Patents by Inventor Ippei Kotera

Ippei Kotera 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).

  • Publication number: 20110244521
    Abstract: The problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide a simplified and efficiently improved DNA recombination method. The above problem can be solved with the present method for preparing a recombinant DNA by inserting a DNA fragment of interest into a vector DNA, the method comprising the step of carrying out the following reactions at the same reacting location at the substantially simultaneouse time: (a) a reaction for simultaneously cleaving a site of the vector for inserting the fragment and a DNA containing the fragment in the presence of a restriction enzyme whose DNA recognition site and DNA cleavage site are discrete; and (b) a reaction for inserting the fragment into the vector in the presence of a DNA ligase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Takeharu Nagai, Ippei Kotera
  • Patent number: 7951536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the base sequence of a DNA. According to the method for determining the base sequence of a DNA of the present invention, a probe is used, which is a probe having a protruding end and identification-labeled according to the species of the base at the protruding end, containing a recognition sequence of a class IIS restriction enzyme, to carry out simultaneously in a chain reaction, for a plurality of DNAs to be analyzed, ligation of the end base of a DNA to be analyzed and a probe and cleavage of the end base of the DNA to be analyzed, allowing the base sequence to be determined sequentially by a single molecule spectrofluorimetry method, such that an effective determination of the base sequence of a DNA becomes possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takeharu Nagai, Tomomi Tani, Ippei Kotera, Yohihiro Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20100009354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the base sequence of a DNA. According to the method for determining the base sequence of a DNA of the present invention, a probe is used, which is a probe having a protruding end and identification-labeled according to the species of the base at the protruding end, containing a recognition sequence of a class IIS restriction enzyme, to carry out simultaneously in a chain reaction, for a plurality of DNAs to be analyzed, ligation of the end base of a DNA to be analyzed and a probe and cleavage of the end base of the DNA to be analyzed, allowing the base sequence to be determined sequentially by a single molecule spectrofluorimetry method, such that an effective determination of the base sequence of a DNA becomes possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Takeharu Nagai, Tomomi Tani, Ippei Kotera, Yoshihiro Yoneda