Optrom-About A. Kozawa:Profile

Akiya Kozawa

Career
1952	Graduated from Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Nagoya University
1961	Professor at Nagoya University, fellow of Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University
1964‐89	Fellow at Union Carbide Parma Research Center (treatment equivalent to a president)
1989‐91	Professor at the National Resources & Basic Material Research Center of Tohoku University (retired in March 1991)
1993	Established ITE Battery Research Institute
1980‐present	President of the International Technology Exchange Association (ITE)

■Prof.A.Kozawa
(President of ITE, former professor at Tohoku University)
■J.C Nardi
(President of ITE, director of Battery Research Institute)
■Prof.S.Minami
(Professor at Osaka City University)
■Prof.S.Ikeda
(Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology)
■Prof.M.Yamashita
(Professor emeritus at Doshisha University)
■Prof.Y.Suzuki
(Former professor at Hiroshima University)
■Prof.A.Sato

(Professor at Chubu University)
■Prof.I.Mizumoto
(Assistant professor at Toyama National College of Technology)
■Prof.M.Sugawara

(Professor at Yamagata University)
■Prof.T.Nishina
(Assistant professor at Yamagata University)
■Prof.K.Tachibana
(Assistant professor at Yamagata University)
■Prof.楊立
(Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
■R.J. Brodd
(Chairman of IBA, advisor)

MnO₂research and applications to dry-cell battery, alkaline battery and lithium battery (more than 100 thesis)
Submission and demonstration of electron and proton theory
The world’s first to discover that iron phthalocyanine can be replaced by platinum catalys
Presented and introduced fuel-cell research and other new battery technology to Japan

American Electrochemical Society Heise Award
International Battery Material Association (IBA)-Yeager Award
Gold prize at the Japan Electrical Society in battery material research
Award for best electric vehicle paper for lead storage battery activator [200kb]

Lichiumu ion Niji Denchi (Lithium-ion Secondary Battery)	(The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun)
Gendai no Denki Kagaku (Modern Electrochemistry)	(Shinseisha) (Chinese edition published)
MnO₂Handbook	(China)
Kagaku Jitsuyo Eigo (Practical English for Chemistry)	(Tokyo Kagaku Dozin)
Progress in Battery & Solar Cell, ITE Letters（1980-2007）	(Eibungaku Shuppan)
Other engineering English Glossaries	(About 20 books)

Unexamined patent list (as of June 18, 2006) within examination request deadline (3 years)
Number	Name	Applicant
Patent pending 2004-270536 Patented 2006-059785	Aluminum foil for batteries & manufacturing procedures	Shunzo Mase Akiya Kozawa
Patent pending 2004-202491 Patented 2005-353559	Lead storage battery	Shunzo Mase Shinya Kozawa
Patent pending 2003-383150 Patented 2005-116493	Lead storage battery charging procedur	Shunzo Mase Akiya Kozawa

Unexamined patent list (as of June 18, 2006) within examination request deadline (7 years)
Number	Name	Applicant
Patented 2003-022845	Activation procedure of lead battery & selling system of lead battery being activated using this procedure	Kazuo Tagawa
Patented 2002-338218	Manufacturing procedure of ultrafine particulate carbon& battery using this procedure	Kazuo Tagawa Akiya Kozawa
Patented 2002-298853	Lithium secondary battery & electric double layer capacitor	Kazuo Tagawa Akiya Kozawa
Patented 2002-255517	Manufacturing procedure of ultrafine particulate carbon & battery using this procedure	Akiya Kozawa Shunzo Mase
Patented 2002-241116	Manufacturing procedure of ultrafine particulate carbon	Akiya Kozawa Shoichiro Ikeda Shunzo Mase
Patented 2001-313064	lead battery & the activator	Shunzo Mase Kazuo Tagawa Akiya Kozawa
Patented 2001-286576	Endocrine disrupter method	Akiya Kozawa Shunzo Mase

Optrom-About A. Kozawa:Profile:About International Technology Exchange Association (ITE):Development, manufacture and sale of long-life lead-saving batteries using lead battery activator