Patents Assigned to TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
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Patent number: 11939290Abstract: The present invention is a heterocycle-containing amino acid compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are identical with or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or a carboxy-protecting group; R3 represents a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group; and n is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, AICHI STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Namba, Motofumi Suzuki, Akane Mera
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Publication number: 20240074417Abstract: Provided is a breeding apparatus that can facilitate disposition and collection of a spawning bed. A breeding apparatus includes a breeding area forming member that forms breeding areas for organisms and is open at least at the bottoms of the breeding areas, and a spawning bed sheet that forms the bottom surfaces of the breeding areas, has a belt shape, and is provided so as to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the belt shape relative to the breeding area forming member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, Tokushima UniversityInventors: Nozomu MIURA, Yasuhiro MURATA, Shigekazu KAWAI, Takahito WATANABE, Taro MITO
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Publication number: 20240000053Abstract: There is provided a rearing apparatus including a hatching area that holds eggs of organisms to be reared and accommodates the organisms hatched from the eggs, and a rearing area that is defined in an area larger than the hatching area at a position different from the hatching area and in which the organisms are reared. The present disclosure provides a rearing apparatus that can implement high-density and large-scale rearing by effectively utilizing areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, Tokushima UniversityInventors: Yasuhiro MURATA, Akihiro TAKAZATO, Shigekazu KAWAI, Nozomu MIURA, Takahito WATANABE, Taro MITO
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Patent number: 11685902Abstract: A novel tissue usable for a kidney tissue model is provided. A method for producing a kidney-like tissue includes co-culturing a cell group containing mesenchymal stem cells, vascular endothelial cells, and clonal embryonic kidney cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventor: Hideharu Abe
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Publication number: 20230183671Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present in is to prepare a droplet using a protein that has not been known heretofore to form a droplet. The present invention provides a droplet including an assembly of a protein, wherein the protein is a PDI family protein and/or an artificial protein, and contains a thioredoxin-like domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Tokushima UniversityInventors: Masaki OKUMURA, Motonori MATSUSAKI, Kenji INABA, Tomohide SAIO, Shingo KANEMURA
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Publication number: 20230137078Abstract: A lactam compound and a salt thereof, represented by general formulae (1) and (2): In the formulae, R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a protective group of a carboxyl group or a cation, and X? is a halogen ion, an organic acid ion, or an inorganic acid ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicants: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Akane MERA, Motofumi SUZUKI, Kensuke HOSODA, Kosuke NAMBA
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Publication number: 20230124208Abstract: A concentration measurement method performed in a concentration measurement device including an electric unit having a light source and a photodetector, a fluid unit having a measurement cell through which a gas flows, and a processing circuit for calculating a concentration of the gas based on an intensity of a light passing through the measurement cell. The concentration measurement method includes a step of determining an absorption coefficient of the measurement gas using a reference absorption coefficient determined in association with the reference gas and a correction factor associated with the measurement gas, and a step of obtaining a concentration of the measurement gas flowing in the measurement cell using the absorption coefficient of the measurement gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicants: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Yoshihiro DEGUCHI, Masaaki NAGASE, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Publication number: 20230113633Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au-Pt-Pd alloy including Au, Pt,Pd, and inevitable impurities. The Au-Pt-Pd alloy has an alloy compositioninside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4) surrounded by straight lines connected at pointA1 (Au: 53 atom%, Pt: 4 atom%, and Pd: 43 atom%), point A2 (Au: 70 atom%,Pt: 4 atom%, and Pd: 26 atom%), point A3 (Au: 69.9 atom%, Pt: 30 atom%, and Pd: 0.1 atom%), and point A4 (Au: 49.9 atom%, Pt: 50 atom%, and Pd: 0.1 atom%) in a Au-Pt-Pd ternary state diagram. In a metal structure of the alloy, at least one of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase is distributed, and the total of the area ratio of the Au-rich phase and the area ratio of the Pt-rich phase is 1.5% or more and 25.4% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicants: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Michimasa OKUBO, Kenji GOTO, Kunihiro TANAKA, Kojiro SHIRAISHI, Kunihiro SHIMA, Yuya KATO, Kenichi HAMADA, Eiichi HONDA, Emi TAKEGAWA
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Publication number: 20230040395Abstract: The present disclosure addresses the problem of providing at least a composition for suppressing obesity and the problem is solved by a composition for suppressing obesity comprising a prenylflavonoid represented by general formula (1), as an active ingredient, below.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicants: DAICEL CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Takanori NAKAJIMA, Yoko YAMASHITA, Hitoshi ASHIDA, Rie MUKAI
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Patent number: 11453931Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au—Pt—Pd alloy including Au, Pt, Pd, and inevitable impurities. The alloy has an alloy composition inside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6) surrounded by straight lines connected at point A1 (Au: 37.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 62 atom %), point A2 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 20 atom %), point A3 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 20 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A4 (Au: 69.9 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A5 (Au: 49 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %), and point A6 (Au: 39 atom %, Pt: 40 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %) in a Au—Pt—Pd ternary state diagram. The metal structure of the alloy is optimized, and the metal structure is close to a single-phase structure, and has little precipitation of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase different in composition from a mother phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignees: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Michimasa Okubo, Kenji Goto, Kunihiro Tanaka, Kojiro Shiraishi, Kunihiro Shima, Yuya Kato, Kenichi Hamada, Eiichi Honda, Emi Takegawa
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Publication number: 20220257676Abstract: [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel technology capable of regulating female hormone secretion. [Solution] Provided is an agent for regulating female hormone secretion, which contains the lactobacillus strain Lactobacillus gasseri strain CP2305 (accession No.: FERM PB-11331), a treated product of said lactobacillus strain, or extracts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicants: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Tokushima UniversityInventors: Daisuke SAWADA, Shigeru FUJIWARA, Tomonori SUGAWARA, Kazuhito ROKUTAN, Kensei NISHIDA, Yuki KUWANO
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Publication number: 20220227887Abstract: An immunosuppressant containing a bispecific molecule including a first binding site that specifically binds to LAG3 and a second binding site that specifically binds to CD3 or CD8.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicants: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Taku OKAZAKI, Daisuke SUGIURA, II-mi OKAZAKI, Shiro SHIBAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220220234Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-amino acid ester copolymer that is excellent in properties such as cell culture properties, biocompatibility, antibacterial properties, and solubility in organic solvents, and is applicable to the medical field, the biomaterial field, and the agricultural field (medical and life science fields). Provided is a vinyl alcohol-amino acid ester copolymer including a unit represented by the following formula (1) and a unit represented by the following formula (2): where, in the formula (2), R1 represents a hydrocarbon group that may optionally have a substituent, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and R1 and R2, or R2 and R3, may optionally be bonded together to form a cyclic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicants: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yohei NISHIMURA, Risa YAMAZAKI, Koichi UTE, Miyuki OSHIMURA, Tomohiro HIRANO, Ryo KAGITANI
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Publication number: 20220213576Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au—Pt—Pd alloy including Au, Pt, Pd, and inevitable impurities. The alloy has an alloy composition inside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6) surrounded by straight lines connected at point A1 (Au: 37.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 62 atom %), point A2 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 20 atom %), point A3 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 20 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A4 (Au: 69.9 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A5 (Au: 49 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %), and point A6 (Au: 39 atom %, Pt: 40 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %) in a Au—Pt—Pd ternary state diagram. The metal structure of the alloy is optimized, and the metal structure is close to a single-phase structure, and has little precipitation of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase different in composition from a mother phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicants: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Michimasa OKUBO, Kenji GOTO, Kunihiro TANAKA, Kojiro SHIRAISHI, Kunihiro SHIMA, Yuya KATO, Kenichi HAMADA, Eiichi HONDA, Emi TAKEGAWA
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Patent number: 11377506Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having excellent solubility and capable of providing a film having high flexibility, high mechanical strength, and high adhesion, and a method for producing a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer. Provided is a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer including a unit of vinyl alcohol and a unit of vinyl acetate, the vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having a triad unit chain ratio TOO of 7.5 or less, where the triad unit chain ratio TOO is obtained using the following formula (1): [ Math .Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Ute, Tomohiro Hirano, Miyuki Oshimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Yohei Nishimura, Misaki Senoo
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Publication number: 20220098256Abstract: The present invention provides peptides containing the BIG3 polypeptide-binding site in a PHB2 polypeptide, which inhibit the binding between a PHB2 polypeptide and a BIG3 polypeptide, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the peptide. The peptides of the present invention have the ability to bind not to PHB2, whose expression is found in organs throughout the human body, but to BIG3, which is a protein highly expressed specifically in particularly estrogen receptor-positive cancer, and have excellent growth suppressive effects on BIG3-positive cancer cells. Accordingly, the peptides of the present invention are useful as therapeutic agents for breast cancer which can avoid expression of side effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicants: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, ONCOTHERAPY SCIENCE, iNC.Inventors: TOYOMASA KATAGIRI, TETSURO YOSHIMARU, AKIRA OTAKA, TAKASHI MIYAMOTO, YASUHIDE OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220042140Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au—Pt—Pd alloy including Au, Pt, Pd, and inevitable impurities. The Au—Pt—Pd alloy has an alloy composition inside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4) surrounded by straight lines connected at point A1 (Au: 53 atom %, Pt: 4 atom %, and Pd: 43 atom %), point A2 (Au: 70 atom %, Pt: 4 atom %, and Pd: 26 atom %), point A3 (Au: 69.9 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), and point A4 (Au: 49.9 atom %, Pt: 50 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %) in a Au—Pt—Pd ternary state diagram. In a metal structure of the alloy, at least one of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase is distributed, and the total of the area ratio of the Au-rich phase and the area ratio of the Pt-rich phase is 1.5% or more and 25.4% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicants: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Michimasa OKUBO, Kenji GOTO, Kunihiro TANAKA, Kojiro SHIRAISHI, Kunihiro SHIMA, Yuya KATO, Kenichi HAMADA, Eiichi HONDA, Emi TAKEGAWA
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Publication number: 20220025051Abstract: An immunosuppressive agent containing a substance that is selected from anti-CD80 antibodies and anti-PD-L1 antibodies and that promotes binding between PD-L1 and PD-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicants: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Taku OKAZAKI, Daisuke SUGIURA, Takeo MAEDA, Shiro SHIBAYAMA
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Patent number: 11124881Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrophilic metal surface treatment agent by which a water-repellent property can be given to a metal surface with suppressing a corrosion and a discolorment of the metal, a method for treating a surface of a metal by using the hydrophilic metal surface treatment agent, a synthetic intermediate compound of a branched glycerol derivative as an active ingredient of the hydrophilic metal surface treatment agent, and a method for efficiently producing the synthetic intermediate compound. The hydrophilic metal surface treatment agent of the present invention is characterized in comprising the branched glycerol derivative represented by the following formula (I) as an active ingredient. wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 10 or more and 30 or less, X is S or a carbonyl group, Y is an n+1 valent linker group, n is an integer of 1 or more and 5 or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: CHEMICAL DENSHI CO., LTD., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Shoichi Yamada, Toshio Hyuga, Hisao Nemoto
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Publication number: 20210253522Abstract: The present invention is a heterocycle-containing amino acid compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are identical with or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or a carboxy-protecting group; R3 represents a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group; and n is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, AICHI STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke NAMBA, Motofumi SUZUKI, Akane MERA