Patents by Inventor Katsumi Fujinaga

Katsumi Fujinaga 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: 7888078
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid having an average particle size of 1 to 120 ?m to a medium so that the concentration of the crystals of the amino acid becomes 0.5 g/l or more, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture; and a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid to a medium so that the total surface area of the crystals of the amino acid in the medium becomes 0.02 m2/l, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shimose, Ryou Ohashi, Katsumi Fujinaga
  • Publication number: 20090081739
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid having an average particle size of 1 to 120 ?m to a medium so that the concentration of the crystals of the amino acid becomes 0.5 g/l or more, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture; and a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid to a medium so that the total surface area of the crystals of the amino acid in the medium becomes 0.02 m2/l, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shimose, Ryou Ohashi, Katsumi Fujinaga
  • Patent number: 4344327
    Abstract: An electronic scanning ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising a probe having ultrasonic beam emitting surface, in which plural ultrasonic wave transducers are convexly arranged at equal distances, emitting desired sector scanning ultrasonic beams, a transmitting and receiving wave control circuit dividing transducers into optional and plural groups and repeatedly performing of transmitting and receiving action with ultrasonic directivities respectively different to each group, and supplying ultrasonic beam scanning signals to an image display section with an assumption that the respective extension lines of each sector scanning ultrasonic beams coincide with the center of the arc shape of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Aloka Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Takao Katabami, Katsumi Fujinaga, Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: RE45723
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid having an average particle size of 1 to 120 ?m to a medium so that the concentration of the crystals of the amino acid becomes 0.5 g/l or more, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture; and a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid to a medium so that the total surface area of the crystals of the amino acid in the medium becomes 0.02 m2/l, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shimose, Ryou Ohashi, Katsumi Fujinaga