Patents by Inventor Shoji Nakane

Shoji Nakane 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).

  • Methods of sterilization
    Publication number: 20030138498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for carrying out a germicidal process on microbes, which uses hypochlorous acid or the like. More specifically, the present invention provides a sterilizing method in which an aqueous solution comprising (A) hypochlorous acid and/or a salt thereof, (B) a surfactant and (C) a pH adjusting agent is made in contact with microbes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Yoshikawa, Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Tetsuya Okano, Sumitoshi Ito, Shigeru Tamura, Takashi Itoi, Noboru Matsuo, Masao Niki, Shoji Nakane, Shinya Saito
  • Process for preparing anisaldehyde
    Patent number: 4339607
    Abstract: Anisaldehyde is prepared by performing at least once the steps of (a) electrolyzing cerium (III) nitrate or ammonium cerium (III) nitrate to obtain water containing cerium (IV) nitrate or ammonium cerium (IV) nitrate and/or a solution of lower alcohol containing the cerium (IV) salt, and (b) oxidizing p-methyl anisole to anisaldehyde with the cerium (IV) salt-containing solution of lower alcohol with or without the water contained therein, or with the cerium (IV) salt-containing water having a lower alcohol admixed therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Otsuka Kagaku Yakuhin Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Torii, Shoji Nakane, Toshifumi Shirakawa, Mitsuo Akada