Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nomura

Kenichi Nomura 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: 20240313120
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first electrode having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, a semiconductor substrate disposed on the second main surface, and a second electrode disposed on a fourth main surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to a third main surface in contact with the first electrode. The first electrode has a first side surface substantially perpendicularly intersecting with the first main surface, and a second side surface substantially perpendicularly intersecting with both the first main surface and the first side surface, and the first main surface, the first side surface, and the second side surface are connected to each other via a curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kazushiro NOMURA, Kenichi OHASHI, Soichi YAMASHITA, Kentaro MORI, Aya MURAYOSHI, Hiroki OKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240132431
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a compound having an alkylated acidic functional group, the method comprising reacting, in a mixture containing two or more compounds having an acidic functional group as substrates, the compounds with an alkylating agent selected from compounds represented by formula A, formula B, or formula C in the presence of a base to alkylate the acidic functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tadakatsu HAYASE, Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Kenichi NOMURA, Takashi EMURA
  • Publication number: 20240124517
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing a high-purity peptide compound with a high yield. It has been found that the object can be achieved by supporting a peptide on a solid phase synthesis resin prior to a first elongation reaction in a solid phase process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuya MORITA, Kenichi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230406879
    Abstract: Methods of producing a peptide containing an N-substituted amino acid or N-substituted amino acid analog of the present invention include the steps of: preparing an Fmoc-protected amino acid, an Fmoc-protected amino acid analog, or an Fmoc-protected peptide; deprotecting a protecting group which have an Fmoc skeleton of the Fmoc-protected amino acid and such by using a base; and forming an amide bond by adding a new Fmoc-protected amino acid and such; and when the peptide is produced by a solid-phase method, the obtained peptide is cleaved off from the solid phase under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. Furthermore, at least one side chain of the obtained peptide has a protecting group that is not deprotected under basic conditions and is deprotected under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Terushige MURAOKA, Mikimasa TANADA, Takashi EMURA
  • Publication number: 20230391818
    Abstract: Solid-phase synthesis of a peptide has a problem that a desired elongation reaction is prevented from proceeding by diketopiperazine and a 6-membered diamine skeleton compound formed when a protective group at the N-terminal is removed. The present inventors have found that when in production of a peptide by a solid-phase method, a peptide in which an amino group at the N-terminal is protected with a protective group having an Fmoc skeleton is treated in a specific solvent with a base having a pKa of 23 or more in acetonitrile as a conjugate acid, and a peptide chain is then elongated, it is possible to solve the problem described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Mirai KAGE, Minoru TAMIYA, Junichiro KANAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11787836
    Abstract: Methods of producing a peptide containing an N-substituted amino acid or N-substituted amino acid analog of the present invention include the steps of: preparing an Fmoc-protected amino acid, an Fmoc-protected amino acid analog, or an Fmoc-protected peptide; deprotecting a protecting group which have an Fmoc skeleton of the Fmoc-protected amino acid and such by using a base; and forming an amide bond by adding a new Fmoc-protected amino acid and such; and when the peptide is produced by a solid-phase method, the obtained peptide is cleaved off from the solid phase under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. Furthermore, at least one side chain of the obtained peptide has a protecting group that is not deprotected under basic conditions and is deprotected under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Nomura, Terushige Muraoka, Mikimasa Tanada, Takashi Emura
  • Publication number: 20230326309
    Abstract: In order to facilitate fixed-point monitoring over a wide area and for a long time, this water area monitoring device comprises: a detection unit for information, such as water area intrusion, which detects, from sound data that is acquired by means of optical fibers installed in the water or the water bottom and is data pertaining to a sound or a vibration at the respective positions of the optical fibers, at least any one among sounds of water area intrusion or the like that indicate intrusion into a target water area or water area intrusion or the like, which is a prescribed behavior in the target water area, at a time at which sound data is acquired, and changes in sounds or vibrations not caused by the water area intrusion or the like; and an output unit which outputs information indicating the sound such as water area intrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Yano, Eitaro Misumi, Kenichi Nomura, Makoto Ogawa, Jun Muramatsu, Masaki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230138226
    Abstract: Methods of producing a peptide containing an N-substituted amino acid or N-substituted amino acid analog of the present invention include the steps of: preparing an Fmoc-protected amino acid, an Fmoc-protected amino acid analog, or an Fmoc-protected peptide; deprotecting a protecting group which have an Fmoc skeleton of the Fmoc-protected amino acid and such by using a base; and forming an amide bond by adding a new Fmoc-protected amino acid and such; and when the peptide is produced by a solid-phase method, the obtained peptide is cleaved off from the solid phase under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. Furthermore, at least one side chain of the obtained peptide has a protecting group that is not deprotected under basic conditions and is deprotected under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Terushige MURAOKA, Mikimasa TANADA, Takashi EMURA
  • Publication number: 20230026641
    Abstract: It was found that a peptide compound that has an N-substituted-?,?-disubstituted amino acid residue at the N-terminus and containing a dipeptide residue in which the N-substituted-?,?-disubstituted amino acid residue and an N-substituted amino acid residue are linked together, can be efficiently produced by linking an N-unsubstituted-?,?-disubstituted amino acid whose amino group is protected with an electron-withdrawing protecting group to an N-substituted amino acid or a peptide compound having an N-substituted amino acid residue at the N-terminus, and then allowing a substituent-introducing agent to act in the presence of a specific base to selectively introduce a substituent to the amino group at the N-terminus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Yuya MORITA, Satoshi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11542299
    Abstract: Methods of producing a peptide containing an N-substituted amino acid or N-substituted amino acid analog of the present invention include the steps of: preparing an Fmoc-protected amino acid, an Fmoc-protected amino acid analog, or an Fmoc-protected peptide; deprotecting a protecting group which have an Fmoc skeleton of the Fmoc-protected amino acid and such by using a base; and forming an amide bond by adding a new Fmoc-protected amino acid and such; and when the peptide is produced by a solid-phase method, the obtained peptide is cleaved off from the solid phase under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. Furthermore, at least one side chain of the obtained peptide has a protecting group that is not deprotected under basic conditions and is deprotected under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Nomura, Terushige Muraoka, Mikimasa Tanada, Takashi Emura
  • Patent number: 11492369
    Abstract: It was found that a salt formed of an acid and a base having characteristics set forth below can inactivate a deprotecting agent, thereby suppressing redundant peptide elongation: (i) the base is different in type from a base used as a deprotecting agent, and (ii) a conjugate acid of the base has a pKa smaller than that of a conjugate acid of a base used as a deprotecting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Nomura, Ryuichi Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20200339623
    Abstract: It was found that a salt formed of an acid and a base having characteristics set forth below can inactivate a deprotecting agent, thereby suppressing redundant peptide elongation: (i) the base is different in type from a base used as a deprotecting agent, and (ii) a conjugate acid of the base has a pKa smaller than that of a conjugate acid of a base used as a deprotecting agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Ryuichi TAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200277327
    Abstract: Methods of producing a peptide containing an N-substituted amino acid or N-substituted amino acid analog of the present invention include the steps of: preparing an Fmoc-protected amino acid, an Fmoc-protected amino acid analog, or an Fmoc-protected peptide; deprotecting a protecting group which have an Fmoc skeleton of the Fmoc-protected amino acid and such by using a base; and forming an amide bond by adding a new Fmoc-protected amino acid and such; and when the peptide is produced by a solid-phase method, the obtained peptide is cleaved off from the solid phase under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. Furthermore, at least one side chain of the obtained peptide has a protecting group that is not deprotected under basic conditions and is deprotected under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Terushige MURAOKA, Mikimasa TANADA, Takashi EMURA
  • Patent number: 10525664
    Abstract: Provided is an air-permeable sheet (3) to be used in a state of being interposed between a suction stage (1) and an air-impermeable substrate (4) when printing is performed by a sheet-fed method on the surface of the substrate (4) fixed by suction to the suction stage (1), the air-permeable sheet capable of printing a desired printing pattern on the surface of the substrate with high accuracy. The air-permeable sheet (3) includes a non-woven fabric layer (3b) and a support layer (3a) constituted by a woven fabric or knitted fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenichi Nomura, Hirobumi Ushijima, Kengo Noguchi, Noriko Michihata, Takeshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Kawabe
  • Patent number: 10262089
    Abstract: A processor detects a phase difference between a feedback clock and a reference clock of a PLL circuit, generates, based on the phase difference, first frequency information indicating a candidate value of a frequency of an output clock being output from the PLL circuit, generates second frequency information by smoothing the first frequency information, and generates the output clock by determining the frequency based on the second frequency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kurosu, Kenichi Nomura
  • Patent number: 9886537
    Abstract: A storage device stores first information indicating a first consumption current value during operation of a first partial circuit included in a circuit under design and second information indicating a surplus current value based on an allowable current value of a power source terminal of a second partial circuit and a second consumption current value during operation of the second partial circuit. A design support apparatus compares the surplus current value and the first consumption current value. When determining that the surplus current value is the first consumption current value or greater, the design support apparatus controls a layout apparatus to generate circuit information for a circuit under design where a power-supplying terminal of the second partial circuit and a power source terminal of the first partial circuit are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nomura
  • Patent number: 9882571
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a phase locked loop circuit which outputs a clock signal; an internal circuit which executes processing; a capacitor; and a switch circuit which connects the capacitor to either of the phase locked loop circuit and the internal circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Homma, Kenichi Nomura, Ryusuke Obara
  • Publication number: 20170370924
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a target substance detection chip, a target substance detection device, and a target substance detection method, that can be manufactured easily in a small size at low costs with reduction of the number of parts involved in the detection chip constituted by an optical prism and a detection plate used for a SPR sensor and an optical waveguide mode sensor, that can detect a target substance quickly with high sensitivity, and in which an analyte liquid is easily delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIMAKI, Nobuko FUKUDA, Kenichi NOMURA, Hidenori NAGAI, Toshihiko OOIE
  • Publication number: 20170232705
    Abstract: Provided is an air-permeable sheet (3) to be used in a state of being interposed between a suction stage (1) and an air-impermeable substrate (4) when printing is performed by a sheet-fed method on the surface of the substrate (4) fixed by suction to the suction stage (1), the air-permeable sheet capable of printing a desired printing pattern on the surface of the substrate with high accuracy. The air-permeable sheet (3) includes a non-woven fabric layer (3b) and a support layer (3a) constituted by a woven fabric or knitted fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Hirobumi USHIJIMA, Kengo NOGUCHI, Noriko MICHIHATA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Masaaki KAWABE
  • Patent number: 9697954
    Abstract: The invention provides a process and an apparatus for producing a high quality electronic component by reducing sagging at pattern side walls, which may occur when patterns of a wiring, an electrode, etc. are printed by a screen printing process using an electroconductive paste, an insulation paste, or a semiconductor paste, and reducing a mesh mark on the patterns of a wiring, an electrode, etc., or a full solid surface film, as well as a pattern formation process, by which screen printing can be applied and double face printing can be conducted with the number of process steps less than a conventional process. A pattern is formed by that a pattern is printed on a blanket having a surface comprising polydimethylsiloxane using an electroconductive paste, an insulation paste, or a semiconductor paste by a screen printing process, and the pattern is transferred from the blanket to a printing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenichi Nomura, Hirobumi Ushijima, Noriko Iwase, Manabu Yoshida