Patents by Inventor Nobuo Yoda
Nobuo Yoda 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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Patent number: 8758842Abstract: A process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, comprising initiating the culture of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid producing bacteria belonging to propionic acid bacteria under anaerobic conditions and culturing the bacteria under aeration into a medium when the concentration of a carbon source in the medium is 3.5% by mass or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Furuichi, Nobuo Yoda
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Patent number: 8110607Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Sato, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami
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Publication number: 20110009491Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio SATO, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami
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Patent number: 7834061Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Yoshio Sato, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami
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Patent number: 7709537Abstract: This invention relates to drinks and foods having osteogenetic function, each of which comprises as an active ingredient an effective amount of a culture of a propionic acid bacterium and/or a lactic acid bacterium, said culture containing 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone; and preventives and/or remedies for metabolic bone diseases, each of which comprises as an active ingredient a naphthoquinone compound selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone, 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-(?-hydroxy-?-methylpentenyl)-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and salts thereof. These cultures and naphthoquinones promote bone metabolism and increase bone mass and bone strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2000Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Meiji Dairiese CorporationInventors: Kazuo Nagai, Jetae Woo, Yoshiro Sato, Kouichiro Hashimoto, Naoki Taketomo, Nobuo Yoda, Hiroshi Tsuchida
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Publication number: 20090312425Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Sato, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami
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Patent number: 7629155Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Yoshio Sato, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami
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Publication number: 20090232940Abstract: A process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphtoic acid, comprising initiating the culture of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid producing bacteria belonging to propionic acid bacteria under anaerobic conditions and culturing the bacteria under aeration into a medium when the concentration of a carbon source in the medium is 3.5% by mass or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke FURUICHI, Nobuo Yoda
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Publication number: 20090214695Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed composition comprising milk whey fermented by Propionibacterium and a method for forming and/or establishing a Bifidobacterium flora in an intestine of a newborn domestic animal, which comprises administering the feed composition to the newborn domestic animals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicants: Meiji Feed Co., Ltd., Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Yoshihito Hagawa, Nobuo Yoda, Takenori Orihashi, Michio Kanbe
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Patent number: 7507563Abstract: A process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphtoic acid, comprising initiating the culture of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid producing bacteria belonging to propionic acid bacteria under anaerobic conditions and culturing the bacteria under aeration into a medium when the concentration of a carbon source in the medium is 3.5% by mass or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Keisuke Furuichi, Nobuo Yoda
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Publication number: 20080194688Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio SATO, Seiya MAKINO, Nobuo YODA, Kakuhei ISAWA, Tomonori KAMIYAMA, Kenichi HOJO, Mizue SAITO, Naoki TAKETOMO, Keisuke FURUICHI, Shuji IKEGAMI
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Patent number: 7374915Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Yoshio Sato, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami
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Publication number: 20070066685Abstract: A process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, comprising initiating the culture of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid producing bacteria belonging to propionic acid bacteria under anaerobic conditions and culturing the bacteria under aeration into a medium when the concentration of a carbon source in the medium is 3.5% by mass or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Furuichi, Nobuo Yoda
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Publication number: 20060093651Abstract: This invention relates to drinks and foods having osteogenetic function, each of which comprises as an active ingredient an effective amount of a culture of a propionic acid bacterium and/or a lactic acid bacterium, said culture containing 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone; and preventives and/or remedies for metabolic bone diseases, each of which comprises as an active ingredient a naphthoquinone compound selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone, 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-(?-hydroxy-?-methylpentenyl)-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and salts thereof. These cultures and naphthoquinones promote bone metabolism and increase bone mass and bone strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo Nagai, Jetae Woo, Yoshiro Sato, Kouichiro Hashimoto, Naoki Taketomo, Nobuo Yoda, Hiroshi Tsuchida
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Publication number: 20040241815Abstract: A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Yoshio Sato, Seiya Makino, Nobuo Yoda, Kakuhei Isawa, Tomonori Kamiyama, Kenichi Hojo, Mizue Saito, Naoki Taketomo, Keisuke Furuichi, Shuji Ikegami