Patents by Inventor Hitomi Kimura

Hitomi Kimura 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).

  • PLASMALOGEN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20210186995
    Abstract: This invention provides a technique that is capable of stably storing plasmalogen for a long period of time. More specifically, the invention provides a plasmalogen-containing solid composition comprising plasmalogen, ?-cyclodextrin, and a pH alkali adjusting agent, and having a pH of 6 to 8 when formed into a 1 mass % aqueous suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MARUDAI FOOD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun KAWAMURA, Hitomi KIMURA, Rihoko NAKASE, Satoshi KOTOURA
  • Sulfated fucoglucuronomannan
    Publication number: 20060183715
    Abstract: An enzyme which decomposes a sulfated fucoglucuronomannan and is useful in the field of glycotechnology; a process for producing the enzyme; a fucoidan fraction reduced in the number of the kinds of molecules and useful as a reagent in glycotechnology; a sulfated fucoglucuronomannan oligosaccharide; and processes for producing the fraction and oligosaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: TAKARA BIO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Sulfated fucoglucuronomannan
    Patent number: 7041656
    Abstract: An enzyme which decomposes a sulfated fucoglucuronomannan and is useful in the field of glycotechnology; a process for producing the enzyme; a fucoidan fraction reduced in the number of the kinds of molecules and useful as a reagent in glycotechnology; a sulfated fucoglucuronomannan oligosaccharide; and processes for producing the fraction and oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Sulfated fucoglucuronomannan
    Publication number: 20050090456
    Abstract: An enzyme which decomposes a sulfated fucoglucuronomannan and is useful in the field of glycotechnology; a process for producing the enzyme; a fucoidan fraction reduced in the number of the kinds of molecules and useful as a reagent in glycotechnology; a sulfated fucoglucuronomannan oligosaccharide; and processes for producing the fraction and oligosaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Sulfated saccharides
    Publication number: 20030176395
    Abstract: A sulfated saccharide represented by the following formula [I] or a sulfated polysaccharide where the said sulfated saccharide is an essential component of the constituting sugar as well as a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Kaoru Katayama, Kazuo Shimanaka, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Apoptosis inducers
    Patent number: 6593311
    Abstract: Apoptosis inducers, anticancer drugs and carcinostatic drugs containing sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof, and a method for inducing apoptosis by using sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof as the active ingredient. A degrading enzyme which is useful in the production of the degradation products of sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignees: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Research Institute for Glycotechnology
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hideo Kitano, Fu-Gong Yu, Shinji Nakayama, Kaoru Kojima, Hitomi Kimura, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Kaoru Katayama, Takanari Tominaga, Kazuo Shimanaka, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Sulfated fucogalactan
    Patent number: 6590097
    Abstract: Sulfated fucogalactan or its salt useful as a reagent for sugar chain engineering or an HGF-production inducer; a degraded product or its salt obtained by treating the sulfated fucogalactan with a sulfated fucogalactan digesting enzyme; the sulfated fucogalactan digesting enzyme useful in sugar chain engineering; a process for producing the degraded product by treating sulfated fucogalactan or its salt with the above enzyme; and a process for producing the sulfated fucogalactan digesting enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Kaoru Kojima, Kaoru Katayama, Kazuo Shimanaka, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Biologically pure culture of Fucoidanobacter marinus SI-0098 (FERM BP-5403)
    Patent number: 6379947
    Abstract: A novel endo-fucoidan-lyase and a novel microorganism, Fucoidanobacter marinus SI-0098 (FERM BP-5403) useful in the production of sugar compounds are disclosed Sugar compounds represented by the following general formula (1), wherein at least one of alcoholic hydroxyl group has been sulfated, or salts thereof: wherein Y represents hydrogen or a group represented by the following formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignees: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Research Institute for Glycotechnology
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Kaoru Kojima, Katsushige Ikai, Sumiko Akiyoshi, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Sugar compounds
    Publication number: 20010046696
    Abstract: A novel endo-fucoidan-lyase and a novel microorganism useful in the production of sugar compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Kaoru Kojima, Katsushige Ikai, Sumiko Akiyoshi, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Apoptosis inducers
    Publication number: 20010034335
    Abstract: Apoptosis inducers, anticancer drugs and carcinostatic drugs containing sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof, and a method for inducing apoptosis by using sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof as the active ingredient. A degrading enzyme which is useful in the production of the degradation products of sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hideo Kitano, Fu-Gong Yu, Shinji Nakayama, Kaoru Kojima, Hitomi Kimura, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Kaoru Katayama, Takanari Tominaga, Kazuo Shimanaka, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Endo-fucoidan-lyase
    Patent number: 6277616
    Abstract: An isolated endo-fucoidan-lyase is described. The enzyme acts on fucoidan, has a pH optimum from 6 to 10, and has an optimum pH from 30 to 40° C. The enzyme can be isolated from Flavobacterium sp. FERM BP-5402. The enzyme is used to obtain sugar compounds which are useful in the study on carbohydrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignees: Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd., Research Institute for Glycotechnology
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Kaoru Kojima, Katsushige Ikai, Sumiko Akiyoshi, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Apoptosis inducers
    Patent number: 6207652
    Abstract: Apoptosis inducers, anticancer drugs and carcinostatic drugs containing sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof, and a method for inducing apoptosis by using sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide(s) and/or degradation product(s) thereof as the active ingredient. A degrading enzyme which is useful in the production of the degradation products of sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignees: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Research Institute for Glycotechnology
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hideo Kitano, Fu-Gong Yu, Shinji Nakayama, Kaoru Kojima, Hitomi Kimura, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Kaoru Katayama, Takanari Tominaga, Kazuo Shimanaka, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Oligosaccharides from enzymatic cleavage of fucoidan
    Patent number: 6054577
    Abstract: A novel endo-fucoidan-lyase and a novel microorganism useful in the production of sugar compounds. Sugar compounds represented by the following general formula (1), wherein at least one of alcoholic hydroxyl group has been sulfated, or salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein Y represents hydrogen or a group represented by the following formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignees: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Research Institute For Glycotechnology
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Hitomi Kimura, Kaoru Kojima, Katsushige Ikai, Sumiko Akiyoshi, Yoshikuni Nakanishi, Ikunoshin Kato