Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Saino

Hideyuki Saino 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).

  • Estrogenic substance degradable microorganism and use thereof
    Patent number: 8163534
    Abstract: A microorganism capable of degrading an estrogenic substance contained in wastewater and the like; a method for the simple and effective degradation of an estrogenic substance contained in domestic wastewater, wastewater discharged from a livestock farm, or the like by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided. An estrogenic substance-degrading microorganism which belongs to the genus Pseudaminobacter, Gordonia, Nocardia, Zoogloea, Pandoraea, Cryptococcus or Trichosporon and has an ability to degrade an estrogenic substance; a method for the degration of an estrogenic substance by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Japan as represented by Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshimoto, Fumiko Nagai, Junji Fujimoto, Kazumasa Kimura, Harumi Mizukoshi, Koichi Watanabe, Takashi Makino, Hiroshi Omura, Hideyuki Saino
  • ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCE DEGRADABLE MICROORGANISM AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090029442
    Abstract: A microorganism capable of degrading an estrogenic substance contained in wastewater and the like; a method for the simple and effective degradation of an estrogenic substance contained in domestic wastewater, wastewater discharged from a livestock farm, or the like by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided. An estrogenic substance-degrading microorganism which belongs to the genus Pseudaminobacter, Gordonia, Nocardia, Zoogloea, Pandoraea, Cryptococcus or Trichosporon and has an ability to degrade an estrogenic substance; a method for the degration of an estrogenic substance by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicants: Kabushiiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Japan AS Repres. By DIr-Gen of the Minist. of Land
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshimoto, Fumiko Nagai, Junji Fujimoto, Kazumasa Kimura, Harumi Mizukoshi, Koichi Watanabe, Takashi Makino, Hiroshi Omura, Hideyuki Saino