Patents by Inventor Kyoko Adachi

Kyoko Adachi 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).

  • Microalga and process for producing hydrocarbon
    Patent number: 7981648
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel microalga that produces hydrocarbons available as an alternative fuel to a diesel fuel (light oil). The present invention relates to a novel microalga Pseudochoricystis ellipsoidea having the ability to produce hydrocarbons, and to a process for producing hydrocarbons, characterized by culturing a microalga belonging to the genus Pseudochoricystis or the genus Choricystis having the ability to produce hydrocarbons, and collecting the hydrocarbon from the resulting cultured product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Norihide Kurano, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Akira Sato, Satoru Matsuda, Kyoko Adachi, Mika Atsumi
  • Carotenoid hydroxylase gene, method for preparing hydroxylated carotenoid, and novel geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase
    Patent number: 7695931
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Brevundimonas sp. strain SD212-derived peptide having ?-ionone ring-2-hydroxylase activity and a gene encoding the same, to thereby make it possible to produce rare carotenoids in which a hydroxyl group is introduced at the position 2(2?) carbon in their ?-ionone ring in large quantities. The present invention also provides a novel gene encoding an enzyme which introduces a hydroxyl group at the position 3(3?) carbon in the ?-ionone ring of carotenoids, and a novel gene encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishida, Kyoko Adachi, Hiroaki Kasai, Yoshikazu Shizuri, Sadao Komemushi, Norihiko Misawa
  • Novel Microalga and Process for Producing Hydrocarbon
    Publication number: 20090215140
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel microalga that produces hydrocarbons available as an alternative fuel to a diesel fuel (light oil). The present invention relates to a novel microalga Pseudochoricystis ellipsoidea having the ability to produce hydrocarbons, and to a process for producing hydrocarbons, characterized by culturing a microalga belonging to the genus Pseudochoricystis or the genus Choricystis having the ability to produce hydrocarbons, and collecting the hydrocarbon from the resulting cultured product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Norihide Kurano, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Akira Sato, Satoru Matsuda, Kyoko Adachi, Mika Atsumi
  • Novel carotenoid hydroxylase gene, method for preparing hydroxylated carotenoid, and novel geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase
    Publication number: 20070148727
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Brevundimonas sp. strain SD212-derived peptide having ?-ionone ring-2-hydroxylase activity and a gene encoding the same, to thereby make it possible to produce rare carotenoids in which a hydroxyl group is introduced at the position 2 (2?) carbon in their ?-ionone ring in large quantities. The present invention also provides a novel gene encoding an enzyme which introduces a hydroxyl group at the position 3 (3?) carbon in the ?-ionone ring of carotenoids, and a novel gene encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Marine Biotechnology Institute Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishida, Kyoko Adachi, Yoshikazu Shizuri, Hiroaki Kasai, Sadao Komemushi, Norihiko Misawa
  • Compound 2-amino-3-[2-(&agr;-mannopyranosyl)indol-3-yl]propionic acid, process for preparing the same, and method for inspecting function of living body with the novel compound
    Patent number: 6610502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel endogenous compound 2-amino-3-[2-(&agr;-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid; to a method for testing a biological function by quantitating 2-amino-3-[2-(&agr;-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid in a collected biological sample and determining the biological function based on the quantitated values; to an antibody specifically reactive with 2-amino-3-[2-(&agr;-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid; to a hybridoma that produces the antibody; to a method for immunologically quantitating 2-amino-3-[2-(&agr;-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid in a sample by using the antibody; and to a process for producing a 2-amino-3-[2-(&agr;-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignees: Kyowa Medex Co., Ltd., Marine Biotechnology Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kohno, Osamu Yonekawa, Yutaka Fujise, Kentaro Horiuchi, Kyoko Adachi, Hiroshi Sano