Patents Assigned to Director-Gen. of the Tea Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Japanese Government
  • Glucan polysaccharide
    Patent number: 4202966
    Abstract: A glucan which is characterized by repeating units of [3)-Glc-(1.fwdarw.4)-Glc-(1.fwdarw.4)-Glc-(1.fwdarw.] wherein Glc represents alpha-D-glucopyranose residue. This glucan may be prepared by cultivating a microorganism of the genus Elsinoe capable of producing this glucan on a nutrient medium to produce this glucan and separating and recovering this glucan. This glucan may be used, for example, in the form of a film for packaging film material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignees: Director-Gen. of the Tea Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Japanese Government, Akira Misaki, Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
    Inventors: Akira Misaki, Shigeo Takaya, Koji Yokobayashi, Yoichi Tsuburaya
  • Glucan and a process for the production thereof using Elsinoe
    Patent number: 4202940
    Abstract: A glucan which is characterized by repeating units of [3)--Glc--(1.fwdarw.4)--Glc--(1.fwdarw.4)--Glc--(1.fwdarw.] wherein Glc represents alpha-D-glucopyranose residue.Said glucan may be prepared by cultivating a microorganism of the genus Elsinoe capable of producing said glucan on a nutrient medium to produce said glucan and separating and recovering said glucan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignees: Director-Gen. of the Tea Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Japanese Government, Misaki, Akira, Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
    Inventors: Akira Misaki, Shigeo Takaya, Koji Yokobayashi, Yoichi Tsuburaya