Patents by Inventor Keiko Iwata

Keiko Iwata 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).

  • POWER GENERATION FACILITY
    Publication number: 20240117759
    Abstract: A power generation facility in an embodiment includes: a boiler; a high-pressure turbine to which steam generated in the boiler is introduced; a low-pressure turbine provided downstream of the high-pressure turbine; and a condenser that condenses steam discharged from the low-pressure turbine. The power generation facility further includes: a feed pipe that leads feedwater in the condenser to the boiler; a heat storage and steam generation device that has a heat storage function that uses surplus energy generated in an own system to store heat, and a steam generation function that has part of feedwater led by the feed pipe introduced thereinto and turns the feedwater into steam by the stored heat; and a steam supply pipe that supplies steam generated in the heat storage and steam generation device to an own system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromutsu MIKI, Keiko SHIMIZU, Hiroki SHIRAISHI, Yoshihiro IWATA, Yukitoshi OOTA
  • Method for determination of degree of risk of onset of high-functioning autism
    Patent number: 8518659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the degree of risk of onset of autism, comprising the step of measuring the triglyceride concentration or the cholesterol concentration in a very low-density lipoprotein fraction of plasma or serum isolated from a subject, or the triglyceride concentration or the cholesterol concentration of plasma or serum. In addition, the present invention provides a kit for determining the degree of risk of onset of autism and a method for screening for a candidate substance for agents for treating autism using a non-human mammal, in which the above described method is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Natonal University Corporation Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Norio Mori, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Katsuaki Suzuki, Kenji Tsuchiya, Keiko Iwata, Hideo Matsuzaki
  • METHOD AND MARKER FOR DETERMINATION DEGREE OF RISK OF ONSET OF HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM
    Publication number: 20120231484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the degree of risk of onset of autism, comprising the step of measuring the triglyceride concentration or the cholesterol concentration in a very low-density lipoprotein fraction of plasma or serum isolated from a subject, or the triglyceride concentration or the cholesterol concentration of plasma or serum. In addition, the present invention provides a kit for determining the degree of risk of onset of autism and a method for screening for a candidate substance for agents for treating autism using a non-human mammal, in which the above described method is utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Norio Mori, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Katsuaki Suzuki, Kenji Tsuchiya, Keiko Iwata, Hideo Matsuzaki