Patents by Inventor Manabu KUWAJIMA

Manabu KUWAJIMA 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).

  • PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD AND PLANT-VITALIZING AGENT
    Publication number: 20230309458
    Abstract: Provided is a method for improving the yield of a harvested product of at least one plant selected from the group consisting of plants belonging to the families Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae. A method for cultivating at least one plant selected from the group consisting of plants belonging to the families Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae comprises applying a plant-vitalizing agent comprising an exogenous elicitor and an endogenous elicitor to a young seedling of the plant at least one time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto SAITO, Hiroshi UCHIDA, Ichiro FUJITA, Naoyuki SUGAWARA, Yoshio FUJIWARA, Manabu KUWAJIMA, Hisashi KIMOTO
  • Method for producing glycine
    Patent number: 11319278
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing glycine, in which on synthesizing glycine from glycinonitrile, glycine can be obtained in a higher yield than that in the conventional method. The present invention relates to a method for producing glycine, including allowing glycinonitrile and water to react with each other in the presence of a cerium compound, optionally adding ammonia thereto, to obtain glycine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Akira Shibuya, Takamitsu Kobayashi, Hideo Miyata, Shinya Tsukamoto, Manabu Kuwajima, Motoki Murai
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLYCINE
    Publication number: 20210292273
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing glycine, in which on synthesizing glycine from glycinonitrile, glycine can be obtained in a higher yield than that in the conventional method. The present invention relates to a method for producing glycine, including allowing glycinonitrile and water to react with each other in the presence of a cerium compound, optionally adding ammonia thereto, to obtain glycine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takanori AOKI, Akira SHIBUYA, Takamitsu KOBAYASHI, Hideo MIYATA, Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Manabu KUWAJIMA, Motoki MURAI
  • Method for producing alpha-amino acid
    Patent number: 10774037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a specified ?-amino acid, the method including allowing a specified ?-amino acid amide and water to react with each other in the presence of a zirconium compound which contains zirconium and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of lithium, nickel, copper, zinc, cesium, barium, hafnium, tantalum, cerium, and dysprosium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Akira Shibuya, Takamitsu Kobayashi, Hideo Miyata, Shinya Tsukamoto, Manabu Kuwajima, Motoki Murai
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING alpha-AMINO ACID
    Publication number: 20190161434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a specified ?-amino acid, the method including allowing a specified ?-amino acid amide and water to react with each other in the presence of a zirconium compound which contains zirconium and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of lithium, nickel, copper, zinc, cesium, barium, hafnium, tantalum, cerium, and dysprosium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takanori AOKI, Akira SHIBUYA, Takamitsu KOBAYASHI, Hideo MIYATA, Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Manabu KUWAJIMA, Motoki MURAI