Patents by Inventor Kotaro ODA

Kotaro ODA 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: 20250237651
    Abstract: Provided is a kit for detecting Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a sample, as a novel Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection means that has superior Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection sensitivity and can detect Neisseria gonorrhoeae in situ from a variety of samples, such as urine or intraoral fluid. This kit includes a capture antibody that is for capturing a Neisseria gonorrhoeae-originating antigen in a sample, and a detection antibody that has a detection marker and is for marking the Neisseria gonorrhoeae-originating antigen in the sample. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae-originating antigen is a Neisseria gonorrhoeae ribosomal protein L7/L12. One of the capture antibody and the detection antibody is a first monoclonal antibody or a fragment or derivative thereof that produces an antigen-antibody reaction with an epitope including one or more amino acid residues selected from the second to 14th amino acid residues from the N-terminus in the Neisseria gonorrhoeae L7/L12 amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro ODA, Mika SUGATA
  • Publication number: 20250035521
    Abstract: Provided are a concentration method and vessel which make it possible to quickly obtain a highly concentrated product of bacteria or the like by using a simple means. The present invention disclosure pertains to a method for concentrating a microorganism in a sample liquid which contains a microorganism in a solvent by using porous cellulose fine particles which have a plurality of voids therein, said method comprising a step for adhering the microorganism to the surface of the porous cellulose fine particles by contacting the sample liquid to the porous cellulose fine particles, and a liquid removal step for concentrating the microorganism in the voids of the porous cellulose fine particles by removing the solvent of the sample liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu FUKUSHIMA, Kotaro ODA, Kazuhiko ARAKAWA, Kodai HARANO, Ayae SANO, Yuichi HARA
  • Patent number: 12117444
    Abstract: Detection rapidly and with high detection intensity is accomplished while blackening is inhibited during silver enhancement to detect an analyte in a specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Oda, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Mika Sugata, I-Nung Huang, Kazuhiko Arakawa, Yuichiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240255504
    Abstract: An immunochromatography device 10 that holds a labeling antibody -carrying member, which elutably carries an antibody for labeling, disposed thereon in such a manner that at least a part of the labeling antibody-carrying member is immersed in a specimen solution. Owing to this arrangement, the labeling antibody elutes and diffuses into the specimen solution when the immunochromatography device 10 is immersed in the specimen solution. By diffusing the labeling antibody into the specimen solution, an antigen-antibody reaction occurs in the specimen solution so that the reaction time can be prolonged compared with the case of using conventional techniques, thereby improving the detection sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Koji MAEHANA, Kotaro ODA, Yu ANDO, Mika SUGATA
  • Publication number: 20240069021
    Abstract: Provided is a method that makes it possible to detect the presence and/or amount of bacteria in a food/drink sample, environmental sample, or biological sample in a short period of time, simply, and efficiently. This method comprises a step in which the presences and/or amounts of bacteria of two or more different genera in a sample are simultaneously detected on the basis of antigen-antibody reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kotaro ODA, Mika SUGATA
  • Publication number: 20240069022
    Abstract: Provided is a method that enables the presence and/or amount of bacteria of Enterobacteriaceae in a food/drink sample, an environmental sample, or a biological sample to be detected easily and efficiently in a short amount of time. Said method includes a step for simultaneously detecting, on the basis of an antigen-antibody reaction, the presence and/or amount of bacteria of Enterobacteriaceae of at least two different genera in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kotaro ODA, Mika SUGATA
  • Patent number: 11332902
    Abstract: A scour prevention unit includes a bag body housing block objects in a bag material, and a cloth integrated with the bag body, wherein the cloth is housed in the bag material and is laid below the block objects, or is fixed below the bag body outside the bag body by fixing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CORPORATION, KYOWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Moriyama, Kotaro Oda, Shigeru Matsuo, Koji Kajiwara, Hironori Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20210079616
    Abstract: A scour prevention unit includes a bag body housing block objects in a bag material, and a cloth integrated with the bag body, wherein the cloth is housed in the bag material and is laid below the block objects, or is fixed below the bag body outside the bag body by fixing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo MORIYAMA, Kotaro ODA, Shigeru MATSUO, Koji KAJIWARA, Hironori KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200326337
    Abstract: Detection rapidly and with high detection intensity is accomplished while blackening is inhibited during silver enhancement to detect an analyte in a specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro ODA, Katsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Mika SUGATA, I-Nung HUANG, Kazuhiko ARAKAWA, Yuichiro TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10611245
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes a transformer, a power conversion device for travel, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, an electrical storage device, and an auxiliary device. The power conversion device for travel converts AC power into power for travel and supplies it to a travel motor. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources includes an AC to DC conversion unit which converts AC power into DC power, a power conversion unit for AC loads which converts the DC power into AC power and supplies it to an AC load, and a power conversion unit for DC loads which converts DC power to DC power and supplies it to a DC load. The electrical storage device is connected to power lines connecting DC power output terminals of the AC to DC conversion unit and DC power input terminals of both the power conversion units for AC and DC loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Fukushima, Noriyuki Taniyama, Shigekazu Okada, Kotaro Oda, Hiroaki Otani, Yasuomi Maki, Kenichi Kikkawa, Tsunehito Fujita, Manato Mori
  • Patent number: 10538162
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes an AC to DC conversion circuit, a voltage detector, a step-down chopper circuit, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, and a control unit. The AC to DC conversion circuit converts AC power supplied from overhead wires via a transformer into DC power. The voltage detector detects a voltage of AC power supplied from the transformer. The step-down chopper circuit steps down the voltage of DC power produced through conversion by the AC to DC conversion circuit. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources converts the DC power stepped down by the step-down chopper circuit into power for driving loads mounted in an electric vehicle and supplies it to the loads. The control unit controls the AC to DC conversion circuit and the step-down chopper circuit such that the voltage of AC power detected by the voltage detector approaches a reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Fukushima, Shigekazu Okada, Kotaro Oda, Yasuomi Maki, Tsunehito Fujita, Hiroaki Otani, Kenichi Kikkawa, Manato Mori
  • Patent number: 10525838
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes a transformer, a power conversion device for travel, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, and an electrical storage device. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources includes a first AC to DC conversion unit, a power conversion unit for AC loads, and a power conversion unit for DC loads. The power conversion unit for AC loads converts DC power into AC power and supplies it to an AC load. The power conversion unit for DC loads converts DC power produced through conversion by the first AC to DC conversion unit into DC power and supplies it to a DC load. The electrical storage device is connected to power lines connecting DC power output terminals of the first AC to DC conversion unit and DC power input terminals of both the power conversion units for AC and DC loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sato, Masayuki Ueno, Takafumi Fukushima, Shigekazu Okada, Kotaro Oda, Hiroaki Otani, Yasuomi Maki, Kenichi Kikkawa, Tsunehito Fujita, Manato Mori
  • Publication number: 20170361716
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes a transformer, a power conversion device for travel, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, and an electrical storage device. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources includes a first AC to DC conversion unit, a power conversion unit for AC loads, and a power conversion unit for DC loads. The power conversion unit for AC loads converts DC power into AC power and supplies it to an AC load. The power conversion unit for DC loads converts DC power produced through conversion by the first AC to DC conversion unit into DC power and supplies it to a DC load. The electrical storage device is connected to power lines connecting DC power output terminals of the first AC to DC conversion unit and DC power input terminals of both the power conversion units for AC and DC loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenji SATO, Masayuki UENO, Takafumi FUKUSHIMA, Shigekazu OKADA, Kotaro ODA, Hiroaki OTANI, Yasuomi MAKI, Kenichi KIKKAWA, Tsunehito FUJITA, Manato MORI
  • Publication number: 20170361711
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes an AC to DC conversion circuit, a voltage detector, a step-down chopper circuit, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, and a control unit. The AC to DC conversion circuit converts AC power supplied from overhead wires via a transformer into DC power. The voltage detector detects a voltage of AC power supplied from the transformer. The step-down chopper circuit steps down the voltage of DC power produced through conversion by the AC to DC conversion circuit. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources converts the DC power stepped down by the step-down chopper circuit into power for driving loads mounted in an electric vehicle and supplies it to the loads. The control unit controls the AC to DC conversion circuit and the step-down chopper circuit such that the voltage of AC power detected by the voltage detector approaches a reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takafumi FUKUSHIMA, Shigekazu OKADA, Kotaro ODA, Yasuomi MAKI, Tsunehito FUJITA, Hiroaki OTANI, Kenichi KIKKAWA, Manato MORI
  • Publication number: 20170361713
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes a transformer, a power conversion device for travel, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, an electrical storage device, and an auxiliary device. The power conversion device for travel converts AC power into power for travel and supplies it to a travel motor. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources includes an AC to DC conversion unit which converts AC power into DC power, a power conversion unit for AC loads which converts the DC power into AC power and supplies it to an AC load, and a power conversion unit for DC loads which converts DC power to DC power and supplies it to a DC load. The electrical storage device is connected to power lines connecting DC power output terminals of the AC to DC conversion unit and DC power input terminals of both the power conversion units for AC and DC loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takafumi FUKUSHIMA, Noriyuki TANIYAMA, Shigekazu OKADA, Kotaro ODA, Hiroaki OTANI, Yasuomi MAKI, Kenichi KIKKAWA, Tsunehito FUJITA, Manato MORI