Patents by Inventor Lisa YAMAUCHI

Lisa YAMAUCHI 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).

  • Substance sealing method and target molecule detecting method
    Patent number: 10451619
    Abstract: As a technique for efficiently sealing many substances, such as beads, nucleic acid, protein, virus, cells, and lipid membrane complex, into an array, the present invention provides a method for sealing a substance, including: (i) a step of introducing a first solvent containing a substance on a substrate on which a plurality of receptacles capable of storing the substance are formed separated from each other by a side wall; and (ii) a step of introducing a second solvent having a greater specific gravity than that of the first solvent onto the first solvent, the step (ii) being carried out after the step (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noji, Lisa Yamauchi
  • Method for sealing substances, method for detecting target molecule, array, kit, and target molecule detection device
    Patent number: 10018627
    Abstract: A technique for efficiently sealing many substances, such as beads, nucleic acid, protein, virus, cells, and lipid membrane complex, into an array is provided. The present invention provides a method for sealing a substance, including: (i) a step of introducing a first solvent containing a substance on a substrate on which a plurality of receptacles capable of storing the substance are formed separated from each other by a side wall; and (ii) a step of introducing a second solvent having a greater specific gravity than that of the first solvent onto the first solvent, the step (ii) being carried out after the step (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noji, Lisa Yamauchi
  • SUBSTANCE SEALING METHOD AND TARGET MOLECULE DETECTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170176430
    Abstract: As a technique for efficiently sealing many substances, such as beads, nucleic acid, protein, virus, cells, and lipid membrane complex, into an array, the present invention provides a method for sealing a substance, including: (i) a step of introducing a first solvent containing a substance on a substrate on which a plurality of receptacles capable of storing the substance are formed separated from each other by a side wall; and (ii) a step of introducing a second solvent having a greater specific gravity than that of the first solvent onto the first solvent, the step (ii) being carried out after the step (i).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NOJI, Lisa YAMAUCHI
  • METHOD FOR SEALING SUBSTANCES, METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET MOLECULE, ARRAY, KIT, AND TARGET MOLECULE DETECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150087547
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] A technique for efficiently sealing many substances, such as beads, nucleic acid, protein, virus, cells, and lipid membrane complex, into an array is provided. [Solution] The present invention provides a method for sealing a substance, including: (i) a step of introducing a first solvent containing a substance on a substrate on which a plurality of receptacles capable of storing the substance are formed separated from each other by a side wall; and (ii) a step of introducing a second solvent having a greater specific gravity than that of the first solvent onto the first solvent, the step (ii) being carried out after the step (i).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NOJI, Lisa YAMAUCHI