Patents Assigned to SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
  • Method of stopping larva from swimming or crawling
    Patent number: 11517000
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of stopping a larva of a sessile invertebrate in a settlement stage from swimming or crawling in water, by means of irradiating violet light having a wavelength range of 400 to 550 nm to the larva in the settlement stage of the sessile invertebrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Mai Nakagi
  • Method for preventing settlement of sessile organisms
    Patent number: 11134671
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of preventing settlement of a sessile organism on a structure in water, including irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm to the structure where settlement of the sessile organism is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • Method for killing Pteriomorphia and barnacles using light irradiation
    Patent number: 11134669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of killing larvae of sessile invertebrates in the settlement stage in water, comprising the step of irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm, to the larvae in the settlement stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • Methods of suppressing settlement of barnacles
    Patent number: 11134670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of suppressing larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage from settling on a substrate in water by irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm and a part of 400 to 460 nm to larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage in a direction from the substrate to the larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • Adhesive molecules
    Patent number: 10590320
    Abstract: To provide novel adhesive molecules. An adhesive molecule having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, or an amino acid sequence including a conservative substitution, a deletion, an insertion and/or a modification in the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Yoshizaki, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Kohichi Suzuki, Yoshio Hayashi
  • METHOD FOR STOPPING SWIMMING OR CRAWLING OF ADHESION-STAGE LARVAE
    Publication number: 20170164602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of stopping larvae of sessile invertebrates in the settlement stage from swimming or crawling in water, by irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm and a part of 400 to 440 nm, to the larvae in the settlement stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu YANAGAWA, Shinsuke SAITO, Keiji YAMASHITA, Kyoko KAMIYA, Yoshio HAYASHI