Patents by Inventor Ayako Hirao

Ayako Hirao 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).

  • Patent number: 10575528
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a composition that has excellent plant disease controlling effects and provides a plant disease control composition that includes a new strain of Bacillus, APM-1 (New strain of Bacillus, APM-1), which has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4838, and one or more ubiquinol oxidase Qo site inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumina Takanohashi, Ayako Hirao
  • Patent number: 10555535
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a composition having excellent controlling effects with respect to pests and provides a pest control composition including bacillus strain APM-1 (new strain of Bacillus, APM-1) deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4838 and one or more nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayako Hirao, Yasutaka Shimokawatoko
  • Patent number: 10531661
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agrochemical granule comprising: an oil-non-absorbing carrier; and a layer that coats the oil-non-absorbing carrier, wherein the layer comprises a synthetic pyrethroid compound, an organic solvent whose vapor pressure at 25° C. is equal to or lower than 1.0 Pa, an oil-absorbing carrier, a binding agent, a nonionic surfactant and a dodecylbenzenesulfonate, and having an excellent control efficacy against pest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Iida, Kazuyuki Yanagisawa, Ayako Hirao
  • Patent number: 10492492
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agrochemical granule comprising: an oil-non-absorbing carrier; and a layer that coats the oil-non-absorbing carrier, wherein the layer comprises a synthetic pyrethroid compound, an organic solvent whose vapor pressure at 25° C. is equal to or lower than 1.0 Pa, an oil-absorbing carrier, a binding agent, a nonionic surfactant and a dodecylbenzenesulfonate, and having an excellent control efficacy against pest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Iida, Kazuyuki Yanagisawa, Ayako Hirao
  • Patent number: 10375965
    Abstract: The present invention, which addresses the problem of providing a composition that has an excellent effect of controlling plant disease, provides a plant disease control composition that includes the Bacillus strain APM-1 (New strain of Bacillus, APM-1) which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4838 and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ethaboxam, tolclofos-methyl, metalaxyl, fludioxonil, and a carboxamide compound represented by formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumina Takanohashi, Ayako Hirao
  • Patent number: 10314300
    Abstract: A method for controlling arthropod pests includes the following steps: A) a step of forming furrows in the soil; B) a step of sowing seeds of a crop in the furrows; C) a step of applying clothianidin and an inorganic phosphate to the furrows; and D) a step of covering the furrows by gathering soil into the furrows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Shimokawatoko, Ayako Hirao, Atsushi Iwata
  • Publication number: 20180220657
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a composition that has excellent plant disease controlling effects and provides a plant disease control composition that includes a new strain of Bacillus, APM-1 (New strain of Bacillus, APM-1), which has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4838, and one or more ubiquinol oxidase Qo site inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumina TAKANOHASHI, Ayako HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20180213795
    Abstract: The present invention, which addresses the problem of providing a composition that has an excellent effect of controlling plant disease, provides a plant disease control composition that includes the Bacillus strain APM-1 (New strain of Bacillus, APM-1) which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4838 and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ethaboxam, tolclofos-methyl, metalaxyl, fludioxonil, and a carboxamide compound represented by formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumina TAKANOHASHI, Ayako HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20180213799
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a composition having excellent controlling effects with respect to pests and provides a pest control composition including bacillus strain APM-1 (new strain of Bacillus, APM-1) deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4838 and one or more nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayako HIRAO, Yasutaka SHIMOKAWATOKO
  • Publication number: 20170231222
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agrochemical granule comprising: an oil-non-absorbing carrier; and a layer that coats the oil-non-absorbing carrier, wherein the layer comprises a synthetic pyrethroid compound, an organic solvent whose vapor pressure at 25° C. is equal to or lower than 1.0 Pa, an oil-absorbing carrier, a binding agent, a nonionic surfactant and a dodecylbenzenesulfonate, and having an excellent control efficacy against pest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro IIDA, Kazuyuki YANAGISAWA, Ayako HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20170055515
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling arthropod pests, the method including the following steps: A) a step of forming furrows in the soil; B) a step of sowing seeds of a crop in the furrows; C) a step of applying clothianidin and an inorganic phosphate to the furrows; and D) a step of covering the furrows by gathering soil into the furrows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yasutaka SHIMOKAWATOKO, Ayako HIRAO, Atsushi IWATA
  • Patent number: 6635380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high output storage battery with a high reliability that is easy to fabricate. This storage battery comprises a plurality of monoblock containers united to each other with space provided between the adjacent monoblock containers and one common cover to seal the openings of those monoblock containers. Each monoblock container has a plurality of cell compartments separated from each other by partitions. Each of those cell compartments houses an assembly element comprising a plurality of positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates stacked with separators placed between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimoda, Akira Iwamura, Yasuyuki Yoshihara, Ayako Hirao, Nobuyuki Takami, Kiichi Koike