Patents by Inventor Azusa SAIKA

Azusa SAIKA 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).

  • Method for producing novel microorganisms and ergothioneine
    Patent number: 11732236
    Abstract: A microorganism of the present invention is Dirkmeia churashimaensis (NITE BP-03054), Papiliotrema flavescens (NITE BP-03051), Papiliotrema flavescens (NITE BP-03052), or Apiotrichum porosum (NITE BP-03053).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: KUREHA CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Koshiyama, Mutsumi Kaneko, Yukihiro Higashiyama, Shun Sato, Tomotake Morita, Azusa Saika
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOVEL MICROORGANISMS AND ERGOTHIONEINE
    Publication number: 20230043773
    Abstract: A microorganism of the present invention is Dirkmeia churashimaensis (NITE BP-03054), Papiliotrema flavescens (NITE BP-03051), Papiliotrema flavescens (NITE BP-03052), or Apiotrichum porosum (NITE BP-03053).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki KOSHIYAMA, Mutsumi KANEKO, Yukihiro HIGASHIYAMA, Shun SATO, Tomotake MORITA, Azusa SAIKA
  • MONOACYLATED MEL-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM
    Publication number: 20230037120
    Abstract: Provided is a monoacylated MEL. A microorganism of the genus Pseudozyma produces monoacylated MEL-B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake MORITA, Azusa SAIKA, Tokuma FUKUOKA, Dai KITAMOTO, Tomohiro SUGAHARA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Atsushi SOGABE
  • BIOSURFACTANT-PRODUCING RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM
    Publication number: 20220282296
    Abstract: Provided is a means for increasing mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL) production efficiency. The present invention is a mannosylerythritol-lipid-producing microorganism transformed with an expression vector having a gene that encodes a lipase under the control of E5Pgap promoter or E5Ptef promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake MORITA, Azusa SAIKA, Hideaki KOIKE, Tokuma FUKUOKA, Dai KITAMOTO, Tomohiro SUGAHARA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Atsushi SOGABE
  • PRODUCTION OF MONOACYL MEL
    Publication number: 20220275414
    Abstract: Provided is a means for efficiently producing a monoacyl MEL. This means comprises culturing a monoacyl-MEL-producing microorganism in the presence of a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake MORITA, Azusa SAIKA, Tokuma FUKUOKA, Dai KITAMOTO, Tomohiro SUGAHARA, Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Atsushi SOGABE
  • TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF PHA COPOLYMER PRODUCED BY HALOBACTERIUM
    Publication number: 20220033864
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a PHA, in particular PHBV, having a molecular weight exceeding 3,610,000 and/or a method for producing such a PHA while controlling the molecular weight thereof. Provided is a copolymer of random copolymerization of 3-hydroxybutanoic acid and 3-hydroxyvaleric acid, having a weight-average molecular weight exceeding 3,610,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kotaro INO, Kouichi OHSHIMAN, Tomo KAKITANI, Tomotake MORITA, Tokuma FUKUOKA, Shun SATO, Azusa SAIKA, Kazunori USHIMARU