Patents by Inventor Keiko Abe

Keiko Abe 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).

  • Patent number: 11952584
    Abstract: Antimicrobial activity exhibited against a wide variety of plant pathogens. A functional peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence: YYGFPAFSERTRKFWRIWKGKTS (SEQ ID NO: 1) or an amino acid sequence having an identity of 85% or more with respect to the amino acid sequence, or consisting of a partial peptide thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH SYSTEM, CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Madoka Abe, Satoshi Kondo, Takehiko Shimada, Kosuke Hanada, Keiko Mochida, Takashi Tsuge
  • Patent number: 11826396
    Abstract: The present document describes a nutriprotective diet comprising a nutriprotective amount of a sugar plant syrup, a sugar plant syrup extract, a sugar plant extract, or combinations thereof. The present document also describes a method of eliciting a nutriprotective effect in a subject, which comprises administering a nutriprotective amount of a nutriprotective diet according to the present invention. Also, the present document also describes a method of treating a subject with a disorder, by administering a nutriprotective amount of a nutriprotective diet according to the present invention. Also, the present document describes a process for the extraction of polyphenolic compounds from maple syrup using adsorbent materials, and the extracts obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FEDERATION DES PRODUCTEURS ACERICOLES DU QUEBEC
    Inventors: Steeves Potvin, Vincent Bédard, François Béland, Geneviève Béland, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11547102
    Abstract: A method for screening an active ingredient of a saltiness enhancer, the screening method including the following steps: (i) a step for determining whether a test substance is a compound capable of promoting functional expression of the TMC4 gene or TMC4 protein; and (ii) a step for selecting, as an active ingredient of a saltiness enhancer, a test substance that has been determined in step (i) to be a compound capable of promoting functional expression of the TMC4 gene or TMC4 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoichi Kasahara, Tomiko Asakura, Keiko Abe, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Masataka Narukawa
  • Publication number: 20210360907
    Abstract: A method for screening an active ingredient of a saltiness enhancer, the screening method including the following steps: (i) a step for determining whether a test substance is a compound capable of promoting functional expression of the TMC4 gene or TMC4 protein; and (ii) a step for selecting, as an active ingredient of a saltiness enhancer, a test substance that has been determined in step (i) to be a compound capable of promoting functional expression of the TMC4 gene or TMC4 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoichi KASAHARA, Tomiko ASAKURA, Keiko ABE, Yoshiro ISHIMARU, Masataka NARUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11105960
    Abstract: A related-art optical element using an antireflection film having a layer having an uneven structure or a porous layer has involved a problem in that the performance of the antireflection film is degraded by SO2 in an exhaust gas. In view of the problem, provided are an optical element in which a positive ion spectrum of a surface of an antireflection film measured by TOF-SIMS has a peak of CmHnN+, where m represents an integer of 1 or more to 8 or less, and n represents an integer of 2 or more to 16 or less, and a method of producing the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11067722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element including a base material, a light-shielding film, and a cured film in which an alkyd resin and a melamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed or in which an alkyd resin and a benzoguanamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed. The light-shielding film is disposed in at least a part of the periphery of the base material. The cured film is disposed on the surface of the light-shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20210199855
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material and an antireflective layer on the base material wherein the antireflective layer includes a plurality of fine protrusions on a surface thereof and a support layer for supporting the protrusions, and the support layer contains boron in an amount of 7×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 2.5×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 10983253
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material and an antireflective layer on the base material wherein the antireflective layer includes a plurality of fine protrusions on a surface thereof and a support layer for supporting the protrusions, and the support layer contains boron in an amount of 7×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 2.5×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 10643682
    Abstract: A magnetic memory includes: first to third terminals; a conductive layer including first to fifth regions, the first region being electrically connected to the first terminal, the fifth region being electrically connected to the second terminal, and the third region being electrically connected to the third terminal; a first magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer disposed between the second region and the first magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first and the second magnetic layer; a second magnetoresistive element including a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer disposed between the fourth region and the third magnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer disposed between the third and the fourth magnetic layer; and a circuit flowing a write current between the first and the second terminal and between the second and the third terminal in a write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yoda, Naoharu Shimomura, Yoshiaki Saito, Yuichi Ohsawa, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 10598826
    Abstract: A precursor sol of aluminum oxide contains a polycondensate formed by the hydrolysis of an aluminum alkoxide or an aluminum salt, a solvent, and an organic aluminum compound having a specific structure. An optical member is produced by a process including a step of immersing an aluminum oxide film in a hot water with a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a textured structure made of aluminum oxide crystals, the aluminum oxide film being formed by feeding the precursor sol of aluminum oxide onto a base. A method for producing an optical member includes a step of immersing an aluminum oxide film in a hot water with a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a textured structure made of aluminum oxide crystals, the aluminum oxide film being formed by feeding the precursor sol of aluminum oxide onto a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe, Norishige Kakegawa
  • Patent number: 10528270
    Abstract: A memory system has a nonvolatile memory to have a memory capacity equal to or less than a memory capacity of a volatile memory, and store at least a part of data stored in the volatile memory, a first controller to refresh data in the volatile memory, and a second controller to overwrite the nonvolatile memory with data read from the volatile memory in a first period between a second period to refresh data in the volatile memory and a third period to subsequently refresh data in the volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Hiroki Noguchi, Susumu Takeda, Kumiko Nomura, Shinobu Fujita
  • Patent number: 10481975
    Abstract: A memory system has a non-volatile memory, an error corrector, an error information storage, and an access controller. The non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of memory cells. The error corrector to correct an error included in data read from the non-volatile memory. The error information storage, based on an error rate when a predetermined number or more of data is written in the non-volatile memory and read therefrom, to store first information on whether there is an error in the written data, on whether there is an error correctable by the error corrector in the written data, and on whether there is an error uncorrectable by the error corrector in the written data. The access controller, based on the first information, to control at least one of reading from or writing to the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Saida, Hiroki Noguchi, Keiko Abe, Shinobu Fujita
  • Patent number: 10466389
    Abstract: An optical element is provided that includes a base having a smooth surface and a rough surface on one surface thereof, an antireflection film having an irregularity structure on a surface of the antireflection film over the smooth surface of the base, and a light shielding film over the rough surface, wherein the irregularity structure of the antireflection film has an average height of 50 nm or less in an overlapping portion, in which an edge portion of the antireflection film and an edge portion of the light shielding film overlap each other over the smooth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 10361358
    Abstract: A magnetic memory includes: first to fourth wirings; first and second terminals; a first conductive layer including first to third regions, the second region being between the first region and the third region, the first region being electrically connected to the first terminal, and the third region being electrically connected to the second terminal; a first magnetoresistive element including a first and a second magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first and the magnetic layer; a first transistor including a third terminal electrically connected to the first magnetic layer, a fourth terminal electrically connected to the third wiring, and a first control terminal electrically connected to the first wiring; and a second transistor including a fifth terminal electrically connected to the first terminal, a sixth terminal electrically connected to the second wiring, and a second control terminal electrically connected to the first wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Kazutaka Ikegami, Shinobu Fujita, Katsuhiko Koui, Tomoaki Inokuchi, Satoshi Shirotori, Yuichi Ohsawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Hiroaki Yoda, Naoharu Shimomura, Yuuzo Kamiguchi
  • Publication number: 20190187333
    Abstract: A related-art optical element using an antireflection film having a layer having an uneven structure or a porous layer has involved a problem in that the performance of the antireflection film is degraded by SO2 in an exhaust gas. In view of the problem, provided are an optical element in which a positive ion spectrum of a surface of an antireflection film measured by TOF-SIMS has a peak of CmHnN+, where m represents an integer of 1 or more to 8 or less, and n represents an integer of 2 or more to 16 or less, and a method of producing the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Keiko Abe
  • Publication number: 20190137662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element including a base material, a light-shielding film, and a cured film in which an alkyd resin and a melamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed or in which an alkyd resin and a benzoguanamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed. The light-shielding film is disposed in at least a part of the periphery of the base material. The cured film is disposed on the surface of the light-shielding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10283180
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a resistance-change element having first and second terminals, a transistor having third and fourth terminals and a control terminal, the third terminal being connected to the second terminal, and a first driver electrically connected to the control terminal, applying a first potential to the control terminal in a first write operation, and applying a second potential larger than the first potential to the control terminal in a second write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi Takaya, Hiroki Noguchi, Keiko Abe, Shinobu Fujita
  • Patent number: 10236062
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processor includes a core controlling processing data, a cache data area storing the processing data as cache data in a nonvolatile manner, a first tag area storing a tag data of the cache data in a volatile manner, a second tag area storing the tag data in a nonvolatile manner, a tag controller controlling the tag data. The tag controller determines whether the processing data is stored in the cache data area by acquiring the tag data from one of the first and second tag areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ikegami, Shinobu Fujita, Keiko Abe, Kumiko Nomura, Hiroki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190070245
    Abstract: The present document describes a nutriprotective diet comprising a nutriprotective amount of a sugar plant syrup, a sugar plant syrup extract, a sugar plant extract, or combinations thereof. The present document also describes a method of eliciting a nutriprotective effect in a subject, which comprises administering a nutriprotective amount of a nutriprotective diet according to the present invention. Also, the present document also describes a method of treating a subject with a disorder, by administering a nutriprotective amount of a nutriprotective diet according to the present invention. Also, the present document describes a process for the extraction of polyphenolic compounds from maple syrup using adsorbent materials, and the extracts obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: FÉDÉRATION DES PRODUCTEURS ACÉRICOLES DU QUÉBEC
    Inventors: Steeves POTVIN, Vincent BÉDARD, François BÉLAND, Geneviève BÉLAND, Keiko ABE
  • Publication number: 20190066749
    Abstract: A magnetic memory includes: first to third terminals; a conductive layer including first to fifth regions, the first region being electrically connected to the first terminal, the fifth region being electrically connected to the second terminal, and the third region being electrically connected to the third terminal; a first magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer disposed between the second region and the first magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first and the second magnetic layer; a second magnetoresistive element including a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer disposed between the fourth region and the third magnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer disposed between the third and the fourth magnetic layer; and a circuit flowing a write current between the first and the second terminal and between the second and the third terminal in a write operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki YODA, Naoharu SHIMOMURA, Yoshiaki SAITO, Yuichi OHSAWA, Keiko ABE