Patents by Inventor Akane MERA

Akane MERA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Heterocycle-containing amino acid compound and salt thereof, complex, composition, fertilizer and plant growth regulator
    Patent number: 11939290
    Abstract: The present invention is a heterocycle-containing amino acid compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are identical with or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or a carboxy-protecting group; R3 represents a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group; and n is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, AICHI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Namba, Motofumi Suzuki, Akane Mera
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HETEROCYCLE-CONTAINING AMINO ACID COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20240092734
    Abstract: Provided is a simple method for producing a heterocycle-containing amino acid compound. A heterocycle-containing amino acid compound is produced by a method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by the following formula (2) or a salt thereof: wherein R4 is a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl-protecting group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, acrolein, a cyanating agent, and a compound represented by the following formula (3) or a salt thereof: wherein R1a is a hydrogen atom or CO2R1b, R1b is a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl-protecting group, R2a is a hydrogen atom or OR2b, R2b i s a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl-protecting group, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or an amino-protecting group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke NAMBA, Akane MERA, Motofumi SUZUKI
  • NOVEL LACTAM COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, COMPLEX, AND FERTILIZER AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR CONTAINING SAID COMPOUND OR SALT AND COMPLEX
    Publication number: 20230137078
    Abstract: A lactam compound and a salt thereof, represented by general formulae (1) and (2): In the formulae, R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a protective group of a carboxyl group or a cation, and X? is a halogen ion, an organic acid ion, or an inorganic acid ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akane MERA, Motofumi SUZUKI, Kensuke HOSODA, Kosuke NAMBA
  • HETEROCYCLE-CONTAINING AMINO ACID COMPOUND AND SALT THEREOF, COMPLEX, COMPOSITION, FERTILIZER AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR
    Publication number: 20210253522
    Abstract: The present invention is a heterocycle-containing amino acid compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are identical with or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or a carboxy-protecting group; R3 represents a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group; and n is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, AICHI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke NAMBA, Motofumi SUZUKI, Akane MERA