Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Kawata

Yasuharu Kawata 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).

  • Patent number: 6673316
    Abstract: A synthesis experiment automation system is provided with a robot, which transports synthesis reaction containers from a reaction container rack to a dispensing/separation position of a dispensing and separation device, and transports the synthesis reaction containers to a predetermined position in a temperature regulator unit of a reaction device, where a reaction is carried out under previously set experiment conditions; and with a computer, which controls the actions of the robot and the operations of the dispensing and separation device and the reaction device in accordance with a plurality of previously set experiment conditions. Accordingly, the synthesis experiment automation system is capable of simultaneously performing a plurality of different experiments as complex as those usually performed by researchers, and, moreover, has a large number of possible experiment operations, and can easily be improved and/or extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideho Okamoto, Kouji Deuchi, Hirokazu Murata, Norihiko Hirata, Toshio Koike, Kenji Tani, Yasuharu Kawata, Hideto Tojima