Patents by Inventor Kenichi Funabiki

Kenichi Funabiki 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).

  • Primers and method of detecting bacteria
    Patent number: 7326779
    Abstract: The first primer of the invention is a primer which, when used in PCR under appropriate conditions, serves to detectably amplify 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs of bacteria of the Escherichia, Salmonella and Vibrio genera, but when used in PCR under the same conditions, does not serve to detectably amplify either chloroplast 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs or mitochondrial 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs. The second primer of the invention is a primer which, when used in PCR under appropriate conditions, serves to detectably amplify 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, but when used in PCR under the same conditions, does not serve to detectably amplify either chloroplast 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs or mitochondrial 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Nakano, Toru Kobayashi, Kenichi Funabiki, Yasuhiro Nagao, Toshihiro Yamada
  • Primers and method of detecting bacteria
    Publication number: 20050176001
    Abstract: The first primer of the invention is a primer which, when used in PCR under appropriate conditions, serves to detectably amplify 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs of bacteria of the Escherichia, Salmonella and Vibrio genera, but when used in PCR under the same conditions, does not serve to detectably amplify either chloroplast 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs or mitochondrial 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs. The second primer of the invention is a primer which, when used in PCR under appropriate conditions, serves to detectably amplify 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, but when used in PCR under the same conditions, does not serve to detectably amplify either chloroplast 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs or mitochondrial 16S rRNA-encoding DNAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Shigeru Nakano, Toru Kobayashi, Kenichi Funabiki, Yasuhiro Nagao, Toshihiro Yamada