Patents by Inventor Katsunori Kimura
Katsunori Kimura 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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Publication number: 20230044923Abstract: There is provided a composition that comprises a propionic acid bacterium or a composition that comprises an oligosaccharide. The composition that comprises a propionic acid bacterium or the composition that comprises an oligosaccharide can suppress an increase of body weight of a subject by having the subject ingest the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun WAKABAYASHI, Katsunori KIMURA
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Patent number: 9314041Abstract: A probiotic lactobacillus was discovered from lactobacilli of the Lactobacillus genus independently isolated from human adult feces.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Sashihara, Makoto Yamaguchi, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Shuji Ikegami, Seiko Narushima, Katsunori Kimura, Shinya Nagafuchi, Masaki Terahara
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Patent number: 9095159Abstract: The invention provides a composition that enhances the proliferation activity of propionic acid bacteria in the rumen of ruminants to allow the propionic acid bacteria to sufficiently exhibit their metabolic function in the rumen for the prevention and treatment of rumen acidosis in ruminants. The invention also provides use of the composition. Viable propionic acid bacteria and a lactic acid bacteria culture are orally administered to a ruminant to dramatically (rapidly) promote the proliferation of the propionic acid bacteria in the ruminant rumen, and to thereby increase the volatile fatty acid concentration in the rumen for the prevention and/or treatment of rumen acidosis in the ruminant.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignees: MEIJI FEED Co., Ltd., Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Sera, Katsunori Kimura, Michio Kanbe, Takenori Orihashi, Manami Yoshida, Yoshiaki Obara
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Patent number: 8758841Abstract: Natural cheese which comprises a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus gasseri having a disinfection potency against Helicobacter pylori, and a method for producing the natural cheese.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunji Hayashi, Shigeru Aizawa, Naoki Taketomo, Tadashi Nakatsubo, Noriaki Matsunaga, Katsunori Kimura
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Patent number: 8465933Abstract: Lactobacillus screening methods were carried out using surface plasmon resonance spectrums and human intestinal mucin and blood group antigens as probes. A trial to set selection criteria in the above-mentioned methods of screening for lactobacilli was made to adapt the methods to mass screening, and it was discovered that lactobacilli compatible with ABO blood groups can be screened by setting 100 RU as a criterion for judging bacterial binding under certain conditions. Using 238 lactobacillus strains, the above-mentioned screening methods and tests to judge their compatibility for the use of yogurt production were carried out, to at long last specifically discover bacillus strains compatible with blood groups A, B, and O.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Meiji Co., LtdInventors: Tadao Saito, Yasushi Kawai, Hideaki Uchida, Katsunori Kimura, Kakuhei Isawa, Keisuke Furuichi
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Patent number: 8389266Abstract: The present invention provides lactic acid bacteria which are suitable for use for dietary products and pharmaceuticals, and which can suppress the increase of blood uric acid level. Various types of lactic acid bacteria were cultured in the presence of a purine, the amount of the purine consumed and the amount of purine degradation products produced were measured, and several lactic acid bacteria showing remarkable purine-decomposing ability were selected. Lactic acid bacteria that were assessed to have high purine-decomposing ability according to the above-mentioned selection were orally administered to rats reared on purine-containing feed, the general status and serum uric acid level of the rats were measured, and the effect of lactic acid bacteria administration on serum uric acid levels was examined. As a result, lactic acid bacteria that significantly suppress the increase of serum uric acid levels, Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2922, were found.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuboi, Noriko Kaneko, Akina Satou, Akinori Kume, Katsunori Kimura
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Publication number: 20120276055Abstract: The invention provides a composition that enhances the proliferation activity of propionic acid bacteria in the rumen of ruminants to allow the propionic acid bacteria to sufficiently exhibit their metabolic function in the rumen for the prevention and treatment of rumen acidosis in ruminants. The invention also provides use of the composition. Viable propionic acid bacteria and a lactic acid bacteria culture are orally administered to a ruminant to dramatically (rapidly) promote the proliferation of the propionic acid bacteria in the ruminant rumen, and to thereby increase the volatile fatty acid concentration in the rumen for the prevention and/or treatment of rumen acidosis in the ruminant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicants: Meiji Co., Ltd., MEIJI FEED Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Sera, Katsunori Kimura, Michio Kanbe, Takenori Orihashi, Manami Yoshida, Yoshiaki Obara
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Publication number: 20110104721Abstract: Lactobacillus screening methods were carried out using surface plasmon resonance spectrums and human intestinal mucin and blood group antigens as probes. A trial to set selection criteria in the above-mentioned methods of screening for lactobacilli was made to adapt the methods to mass screening, and it was discovered that lactobacilli compatible with ABO blood groups can be screened by setting 100 RU as a criterion for judging bacterial binding under certain conditions. Using 238 lactobacillus strains, the above-mentioned screening methods and tests to judge their compatibility for the use of yogurt production were carried out, to at long last specifically discover bacillus strains compatible with blood groups A, B, and O.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Tadao Saito, Yasushi Kawai, Hideaki Uchida, Katsunori Kimura, Kakuhei Isawa, Keisuke Furuichi
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Patent number: 7897374Abstract: Lactobacillus screening methods were carried out using surface plasmon resonance spectrums and human intestinal mucin and blood group antigens as probes. A trial to set selection criteria in the above-mentioned methods of screening for lactobacilli was made to adapt the methods to mass screening, and it was discovered that lactobacilli compatible with ABO blood groups can be screened by setting 100 RU as a criterion for judging bacterial binding under certain conditions. Using 238 lactobacillus strains, the above-mentioned screening methods and tests to judge their compatibility for the use of yogurt production were carried out, to at long last specifically discover bacillus strains compatible with blood groups A, B, and O.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Meiji Dairires CorporationInventors: Tadao Saito, Yasushi Kawai, Hideaki Uchida, Katsunori Kimura, Kakuhei Isawa, Keisuke Furuichi
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Publication number: 20100316618Abstract: The present invention provides lactic acid bacteria which are suitable for use for dietary products and pharmaceuticals, and which can suppress the increase of blood uric acid level. Various types of lactic acid bacteria were cultured in the presence of a purine, the amount of the purine consumed and the amount of purine degradation products produced were measured, and several lactic acid bacteria showing remarkable purine-decomposing ability were selected. Lactic acid bacteria that were assessed to have high purine-decomposing ability according to the above-mentioned selection were orally administered to rats reared on purine-containing feed, the general status and serum uric acid level of the rats were measured, and the effect of lactic acid bacteria administration on serum uric acid levels was examined. As a result, lactic acid bacteria that significantly suppress the increase of serum uric acid levels, Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2922, were found.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Tsuboi, Noriko Kaneko, Akina Satou, Akinori Kume, katsunori Kimura
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Publication number: 20090269321Abstract: A probiotic lactobacillus was discovered from lactobacilli of the Lactobacillus genus independently isolated from human adult feces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Toshihiro Sashihara, Makoto Yamaguchi, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Shuji Ikegami, Seiko Narushima, Katsunori Kimura, Shinya Nagafuchi, Masaki Terahara
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Publication number: 20080160565Abstract: Lactobacillus screening methods were carried out using surface plasmon resonance spectrums and human intestinal mucin and blood group antigens as probes. A trial to set selection criteria in the above-mentioned methods of screening for lactobacilli was made to adapt the methods to mass screening, and it was discovered that lactobacilli compatible with ABO blood groups can be screened by setting 100 RU as a criterion for judging bacterial binding under certain conditions. Using 238 lactobacillus strains, the above-mentioned screening methods and tests to judge their compatibility for the use of yogurt production were carried out, to at long last specifically discover bacillus strains compatible with blood groups A, B, and O.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Tadao Saito, Yasushi Kawai, Hideaki Uchida, Katsunori Kimura, Kakuhei Isawa, Keisuke Furuichi
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Patent number: 7289308Abstract: An overcurrent protection circuit has an output voltage detection resistor for detecting an output voltage. A foldback overcurrent protection circuit detects an output current flowing through an output transistor and controls the output current flowing through the output transistor in accordance with the detected output current. A first logic generating circuit receives an overcurrent detection signal from the foldback overcurrent protection circuit corresponding to the detected output current. A second logic generating circuit receives a detection signal from the output voltage detection resistor corresponding to a decrease in the detected output voltage. An AND circuit receives and processes an overcurrent delay signal generated by the first logic generating circuit and a voltage detection signal generated by the second logic generating circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventor: Katsunori Kimura
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Patent number: 7153502Abstract: A food or drink product with a disinfection property of Helicobacter pylori and/or a protection property against infection with H. pylori, comprising as the effective ingredient Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) with a high disinfection potency of H. pylori. The food or drink product prepared by using the lactic acid bacterium, such as acid milk and the like, is suitable for long-term ingestion as a food or drink product with a disinfection property of H. pylori and/or a protection property against infection with H. pylori.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Katsunori Kimura, Haruhisa Hirata, Yasuhiro Koga
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Publication number: 20050163888Abstract: Natural cheese which comprises a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus gasseri having a disinfection potency against Helicobacter pylori, and a method for producing the natural cheese.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2003Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Shunji Hayashi, Shigeru Aizawa, Naoki Taketomo, Tadashi Nakatsubo, Noriaki Matsunaga, Katsunori Kimura
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Publication number: 20050157437Abstract: An overcurrent protection circuit for a voltage regulator constituted by a depletion mode output transistor includes a foldback overcurrent protection circuit 9, an output voltage detection resistor 5, a first logic generating circuit 6 which receives an overcurrent detection signal 11 from the foldback overcurrent protection circuit 8 as its input, a second logic generating circuit 7 which receives a detection signal 13 from the output voltage detection resistor 5 representing decrease of the output voltage as its input, a negative voltage generating circuit 9, and an AND circuit 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventor: Katsunori Kimura
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Patent number: 6738272Abstract: In a charge pump circuit, a constant current circuit is disposed between an input power supply and an output capacitor, when a power supply is started to turn on, the operation of the charge pump circuit is stopped, and the output capacitor is charged up to a given voltage by the constant current circuit, and thereafter the normal operation of the charge pump is started to limit the rush current. When the power supply is started, the operation is conducted by an oscillator circuit having a small duty ratio, and thereafter the control is replaced by the PFM control having the normal duty ratio, to thereby reduce the rush current as compared with that of the conventional PFM control. When the power supply is started, a pre-driver including a current limiting element is used to drive a driver, resulting in such an advantage that the rush current is reduced as compared with that driven by the conventional pre-driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Junko Yamanaka, Toshiki Ishii, Katsunori Kimura
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Publication number: 20030161820Abstract: A food or drink product with a disinfection property of Helicobacter pylori and/or a protection property against infection with H. pylori, comprising as the effective ingredient Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) with a high disinfection potency of H. pylori.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Applicant: MEIJI MILK PRODUCTS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Katsunori Kimura, Haruhisa Hirata, Yasuhiro Koga
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Patent number: 6596530Abstract: A food or drink product with a disinfection property of Helicobacter pylori and/or a protection property against infection with H. pylori, comprising as the effective ingredient Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) with a high disinfection potency of H. pylori. The food or drink product prepared by using the lactic acid bacterium, such as acid milk and the like, is suitable for long-term ingestion as a food or drink product with a disinfection property of H. pylori and/or a protection property against infection with H. pylori.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2000Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Meiji Dairies CorporationInventors: Katsunori Kimura, Haruhisa Hirata, Yasuhiro Koga
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Publication number: 20020154524Abstract: In a charge pump circuit, a constant current circuit is disposed between an input power supply and an output capacitor, when a power supply is started to turn on, the operation of the charge pump circuit is stopped, and the output capacitor is charged up to a given voltage by the constant current circuit, and thereafter the normal operation of the charge pump is started to limit the rush current. When the power supply is started, the operation is conducted by an oscillator circuit having a small duty ratio, and thereafter the control is replaced by the PFM control having the normal duty ratio, to thereby reduce the rush current as compared with that of the conventional PFM control. When the power supply is started, a pre-driver including a current limiting element is used to drive a driver, resulting in such an advantage that the rush current is reduced as compared with that driven by the conventional pre-driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Junko Yamanaka, Toshiki Ishii, Katsunori Kimura