Patents by Inventor Masaharu Ueno

Masaharu Ueno 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).

  • Patent number: 9120032
    Abstract: Provided is a microchip capable of integrating liquid evaporation as an operation on the microchip. In the microchip 10 having a gas flow path 13 inside, liquid is dispersed by capillary action and pooled in a pool portion 12 at a bottom of the gas flow path 13, and at least a part of the liquid pooled in the pool portion 12 is evaporated. As the capillary action is used, the liquid can be dispersed and pooled in the pool portion 12 at the bottom of the gas flow path 13 inside the microchip 10. Besides, the liquid pooled in the pool portion 12 remains in the pool portion by a surface tension even if gas is made to flow in the gas flow path 13 or the gas flow path is evacuated for evaporation. This enables highly efficient evaporation inside the microchip 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: JFE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Ohsaki, Shigeki Yamazaki, Takehiko Kitamori, Masaharu Ueno, Kazuma Mawatari, Yoshikuni Kikutani
  • Publication number: 20100247429
    Abstract: Provided is a microchip capable of integrating liquid evaporation as an operation on the microchip. In the microchip 10 having a gas flow path 13 inside, liquid is dispersed by capillary action and pooled in a pool portion 12 at a bottom of the gas flow path 13, and at least a part of the liquid pooled in the pool portion 12 is evaporated. As the capillary action is used, the liquid can be dispersed and pooled in the pool portion 12 at the bottom of the gas flow path 13 inside the microchip 10. Besides, the liquid pooled in the pool portion 12 remains in the pool portion by a surface tension even if gas is made to flow in the gas flow path 13 or the gas flow path is evacuated for evaporation. This enables highly efficient evaporation inside the microchip 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: JFE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Ohsaki, Shigeki Yamazaki, Takehiko Kitamori, Masaharu Ueno, Kazuma Mawatari, Yoshikuni Kikutani
  • Patent number: 7663008
    Abstract: A method of catalytic reaction uses a micro-reactor (1) with a metal catalyst (5) or a metal complex catalyst (5) as a solid phase supported on the inner wall (4c) of a channel (4), a solution (7) dissolving a reactant as a liquid phase and hydrogen (9) as a gas phase are flown through the channel (4) in pipe flow state, and the reaction of the solution (7) and the gas (9) accelerated by the metal catalyst (5) or the metal complex catalyst (5) is conducted by three phase catalytic reaction of solid-liquid-gas phases. The metal catalyst (5) or the metal complex catalyst (5) is incorporated in a polymer, and hydrogenation reaction by three phase catalytic reductive reaction of a substance to be reduced can be conducted in short time at good yield. For hydrogenation reaction of unsaturated organics, the rate of reaction and yield are high when palladium catalyst is used, and carbonylation reaction can be conducted if carbon monoxide is used instead of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Shu Kobayashi, Yuichiro Mori, Takehiko Kitamori, Masaharu Ueno, Kuniaki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20090306414
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microchannel reactor that is used as a new reaction device capable of greatly expanding the utilization range of chemical reactions occurring in microspaces. A solution of a soluble linear polymer containing ligands and a solution of a soluble transition metal molecule are individually introduced into a microreactor, the flows are merged inside a microchannel and a metal polymer membrane of a complex formed is generated at the interface of the flows. The membrane is used as a solid catalyst, and various reactions such as carbon-carbon bond formation reactions, oxidation reactions and the like can be conducted at extremely fast reaction rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi Yamada, Naoshi Fukuyama, Tomohiko Beppu, Takehiko Kitamori, Masaharu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20070161834
    Abstract: A method of catalytic reaction uses a micro-reactor (1) with a metal catalyst (5) or a metal complex catalyst (5) as a solid phase supported on the inner wall (4c) of a channel (4), a solution (7) dissolving a reactant as a liquid phase and hydrogen (9) as a gas phase are flown through the channel (4) in pipe flow state, and the reaction of the solution (7) and the gas (9) accelerated by the metal catalyst (5) or the metal complex catalyst (5) is conducted by three phase catalytic reaction of solid-liquid-gas phases. The metal catalyst (5) or the metal complex catalyst (5) is incorporated in a polymer, and hydrogenation reaction by three phase catalytic reductive reaction of a substance to be reduced can be conducted in short time at good yield. For hydrogenation reaction of unsaturated organics, the rate of reaction and yield are high when palladium catalyst is used, and carbonylation reaction can be conducted if carbon monoxide is used instead of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Shu Kobayashi, Yuichiro Mori, Takehiko Kitamaori, Masaharu Ueno, Kuniaki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 4348384
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition suitable for the treatment and prophylaxis of hemophilia A or B, which comprises coagulation factor VIII or IX and a protease inhibitor (particularly aprotinin) which are incorporated in liposomes and optionally lyophilized and/or encapsulated in intestine capsules. The composition can give high absorption of the required coagulation factor from intestinal tract without being decomposed in gastrointestinal tract even by administration in oral route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Assignee: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Horikoshi, Nobuo Sakuragawa, Masaharu Ueno, Kaoru Takahashi