Patents by Inventor Yumiko KITANO

Yumiko KITANO 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: 11325130
    Abstract: A multiwell instrument includes a vessel having an inside; a plurality of culture plates arranged in the inside of the vessel, each individual one of the plurality of culture plates having an inside in which material to be examined can be stored; and filters disposed inside the respective culture plates to partition the insides of the respective culture plates into at least two wells which are horizontally adjacent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: GINREILAB INC., SHINKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Shimasaki, Yumiko Kitano, Hideki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10253291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a culture vessel which can be broadly applied to culture, regeneration, manufacture, observation and the like of targets such as cells, organs, and microorganisms. In the culture vessel of the present invention, a first vessel 10 and a second vessel 20 each being a close-bottom, open-top vessel are provided. In the first vessel 10 and the second vessel 20, a sideways-facing opening 12 and a sideways-facing opening 22 are formed. The opening 12 and the opening 22 communicate in a watertight manner when the openings 12, 22 are connected face to face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, SHINKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Shimasaki, Yumiko Kitano, Hideki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190046978
    Abstract: A multiwell instrument capable of extending a use method in a conventional microtiter plate is provided. A multiwell instrument 1 includes a plurality of wells 3, boundary portions 4 respectively provided between the respective wells and adjacent wells, and a filter 6 provided in at least one boundary portion of the boundary portions 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicants: GINREILAB INC., SHINKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo SHIMASAKI, Yumiko KITANO, Hideki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9950843
    Abstract: A packaging container has an improved degree of freedom in the shapes of a container body and a cap, and prevents required turning force from being excessively large. The packaging container includes a container body having an upward-facing mouth, and a cap for closing the mouth. The container body has a plurality of axial drive ribs and a circumferential locking groove formed on an outer perimeter of the mouth. The cap has protruding rib portions on an inner surface side and locking claws to elastically lock into the locking groove, extended down from a top surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SHINKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumiko Kitano, Atsushi Doi
  • Publication number: 20170233149
    Abstract: A packaging container has an improved degree of freedom in the shapes of a container body and a cap, and prevents required turning force from being excessively large. The packaging container includes a container body having an upward-facing mouth, and a cap for closing the mouth. The container body has a plurality of axial drive ribs and a circumferential locking groove formed on an outer perimeter of the mouth. The cap has protruding rib portions on an inner surface side and locking claws to elastically lock into the locking groove, extended down from a top surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Yumiko KITANO, Atsushi DOI
  • Publication number: 20160369224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a culture vessel which can be broadly applied to culture, regeneration, manufactures observation and the like of targets such as cells, organs, and microorganisms. In the culture vessel of the present invention, a first vessel 10 and a second vessel 20 each being a close-bottom, open-top vessel are provided. In the first vessel 10 and the second vessel 20, a sideways-facing opening 12 and a sideways-facing opening 22 are formed. The opening 12 and the opening 22 communicate in a watertight manner when the openings 12, 22 are connected face to face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, SHINKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo SHIMASAKI, Yumiko KITANO, Hideki YAMADA