Patents Assigned to National Institute of Advanced Science & Technology
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Patent number: 11131699Abstract: A method that includes changing a probe angle with respect to the conductor surface of a substrate that has a flat conductor surface mounted on the mounting surface of a stage in a high-frequency test system, thereby changing the state of contact of the tip of a signal terminal and tip of a ground terminal with the conductor surface, outputting high-frequency signals from the signal terminal to the conductor surface and receiving reflected signals using the probe to find S-parameters at different probe angles, and determining, based on a plurality of the S-parameters, a reference probe angle at which the reference line formed connecting the tip of the signal terminal and tip of the ground terminal is parallel with the conductor surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ryo Sakamaki, Masahiro Horibe
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Patent number: 10792588Abstract: An organic material production system includes: a pretreatment device (12) that pulverizes a biomass material (11); a hydrothermal decomposition apparatus (14) that hydrothermally decomposes a pulverized biomass (13) by causing it to countercurrently contact with hot compressed water (15), elutes lignin components and hemicellulose components into the hot compressed water (15), and separates the lignin components and the hemicellulose components from a biomass solid residue; a first enzymatic hydrolysis device (19-1) that treats cellulose in a biomass solid residue (17), discharged from the hydrothermal decomposition apparatus, with an enzyme (18) to enzymatically hydrolyze it to a sugar solution containing hexose; a fermenter (21) that produces ethanol by fermentation using a sugar solution (20) obtained by the first enzymatic hydrolysis device (19-1); and a refiner 25 that refines an alcohol fermentation liquid (22), so as to separate it into ethanol (23) and a residue (24).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONInventors: Minoru Genta, Ryosuke Uehara, Kinya Fujita, Tsuyoshi Sakaki, Noriyuki Yamada, Katsuichi Saito, Naoto Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Hasa
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Patent number: 10294162Abstract: A method for producing a carbon particle by a detonation method includes two steps. The first step is a step of disposing an explosive substance in the periphery of a raw material substance. The explosive substance has a detonation velocity of 6,300 m/s or more. The raw material substance contains an aromatic compound having not more than 2 nitro groups. The second step is a step of allowing the explosive substance to detonate.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ryutaro Wada, Masaya Ueda, Yozo Kakudate, Shuzo Fujiwara, Shu Usuba
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Publication number: 20180158525Abstract: According to one embodiment, a resistance change type memory includes: a variable resistance element connected between first and second bit lines; a write control circuit including first and second transistors with terminals connected to the first and second bit lines, respectively, and controlling write to the variable resistance element; a first interconnect supplied with a first voltage and connected to the first bit line via the first transistor; and a second interconnect supplied with a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and connected to the first bit line via the second transistor. The write control circuit supplies the second voltage to the first bit line with a first pulse width via the second transistor in the ON state after supplying the first voltage to the first bit line via the first transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Takayuki Nozaki, Yoshishige Suzuki, Shinji Yuasa, Yoichi Shiota, Takurou Ikeura, Hiroki Noguchi, Kazutaka Ikegami
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Publication number: 20130004995Abstract: The N-acetyl-D-galactosamine transferase protein of the present invention is characterized by transferring N-acetyl-D-galactosamine to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine with ?1,3 linkage, and it preferably has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4. The canceration assay according to the present invention uses a nucleic acid for measurement which hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3 or a nucleotide sequence complementary to at least one of them.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Science & TechnologyInventors: Hisashi NARIMATSU, Akira Togayachi, Niro Inaba, Toru Hiruma, Yasuko Ishizuka
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Publication number: 20120318413Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen storage alloy which is characterized in that two or more crystal phases having different crystal structures are layered in a c-axis direction of the crystal structures. The hydrogen storage alloy is further characterized in that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a lattice constant a in the crystal structures of the laminated two or more crystal phases is 0.03 ? or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, GS Yuasa CorporationInventors: Tadashi KAKEYA, Manabu KANEMOTO, Minoru KUZUHARA, Tetsuya OZAKI, Masaharu WATADA, Tetsuo SAKAI
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Patent number: 8227213Abstract: The N-acetyl-D-galactosamine transferase protein of the present invention is characterized by transferring N-acetyl-D-galactosamine to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine with ?1,3 linkage, and it preferably has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4. The canceration assay according to the present invention uses a nucleic acid for measurement which hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3 or a nucleotide sequence complementary to at least one of them.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Science & TechnologyInventors: Hisashi Narimatsu, Akira Togayachi, Niro Inaba, Toru Hiruma, Yasuko Ishizuka
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Patent number: 7908993Abstract: A film forming apparatus including a film forming chamber which forms a film, a jetting mechanism which jets aerosol containing material particles onto a substrate in the film forming chamber, a measuring chamber communicating with the film forming chamber, a measuring mechanism which measures a thickness of the film in the measuring chamber, a pressure adjusting mechanism which controls an internal pressure of the film forming chamber and the measuring chamber, a conveyor which transports the substrate between the film forming chamber and the measuring chamber, and a blocking section which blocks a communication between the film forming chamber and the measuring chamber. Accordingly, inside of the measuring chamber is maintained clean without being polluted with the aerosol, and the measurement precision can be maintained. In the film forming process, the film thickness can be easily and precisely measured, and fed back to the film forming condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Motohiro Yasui, Jun Akedo
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Clay thin film substrate, clay thin film substrate with electrode, and display device using the same
Patent number: 7898636Abstract: A clay thin film substrate including a clay thin film having a structure, in which oriented clay particles are laminated; and at least a gas barrier inorganic layer which is laminated on at least one surface of the clay thin film.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignees: Tomoegawa Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Tomohito Inoue, Hajime Tsuda, Katsumi Motegi, Takeo Ebina, Fujio Mizukami -
Patent number: 7741078Abstract: A heparin-binding protein having covalently bonded heparan sulfate sugar chains within its molecule is produced by ligating a cDNA encoding a peptide which can be modified with heparan sulfate sugar chains selectively to a cDNA encoding a heparin-binding protein and producing in an animal cell the gene product of the resultant ligated cDNA. This heparan sulfate sugar chain-modified heparin-binding protein is functionalized by covalently bonding thereto glycosaminoglycan sugar chains containing little chondroitin sulfate. For example, this heparin-binding protein is excellent in stabilities, such as thermostability, acid resistance, alkali resistance and in vivo stability. Further, the heparan sulfate sugar chain-modified heparin-binding protein is effective in cell proliferation and tissue regeneration, and has effect of regulating the physiological functions of FGFs. Thus, this heparin-binding protein is extremely useful as a medicine for preventing or treating various FGF-related diseases.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Toru Imamura, Masahiro Asada, Masashi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100129698Abstract: An electrode catalyst for fuel cell, containing a multinuclear complex, in which the multinuclear complex contains 2 to 4 transition metal atoms coordinated with a ligand having 5 to 15 coordination atoms in its molecule; and an electrode catalyst for fuel cell, comprising a mononuclear metal complex containing, as a ligand, an organic compound containing two or more phenol rings and three or more aromatic heterocycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Tatsuhiro Okada, Nobuyoshi Koshino, Tadafumi Matsunaga, Hideyuki Higashimura, Katsuhiro Suenobu, Masatoshi Iwata
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Patent number: 7297295Abstract: A novel highly bright mechanoluminescence material free from decay of luminescence brightness even if repeated stress is applied, comprising a composite semiconductor crystal of the general formula xM1A1.(1-x)M2A2 (wherein each of M1 and M2 independently represents an atom selected from among Zn, Mn, Cd, Cu, Eu, Fe, Co, Ni, Mg and Ca, and each of A1 and A2 is an atom independently selected from among chalcogens, provided that M1A1 is different from M2A2; and x is a positive number less than 1); and a process for producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Chao-Nan Xu, Morito Akiyama, Wensheng Shi
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Patent number: 7169822Abstract: A polymeric actuator of simple structure, capable of being easily miniaturized, showing quick response and capable of generating large displacement. The polymeric actuator includes an ion-exchange resin product and metal electrodes. The ion-exchange resin product contains an alkylammonium. The metal electrodes are formed on the surface of the ion-exchange resin product and are insulated from each other. The polymeric actuator operates as an actuator by applying a potential difference between the metal electrodes when the ion-exchange resin product is in water-containing state to allow the ion-exchange resin product to undergo bending or deformation.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignees: Eamex Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Keisuke Oguro, Kinji Asaka, Tatsuhiro Okada, Kazuo Onishi, Shingo Sewa
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Patent number: 7002672Abstract: To provide an optical fiber strain sensor device and a strain detection method, for measuring precisely AE and for detecting effectively a rapid strain change due to a shock load, an optical fiber strain sensor device includes an FBG sensor mounted on an object to be measured, a broadband light source for directing a broadband wavelength light ray to the FBG sensor, and an FBG filter that reflects or transmits a light ray reflected from the FBG sensor, and, using the FBG filter, the optical fiber strain sensor device processes and detects a change in the center wavelength of the light ray that has been incident from the broadband light source and then has been reflected from the FBG sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventor: Hiroshi Tsuda
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Patent number: 6989185Abstract: The present invention provides a method of recording information on a memory medium and reading the information, comprising the steps of forming a reflective or transmissive surface having an anisotropic microstructure on a substrate of the memory medium to record information in the microstructure, entering light onto the reflective or transmissive surface, and detecting change in the polarization or intensity of a reflected or transmitted light caused by the microstructure, to read the information. The present invention also provides a memory medium, a production method thereof, and an information reading system.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventor: Masato Tazawa
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Patent number: 6902806Abstract: The present invention provides a hexagonal mesoporous silica comprising a photo-dimerizable organic functional group provided at the entrances of the pores thereof, and a hexagonal mesoporous silica comprising a functional substance filled in the pores thereof and a dimerized organic functional group provided at the entrances of the pores to close the entrances. These hexagonal mesoporous silicas allow a substance incorporated therein to be controllably released. The present invention also provides a method of producing the mesoporous silica, and a method using the mesoporous silica to control the release of a functional substance incorporated therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Masahiro Fujiwara, Nawal Kishor Mal, Yuko Tanaka
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Patent number: 6762210Abstract: A process for producing a polymeric actuator including an ion-exchange resin product and metal electrodes which are formed on the surface of the ion-exchange resin product is provided. The process involves repeatedly conducting the following steps (i) to (iii) to form the metal electrodes ranging from the surface of the ion-exchange resin product to the inside thereof: (i) a step of allowing the ion-exchange resin product to adsorb a metal complex (adsorption step), (ii) a step of reducing the metal complex adsorbed on the ion-exchange resin product by a reducing agent to deposit a metal on the surface of the ion-exchange resin product (deposition step), and (iii) a step of washing the ion-exchange resin product having the deposited metal (washing step). Through the above steps, a polymeric actuator having simple structure, capable of being easily miniaturized, showing quick response and capable of generating large displacement can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1999Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignees: Eamex Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventors: Keisuke Oguro, Kinji Asaka, Tatsuhiro Okada, Kazuo Onishi, Shingo Sewa
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Publication number: 20020167049Abstract: A source and a drain of a field-effect transistor are formed so as to fulfill a specified physical relationship to upper and lower gates thereof and thereby parasitic capacitance that hampers its high-speed operation is minimized. The filed-effect transistor includes a second support substrate, a lower gate that is embedded in an insulator formed on the second support substrate, an insulating layer formed on the lower gate, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor layer, an upper gate formed on the insulating layer, as well as a source electrode, a drain electrode, an upper gate electrode, and a lower gate electrode all of which are isolated from one another by the insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: November 14, 2002Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Science and TechnologyInventor: Tatsuro Maeda
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Publication number: 20020064498Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium-iron-manganese complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure comprising a solid solution formed by dissolving lithium ferrite (LiFeO2) in Li2-xMnO3-y (0≦x≦2, 0≦y≦1) of a layered rock-salt structure in a homogeneous crystalline state in such a way that an iron rate satisfies the relationship of 0.2≦Fe/(Fe+Mn)≦O.75, wherein at least 10% of iron contained in said solid solution is in a tetravalent state. The lithium-iron-manganese complex oxide is useful as cathode materials for a next generation low-priced lithium-ion battery and catalyst materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Mitsuharu Tabuchi, Hiroyuki Kageyama, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takayuki Yoshida, Ryoji Kanno