Patents Assigned to Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20110224417Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. [Means for Solving Problems] 1) A mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and two nucleic acid probes labeled with a fluorescent dye; 2) a mixture for measuring Km value which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid having a partial mutation and one nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye; 3) a mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and one double nucleic acid probe labeled with two fluorescent dyes; and a method for assaying a nucleic acid by making use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicants: KANKYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADV. INDUSTRIAL SCI. & TECH.Inventors: KAZUNORI NAKAMURA, TAKAHIRO KANAGAWA, NAOHIRO NODA, SATOSHI TSUNEDA, HIDENORI TANI, SHINYA KURATA
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Patent number: 7951604Abstract: To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. 1) A mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and two nucleic acid probes labeled with a fluorescent dye; 2) a mixture for measuring Km value which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid having a partial mutation and one nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye; 3) a mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and one double nucleic acid probe labeled with two fluorescent dyes; and a method for assaying a nucleic acid by making use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignees: Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Kazunori Nakamura, Takahiro Kanagawa, Naohiro Noda, Satoshi Tsuneda, Hidenori Tani, Shinya Kurata
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Patent number: 7785795Abstract: A novel method is provided to assay at least one nucleic acid. According to this method, a nucleic acid polymerization reaction is conducted in a nucleic acid polymerization reaction system, which contains (A) the at least one nucleic acid as a template, (B) at least one nucleotide monomer labeled with at least one label selected from the group consisting of (a) fluorescent dyes, (b) quenchers and (c) immune related substances with a fluorescent dye or quencher contained therein, and (C) at least one nucleic acid-synthesizing enzyme. The template nucleic acid or a nucleic acid, which has been synthesized using the template nucleic acid as a template, is then assayed from a change or an amount of a change in an optical character of the nucleic acid polymerization system.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignees: Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Shinya Kurata, Kyoko Takatsu, Kazunori Nakamura, Takahiro Kanagawa
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Publication number: 20100015719Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. [Means for Solving Problems] 1) A mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and two nucleic acid probes labeled with a fluorescent dye; 2) a mixture for measuring Km value which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid having a partial mutation and one nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye; 3) a mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and one double nucleic acid probe labeled with two fluorescent dyes; and a method for assaying a nucleic acid by making use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicants: KANKYO ENGINEERING Co., Ltd., National Institute of Adv. Industrial Sci. & Tech.Inventors: Kazunori NAKAMURA, Takahiro Kanagawa, Naohiro Noda, Satoshi Tsuneda, Hidenori Tani, Shinya Kurata
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Publication number: 20090233308Abstract: A novel method is provided to assay at least one nucleic acid. According to this method, a nucleic acid polymerization reaction is conducted in a nucleic acid polymerization reaction system, which contains (A) the at least one nucleic acid as a template, (B) at least one nucleotide monomer labeled with at least one label selected from the group consisting of (a) fluorescent dyes, (b) quenchers and (c) immune related substances with a fluorescent dye or quencher contained therein, and (C) at least one nucleic acid-synthesizing enzyme. The template nucleic acid or a nucleic acid, which has been synthesized using the template nucleic acid as a template, is then assayed from a change or an amount of a change in an optical character of the nucleic acid polymerization system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicants: KANKYO ENGINEERING Co., Ltd., Nat Institute of Advance Indust Science & Tech.Inventors: Shinya KURATA, Kyoko Takatsu, Kazunori Nakamura, Takahiro Kanagawa
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Patent number: 7429655Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignees: Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Patent number: 7419786Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignees: Japan Bioindustry Association, Japan as represented by Secretary of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, KANKYO ENGINEERING Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Patent number: 7354707Abstract: Nucleic acid probes are provided, each of which is formed of a single-stranded oligonucleotide which can hybridize to a target nucleic acid and is labeled with a fluorescent dye or with a fluorescent dye and a quencher substance. The nucleic acid probes can be easily designed, permit determination, polymorphous analysis or real-time quantitative PCR of nucleic acids in short time, and are not dissociated during reactions. Nucleic acid determination methods, polymorphous analysis methods and real-time quantitative PCR methods, which make use of the nucleic acid probes, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Masaki Torimura, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku
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Patent number: 7273700Abstract: A novel nucleic acid probe for nucleic acid determination includes a single-stranded nucleic acid labeled with plural fluorescent dyes containing at least one pair of fluorescent dyes to induce FRET, the pair of fluorescent dyes including a fluorescent dye (a donor dye) capable of serving as a donor dye and a fluorescent dye (an acceptor dye) capable of serving as an acceptor dye, in which the nucleic acid probe has such a base sequence and is labeled with the fluorescent dyes so that the fluorescence intensity of the acceptor dye decreases upon hybridization with a target nucleic acid. A novel nucleic acid determination method uses the probe. The probe and method can determine one or more types of target nucleic acids in an assay system in parallel using a simple apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Masaki Torimura, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku
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Publication number: 20070128608Abstract: [Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. [Means for Solving Problems] 1) A mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and two nucleic acid probes labeled with a fluorescent dye; 2) a mixture for measuring Km value which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid having a partial mutation and one nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye; 3) a mixture which comprises one internal standard nucleic acid and one double nucleic acid probe labeled with two fluorescent dyes; and a method for assaying a nucleic acid by making use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2004Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicants: Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd., National Institute of Adv. Industrial Sci. & Tech.Inventors: Kazunori Nakamura, Takahiro Kanagawa, Naohiro Noda, Satoshi Tsuneda, Hidenori Tani, Shinya Kurata
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Patent number: 7094540Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignees: Japan Bioindustry Association, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Publication number: 20060177856Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicants: Japan Bioindustry Association, Japan as represented by Secretary..., KANKYO ENGINEERING Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Publication number: 20040063137Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicants: KANKYO ENGINEERING Co., Ltd., NAT. INST. OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCI. AND TECH.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Patent number: 6699661Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignees: Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Patent number: 6495326Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignees: Japan Bioindustry Association, Secretary of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho
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Patent number: 6492121Abstract: A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye when hybridized with the target nucleic acid; hybridizing the probe to the target nucleic acid; and measuring a decrease in fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye after the hybridization relative to fluorescence emission from the fluorescent dye before the hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignees: Japan Bioindustry Association, Japan as represented by Secretary of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Kankyo Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Kurane, Takahiro Kanagawa, Yoichi Kamagata, Shinya Kurata, Kazutaka Yamada, Toyokazu Yokomaku, Osamu Koyama, Kenta Furusho