Patents by Inventor Jiro OHKUMA

Jiro OHKUMA 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).

  • Thermostable cellobiohydrolase
    Patent number: 9963692
    Abstract: The thermostable cellobiohydrolase of the present invention is a polypeptide which has cellobiohydrolase activity at least under conditions of a temperature of 75° C. and a pH of 5.5, and which includes a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7, a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence in which one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted, or added in an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7, or a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having 80% or greater but less than 100% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Kazusa DNA Research Institute
    Inventors: Migiwa Suda, Jiro Ohkuma, Asuka Yamaguchi, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Yasuhiro Kondo, Tomohiko Kato, Daisuke Shibata
  • THERMOSTABLE CELLOBIOHYDROLASE
    Publication number: 20160053246
    Abstract: The thermostable cellobiohydrolase of the present invention is a polypeptide which has cellobiohydrolase activity at least under conditions of a temperature of 75° C. and a pH of 5.5, and which includes a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7, a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence in which one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted, or added in an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7, or a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having 80% or greater but less than 100% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Kazusa DNA Research Institute
    Inventors: Migiwa SUDA, Jiro OHKUMA, Asuka YAMAGUCHI, Yoshitsugu HIROSE, Yasuhiro KONDO, Tomohiko KATO, Daisuke SHIBATA