Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Furumai

Tamotsu Furumai 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).

  • CHEESE-LIKE FOOD OBTAINED FROM FERMENTED SOYMILK AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100166912
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional cheese-like foods prepared by using soymilk and production method thereof, such as necessity for soymilk in a special composition with its oils and sugars removed and elongation of the production period until completion for aging by molding. The present invention relates to a method of producing a cheese-like food, comprising the steps of preparing a curd by fermenting soymilk with a lactic bacterium having protease activity, heating the curd, and filtering the curd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Tamotsu Furumai, Ryuji Yoshida, Atsushi Hayashi, Akira Obayashi, Takashi Shimada
  • Benzonaphthacene glycoside derivative and use thereof
    Patent number: 7732582
    Abstract: A dicarboxylic acid compound obtainable by oxidative degradation of pradimicin antibiotics, which are antibiotics consisting of the benzonaphthacene skeleton, a D-amino acid side chain and a sugar chain, for the second saccharide residue of the sugar chain, and use thereof utilizing a specific microorganism binding property thereof are provided. The dicarboxylic acid compound has significantly improved water-solubility compared with the raw material antibiotics, whist maintaining the specific microorganism binding property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikazu Oki, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Tamotsu Furumai
  • Benzonaphthacene Glycoside Derivative and Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20080027144
    Abstract: A dicarboxylic acid compound obtainable by oxidative degradation of pradimicin antibiotics, which are antibiotics consisting of the benzonaphthacene skeleton, a D-amino acid side chain and a sugar chain, for the second saccharide residue of the sugar chain, and use thereof utilizing a specific microorganism binding property thereof are provided. The dicarboxylic acid compound has significantly improved water-solubility compared with the raw material antibiotics, whist maintaining the specific microorganism binding property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: FujiFilm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikazu Oki, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Tamotsu Furumai
  • Plant disease control agent
    Patent number: 6544511
    Abstract: A disease control agent and a phytoalexin inducing agent, comprising Streptomyces sp. R-5 as an active ingredient are disclosed. Disease-resistant plants may be produced by inoculating plants with the disclosed Streptomyces sp. R-5. The disease control agent and a phytoalexin inducing agent are further useful in that they have low toxicity to humans and cause no environmental contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignees: Akatsuka Orchid Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomio Nishimura, Hitoshi Kunoh, Tamotsu Furumai, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Yukio Sato, Masafumi Shimizu
  • Plant disease control agent
    Publication number: 20010031258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a disease control agent and a phytoalexin inducing agent, comprising Streptomyces sp. R-5 as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Tomio Nishimura, Hitoshi Kunoh, Tamotsu Furumai, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Yukio Sato, Masafumi Shimizu
  • Antitumor antibiotic compounds: hayumicins and analogs thereof
    Patent number: 5639735
    Abstract: Hayumicin compounds, obtainable by cultivation of a strain of Actinomadura sp. designated ATCC 55432, and analogs of these compounds. The novel compounds have antitumor as well as antibiotic, particularly antibacterial, activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Rolf Menzel, Scott T. Taylor, Mitsuaki Tsunakawa, Keiichi Numata, Tamotsu Furumai
  • Production of pradimicin antibiotics
    Patent number: 5374552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fermentation process for producing BMY-28960 and desxylosyl BMY-28960, and to a novel BMY-28960-producing organism belonging to the genus Actinomadura and designated as strain AB 1236 (ATCC 55208).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Furumai, Masami Hatori, Masatoshi Kakushima, Chiharu Ikeda, Yoichiro Saitoh, Seikichi Kobaru
  • Production of pradimicin antibiotics
    Patent number: 5194371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fermentation process for producing BMY-28960 and desxylosyl BMY-28960, and to a novel BMY-28960-producing organism belonging to the genus Actinomadura and designated as strain AB 1236 (ATCC 55208).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Tamotsu Furumai, Masami Hatori, Masatoshi Kakushima, Chiharu Ikeda, Kyoichiro Saitoh, Seikichi Kobaru