Patents by Inventor Atsushi Takahasi

Atsushi Takahasi 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).

  • Novel process for producing L-epi-2-inosose and novel process for producing epi-inositol using microorganisms
    Publication number: 20040214307
    Abstract: Provided are novel processes for the efficient production of L-epi-2-inosose and epi-inositol which are useful either as various medicines or intermediates for the syntheses of various medicines. In the processes, inexpensive myo-inositol is used as a starting compound which is reacted with a gram-negative bacterium capable of converting myo-inositol into L-epi-2-inosose, and thereby producing L-epi-2-inosose by conversion of myo-inositol into L-epi-2-inosose. A biologically pure culture of Pseudomonas sp. AB 10215 strain is also provided which has a characteristic nature of being capable of converting myo-inositol into L-epi-2-inosose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Atsushi Takahasi, Kenji Kanbe, Tetsuya Mori, Yuichi Kita, Tsuyoshi Tamamura, Tomio Takeuchi