The obtained dual image storage material can be used in the field of optical anti-counterfeiting, optical information storage, displays or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Haiyan Peng, Ye Zhao, Xiaolin Xie, Xingping Zhou, Xiaoyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 10990006
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition including: a plurality of quantum dots, wherein the quantum dot includes an organic ligand bound to a surface of the quantum dot; a photoinitiator; a binder including a carboxylic acid group; a photopolymerizable monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond; and a solvent, wherein the photoinitiator includes a first photoinitiator including an oxime compound and a second photoinitiator including at least one selected from a phosphine oxide compound and an amino ketone compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Hyeun Park, Hojeong Paek, Jonggi Kim, Nayoun Won, Shin Ae Jun
  • Patent number: 10962884
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid for patterning a resist film and a pattern forming method, each of which can simultaneously suppress the occurrence of pattern collapse in a resist L/S pattern and the occurrence of omission failure in a resist C/H pattern. The treatment liquid of the present invention is a treatment liquid for patterning a resist film, which is used for subjecting a resist film obtained from an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition to at least one of development or washing, and contains an organic solvent, in which the treatment liquid contains a first organic solvent having an SP value of 16.3 MPa1/2 or less and a second organic solvent having an SP value of 17.1 MPa1/2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Tsubaki, Toru Tsuchihashi, Wataru Nihashi, Kei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10921710
    Abstract: A polymer comprising units having a highly fused homoadamantane skeleton at side chain end bonded to the polymer backbone via a linking group has an appropriate solvent solubility and is capable of suppressing acid diffusion. A resist composition comprising the polymer and a specific photoacid generator exhibits a good DOF margin, CD uniformity, and a minimal CD change during PPD, and is quite effective in precise micropatterning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Adachi, Ryosuke Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 10921708
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation-sensitive resin composition having good sensitivity and excellent temporal stability of the sensitivity, a cured film, a pattern forming method, a solid-state imaging device, and an image display device. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin, a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a photopolymerization initiator, an organic solvent, and water, in which the photopolymerization initiator includes an oxime ester compound having at least one group selected from a branched alkyl group and a cyclic alkyl group, and the content of water is 0.1% to 2% by mass with respect to the mass of the radiation-sensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Nara, Kaoru Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 10908502
    Abstract: A resist composition including a resin component having a structural unit derived from a compound represented by formula (a0-1), in which W represents a polymerizable group-containing group; Ra01 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; in the case where Ra01 is an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Ra02 is a group which forms an aliphatic cyclic group containing an electron-withdrawing group, together with the tertiary carbon atom (*C) to which Ra01 is bonded; and when Ra01 is an alkyl group, Ra02 is a group in which an aliphatic cyclic group containing an electron-withdrawing group forms a condensed ring together with an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Arai, Takuya Ikeda, Koshi Onishi
  • Patent number: 10859914
    Abstract: A method for producing an electronic device includes the pattern forming method, and an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition for organic solvent development. Specifically, provided is a pattern forming method, including a film forming step of forming a film by an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, an exposure step of irradiating the film, and a development step of developing the film using a developer containing an organic solvent, in which the composition contains a resin containing a repeating unit having an Si atom and a repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group and a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, the content of Si atoms in the resin is 1.0 to 30 mass %, and the content of the resin in the total solid content of the composition is 20 mass % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Hatakeyama, Akiyoshi Goto, Michihiro Shirakawa, Keita Kato, Keiyu Ou
  • Patent number: 10781276
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer used for a resist composition having high absorption efficiency for a particle beam or an electromagnetic wave, and excellence in sensitivity, resolution and pattern performance characteristics, and provide a resist composition containing the polymer and a method of manufacturing a device using thereof. The polymer comprises: a unit A; and a unit B, wherein the unit A has an onium salt structure and generates a first radical by irradiation with a particle beam or an electromagnetic wave, the unit B has a radical generating structure containing at least one multiple bond which is between a carbon atom and a carbon atom or between a carbon atom and a heteroatom, and generates a second radical by irradiation with a particle beam or an electromagnetic wave, and the multiple bond is not one contained in a benzenoid aromatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Enomoto, Takumi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 10759890
    Abstract: Provided are: a curable composition that has excellent flexibility and shows excellent adhesion to both a plastic substrate and a conductor layer; a coating film of the curable composition; and a printed circuit board comprising a pattern-cured coating film obtained from the coating film. The present invention relates to: a curable composition for a printed circuit board, which is characterized by comprising (A) a block copolymer, (B) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate compound and (C) a photopolymerization initiator; a coating film obtained by photo-curing the curable composition; and a printed circuit board comprising a resist pattern formed from the coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shimura, Yoshiyuki Furuta, Masao Yumoto
  • Patent number: 10754064
    Abstract: Problem to Be Solved: to provide a chromophore having a far superior nonlinear optical activity to conventional chromophores and to provide a nonlinear optical element comprising said chromophore. Solution: a chromophore comprising a donor structure D, a ?-conjugated bridge structure B, and an acceptor structure A, the donor structure D comprising an aryl group substituted with a substituted oxy group; and a nonlinear optical element comprising said chromophore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Otomo, Isao Aoki, Hideki Miki, Hidehisa Tazawa, Shiyoshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10731103
    Abstract: An oleaginous nanoparticle dispersion of nanoparticles having a core of an organic base material immobilized within a surfactant layer, the use thereof as a low ash, or ash-free source of TBN in lubricating oil compositions, and lubricating oil compositions formulated with such oleaginous nanoparticle dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Jacob Emert, Rachel Tundel, Peter Wright, Sandip Agarwal, Xinhua Li, Joseph McLellan, Patrick Reust
  • Patent number: 10725379
    Abstract: A resin composition including the following components (a) and (b). (a) A polyimide precursor having a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1); and (b) a compound represented by the following general formula (2): wherein in the formula R1 is a tetravalent organic group, R2 is a divalent organic group and R3 and R4 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or a monovalent organic group having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical DuPont MicroSystems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keishi Ono, Tetsuya Enomoto, Masayuki Ohe, Keiko Suzuki, Kazuya Soejima, Etsuharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10726966
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a conductive polymer thin film pattern, including (a) Coating substrate with solution including PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate)) to form coating layer including solution on substrate, (b) irradiating a predetermined portion of the coating layer with light, thus manufacturing a pre-patterned substrate including PEDOT:PSS patterned on the predetermined portion and the coating layer other than the predetermined portion, and (c) removing the coating layer from the pre-patterned substrate, thus manufacturing a conductive polymer thin film having a PEDOT:PSS pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Changhun Yun, Hyeck Go
  • Patent number: 10700387
    Abstract: A carboxymethyl cellulose is provided with a polydispersity index of 10 or more and a weight average molecular weight of 2,000,000 or more in a negative electrode mix slurry. Accordingly, phase stability of the negative electrode mix slurry is improved, achieving improved adhesiveness and low resistance of a negative electrode manufactured therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Ho Jeong, Ye-Cheol Rho, Jin-Sook Ryu, Je-Young Kim, Jung-Woo Yoo
  • Patent number: 10684729
    Abstract: The composition contains a compound represented by Formula 1, a binder polymer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a monomer having a carboxy group, in which the content of the compound represented by Formula 1 is 5% by mass or more and less than 50% by mass with respect to the total mass of monomer components, and in Formula 1, Q1 and Q2 each represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and R1 represents a divalent linking group having a chain-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Aridomi, Kentaro Toyooka
  • Patent number: 10649330
    Abstract: A resist composition including a base component which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, and a compound (B1) having an anion moiety and a cation moiety and being represented by general formula (b1) (wherein R01 to R014 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or two or more of R01 to R014 may be mutually bonded to form a ring structure, provided that at least two of R01 to R014 are mutually bonded to form a ring structure, and at least one of R01 to R014 has an anion group, and the anion moiety as a whole forms an anion having a valency of n; n represents an integer of 1 or more; represents an integer of 1 or more; and Mm+ represents an organic cation having a valency of m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Arai, Takaya Maehashi, Takuya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10649331
    Abstract: The composition includes a compound represented by Formula 1, a binder polymer, and a photopolymerization initiator, in Formula 1, Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group or a (meth)acryloyloxyalkyl group; and R1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Aridomi, Kentaro Toyooka
  • Patent number: 10599036
    Abstract: A chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition that can be well developed with an aqueous basic solution having low pH, a substrate with a photosensitive film formed from the composition, and a method for patterned resist film formation using the composition. The composition includes an acid generator that produces an acid upon irradiation with an active ray or radiation; a resin whose solubility in alkali increases under the action of acid; and an organic solvent, in which a predetermined amount of an alkali-soluble resin soluble in an aqueous basic solution having a pH of 12 and containing alkali-soluble groups with hydrogen atoms in at least a part thereof is substituted with an acid-dissociative dissolution-controlling group contained in the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kuroiwa, Yasuo Masuda
  • Patent number: 10577514
    Abstract: A curable composition includes a polymerizable compound containing diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and a mono-functional (meth)acrylate having an OH group and a resin, wherein the resin satisfies the following (1) and (2), (1). a viscosity at 25 degrees C. of a liquid mixture of 70 parts of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 30 parts of the resin is 15 to 27 times greater than that of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate alone, and (2). the liquid mixture has a spin-spin relaxation time of 240 ms or less as measured by Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) of pulse Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 10538627
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition using a polyimide precursor composition, a cured film, a method for producing a cured film, a semiconductor device, and a method for producing a polyimide precursor composition are provided. In the polyimide precursor composition, the molar ratio of repeating units represented by General Formula (1-2) among structural isomers of the polyimide precursor is 60% to 90% by mole. In General Formula (1-2), A1 and A2 each independently represents an oxygen atom or NH, R111 and R112 each independently represents a single bond or a divalent organic group, and R113 and R114 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawabata, Takuma Amemiya, Hidekazu Oohashi, Yu Iwai, Akinori Shibuya
  • Patent number: 10525696
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor, a lithographic printing plate manufacturing method, a printing method and an aluminum support manufacturing method enable the resulting lithographic printing plate to have a long tiny dot press life. The lithographic printing plate precursor includes an aluminum support and an image recording layer. When measured over a 400 ?m×400 ?m region of a surface of the aluminum support on the image recording layer side using a three-dimensional non-contact roughness tester, pits with a depth from centerline of at least 0.70 ?m are present at a density of at least 3,000 pits/mm2. A surface area ratio ?S is not less than 35%, where ?S is determined using an actual area Sx obtained, through three-point approximation, from three-dimensional data acquired by measurement at 512×512 points in 25 ?m square of the surface of the aluminum support on the image recording layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Nakamura, Atsushi Matsuura, Tsuyoshi Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 10520810
    Abstract: A process for producing a photoresist pattern comprising steps (1) to (5); (1) applying a photoresist composition onto a substrate, said photoresist composition comprising an acid generator and a resin which comprises a structural unit having an acid-liable group; (2) drying the applied composition to form a composition layer; (3) exposing the composition layer; (4) heating the exposed composition layer; and (5) developing the heated composition layer with a developer which comprises butyl acetate, wherein a distance of Hansen solubility parameters between the resin and butyl acetate is from 3.3 to 4.3, the distance is calculated from formula (1): R=(4×(?dR?15.8)2+(?pR?3.7)2+(?hR?6.3)2)1/2??(1) in which ?dR represents a dispersion parameter of the resin, ?pR represents a polarity parameter of the resin, ?hR represents a hydrogen bonding parameter of the resin, and R represents the distance, and a film retention ratio of the photoresist pattern relative to the composition layer is adjusted to 65% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuro Masuyama, Koji Ichikawa