Patents by Inventor Eriko Sugano

Eriko Sugano 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).

  • MODIFIED CHANNELRHODOPSIN
    Publication number: 20230331790
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified channelrhodopsin having high ion permeability (photoreactivity). The solution is to substitute the third extracellular domain counted from the N-terminal side of three extracellular domains included in a Volvox carteri-derived channelrhodopsin by a corresponding extracellular domain of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channelrhodopsin-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Eriko SUGANO
  • MODIFIED CHANNEL RHODOPSIN
    Publication number: 20210347831
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified channel rhodopsin capable of opening and closing an ion channel by irradiation with light at different wavelengths, and/or having high ion permeability (photoreactivity). The solution is to substitute a C-terminal region of a channel rhodopsin obtained by substituting an N-terminal region of a Volvox carteri-derived channel rhodopsin by an N-terminal region of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1, by a C-terminal region of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-2 or a C-terminal region of a Tetraselmis striata-derived channel rhodopsin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Eriko SUGANO, Kitako TABATA, Yoshito WATANABE
  • Head mounted type video presenting device including visible light wavelength converting unit
    Patent number: 10924719
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted video presentation device which has a visible light wavelength conversion and is designed for a user having degraded sensitivity to a first wavelength band as a part of a visible light wavelength band as compared with a second wavelength band as the remaining part of the visible light wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano, Tsuyoshi Fujii
  • Head Mounted Type Video Presenting Device Including Visible Light Wavelength Converting Unit
    Publication number: 20190394439
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted video presentation device which has a visible light wavelength conversion and is designed for a user having degraded sensitivity to a first wavelength band as a part of a visible light wavelength band as compared with a second wavelength band as the remaining part of the visible light wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano, Tsuyoshi Fujii
  • Light-receiving channel rhodopsin having improved expression efficiency
    Patent number: 8754048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Volvox carteri-derived light-receiving channel rhodopsin with an improved expression efficiency on a cell membrane. Specifically disclosed is a modified Volvox carteri-derived light-receiving channel rhodopsin protein. The protein is modified to contain an N-terminal region of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1 at the N-terminal of the Volvox carteri-derived light-receiving channel rhodopsin protein, wherein the N-terminal region is involved in cell membrane-localized expression and contains no transmembrane domain of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano
  • LIGHT-RECEIVING CHANNEL RHODOPSIN HAVING IMPROVED EXPRESSION EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20120190629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Volvox carteri-derived light-receiving channel rhodopsin with an improved expression efficiency on a cell membrane. Specifically disclosed is a modified Volvox carteri-derived light-receiving channel rhodopsin protein. The protein is modified to contain an N-terminal region of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1 at the N-terminal of the Volvox carteri-derived light-receiving channel rhodopsin protein, wherein the N-terminal region is involved in cell membrane-localized expression and contains no transmembrane domain of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano