Patents by Inventor Ichiro Inoue
Ichiro Inoue 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).
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Patent number: 11953665Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first reflection optical system and a second reflection optical system having mutually different optical axes, each of the first and second reflection optical systems includes a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the first reflection optical system, a second imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the second reflection optical system, a first member, a second member, and a frame. A part of the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system are reflecting surfaces provided on the frame. Among the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system, a final-stage reflecting surface configured to reflect the imaging light toward the first imaging portion is a first reflecting surface formed on a surface of the first member.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoto Fuse, Chiaki Inoue, Ichiro Kanazashi, Atsushi Takata, Kazuhiro Kochi, Kouga Okada
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Publication number: 20230137306Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhibitory agent of membrane fusion between a virus envelope and a cell membrane of a host cell for the virus, wherein the inhibitory agent comprises a serine protease inhibitor, and a therapeutic agent or a therapeutic composition, comprising the inhibitory agent. More specifically, the present invention relates to the inhibitory agent, wherein the serine protease inhibitor is one or more of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate or hydrate thereof, and a therapeutic agent or a therapeutic composition, comprising the inhibitory agent: wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, each of which may optionally comprise a heteroatom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: The University of TokyoInventors: Jun-ichiro INOUE, Yasushi KAWAGUCHI, Jin GOHDA, Mizuki YAMAMOTO, Yasuyuki SETO, Kent DOI, Kyoji MORIYA, Kohei MIYAZONO, Yoshihiro KAWAOKA, Maki KISO
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Patent number: 11479582Abstract: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides are provided. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides include peptide sequences corresponding to the sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 fusion complex heptad repeat domain HR2 and having at least one artificial mutation. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides may be 39-mers, such as peptides #121 (SEQ ID NO: 2) and #125 (SEQ ID NO: 5). These peptides may competitively bind to SARS-CoV-2 and prevent either membrane mediated SARS-CoV-2 fusion, endocytosis-mediated viral entry, or both. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides may be administered to a subject in need thereof to inhibit or prevent SARS-CoV-2 cellular entry.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Mahmoud Kandeel Elsayed, Mizuki Yamamoto, Jin Gohda, Jun-Ichiro Inoue, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Hyung-Joo Kwon, Abdulla Al-Taher
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Publication number: 20220119456Abstract: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides are provided. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides include peptide sequences corresponding to the sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 fusion complex heptad repeat domain HR2 and having at least one artificial mutation. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides may be 39-mers, such as peptides #121 (SEQ ID NO: 2) and #125 (SEQ ID NO: 5). These peptides may competitively bind to SARS-CoV-2 and prevent either membrane mediated SARS-CoV-2 fusion, endocytosis-mediated viral entry, or both. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides may be administered to a subject in need thereof to inhibit or prevent SARS-CoV-2 cellular entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: MAHMOUD KANDEEL ELSAYED, MIZUKI YAMAMOTO, JIN GOHDA, JUN-ICHIRO INOUE, YASUSHI KAWAGUCHI, HYUNG-JOO KWON, ABDULLA AL-TAHER
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Patent number: 10227606Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for increasing the photosynthesis and yield/growth of plants, and a transgenic plant which is used in the method.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshinori Kinoshita, Yin Wang, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Natsuko Ono
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Publication number: 20160032312Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for increasing the photosynthesis and yield/growth of plants, and a transgenic plant which is used in the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Toshinori KINOSHITA, Yin WANG, Shin-ichiro INOUE, Natsuko ONO
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Patent number: 8897306Abstract: The path management controller 1 refers to resource information 131 including reservation statuses of working paths and advance reserved paths that are set in every link, so as to calculate a route for setting a new path and set this path in this calculated route. If the route for setting this new path cannot be obtained (1) because of a shortage of residual bandwidth of a link of interest, the path management controller 1 refers to the resource reservation information 131 of working paths and advance reserved paths and calculates an alternative route for another existing path used in the link of interest, and moves this path to the calculated alternative route.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and SystemsInventors: Rie Hayashi, Kaori Shimizu, Ichiro Inoue, Shigeo Urushidani
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Patent number: 8532087Abstract: An optical network has: sections for establishing optical paths; a plurality of optical edge routers for connecting external IP networks to the optical network (1001); and a plurality of optical cross connects, for connecting the optical edge routers by the optical paths, having switching sections with respect to an optical pulse unit. In the optical network, each of the optical edge routers has both of: (1) an optical network control instance (INSp) for maintaining topology information in the optical network and switching/signaling the optical paths; and (2) an IP network instance (INSi) for maintaining a routing table in each of the external IP networks and activating routing protocols between the external IP networks and the IP network instance. By doing this, it is possible to realize a multi-layer cooperative function and provide highly safe optical networks, etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hisashi Kojima, Takashi Kurimoto, Ichiro Inoue, Tomonori Takeda, Takashi Miyamura, Keisuke Kabashima, Nobuaki Matsuura, Michihiro Aoki, Shigeo Urushidani
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Patent number: 8422360Abstract: A route switching method for switching a route in a core network that accommodates service networks including user node apparatuses by use of a server storing path information that includes, in every time frame, a route for a working path and a route for a backup path to be switched over from the working path, both of the working path and the backup path established between two boundary node apparatuses each of which is located on a boundary between the service network and the core network. The server calculates, in response to the connection request from the user node apparatus, a route for a working path and a route for a backup path, and requests the boundary node apparatus to establish this working path. The server can send the route for the backup path to the boundary node apparatus before a failure occurs in the core network.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and SystemsInventors: Kaori Shimizu, Ichiro Inoue, Kohei Shiomoto, Shigeo Urushidani
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Patent number: 8364822Abstract: A plurality of pieces of information about a link (hereinafter referred to as “link information”), which are stored in a common DB, are categorized in accordance with the VPN related to each piece of link information. VPNID, which is information for identifying each VPN, is added to each piece of link information which has been categorized. The link information for the same VPNID is extracted from the link information to which the VPNID for the common DB is added so as to be contained in the corresponding VPNDB. By doing this, it is possible to realize a path design for the customer easily by providing the network information in the VPN provider and the network information of the customer network while realizing a high scalability.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Tomonori Takeda, Ichiro Inoue, Hisashi Kojima, Kaori Shimizu, Nobuaki Matsuura
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Publication number: 20110318554Abstract: There is provided a polymer having a high refractive index without forming a complex with inorganic fine particles, being excellent in the solubility in an organic solvent and the coating properties during film formation, and having a high transparency, and further being capable of dispersing optically homogeneously a functional dye such as a nonlinear dye in a high concentration. A hyperbranched polymer containing a thioester group of Formula (1) below [where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Ar1 and Ar2 are independently an aromatic ring group constituted of 5 to 18 ring atoms that is optionally substituted with a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkylthio group, or a halogen atom, the aromatic ring group optionally contains a hetero atom, or is optionally an aromatic ring group formed by two or more fused rings; A? is a structure of Formula (2) or Formula (3) below; and n is the number of repeating unit structures and is an integer of 2 to 100,000].Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicants: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Hideo Nagashima, Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Azusa Inoue, Keisuke Kojima
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Publication number: 20110292949Abstract: The path management controller 1 refers to resource information 131 including reservation statuses of working paths and advance reserved paths that are set in every link, so as to calculate a route for setting a new path and set this path in this calculated route. If the route for setting this new path cannot be obtained (1) because of a shortage of residual bandwidth of a link of interest, the path management controller 1 refers to the resource reservation information 131 of working paths and advance reserved paths and calculates an alternative route for another existing path used in the link of interest, and moves this path to the calculated alternative route.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicants: Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Rie Hayashi, Kaori Shimizu, Ichiro Inoue, Shigeo Urushidani
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Publication number: 20110090785Abstract: A route switching method for switching a route in a core network that accommodates service networks including user node apparatuses by use of a server storing path information that includes, in every time frame, a route for a working path and a route for a backup path to be switched over from the working path, both of the working path and the backup path established between two boundary node apparatuses each of which is located on a boundary between the service network and the core network. The server calculates, in response to the connection request from the user node apparatus, a route for a working path and a route for a backup path, and requests the boundary node apparatus to establish this working path. The server can send the route for the backup path to the boundary node apparatus before a failure occurs in the core network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INST CORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMSInventors: Kaori Shimizu, Ichiro Inoue, Kohei Shiomoto, Shigeo Urushidani
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Publication number: 20090086115Abstract: A display element has a arrangement that allows the pixel to have at least two domains in which the medium shows optical anisotropies of different directions when a force (for example, an electric field) is applied or when no force is applied. It is preferable that directions of the optical anisotropies occurred in the respective domains when the electric field is applied respectively have 45 degrees±10 degrees with absorption axes of polarizers, and that the directions of the optical anisotropies occurred in the respective domains when the electric field is applied make 90 degrees±20 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi MIYACHI, Seiji SHIBAHARA, Ichiro INOUE, Shoichi ISHIHARA, Takako KOIDE
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Publication number: 20060136233Abstract: VPNID which is an information for identifying each of VPN is added to each link information which is formed by categorizing a link information in a common DB for each VPN to which the link information relates. The link information for the same VPNID is extracted from the link information to which the VPNID for the common DB is added so as to be contained in the corresponding VPNDB. By doing this, it is possible to realize a path design for the customer easily by providing the network information in the VPN provider and the network information of the customer network while realizing a high scalability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2004Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Takeda, Ichiro Inoue, Hisashi Kojima, Kaori Shimizu, Nobuaki Matsuura
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Publication number: 20060126642Abstract: An optical network has: sections for establishing optical paths; a plurality of optical edge routers for connecting external IP networks to the optical network (1001); and a plurality of optical cross connects, for connecting the optical edge routers by the optical paths, having switching sections with respect to an optical pulse unit. In the optical network, each of the optical edge routers has both of: (1) an optical network control instance (INSp) for maintaining topology information in the optical network and switching/signaling the optical paths; and (2) an IP network instance (INSi) for maintaining a routing table in each of the external IP networks and activating routing protocols between the external IP networks and the IP network instance. By doing this, it is possible to realize a multi-layer cooperative function and provide highly safe optical networks, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2004Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONEInventors: Hisashi Kojima, Takshi Kurimoto, Ichiro Inoue, Tomonori Takeda, Takashi Miyamura, Kaisuke Kabashima, Nobuaki Matsuura, Michihiro Aoki, Shigeo Urushidani
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Patent number: 6668048Abstract: An unscheduled terminal unit is prevented from being connected to conference communication or a scheduled terminal unit is prevented from being not connected to the conference communication, and security of the conference communication is improved, and also, a conference server for interconnecting many terminal units is connected to a private branch exchange and reservation tables for using the conference server are provided in order to surely charge users for conference communication service. When an incoming call for requesting connection of the conference communication comes to the private branch exchange, the validation is identified by whether the incoming call has been registered in the reservation tables or not, and the connection is rejected for the invalid incoming call.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignees: NEC Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Susumu Suga, Shoji Aizawa, Shinji Endo, Kazuhiro Takizawa, Ichiro Inoue
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Patent number: 5063706Abstract: A device for exterminating pests having a cylinder filled with carbon dioxide in which (a) pesticide(s) is(are) dissolved, piping coupled to the cylinder, and a plurality of capillary nozzles affixed to the piping, and a method of exterminating pests employed this device. The capillary nozzles are designed such that, considering adjacent capillary nozzles, the ratio of the nozzle exit area of the capillary nozzle close to the cylinder to the nozzle exit area of the capillary nozzle remote from the cylinder is set between 1:1.3 and 1:1.8. As a result, numerous independent enclosed spaces can be sprayed with little labor and in a short time by means of a small number of devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1991Date of Patent: November 12, 1991Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd., Erika Carbon Dioxide Company, Ltd.Inventors: Seietsu Aki, Takaaki Ito, Yasuo Abe, Ichiro Inoue, Hiroyuki Miyachi
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Patent number: 4725148Abstract: In a turbidimeter for measuring a turbidity of a test solution to be measured i.e. culture solution in a fermentation apparatus, a semiconductor laser diode and a semiconductor photodiode are integrally arranged in a detection portion of the turbidimeter in such a manner that a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser diode is made incident upon the semiconductor photodiode through the test solution. Moreover, a protection circuit for the semiconductor laser diode and the semiconductor photodiode is also arranged in the turbidimeter to cut off a current flowed therethrough when an environmental temperature becomes above a predetermined temperature. Therefore, the turbidimeter can be made small in size and light in weight, and the turbidity can be measured accurately over wide range.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1985Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignees: Komatsugawa Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., Rikagaku Kenkyusho, Fuji Facom CorporationInventors: Isao Endo, Teruyuki Nagamune, Ichiro Inoue, Kozo Inoue, Tadashi Nohira, Ikuzo Kagami, Tatsuya Iwakura
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Patent number: 4678640Abstract: An indicator for detecting residual ethylene oxide comprising a substrate impregnated with a solution of 4-(4-nitrobenzyl)pyridine and an envelope of the substrate which is at least partially transparent and has low permeability to gaseous ethylene oxide is provided, the envelope being preferably made of a transparent plastic film. With the indicator, an amount of ethylene oxide remaining in various medical instruments, etc. may be estimated by the naked eye since the color of the indicator changes step by step in the course of the release of residual ethylene oxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1985Date of Patent: July 7, 1987Assignee: Ekika Carbon Dioxide Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hamano, Siro Takeuchi, Ichiro Inoue