Patents by Inventor Atsushi Tazuke

Atsushi Tazuke 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: 20140364330
    Abstract: The invention provides a bio-sensing nanodevice comprising: a stabilized G-protein coupled receptor on a support, a real time receptor-ligand binding detection method, a test composition delivery system and a test composition recognition program. The G-protein coupled receptor can be stabilized using surfactant peptide. The nanodevice provides a greater surface area for better precision and sensitivity to odorant detection. The invention further provides a microfluidic chip containing a stabilized G-protein coupled receptor immobilized on a support, and arranged in at least two dimensional microarray system. The invention also provides a method of delivering odorant comprising the step of manipulating the bubbles in complex microfluidic networks wherein the bubbles travel in a microfluidic channel carrying a variety of gas samples to a precise location on a chip. The invention further provides method of fabricating hOR17-4 olfactory receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas Mershin, Brian Cook, Liselotte Kaiser, Johanna F. Bikker, Yoshikatsu Miura, Daisuke Niwa, Dai Ohnishi, Atsushi Tazuke, Shuguang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8748111
    Abstract: The invention provides a bio-sensing nanodevice comprising: a stabilized G-protein coupled receptor on a support, a real time receptor-ligand binding detection method, a test composition delivery system and a test composition recognition program. The G-protein coupled receptor can be stabilized using surfactant peptide. The nanodevice provides a greater surface area for better precision and sensitivity to odorant detection. The invention further provides a microfluidic chip containing a stabilized G-protein coupled receptor immobilized on a support, and arranged in at least two dimensional microarray system. The invention also provides a method of delivering odorant comprising the step of manipulating the bubbles in complex microfluidic networks wherein the bubbles travel in a microfluidic channel carrying a variety of gas samples to a precise location on a chip. The invention further provides method of fabricating hOR17-4 olfactory receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Andreas Mershin, Brian Cook, Liselotte Kaiser, Johanna F. Bikker, Yoshikatsu Miura, Daisuke Niwa, Dai Ohnishi, Atsushi Tazuke, Shuguang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120021932
    Abstract: The invention provides a bio-sensing nanodevice comprising: a stabilized G-protein coupled receptor on a support, a real time receptor-ligand binding detection method, a test composition delivery system and a test composition recognition program. The G-protein coupled receptor can be stabilized using surfactant peptide. The nanodevice provides a greater surface area for better precision and sensitivity to odorant detection. The invention further provides a microfluidic chip containing a stabilized G-protein coupled receptor immobilized on a support, and arranged in at least two dimensional microarray system. The invention also provides a method of delivering odorant comprising the step of manipulating the bubbles in complex microfluidic networks wherein the bubbles travel in a microfluidic channel carrying a variety of gas samples to a precise location on a chip. The invention further provides method of fabricating hOR17-4 olfactory receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Mershin, Brian Cook, Liselotte Kaiser, Johanna F. Bikker, Yoshikatsu Miura, Daisuke Niwa, Dai Ohnishi, Atsushi Tazuke, Shuguang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8048385
    Abstract: There is provided a sensing chip capable of measuring a refractive index by utilizing a long-range surface plasmon polariton, accurately measuring an accumulative refractive index in a wide range, and more easily enabling sealing for measurement. The present invention relates to the sensing chip which has a thin metal film or a strip-like metal grown on an underlayer, and has a dielectric that limits a refractive index and a dielectric buffer layer on an upper surface and a lower surface of the thin metal film or the strip-like metal. The dielectric buffer layer is attached onto the thin metal film or the strip-like metal. The thin metal film or the strip-like metal and the buffer layer are sandwiched between two dielectric layers. A hole is made in a surface of the upper dielectric layer to serve as a measurement groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Rohm Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Huang Yi Dong, Rao Yi, Liu Fang, Zhang Wei, Peng Jiang De, Dai Ohnishi, Daisuke Niwa, Atsushi Tazuke, Yoshikatsu Miura
  • Patent number: 8035810
    Abstract: A surface plasmon resonance sensor chip includes: a first dielectric layer; a metal layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer covering the metal layer, the chip being provided with an opening that makes a part of a surface on the side of the second dielectric layer of the metal layer be exposed, and allows a measurement sample and the surface on the side of the second dielectric layer to contact each other, wherein an organic molecule film is provided at least one of between the first dielectric layer and the metal layer, and between the metal layer and the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tazuke, Daisuke Niwa, Yoshikatsu Miura, Dai Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20090209028
    Abstract: There is provided a sensing chip capable of measuring a refractive index by utilizing a long-range surface plasmon polariton, accurately measuring an accumulative refractive index in a wide range, and more easily enabling sealing for measurement. The present invention relates to the sensing chip which has a thin metal film or a strip-like metal grown on an underlayer, and has a dielectric that limits a refractive index and a dielectric buffer layer on an upper surface and a lower surface of the thin metal film or the strip-like metal. The dielectric buffer layer is attached onto the thin metal film or the strip-like metal. The thin metal film or the strip-like metal and the buffer layer are sandwiched between two dielectric layers. A hole is made in a surface of the upper dielectric layer to serve as a measurement groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicants: Rohm Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Huang Yi Dong, Rao Yi, Liu Fang, Zhang Wei, Peng Jiang De, Dai Ohnishi, Daisuke Niwa, Atsushi Tazuke, Yoshikatsu Miura
  • Publication number: 20090195783
    Abstract: A surface plasmon resonance sensor chip includes: a first dielectric layer; a metal layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer covering the metal layer, the chip being provided with an opening that makes a part of a surface on the side of the second dielectric layer of the metal layer be exposed, and allows a measurement sample and the surface on the side of the second dielectric layer to contact each other, wherein an organic molecule film is provided at least one of between the first dielectric layer and the metal layer, and between the metal layer and the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tazuke, Daisuke Niwa, Yoshikatsu Miura, Dai Ohnishi