Patents by Inventor Sanae Nakajima

Sanae Nakajima 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).

  • Method for increasing the content of docosahexaenoic acid in fat-containing materials or in fats and oils
    Patent number: 8349595
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a fat-and-oil in which the content of docosahexaenoic acid is increased. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A process for producing highly unsaturated fatty acids comprising culturing a stramenopile capable of producing highly unsaturated fatty acids in a culture medium containing an inhibitor for fatty acid desaturases; fats-and-oils in which the content of highly unsaturated fatty acids, particularly docosahexaenoic acid produced by the relevant method, is increased. A method for enhancing the productivity of highly unsaturated fatty acids in stramenopiles, comprising culturing a stramenopile in a culture medium containing an inhibitor for fatty acid desaturases; stramenopiles having the enhanced productivity of highly unsaturated fatty acids, generated by the relevant method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: University of Miyazaki, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Sanae Nakajima, Naoki Nagano, Yosuke Taoka
  • METHOD FOR INCREASING THE CONTENT OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID IN FAT-CONTAINING MATERIALS OR IN FATS AND OILS
    Publication number: 20100099901
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a fat-and-oil in which the content of docosahexaenoic acid is increased. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A process for producing highly unsaturated fatty acids comprising culturing a stramenopile capable of producing highly unsaturated fatty acids in a culture medium containing an inhibitor for fatty acid desaturases; fats-and-oils in which the content of highly unsaturated fatty acids, particularly docosahexaenoic acid produced by the relevant method, is increased. A method for enhancing the productivity of highly unsaturated fatty acids in stramenopiles, comprising culturing a stramenopile in a culture medium containing an inhibitor for fatty acid desaturases; stramenopiles having the enhanced productivity of highly unsaturated fatty acids, generated by the relevant method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI, NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Sanae Nakajima, Naoki Nagano, Yosuke Taoka