Patents Assigned to Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 7618800
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to (i) a gene isolated from Cellulomonas sp.JCM2471, the gene encoding a new glycerol kinase and (ii) a method for preparing the glycerol kinase by gene recombination technique, A Glycerol kinase which has high resistance against preservative, a recombinant vector comprising a gene encoding the glycerol kinase, a transformant prepared by transforming a host cell with the recombinant vector, and a method for producing the glycerol kinase, including culturing the transformant to produce glycerol kinase, and collecting the resulting glycerol kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Sogabe, Masanori Oka, Kenji Inagaki, Takashi Hatta, Hiroshi Nishise
  • Publication number: 20090272686
    Abstract: [Purpose] To provide a blood purifier which has high levels of blood compatibility, performance-retaining property when in contact with blood, and safety, and which shows an excellent water permeability-exhibiting rate after a priming treatment and has high reliability in long-term storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiro Mabuchi, Hideyuki Yokota, Katsuaki Kuze, Noriko Monden, Noriaki Kato, Makoto Ohno, Mitsuru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7611859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the heat stability of glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), comprising a step of combining, in a composition comprising soluble coenzyme-bound glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), the enzyme with any one or more selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols, carboxyl group-containing compounds, alkali metal-containing compounds, alkali earth metal compounds, ammonium salts, sulfate salts and proteins, thereby improving the heat stability of GDH over that achieved without the inclusion of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masao Kitabayashi
  • Publication number: 20090269581
    Abstract: A polyethylene fiber having high strength and extremely high productivity is difficult to obtain by conventional gel spinning methods. This high strength polyethylene fiber includes an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 8 dL/g or more and contains a poor solvent in an amount of 10 ppm or more with respect to the resin. This high strength polyethylene fiber may also contain an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 8 dL/g or more in which the resin contains a non-solvent in which the resin is insoluble in an amount of 10 ppm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Fukushima, Godo Sakamoto, Ihachiro Iba
  • Publication number: 20090270584
    Abstract: In the heat-shrinkable polyester film of the present invention, the main shrinkage direction is the longitudinal direction. In addition, the hot-water heat shrinkage ratios in the longitudinal direction and the width direction when the film is treated in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds, the refractive indexes in the longitudinal direction and the width direction and the natural shrinkage ratio after aging at 40° C. and 65% RH for 700 hours or more are each controlled in predetermined ranges. The heat-shrinkable polyester film of the present invention is manufactured by stretching an unstretched film at a ratio of 2.5 times or more and 6.0 times or less in the width direction at a temperature of Tg+5° C. or more and Tg+40° C. or less, passing the film in an intermediate zone that does not execute an active heating operation, heat-treating the film at a temperature of 100° C. or more and 170° C. or less over a period of 1.0 second or more and 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takurou Endo, Masayuki Haruta, Norimi Tabota, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20090269825
    Abstract: The object is to provide a method for stabilization of a biological molecule and a composition, specifically a method for stabilization of an enzyme or a labeled antibody for use in a clinical diagnosis and a composition. Thus, disclosed is a method for stabilization of a biological molecule which is characterized by allowing (a) the biological molecule and (b) sericin and/or a hydrolysate or equivalence thereof to coexist with each other. Also disclosed is a composition having a biological molecule stabilized therein, which is characterized in that the components (a) and (b) coexist with each other in the composition. Further disclosed is a composition for stabilizing a biological molecule, which comprises sericin and/or a hydrolysate or equivalence thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicants: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SEIREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahide Kishimoto, Kayoko Kajitani, Kazuo Kajitani, Hideyuki Yamada, Masahiro Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20090260108
    Abstract: It is intended to provide by improving a known method of producing hyaluronic acid in a plant, a plant or a cultured plant cells which can produce hyaluronic acid at a lower cost and a further higher yield than before, a method of preparing the same, an expression vector for transformation, a method of producing hyaluronic acid using the plant or the cultured plant cells and the like. The method of producing hyaluronic acid comprising obtaining hyaluronic acid by co-expressing a protein with hyaluronic acid synthase activity and an exogenous protein with sugar-nucleotide synthase activity in a plant cell or a plant is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kitazawa, Shigeo Shibatani, Atsushi Sogabe
  • Publication number: 20090259024
    Abstract: The present invention effectively produces glucose dehydrogenase derived from Aspergillus oryzae, and provides more practical glucose dehydrogenase. The invention makes it possible to efficiently produce glucose dehydrogenase and to obtain glucose dehydrogenase in more practical manner by using a glucose dehydrogenase gene isolated from Aspergillus oryzae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji TSUJI, Masao KITABAYASHI, Takahide KISHIMOTO, Yoshiaki NISHIYA
  • Patent number: 7601504
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of conveniently screening a novel protein or a novel partial sequence protein having a blocking ability based on amino acid sequence data; and a protein achieving an improved blocking efficiency that can be expressed on a large scale in Escherichia coli. A method of screening a novel protein or a novel partial sequence protein having a blocking ability based on amino acid sequence data; a protein characterized by achieving an improved blocking efficiency owing to an amino acid sequence modification; and a method of utilizing the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kuroita, Atsushi Sogabe, Yutaka Takarada, Naoki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090252978
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for joining a metallic material, a glass material or a ceramic material, and a resin material, that have no limitation in their field of application and that can form a strong joint by an easy method. The method for joining a metallic material, a glass material or a ceramic material, and a resin material is characterized in that joining is effected by heating a portion to be joined, in such a state that the metallic material, glass material or ceramic material is coupled with the resin material, to a temperature at which bubbles (preferably the sphere equivalent diameter from 0.01 mm to 5.0 mm) are generated in the resin material at the portion to be joined. As a heating source for heating the portion to be joined, a laser light source is used, especially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Katayama, Yosuke Kawahito, Shuji Kubota, Akio Tange
  • Publication number: 20090252961
    Abstract: The present invention provides a core-sheath compounded yarn constituted from a high tenacity and high heat-resistant fiber and other dyeable fiber and/or dope-dyed yarn where the high tenacity and high heat-resistant fiber is arranged as a core yarn while other dyeable fiber and/or dope-dyed yarn are/is arranged in a substantially untwisted state and the surroundings thereof are spirally covered by dyeable fiber and/or dope-dyed yarn. A woven/knitted fabric where the core-sheath compounded yarn is at least partially used is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironori EGUCHI, Masahiko TAKAHASHI, Masashi OONUMA
  • Publication number: 20090247030
    Abstract: To provide at a low cost a fabric for airbags, one of safety devices for automobiles, in which both edgecomb resistance and tear strength (factors affecting inflating properties of an airbag) are improved. Preferably, to provide a fabric for airbags which is capable of being recycled as easily as an uncoated fabric and a fabric for airbags which has self-extinguishing property. A fabric for airbags which comprises a synthetic fiber woven fabric and synthetic thermoplastic resin applied on at least one side of the synthetic fiber woven fabric, characterized in that, by applying the synthetic thermoplastic resin, both edgecomb resistance and tear strength of the synthetic fiber woven fabric become 1.3 times or more as large as respective values of the synthetic fiber woven fabric before applying the synthetic thermoplastic resin. Preferably, the fabric for airbags has low air permeability and self-extinguishing property, and is capable of being repelletized with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kano, Takashi Tsuruta, Hideo Isoda
  • Publication number: 20090247037
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reinforcing material for urethane foam which effectively protects a molded urethane foam body and suppresses fricatives with a metal spring, having high productivity and excellent handleability and being applicable to a molded urethane foam body with highly uneven shape at low cost. It is a reinforcing material for urethane foam wherein a nonwoven fabric A having single fiber linear density of 1.0 to 3.0 dtex and a nonwoven fabric B having single fiber linear density of 0.5 to 2.5 dtex are laminated by needlepunching process by inserting needles from a direction of the nonwoven fabric A with a needle density of 35 to 70 needles/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Kanda, Kazuhiro Teramae, Toshiya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7594946
    Abstract: The invention provides an air-cleaner filter material for an internal combustion engine, which comprises a dust-collecting layer comprising a melt-blown nonwoven fabric having a maximum pore size of 100 ?m or less and a dust-retaining layer arranged upstream of the dust-collecting layer and laminated integrally by heat fusion with, the dust-collecting layer, comprising a thermal-bond nonwoven fabric having fibers with two or more fiber diameters arranged in the order of increasing the proportion of smaller fiber diameter in the direction from the upstream to downstream side, wherein the in-plane of the filter material has a portion of high fiber density and a portion of low fiber density, and the portion of high fiber density occurs in a lattice pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignees: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadahito Goto, Yasunori Matsubara, Yoshihiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20090239009
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a bag having controlled oxygen permeability, which is excellent in flexibility, wear resistance, heat resistance and heat-sealing property. Disclosed is a bag having controlled oxygen permeability, which includes a nonwoven fabric and a porous film that are jointed and integrated, wherein the nonwoven fabric consists of a polyester fiber containing any one of polybutylene terephthalate, polypropylene terephthalate or polylactic acid as a main component, the porous film has Frazier air permeability of 0.05 to 2 cc/cm2·sec, and end portion of the bag is heat-sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090220960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gene construct encoding pH insensitive luciferase for visualizing intracellular information, wherein an intracellular expression activity is higher compared with a gene construct of luciferase derived from a firefly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohmiya, Yoshihiro Nakajima, Vadim Viviani, Shigeaki Nishii, Tomomi Asai
  • Publication number: 20090206234
    Abstract: This invention provides an analyzer for judging whether or not a tangible component is present in a sample in a preparation, and analyzing, if a tangible component is present, the tangible component with efficiency and high accuracy. For this purpose, an analyzer (100) of the present invention analyzes a tangible component in a sample (23) held by a preparation (20). The analyzer (100) checks whether or not a tangible component is present in the sample (23) by extensively observing an area in a certain visual field in which area the tangible component is assumed to be present. If the tangible component is judged to be present, the analyzer (100) analyzes the tangible component. Then, another visual field is selected, and another analysis is started therein so as to analyze only in the vicinity of the area where the tangible component was judged to be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Okuda, Keizo Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20090203871
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyester elastomer excellent in heat resistance, heat-aging resistance, water resistance, light resistance, low-temperature property and the like, and further excellent in block order-retaining ability, the thermoplastic polyester elastomer comprising a hard segment which comprises polyester constituted with aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic or alicyclic diol and a soft segment which comprises mainly aliphatic polycarbonate, wherein the hard segment and the soft segment being connected, and wherein when melting points of the thermoplastic polyester elastomer are obtained by measuring on a differential scanning calorimeter in three cycles in which a temperature is raised from room temperature to 300° C. at a heating rate of 20° C./min., maintained at 300° C. for 3 minutes and lowered to room temperature at a cooling rate of 100° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gaku Maruyama, Shoji Koketsu, Kenta Susuki, Katsuaki Kuze, Shigeo Ukyo
  • Publication number: 20090203790
    Abstract: There are provided a microorganism characterized by producing poly-?-L-glutamate with a molecular weight of 1,300,000 or greater and uniform optical purity under liquid culture conditions, a method of screening for the microorganism, a method of producing poly-?-L-glutamate having large molecular weight by using the microorganism, and poly-?-L-glutamate having an average molecular weight of 1,300,000 or greater. In addition, usages of these are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto, Masaru Kitagawa, Michiko Suzuki, Atsushi Sogabe, Makoto Ashiuchi
  • Patent number: 7572865
    Abstract: The present invention is a polyester film obtained by blending 10-90 wt % of polyester (A) containing ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component and 90-10 wt % of crystalline polyester (B) different from this polyester (A), which has a half value width of a recrystallization peak obtained by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) by lowering temperature of not more than 0.25. The crystalline polyester (B) is preferably a polyester selected from polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) and polyethylene 2,6 naphthalate (PEN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Itoh, Shinya Higashiura, Toru Kotani, Shinji Fujita