Patents by Inventor Masafumi Yao

Masafumi Yao 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: 20220290084
    Abstract: A multilayer culture vessel, comprising a culture vessel part and a reservoir part attached to the culture vessel part, wherein the culture vessel part comprises at least two culture trays that are stacked; the reservoir part comprises a surrounding wall defining an internal space and a port communicating with the internal space; the surrounding wall comprises a first surrounding wall part provided with the port and a second surrounding wall part facing the first surrounding wall part; the culture vessel part has openings communicating individual culture trays of the at least two culture trays with the internal space of the reservoir part; and the openings of the culture vessel part extend toward a first abutting portion that the first surrounding wall part abuts on the culture vessel part from a second abutting portion that the second surrounding wall part abuts on the culture vessel part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Masakatsu Takeuchi, Masafumi Yao, Hideaki Yamamoto, Yusuke Wagatsuma, Ryosuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200345781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell-based medicine comprising mesenchymal stem cells, and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a cell-based medicine containing mesenchymal stem cells, wherein a) the mesenchymal stem cells express CX3CL1 under stimulation with an inflammatory cytokine, and/or b) 90% or more of the mesenchymal stem cells express EGFR and/or ITGA4; and a method for producing a cell-based medicine containing mesenchymal stem cells, the method comprising the steps of: a) adding an inflammatory cytokine to a culture containing mesenchymal stem cells, and confirming that the mesenchymal stem cells express CX3CL1; and/or b) confirming that 90% or more of the mesenchymal stem cells express EGFR and/or ITGA4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: Sapporo Medical University, Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu HONMOU, Yoshihiro YOSHIKAWA, Ryo TOMII, Masafumi YAO, Yukari NISHII, Yusuke WAGATSUMA
  • Patent number: 9023608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucose dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+GDH] using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate as a coenzyme, in which the thermal stability and/or the resistance to an organic solvent in the absence of sodium chloride are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Yao, Shido Kawase, Shin-ichi Yokobori, Akihiko Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20140030749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucose dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+GDH] using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate as a coenzyme, in which the thermal stability and/or the resistance to an organic solvent in the absence of sodium chloride are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yao, Shido Kawase, Shin-ichi Yokobori, Akihiko Yamagishi
  • Patent number: D952896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Wagatsuma, Ryosuke Nakamura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Masafumi Yao, Masakatsu Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Shinya Asaka, Naoki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D952898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Wagatsuma, Ryosuke Nakamura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Masafumi Yao, Masakatsu Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Shinya Asaka, Naoki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D961113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Wagatsuma, Ryosuke Nakamura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Masafumi Yao, Masakatsu Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Shinya Asaka, Naoki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D963887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Wagatsuma, Ryosuke Nakamura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Masafumi Yao, Masakatsu Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Shinya Asaka, Naoki Nakagawa