Patents by Inventor Kazufumi Tabata
Kazufumi Tabata 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: 20240091905Abstract: An abrasive slurry regeneration method includes: collecting at least a used abrasive slurry containing an abrasive component and a constituent component of a polishing target object discharged from a polishing machine; inactivating a metal ion dissolved in the used abrasive slurry; dispersing the abrasive component and the constituent component of the polishing target object contained in the used abrasive slurry; separating the dispersed abrasive component and constituent component of the polishing target object to remove the constituent component of the polishing target object; and preparing a regenerated abrasive slurry containing the abrasive component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Shin NAKAYAMA, Atsushi Takahashi, Kazufumi Yamazaki, Akihiro Maezawa, Sadatoshi Nishibuchi, Kenichi Tabata
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Publication number: 20230102988Abstract: A plant cultivation method including irradiating a plant with first irradiation light including blue light and second irradiation light including red light. A first irradiation period T1 during which the first irradiation light is emitted and a second irradiation period T2 during which the second irradiation light is emitted are alternately provided in time series. The irradiation timings of the first irradiation light and the second irradiation light are determined by using a tide-generating force as an index.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Green Tech & Lab Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoko HATTORI, Kazufumi TABATA, Hiroshi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9879274Abstract: A method for producing a plant includes growing a plant from plant cells in which a promoter and a coding sequence under the control of the promoter have been artificially introduced; and selecting the plant in which an amount of phloem tissue is increased 2.0 times or more in comparison with a wild type plant of the same species. The promoter is a promoter for a gene encoding a protein having at least 60% identity with the amino acid sequence of tracheary element differentiation inhibitory factor (TDIF) receptor (TDR) of Arabidopsis thaliana. The coding sequence encodes either (i) a protein having three common sequences composed of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3 in this order starting from the N-terminal side, or (ii) a protein having 95% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Tomoko Tanaka, Hiroki Sugimoto, Ritsuko Yogo, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Patent number: 9364721Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer. The core has a cross-sectional hardness which, letting (H?14) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 14 mm in from a surface toward a center of the core, (H?8) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 8 mm in from the surface toward the center of the core, (H?6) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 6 mm in from the surface toward the center of the core, and (H?4) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 4 mm in from the surface toward the center of the core, satisfies the formulas (1) H?14<70, (2) H?8<72, (3) H?6<75, and (3) H?4?H?8>8.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakajima, Kazufumi Tabata, Yuichiro Ozawa, Takashi Ohira, Hiroshi Higuchi
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Publication number: 20150074848Abstract: The plant is cultivated by introducing, into plant cells, a promoter specifically expressed in the vascular cambium or phloem cells of a plant, and a cell growth-promoting gene encoding a protein that promotes cell growth under the control of the promoter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Tomoko TANAKA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Ritsuko YOGO, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Kazufumi TABATA
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Publication number: 20130296074Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer. The core is formed of a rubber composition which includes a polybutadiene-containing base rubber, an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, an organic peroxide and sulfur, and for which the value of [sulfur (mol)÷available active oxygen content in organic peroxide] is at least 0.01 and not more than 0.019.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro OZAWA, Kazufumi TABATA, Tsuyoshi NAKAJIMA, Takashi OHIRA, Hiroshi HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20130296072Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer. The core has a cross-sectional hardness which, letting (H?14) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 14 mm in from a surface toward a center of the core, (H?8) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 8 mm in from the surface toward the center of the core, (H?6) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 6 mm in from the surface toward the center of the core, and (H?4) be a JIS-C hardness at a position 4 mm in from the surface toward the center of the core, satisfies the formulas (1) H?14<70, (2) H?8<72, (3) H?6<75, and (3) H?4?H?8>8.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi NAKAJIMA, Kazufumi TABATA, Yuichiro OZAWA, Takashi OHIRA, Hiroshi HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20110300632Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of directing the evolution of an organism by modifying the mutation rate of an organism. The increase in genetic diversity may be used to facilitate the selection of a desired hereditary trait in an organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: NEO-MORGAN LABORATORY INCORPORATEDInventors: Masanori Ogawa, Takayuki Horiuchi, Kazufumi Tabata, Shuntaro Yano, Michi Kubota, Eri Kurita, Akiko Itadani
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Publication number: 20110010806Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of directing the evolution of an organism by modifying the mutation rate of an organism. The increase in genetic diversity may be used to facilitate the selection of a desired hereditary trait in an organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: NEO-MORGAN LABORATORY INCORPORATEDInventors: Masanori Ogawa, Takayuki Horiuchi, Kazufumi Tabata, Shuntaro Yano, Michi Kubota, Eri Kurita, Akiko Itadani, Sanae Fukushima-Tanaka
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Publication number: 20090311790Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of directing the evolution of an organism by modifying the mutation rate of an organism. The increase in genetic diversity may be used to facilitate the selection of a desired hereditary trait in an organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: NEO-MORGAN LABORATORY INCORPORATEDInventors: Masanori Ogawa, Takayuki Horiuchi, Kazufumi Tabata, Shuntaro Yano, Michi Kubota, Eri Kurita, Akiko Itadani
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Patent number: 7513837Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 2.6 to 3.2 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, a surface hardness of the cover layer being 58 to 64 in terms of Shore D hardness, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 4 to 10 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.125 to 0.150 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., LtdInventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Patent number: 7344454Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 3.4 to 4.1 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the intermediate layer has a surface hardness of 64 to 69 in terms of Shore D hardness, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 10 to 16 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.14 to 0.17 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Patent number: 7278929Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball composed of a solid core, an intermediate layer which encloses the core, and a cover layer which encloses and is softer than the intermediate layer is characterized in that the solid core undergoes a deflection of 2.8 to 3.6 mm when a load of 130 kg is applied thereto from an initial load of 10 kg and has a surface hardness and a center hardness which differ by at least 15 Shore D hardness units; the intermediate layer has a surface hardness which differs from the surface hardness of the solid core by not more than 12 Shore D hardness units; and the cover layer has a surface hardness which differs from the surface hardness of the intermediate layer by at least 7 Shore D hardness units, is made primarily of a thermoplastic polyurethane, and has a thickness in a range of 0.5 to 1.3 mm. This combination of features provides an overall outstanding golf ball endowed with excellent flight characteristics, excellent controllability and durability, and a soft feel on impact.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Yamana, Hidekazu Saito, Hiroki Kimura
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Publication number: 20070015606Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 2.6 to 3.2 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, a surface hardness of the cover layer being 58 to 64 in terms of Shore D hardness, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 4 to 10 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.125 to 0.150 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Publication number: 20070010351Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 3.4 to 4.1 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the intermediate layer has a surface hardness of 64 to 69 in terms of Shore D hardness, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 10 to 16 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.14 to 0.17 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Patent number: 7140979Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 3.4 to 4.1 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the intermediate layer has a surface hardness of 64 to 69 in terms of Shore D hardness, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 10 to 16 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.14 to 0.17 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Patent number: 7140980Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 2.6 to 3.2 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, a surface hardness of the cover layer being 58 to 64 in terms of Shore D hardness, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 4 to 10 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.125 to 0.150 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Publication number: 20060252579Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball composed of a solid core, an intermediate layer which encloses the core, and a cover layer which encloses and is softer than the intermediate layer is characterized in that the solid core undergoes a deflection of 2.8 to 3.6 mm when a load of 130 kg is applied thereto from an initial load of 10 kg and has a surface hardness and a center hardness which differ by at least 15 Shore D hardness units; the intermediate layer has a surface hardness which differs from the surface hardness of the solid core by not more than 12 Shore D hardness units; and the cover layer has a surface hardness which differs from the surface hardness of the intermediate layer by at least 7 Shore D hardness units, is made primarily of a thermoplastic polyurethane, and has a thickness in a range of 0.5 to 1.3 mm. This combination of features provides an overall outstanding golf ball endowed with excellent flight characteristics, excellent controllability and durability, and a soft feel on impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2005Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Yamana, Hidekazu Saito, Hiroki Kimura
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Publication number: 20050181891Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 3.4 to 4.1 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the intermediate layer has a surface hardness of 64 to 69 in terms of Shore D hardness, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 10 to 16 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.14 to 0.17 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata
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Publication number: 20050181892Abstract: A three-piece solid golf ball having a solid core, an intermediate layer enclosing the solid core, and a cover layer enclosing the intermediate layer and having a large number of dimples formed in its surface, characterized in that the core deforms as much as 2.6 to 3.2 mm under a load which changes from 10 kg to 130 kg, the cover layer is formed mainly from thermoplastic polyurethane such that it has a lower hardness than the intermediate layer, a surface hardness of the cover layer being 58 to 64 in terms of Shore D hardness, with the difference in hardness between the cover layer and the intermediate layer being 4 to 10 in terms of Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer and the cover layer have a total thickness of 2.2 to 3.0 mm, the cover layer has a thickness of 0.8 to 1.3 mm, and the dimples have at least four different diameters and/or depths, with the average depth being 0.125 to 0.150 mm, and amount to 250 to 390 in all.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Junji Umezawa, Kazufumi Tabata