Patents by Inventor Junicho Takano

Junicho Takano 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).

  • Patent number: 7223559
    Abstract: A temperature-sensitive plasmid which is capable of autonomous replication in Escherichia coli K-12 at 10–30° C., but, at a temperature of 33° C. or more, is incapable of autonomous replication in Escherichia coli K-12 or is distributed unhomogeneously upon the cell division of Escherichia coli K-12, thereby not to be stably carried within cells of Escherichia coli K-12 under said temperature, and which is incapable of autonomous replication in a microorganism belonging to the genus Escherichia other than Escherichia coli K-12 or is distributed unhomogeneously upon cell division of said microorganism at any temperature, thereby not to be stably carried within cells of said microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junicho Takano, Kuniki Kino, Satoru Furukawa