Patents by Inventor Hiroko Takatoku

Hiroko Takatoku 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 SELECTING ODOR CONTROL SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20190367963
    Abstract: Provided is a method for searching a substance which enhances an odor. The method is a method for selecting a substance which causes enhancement or suppression of an odor and includes measuring a response of a broadly tuned olfactory receptor in the presence of a test substance and selecting a test substance which enhances or decreases the response of the olfactory receptor as a substance which causes enhancement or suppression of an odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi YOSHIKAWA, Hiroko TAKATOKU
  • Method for inhibition of potential-dependent cation channel
    Patent number: 8481016
    Abstract: An excellent potential-dependent cation channel inhibitor or an excellent masking agent is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Takatoku, Kentaro Kumihashi, Daisuke Yamazaki
  • Method for Inhibition of Potential-Dependent Cation Channel
    Publication number: 20130045177
    Abstract: An excellent potential-dependent cation channel inhibitor or an excellent masking agent is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroko Takatoku, Kentaro Kumihashi, Daisuke Yamazaki