Patents by Inventor Kazue Kawamura

Kazue Kawamura 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: 20180044703
    Abstract: An acidic substance having a carboxyl group is produced by culturing in a medium a microorganism which has been modified to enhance expression of the ybjL gene, and collecting the acidic substance having a carboxyl group from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Hara, Keita Fukui, Yoshinori Tajima, Kazue Kawamura, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Patent number: 9822385
    Abstract: An acidic substance having a carboxyl group is produced by culturing in a medium a microorganism which has been modified to enhance expression of the ybjL gene, and collecting the acidic substance having a carboxyl group from the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Hara, Keita Fukui, Yoshinori Tajima, Kazue Kawamura, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150259717
    Abstract: An acidic substance having a carboxyl group is produced by culturing in a medium a microorganism which has been modified to enhance expression of the ybjL gene, and collecting the acidic substance having a carboxyl group from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Hara, Keita Fukui, Yoshinori Tajima, Kazue Kawamura, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Patent number: 8076111
    Abstract: An organic acid is produced by allowing a bacterium which has an ability to produce an organic acid and has been modified so that expression of yidE gene is enhanced, or a product obtained by processing the bacterium, to act on an organic raw material in a reaction mixture containing carbonate ions, bicarbonate ions, or carbon dioxide gas to produce the organic acid, and collecting the organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Keita Fukui, Yoshinori Tajima, Kazue Kawamura, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Publication number: 20100112647
    Abstract: An acidic substance having a carboxyl group is produced by culturing in a medium a microorganism which has been modified to enhance expression of the ybjL gene, and collecting the acidic substance having a carboxyl group from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Hara, Keita Fukui, Yoshinori Tajima, Kazue Kawamura, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Publication number: 20100081180
    Abstract: An organic acid is produced by allowing a bacterium which has an ability to produce an organic acid and has been modified so that expression of yidE gene is enhanced, or a product obtained by processing the bacterium, to act on an organic raw material in a reaction mixture containing carbonate ions, bicarbonate ions, or carbon dioxide gas to produce the organic acid, and collecting the organic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Keita Fukui, Yoshinori Tajima, Kazue Kawamura, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Patent number: 6040160
    Abstract: A bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, which is transformed by introducing, into its cells, a DNA coding for a dihydrodipicolinate synthase originating from a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia having mutation to desensitize feedback inhibition by L-lysine and a DNA coding for an aspartokinase III originating from a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia having mutation to desensitize feedback inhibition by L-lysine; preferably a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia in which a dihydrodipicolinate reductase gene and a diaminopimelate dehydrogenase gene originating from Brevibacterium lactofermentum (or a succinyldiaminopimelate transaminase gene and a succinyldiaminopimelate deacylase gene) are further enhanced, is cultivated in an appropriate medium, L-lysine is produced and accumulated in a culture thereof, and L-lysine is collected from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kojima, Yuri Ogawa, Kazue Kawamura, Konosuke Sano
  • Patent number: 5989875
    Abstract: A bacterium belonging to the genus Serratia, which is transformed by introducing into its cells, a DNA coding for a dihydrodipicolinate synthase originating from a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia or Serratia having mutation to desensitize feedback inhibition by L-lysine and a DNA coding for an aspartokinase originating from a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia or Serratia having mutation to desensitize feedback inhibition by L-lysine is cultivated in an appropriate medium, L-lysine is produced and accumulated in a culture thereof, and L-lysine is collected from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kojima, Yuri Ogawa, Kazue Kawamura, Konosuke Sano
  • Patent number: 5077207
    Abstract: A process for the production of L-threonine, comprising cultivating a mutant bacterial species belonging to the genus Brevibacterium from which dihydrodipicolinate synthase has been deleted or removed in a liquid medium; accumulating the L-threonine as a product of cultivation; and harvesting the L-threonine from the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Isamu Shiio, Yasuhiko Toride, Atsushi Yokota, Shinichi Sugimoto, Kazue Kawamura
  • Patent number: 4618580
    Abstract: A method for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation which comprises aerobically culturing in a culture medium a mutant of the genus Corynebacterium or genus Brevibacterium which is resistant to sulfaguanidine and capable of producing L-tryptophan, and recovering the L-tryptophan which has accumulated in the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Isamu Shiio, Shinichi Sugimoto, Kazue Kawamura
  • Patent number: 4601982
    Abstract: A method for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation, which comprises, culturing aerobically in a culture medium a mutant of the genus Brevibacterium which is resistant to azaserine and tryptophan analogue and capable of producing L-tryptophan, and recovering the L-tryptophan which accumulates in the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Company Incorporated
    Inventors: Isamu Shiio, Shinichi Sugimoto, Kazue Kawamura