Patents by Inventor Kentaro Kodama

Kentaro Kodama 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).

  • BACILLUS AEROLACTICUS FOR PRODUCING L-LACTIC ACID OR ITS SALTS FROM VARIOUS CARBON SOURCES
    Publication number: 20190169658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Bacillus aerolacticus BC-001 species and a method for producing lactic acid or its salts using said bacteria, wherein the novel bacteria species can produce L-lactic acid or its salts with high optical purity from carbohydrate carbon sources, including oligosaccharide, disaccharide and monosaccharide, wherein said bacteria can grow well under an aerobic condition, tolerate to high temperature in a range of 45 to 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited, Chulalongkorn University
    Inventors: Nuttha Thongchul, Kentaro Kodama, Paphawee Nantarajit, Techanan Wikanda, Phatthanon Prasitchoke
  • Culture of alteromonas and process of using the same to produce an antibacterial compound
    Patent number: 5405762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel antibacterial compound obtainable from the genus Alteromonas and which shares structural similarity with the pseudomonic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Takahashi, Hideyuki Shiozawa, Hideyuki Haruyama, Takeshi Kagasaki, Kentaro Kodama, Akira Ishii
  • Thiomarinol compounds
    Patent number: 5399711
    Abstract: Two thiomarinol derivatives, which have antibacterial and anti-mycoplasmal properties, are obtainable from microorganisms of the genus Alteromonas and are named "thiomarinol B" and "thiomarinol C". Thiomarinol B can also be prepared by the oxidation of thiomarinol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Takahashi, Hideyuki Shiozawa, Katsumi Fujimoto, Yuji Iwano, Koichi Hirai, Akio Torikata, Takeshi Kagasaki, Kaneo Ogawa, Yoshiharu Sakaida, Kentaro Kodama, Akira Ishii
  • Anti-bacterial compound and pharmaceutical compositions thereof
    Patent number: 5292892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel antibacterial compound obtainable from the genus Alteromonas and which shares structural similarity with the pseudomonic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Takahashi, Hideyuki Shiozawa, Hideyuki Haruyama, Takeshi Kagasaki, Kentaro Kodama, Akira Ishii