Patents Assigned to AJINOMOTO CO. IN
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Publication number: 20240130403Abstract: The present invention provides a sporulation inhibitor of Clostridium perfringens containing at least one inorganic compound at a concentration that allows Clostridium perfringens to settle in vivo, wherein the inorganic compound is at least one salt selected from the group consisting of K, Na, Mg, Ca, and Fe, and the inorganic compound is coated with a protective layer containing hydrogenated vegetable oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Akinori UEHARA, Yasuteru SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11965198Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a target substance, the biosynthetic pathway of which is ATP-dependent, for example, amino acids, nucleosides, nucleotides, isoprenoids, and peptides, by fermentation of a bacterium which has been modified to overexpress a gene encoding a protein having H+-translocating membrane-bound pyrophosphatase activity, for example, the hppA gene native to R. rubrum or a variant thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Ekaterina Andrianova, Maria Kharchenko, Natalia Zakataeva, Elvira Voroshilova, Aleksander Krylov, Evgeniya Malykh, Sergei Mashko, Natalia Stoynova, Mikhail Baboshin, Lyubov Golubeva, Ekaterina Kovaleva, Mikhail Shupletsov
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Publication number: 20240122841Abstract: Compositions for cosmetics, containing (A) at least one polyaspartic acid or a salt thereof, (B) zinc pyrrolidonecarboxylate, and (C) at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a salt thereof are useful as premixed compositions used for blending polyaspartic acid or a salt thereof and zinc pyrrolidonecarboxylate stably and conveniently in cosmetic compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventor: Eriko YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240115719Abstract: Compounds or salts thereof represented by formula (I): wherein X indicates a leaving group, Y indicates an affinity peptide having a binding region in a CH2 domain in an immunoglobulin unit comprising two heavy chains and two light chains, M indicates a trivalent group linking the carbon atom in C?O adjacent to M and the carbon atom in C?W via a main chain portion consisting of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, O indicates an oxygen atom, S indicates a sulfur atom, W indicates an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, N3 indicates an azide group, La indicates a bond or a divalent group, and Lb indicates a bond or a divalent group; and antibodies or salts thereof which can be prepared using such a compound or salt thereof, are useful for controlling the bonding ratio of an antibody and a modifying group within a desired range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Tomohiro FUJII, Kei YAMADA, Yutaka MATSUDA, Ryusuke HIRAMA, Noriko HATADA, Naoko ARASHIDA
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Publication number: 20240114929Abstract: Producing a feed additive composition for ruminants having a particle size of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, by granulating, in water, a molten mixture containing (A) at least one component selected from a hydrogenated vegetable oil and a hydrogenated animal oil each having a melting point of higher than 50° C. and lower than 90° C., (B) lecithin, and (C) at least one biologically active substance having solubility of not less than 0.001 g and not more than 60 g in 100 g of water at 20° C. affords a feed additive composition provided with high protection in rumen, and which is superior in dissolution in the lower gastrointestinal tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Susumu SHIBAHARA, Masayuki TANAKA, Atsushi HARUNO
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Publication number: 20240117393Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid such as L-glutamic acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing in a culture medium a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid-producing ability, and collecting the L-amino acid from the culture medium and/or cells of the bacterium, wherein the bacterium has been modified to have one or more of the following modifications: (A) modification of reducing the activity of a BudA protein; (B) modification of reducing the activity of a BudB protein; (C) modification of reducing the activity of a BudC protein; (D) modification of reducing the activity of a PAJ_3461 protein; (E) modification of reducing the activity of a PAJ_3462 protein; and (F) modification of reducing the activity of a PAJ_3463 protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Chie HAMANO, Yoshihiro ITO, Naoki EBARA, Kota INOUE, Yukiko ONO, Rihito ISHIDA, Fumito ONISHI, Yoshihiko HARA
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Patent number: 11939404Abstract: Cyclized peptides having a crosslinked structure by one or more intramolecular S—S bonds may be prepared by: (1-A) as to a completely protected linear peptide having two or more SH groups as functional groups on the peptide, removing protecting groups of all functional groups other than the protected SH groups in the peptide, (1-B) protecting all SH groups of the linear peptide having two or more SH groups as the functional groups on the peptide by forming a temporary S—S bond, and (2) subjecting the peptide obtained by step (1-A) and step (1-B) to a folding step under oxidation and reduction conditions to obtain the cyclized peptide by re-forming an S—S bond in the peptide molecule.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tatsuji Inomata, Yuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 11938108Abstract: Compositions containing at least four kinds of amino acids selected from the group consisting of serine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and proline as active ingredients are useful for improving joint function and skin function and have high safety and permit continued ingestion or administration.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shinobu Akiyoshi, Noriko Kawasaki, Masako Mimura
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Publication number: 20240091185Abstract: Compositions, containing glycine and serine and having a content ratio of glycine to serine (glycine/serine) of not less than 0.6 in weight ratio are effective for improving cognitive function, and have an effective preventive or improving effect on a decline in cognitive function and cognitive dysfunction, are highly safe, and enable continuous ingestion or administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Noriko KAWASAKI, Yasuko KAWAMATA, Akihiko KITAMURA, Ryosei SAKAI, Fumika TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20240081379Abstract: Compositions, containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) at least one ?-glutamyl peptide selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (I): ?-Glu-X-Gly??(I) wherein X is an amino acid residue or an amino acid derivative residue, and a compound represented by the formula (II): ?-Glu-Y??(II) wherein Y is an amino acid residue or an amino acid derivative residue, or a salt thereof, and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ?-aminobutyric acid and serine, are effective for inhibiting off-flavors of food and drink.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shingo SUGIYAMA, Masato KAWAUCHI
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Publication number: 20240081380Abstract: Compositions containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) at least one ?-glutamyl peptide selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (I): ?-Glu-X-Gly??(I) wherein X is an amino acid residue or an amino acid derivative residue, and a compound represented by the formula (II): ?-Glu-Y??(II) wherein Y is an amino acid residue or an amino acid derivative residue, or a salt thereof, and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of citronellal, limonene, 2-methylpyrazine, butanoic acid, methyl anthranilate, and nootkatone, are effective for suppressing off-tastes of food and drink.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shingo SUGIYAMA, Masato KAWAUCHI
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Publication number: 20240082299Abstract: Compositions comprising methionine, threonine, and a pharmacologically acceptable iron compound as active ingredients are effective for improving or preventing iron deficiency anemia and can be ingested easily and exhibit effects from an early stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Reiko ICHIKAWA, Yuko SUSA, Hitoshi MURAKAMI, Haruka OHASHI
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Publication number: 20240077463Abstract: Provided is a method capable of shortening the time required for analysis and capable of analyzing various substances produced by microorganisms. A method for analyzing a metabolite of a microorganism according to the present invention includes: a step of supplying a mobile phase including carbon dioxide in a liquid state, a subcritical state, or a supercritical state to a container in which a microorganism cultured in a medium is contained together with the medium, to move a component of a metabolite of the microorganism present in the microorganism and the medium to the mobile phase; a step of introducing a mobile phase to which a component of the metabolite has moved into a column; and a step of performing mass spectrometry on a component of the metabolite contained in the mobile phase that has passed through the column.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shinnosuke HORIE, Yuka FUJITO, Tomohisa HASUNUMA, Takanobu YOSHIDA, Erika URAHATA
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Publication number: 20240071600Abstract: An electrical condition data management apparatus includes a control unit, a storage unit, and a communication unit. The storage unit stores electrical condition data that changes a feeling of taste.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Ryo MATSUMOTO, Kazuma SATO
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Publication number: 20240058473Abstract: The present invention provides a highly controlled complex comprising an antibody and ferritin particles. More specifically, the present invention provides the inventions of a complex or salt thereof comprising (A) one IgG antibody and (B) two human ferritin particles comprising one or more human ferritin H chains linked thereto; and methods for producing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Kei YAMADA, Yutaka MATSUDA, Ippei INOUE, Natsuki SHIKIDA, Kazutaka SHIMBO
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Publication number: 20240035001Abstract: A bacteriophage which consists of the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more identity thereto, as its genome, is capable of infecting and lysing a diabetes-inducible bacterium belonging to Fusimonas intestini,containing a cyclic single-stranded DNA.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Keishi KAMEYAMA, Hideyuki TAMAKI, Hiroyuki KUSADA, Yoichi KAMAGATA
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Publication number: 20240034874Abstract: A resin sheet including a support and a resin composition layer formed on the support, in which the resin composition layer contains (A) an epoxy resin, (B) an organic solvent, (C) an inorganic filler, and (D) a stress relaxing material, in which a content of an aromatic solvent having a boiling point of lower than 120° C. in the (B) component is in the range of 0 to 9% by mass relative to 100% by mass of total of the (B) component, can suppress an irregularity after lamination and a warpage after curing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventor: Shu IKEHIRA
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Patent number: 11884951Abstract: A method for producing RNA is provided. Objective RNA is produced by culturing a coryneform bacterium having an expression unit for the objective RNA, which has been modified so that the activity of ribonuclease III is reduced, in a medium, to express the objective RNA and accumulate the objective RNA in cells of the bacterium, and collecting the objective RNA from the cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shuhei Hashiro, Hisashi Yasueda, Mayu Mitsuhashi, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Krylov, Yuliya Sergeevna Lobanova
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Patent number: 11884814Abstract: Resin compositions including (A) a hollow organic polymer particle, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) a curing agent provide cured products having a superior smear removal properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventor: Masatoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240026343Abstract: Provided is a quick and simple method for screening dimerized cyclic peptides, a library therefor, and molecules including cyclic peptides that can be used in the method and the library. For example, the method for screening dimerized cyclic peptides includes (1) a step in which, in a cell-free expression system, a cyclic peptide, a dimerization domain including a cysteine residue and a leucine zipper region, and at least one polypeptide including a peptide linker existing between the cyclic peptide and the dimerization domain are synthesized, and a dimer of the polypeptide is prepared, and (2) a step in which activity based on binding between the dimer and a target molecule is measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Kenichiro Ito, Kyohei Miyairi