Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa Konishi

Kazuhisa Konishi 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).

  • Optical fiber cable
    Patent number: 8983256
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable is provided as one capable of preventing damage of an inside tube and an outside tube. An optical fiber cable 1 is provided with an optical fiber 2 for propagating laser light, an inside tube 3 housing an end portion of this optical fiber 2, and an outside tube 4 arranged outside the inside tube 3 and surrounding the inside tube 3. A space portion 5 is provided between the optical fiber 2 and an inner peripheral surface of the inside tube 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Konishi, Tomohiko Kanie, Kenichiro Takahashi, Osamu Shimakawa, Yuuichi Mitose
  • Marker Panels For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Diagnosis And Evaluation
    Publication number: 20140335547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that of a panel of serum or plasma markers may be used to diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (“IPF”) and distinguish this condition from other lung ailments. It further relates to the identification of markers associated with IPF disease progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: Instituto Nacional De Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, United States Of America, Secretary, Dept. Of Health And Human Services, The University Of Chicago, University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education
    Inventors: Naftali Kaminski, Kevin F. Gibson, Bernadette R. Gochuico, Thomas J. Richards, Ivan Rosas, Kazuhisa Konishi, Moises Selman, Jose David Herazo-Maya, Imre Noth
  • Marker panels for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis and evaluation
    Patent number: 8846341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that of a panel of serum or plasma markers may be used to diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (“IPF”) and distinguish this condition from other lung ailments. It further relates to the identification of markers associated with IPF disease progression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The University of Chicago, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas—D.F.
    Inventors: Naftali Kaminski, Kevin F. Gibson, Bernadette R. Gochuico, Thomas J. Richards, Ivan Rosas, Kazuhisa Konishi, Moises Selman, Jose David Herazo-Maya, Imre Noth
  • OPTICAL FIBER CABLE
    Publication number: 20140050448
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable is provided as one capable of preventing damage of an inside tube and an outside tube. An optical fiber cable 1 is provided with an optical fiber 2 for propagating laser light, an inside tube 3 housing an end portion of this optical fiber 2, and an outside tube 4 arranged outside the inside tube 3 and surrounding the inside tube 3. A space portion 5 is provided between the optical fiber 2 and an inner peripheral surface of the inside tube 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Konishi, Tomohiko Kanie, Kenichiro Takahashi, Osamu Shimakawa, Yuuichi Mitose
  • Marker Panels For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Diagnosis And Evaluation
    Publication number: 20120035067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that of a panel of serum or plasma markers may be used to diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (“IPF”) and distinguish this condition from other lung ailments. It further relates to the identification of markers associated with IPF disease progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Naftali Kaminski, Kevin F. Gibson, Bernadette R. Gochuico, Thomas J. Richards, Ivan Rosas, Kazuhisa Konishi, Moises Selman, Jose David Herrazo-Maya, Imre Noth
  • Method for dyeing hydrophobic fibers black and dye useful for the method
    Patent number: 5505742
    Abstract: A method for dyeing hydrophobic fibers black, wherein a mixed black dye is used which comprises a blue color component containing at least 70 wt % of a disperse dye of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, and R is a methyl group or an ethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Dystar Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Himeno, Kazuhisa Konishi, Ryouichi Sekioka
  • Disperse dye composition and method for dyeing hydrophobic fibers with it
    Patent number: 5494492
    Abstract: A disperse dye composition comprising compounds of the formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.5 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is a C.sub.1-5 alkyl group, wherein the weight ratio of the compound of the formula (I) to the compound of the formula (II) is within a range of from 95:5 to 5:95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Dystar Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Himeno, Kazuhisa Konishi, Ryouichi Sekioka
  • Method for dyeing polyester-containing fibers in an alkaline dyeing bath and dyeing assistant, an amino-acid compound
    Patent number: 5019133
    Abstract: A method for dyeing polyester-containing fibers by using a disperse dye, wherein said dyeing is conducted under an alkaline condition in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one amino acid member selected from the group consisting of an amino acid, an amino acid derivative having at least one hydrogen atom of its amino group replaced with an organic group, and an alkali metal salt of such an amino acid or amino acid derivative, in the dyeing bath, and a dyeing assistant useful for the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Himeno, Kazuhisa Konishi