Patents by Inventor Kosuke Yokota

Kosuke Yokota 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).

  • Publication number: 20230416793
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an L-amino acid such as L-glutamic acid and the like. An L-amino-acid is produced by cultivating a coryneform bacterium having L-amino acid-producing ability in a culture medium, which has been modified so as to have one or more of the following modifications: (A) a modification for increasing activity of acetate kinase, (B) a modification for increasing activity of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, (C) a modification for decreasing activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, (D) a modification for decreasing activity of aspartate transaminase, and (E) a modification for decreasing activity of malic enzyme; and collecting the L-amino acid from the culture medium and/or the bacterial cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Seiko Hirano, Kota Inoue, Kazuyuki Hayashi, Kosuke Yokota, Mika Moriya, Tomoko Suzuki, Yoshitomo Kadokura, Takeshi Nagahiko, Akari Tashiro
  • Patent number: 10745725
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid such as L-glutamic acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium having an ability to produce an L-amino acid, which has been modified so that the activity of a non-PTS fructose-uptake carrier and the activity of fructokinase are both increased, in a medium containing fructose, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or cells of the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Yokota, Kazuyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180282773
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid such as L-glutamic acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium having an ability to produce an L-amino acid, which has been modified so that the activity of a non-PTS fructose-uptake carrier and the activity of fructokinase are both increased, in a medium containing fructose, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or cells of the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Yokota, Kazuyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9045789
    Abstract: A target substance can be produced by culturing a bacterium having an ability to produce 2-ketoglutaric acid or a derivative thereof, and an ability to produce xylonic acid from xylose, which is imparted with xylonate dehydratase activity, 2-keto-3-deoxyxylonate dehydratase activity and 2-ketoglutaric semialdehyde dehydrogenase activity, or in which these activities are enhanced, in a medium containing xylose as a carbon source to produce and accumulate the target substance in the medium, and collecting the target substance from the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishio, Youko Yamamoto, Kazuteru Yamada, Kosuke Yokota
  • Publication number: 20130295621
    Abstract: A target substance can be produced by culturing a bacterium having an ability to produce 2-ketoglutaric acid or a derivative thereof, and an ability to produce xylonic acid from xylose, which is imparted with xylonate dehydratase activity, 2-keto-3-deoxyxylonate dehydratase activity and 2-ketoglutaric semialdehyde dehydrogenase activity, or in which these activities are enhanced, in a medium containing xylose as a carbon source to produce and accumulate the target substance in the medium, and collecting the target substance from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishio, Youko Yamamoto, Kazuteru Yamada, Kosuke Yokota