Patents by Inventor Kotaro Minato

Kotaro Minato 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and program
    Patent number: 8149236
    Abstract: Conventional information processing apparatuses have the problem of not being able to easily extract and observe a three-dimensional region of interest from 3D voxel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Megumi Nakao, Kotaro Minato
  • Information Processing Apparatus and Program
    Publication number: 20100149174
    Abstract: Conventional information processing apparatuses have the problem of not being able to easily extract and observe a three-dimensional region of interest from 3D voxel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: National University Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Nakao, Kotaro Minato
  • Microarray and Spotting Apparatus
    Publication number: 20080139395
    Abstract: A microarray disc characterized in that a substrate is provided with a pregroove and a thin film with an excellent adherence to a probe DNA or protein is disposed at least on the pregroove, and that a liquid drop containing the probe DNA or protein is arranged on a convex part or concave part of the pregroove so that the liquid drop expands in the tangential direction of the pregroove due to the surface tension of the liquid drop and/or in the instance of concave part, due to the restriction by the concave groove wall with any expansion in the direction perpendicular to the groove, and that in the above condition, the probe DNA or protein is immobilized on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Ryoichi Imanaka, Kotaro Minato, Tadao Sugiura