Patents by Inventor Kazuo Nagai

Kazuo Nagai 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).

  • Gene conferring lysozyme insensitivity to corynebacterium
    Patent number: 6855516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein having an activity of giving a lysozyme insensitivity to a lysozyme-sensitive microorganism belonging to Corynebacterium glutamicum; DNA which codes for the protein; a recombinant vector containing the DNA; a transformant obtained by introducing the recombinant vector into a host cell; a bacterium having a lysozyme sensitivity in which the activity of the protein is inactivated; and a method for producing an amino acid using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagai, Masaaki Wati
  • Pharmaceutical composition for prevention and remedy of osteoporosis
    Publication number: 20040102365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and remedy of osteoporosis containing destruxin derivative as an active principle and cyclodepsipeptide of this invention, originated mold, is greatly efficacious on the activity inhibition ability for the osteoclast without regard to existence of the parathyroid hormone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Kazuo Nagai