Patents by Inventor Mari Kojima

Mari Kojima 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).

  • SEASONING HAVING FUNCTION OF IMPARTING KOKUMI TASTE
    Publication number: 20080254187
    Abstract: The present application provides a taste-improving glycopeptide, a seasoning containing the same, and a food or drink containing the seasoning. The taste-improving glycopeptide of the present invention has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 30,000 and is composed of a sugar chain and a peptide linked to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Mari Kojima, Tomohiko Yamanaka, Hirokazu Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Tamura, Naohiro Miyamura
  • Aminopeptidase and the genes thereof
    Patent number: 7087422
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide Koji mold aminopeptidases capable of efficiently hydrolyzing persistent peptides and also genes encoding the aminopeptidases. The present invention provides Aspergillus nidulans aminopeptidase and nucleic acid molecules encoding it. In particular, the present invention provides a protein having an amino acid sequence represented by amino acid Nos. 1 to 519 in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a protein containing the substitution, deletion, insertion, addition or inversion of one or more amino acids in said sequence, and which protein has an activity of catalyzing the reaction for releasing an amino acid at an N-terminal of a peptide, and nucleic acid molecules encoding them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoko Koibuchi, Daiki Ninomiya, Mari Kojima, Yoichi Ueda, Jun-ichi Maruyama, Katsuhiko Kitamoto
  • Aminopeptidase and the genes thereof
    Publication number: 20040219636
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide Koji mold aminopeptidases capable of efficiently hydrolyzing persistent peptides and also genes encoding the aminopeptidases. The present invention provides Aspergillus nidulans aminopeptidase and nucleic acid molecules encoding it. In particular, the present invention provides a protein having an amino acid sequence represented by amino acid Nos. 1 to 519 in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a protein containing the substitution, deletion, insertion, addition or inversion of one or more amino acids in said sequence, and which protein has an activity of catalyzing the reaction for releasing an amino acid at an N-terminal of a peptide, and nucleic acid molecules encoding them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kyoko Koibuchi, Daiki Ninomiya, Mari Kojima, Yoichi Ueda, Jun-ichi Maruyama, Katsuhiko Kitamoto