Patents by Inventor Kimie Masuda

Kimie Masuda 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).

  • INDUSTRIALLY USEFUL MICROORGANISM
    Publication number: 20110111458
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an E. coli mutant strain having a chromosomal DNA not less than 1040 kbp shorter than that of a wild-type Escherichia coli, and a production method of a useful substance using the variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimie Masuda, Noriko Nakamura, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Hideo Mori
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID
    Publication number: 20100003731
    Abstract: The present invention provides microorganisms, in which the activity of 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase or 2-octaprenylphenol?2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol flavin reductase is reduced or lost, and which have an ability to produce lactic acid, in particular, microorganisms comprising a chromosomal DNA in which a gene encoding a protein having 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase activity or a protein having 2-octaprenylphenol?2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol flavin reductase activity is partially or completely defective; and a process for producing lactic acid using the microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Mikito Ito, Kimie Masuda, Hideo Mori, Makiko Kato