Patents by Inventor Kaoru Kikuchi
Kaoru Kikuchi 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).
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Publication number: 20240165955Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head having a discharge face having a nozzle from which a liquid is discharged to a medium; a carriage, to which the liquid discharge head is mountable, and reciprocally movable in a main-scanning direction; a guide supporting the carriage to guide the carriage to move in the main-scanning direction; a cap to contact and seal the discharge face of the liquid discharge head; a suction device connected to the cap; and a cap cleaner, supported and guided by the guide to move in the main-scanning direction, to drop a cleaning liquid to the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Teppei KIKUCHI, Hiroyuki YAMASHITA, Yasunobu TAKAGI, Nanami TAKANO, Kaoru SATOH
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Publication number: 20240157397Abstract: An acoustic element integrated circuit includes cells, being arrayed two-dimensionally on a same curved surface, wherein capacitive acoustic-elements having vibration membranes are allocated by unit number in each of the cells. Each of the cells encompasses an intra-cell circuit, which includes an exciting circuit for driving collectively portions by the unit number, the portions having transmitting functions of the acoustic-elements, and a reception circuit for processing collectively received signals transferred from portions by the unit number, the portions having reception functions in the acoustic-elements. Here, the exciting circuits are sorted into a chip in which high-voltage drivers for exciting the vibration membranes are merged and a chip in which circuits operated at voltages lower than the high-voltage drivers are merged, and the cells are operated two-dimensionally, by individually controlling the intra-cell circuits so that cells can be driven independently.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Yoshitaka TADAKI, Kaoru OGAYA, Yoshiaki TAKEMOTO, Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Shin-ichiro UMEMURA
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Patent number: 7407766Abstract: The present invention provides screening methods for agonists or antagonists of Sema6C using Plexin-A1, and tools for the screening and the like. It evaluates a case of making a recombinant protein having an extracellular domain of Semaphorin 6C contact a protein having an extracellular domain of Plexin-A1 by comparing it with a case of contacting a recombinant protein and a target substance having an extracellular domain of Semaphorin 6C, or the target substance with a protein having an extracellular domain of Plexin-A1. The evaluation will be carried out by the connectivity of a protein having an extracellular domain of Semaphorin 6C, a growth cone collapse activity of Plexin-A1 expressing cell, or a contractile activity of Plexin-A1 expressing cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Fujisawa, Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi, Yasunori Murakami
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Patent number: 7317038Abstract: To provide a semaphorin inhibitor; a peripheral or central nerve regeneration promoter which contains said semaphorin inhibitor as an active ingredient; and a preventive or remedy for a neuropathic disease and a neurodegenerative disease containing said nerve regeneration promoter, or the like. A low-molecular weight compound, which acts at a concentration of 10 ?g/ml or below to inhibit the growth cone collapse activity of semaphorin such as semaphorin 3A, semaphorin 6C or the like and/or the nerve outgrowth inhibitory activity of semaphorin in a collagen gel and which does not substantially affect cell proliferation, is obtained from the culture of strain SPF-3059 belonging to the genus Penicillium. The low-molecular weight compound with the semaphorin inhibitory activity thus obtained exhibits the in vivo nerve-regeneration promoting action.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kazuo Kumagai, Nobuo Hosotani, Akiyoshi Kishino
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Patent number: 7273922Abstract: Novel semaphorin Z; a gene thereof; a partial peptide of the semaphorin Z; an antibody; a DNA or an RNA complementary to the semaphorin Z gene; a method for screening a semaphorin Z inhibitor by using the semaphorin Z; the semaphorin Z inhibitor obtained by the screening; and a CNS neuron regeneration promoter comprising the inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7244761Abstract: To provide a semaphorin inhibitor; a peripheral or central nerve regeneration promoter which contains said semaphorin inhibitor as an active ingredient; and a preventive or remedy for a neuropathic disease and a neurodegenerative disease containing said nerve regeneration promoter, or the like. A low-molecular weight compound, which acts at a concentration of 10 ?g/ml or below to inhibit the growth cone collapse activity of semaphorin such as semaphorin 3A, semaphorin 6C or the like and/or the nerve outgrowth inhibitory activity of semaphorin in a collagen gel and which does not substantially affect cell proliferation, is obtained from the culture of strain SPF-3059 belonging to the genus Penicillium. The low-molecular weight compound with the semaphorin inhibitory activity thus obtained exhibits the in vivo nerve-regeneration promoting action.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2001Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kazuo Kumagai, Nobuo Hosotani, Akiyoshi Kishino
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Publication number: 20070015820Abstract: To provide a semaphorin inhibitor; a peripheral or central nerve regeneration promoter which contains said semaphorin inhibitor as an active ingredient; and a preventive or remedy for a neuropathic disease and a neurodegenerative disease containing said nerve regeneration promoter, or the like. A low-molecular weight compound, which acts at a concentration of 10 ?g/ml or below to inhibit the growth cone collapse activity of semaphorin such as semaphorin 3A, semaphorin 6C or the like and/or the nerve outgrowth inhibitory activity of semaphorin in a collagen gel and which does not substantially affect cell proliferation, is obtained from the culture of strain SPF-3059 belonging to the genus Penicillium. The low-molecular weight compound with the semaphorin inhibitory activity thus obtained exhibits the in vivo nerve-regeneration promoting action.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kazuo Kumagai, Nobuo Hosotani, Akiyoshi Kishino
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Publication number: 20060275289Abstract: It is possible to use a screening system using the inhibition of CD81 gene expression, the inhibition of CD81 expression or the inhibition of its function (activity) as an indication in searching for a drug for preventing, ameliorating or treating IBD. Also, anti-CD81 antibody is highly efficacious as the active ingredient of a drug for preventing, ameliorating or treating IBD. Further, it is possible to use a polynucleotide having at least 15 consecutive bases in the base sequence of CD81 gene and/or a polynucleotide complementary to the above polynucleotide as a disease marker for IBD.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2004Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Takamasa Watanabe, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20050249741Abstract: The present invention provides Semaphorin W inhibiting neurite outgrowth, and a gene therefor, as well as other Semaphorins hybridizing to said Semaphorin W gene, modified proteins or partial peptides of said Semaphorin W, antibodies against said Semaphorin W, antisense nucleotides against said Semaphorin W gene, and the use of such substances as pharmaceutical or diagnostic agents or laboratory reagents. The present invention further provides a method of screening for Semaphorin W antagonists employing said Semaphorin W, Semaphorin W antagonists obtained by said screening method, pharmaceutical agents comprising such antagonists, and transgenic animals involving said Semaphorin W.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6902730Abstract: The present invention provides Semaphorin W inhibiting neurite outgrowth, and a gene therefor, as well as other Semaphorins hybridizing to said Semaphorin W gene, modified proteins or partial peptides of said Semaphorin W, antibodies against said Semaphorin W, antisense nucleotides against said Semaphorin W gene, and the use of such substances as pharmaceutical or diagnostic agents or laboratory reagents. The present invention further provides a method of screening for Semaphorin W antagonists employing said Semaphorin W, Semaphorin W antagonists obtained by said screening method, pharmaceutical agents comprising such antagonists, and transgenic animals involving said Semaphorin W.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1997Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, LimitedInventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6866193Abstract: Unjust acts such as carrying out a commodity without reading a commodity code, whether it is intentional or accidental are prevented. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus may include a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity and a transportable accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read. Further, elements for purchasing a commodity (such as a section for receiving a prepaid card, a credit card, a bank card or a similar card) may be fixed to said transportable accommodation section to allow a customer to perform purchasing operations during selection of a commodity when shopping.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1997Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Chizu Shimizu, Kazuhito Sakai, Chizuo Suzuki, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kyouko Terada
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Publication number: 20030167482Abstract: Novel semaphorin Z; a gene thereof; a partial peptide of the semaphorin Z; an antibody; a DNA or an RNA complementary to the semaphorin Z gene; a method for screening a semaphorin Z inhibitor by using the semaphorin Z; the semaphorin Z inhibitor obtained by the screening; and a CNS neuron regeneration promoter comprising the inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, LimitedInventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20030166711Abstract: To provide a semaphorin inhibitor; a peripheral or central nerve regeneration promoter which contains said semaphorin inhibitor as an active ingredient; and a preventive or remedy for a neuropathic disease and a neurodegenerative disease containing said nerve regeneration promoter, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kazuo Kumagai, Nobuo Hosotani, Akiyoshi Kishino
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Patent number: 6576441Abstract: Novel semaphorin Z; a gene thereof; a partial peptide of the semaphorin Z; an antibody; a DNA or an RNA complementary to the semaphorin Z gene; a method for screening a semaphorin Z inhibitor by using the semaphorin Z; the semaphorin Z inhibitor obtained by the screening; and a CNS neuron regeneration promoter comprising the inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1998Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, LimitedInventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6566094Abstract: Semaphorin Y inhibiting neurite outgrowth, and a nucleotide sequence therefor, as well as other Semaphorin sequences hybridizing to the Semaphorin Y sequence, modified proteins or partial peptides of Semaphorin Y, antibodies against Semaphorin Y, antisense nucleotides against Semaphorin Y gene, and the use of such substances as pharmaceutical or diagnostic agents or laboratory reagents are disclosed. Further, a method of screening for Semaphorin Y antagonists employing Semaphorin Y, Semaphorin Y antagonists obtained by the screening method, pharmaceutical agents comprising such antagonists, and transgenic animals involving Semaphorin Y are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, LimitedInventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20030077669Abstract: The present invention provides Semaphorin Y inhibiting neurite outgrowth, and a gene therefor, as well as other Semaphorins hybridizing to said Semaphorin Y gene, modified proteins or partial peptides of said Semaphorin Y, antibodies against said Semaphorin Y, antisense nucleotides against said Semaphorin Y gene, and the use of such substances as pharmaceutical or diagnostic agents or laboratory reagents. The present invention further provides a method of screening for Semaphorin Y antagonists employing said Semaphorin Y, Semaphorin Y antagonists obtained by said screening method, pharmaceutical agents comprising such antagonists, and transgenic animals involving said Semaphorin Y.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, LimitedInventors: Toru Kimura, Kaoru Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6105867Abstract: The invention provides a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and a POS system which prevent an unjust act such as to carry out a commodity without reading a commodity code whether it is intentional or accidental. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus comprises a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity, an accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read, a weighing equipment for measuring the total weight of commodities accommodated in the accommodation section, a weight determination section for detecting the increase/decrease of the total weight of the commodities in the accommodation section, and an alarm generation section responsive to a result of the detection for generating an alarm when the total weight of the commodities has changed without reading a commodity code.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Chizu Shimizu, Kazuhito Sakai, Chizuo Suzuki, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kyouko Terada
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Patent number: 5939534Abstract: Human ciliary neurotrophic factor (human CNTF) mutants, in which at least the amino acid residue corresponding to position 153 of wild type human CNTF has been substituted with another amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence encoding human CNTF, exhibit an activity comparable or superior to that of wild type human CNTF. It is therefore expected that the human CNTF mutants would be effective as drugs with improved side effects such as reduction in appearance of an autoantibody, loss of body weight, anorexia, a dry cough, fatigue, etc.In cytokines having sequence similarity to human CNTF and abundant .alpha. helices (GH, PRL, EPO, G- CSF, LIF, IL-6, IL-2, IL-4, GM-CSF), there are further provided mutants in the D1 cap region.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, LimitedInventors: Makoto Inoue, Kaoru Kikuchi, Yoko Ishige, Akira Ito, Toru Kimura, Chikao Nakayama, Hiroshi Noguchi
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Patent number: 5900609Abstract: The invention provides a POS system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and is improved in that the access time for data transfer processing is reduced to reduce the time required for settlement of accounts and complete transfer of data is assured to enhance the reliability. A two-dimensional bar code printing section is provided on the purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus and prints commodity code information from a commodity code reading section as a two-dimensional bar code.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1997Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Kaoru Kikuchi, Miyuki Sato, Shinichi Yoshinaga
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Patent number: 5898158Abstract: The invention provides a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and a POS system which prevent an unjust act such as to carry out a commodity without reading a commodity code whether it is intentional or accidental. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus comprises a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity, an accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read, a weighing equipment for measuring the total weight of commodities accommodated in the accommodation section, a weight determination section for detecting the increase/decrease of the total weight of the commodities in the accommodation section, and an alarm generation section responsive to a result of the detection for generating an alarm when the total weight of the commodities has changed without reading a commodity code.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1994Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Chizu Shimizu, Kazuhito Sakai, Chizuo Suzuki, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kyouko Terada