Patents by Inventor Masanori Takayama

Masanori Takayama 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).

  • Endoribonuclease
    Patent number: 8017356
    Abstract: A polypeptide having a endoribonuclease activity; a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide; recombinant DNA having the nucleic acid therein; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the polypeptide comprising the steps of cultivating the transformant and collecting the polypeptide from the culture; a process for producing a digest of single-stranded RNA comprising the step of reacting the polypeptide with the single-stranded RNA; and a method for the digestion of single-stranded RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimada, Masanori Takayama, Kiyozo Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Endoribonuclease
    Patent number: 7989184
    Abstract: A polypeptide having a novel endoribonuclease activity; a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide; recombinant DNA having the nucleic acid therein; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the polypeptide comprising the steps of cultivating the transformant and collecting the polypeptide from the culture; a process for producing a digest of single-stranded RNA comprising the step of reacting the polypeptide with the single-stranded RNA; and a method for the digestion of single-stranded RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimada, Masanori Takayama, Kiyozo Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • NOVEL ENDORIBONUCLEASE
    Publication number: 20100330616
    Abstract: A polypeptide having a novel endoribonuclease activity; a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide; recombinant DNA having the nucleic acid therein; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the polypeptide comprising the steps of cultivating the transformant and collecting the polypeptide from the culture; a process for producing a digest of single-stranded RNA comprising the step of reacting the polypeptide with the single-stranded RNA; and a method for the digestion of single-stranded RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Takaara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimada, Masanori Takayama, Kizoyo Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Endoribonuclease
    Patent number: 7745190
    Abstract: A novel endoribonuclease activity exhibiting polypeptide; a nucleic acid coding for the polypeptide; a recombinant DNA comprising the nucleic acid; a transformant obtained by transformation using the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the polypeptide, characterized by including the steps of culturing the transformant and collecting the polypeptide from the culture; a process for producing single-strand RNA fragments, characterized by including the step of causing the polypeptide to act on a single-strand RNA; and a method of fragmenting a single-strand RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimada, Masanori Takayama, Kiyoza Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • NOVEL ENDORIBONUCLEASE
    Publication number: 20100093026
    Abstract: A polypeptide having a novel endoribonuclease activity; a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide; recombinant DNA having the nucleic acid therein; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the polypeptide comprising the steps of cultivating the transformant and collecting the polypeptide from the culture; a process for producing a digest of single-stranded RNA comprising the step of reacting the polypeptide with the single-stranded RNA; and a method for the digestion of single-stranded RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimada, Masanori Takayama, Kiyozo Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • NOVEL ENDORIBONUCLEASE
    Publication number: 20090047709
    Abstract: A novel endoribonuclease activity exhibiting polypeptide; a nucleic acid coding for the polypeptide; a recombinant DNA comprising the nucleic acid; a transformant obtained by transformation using the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the polypeptide, characterized by including the steps of culturing the transformant and collecting the polypeptide from the culture; a process for producing single-strand RNA fragments, characterized by including the step of causing the polypeptide to act on a single-strand RNA; and a method of fragmenting a single-strand RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: TAKARA BIO INC.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimada, Masanori Takayama, Kiyozo Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Low-temperature inducible expression vector
    Patent number: 6897042
    Abstract: A vector which is characterized in containing each of the following elements: (1) a promoter which shows its action in the host to be used; (2) regulatory region for regulating the action of the promoter of (1); and (3) a region which codes for the 5?-untranslated region derived from cold-shock protein gene mRNA or a region which codes for the region where substitution, deletion, insertion or addition of at least one base is applied to the said untranslated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Takara Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Takayama, Yoshiko Nomura, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Polypeptide having cellobiohydrolase activity
    Patent number: 6566113
    Abstract: Polypeptides having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or derived therefrom by at least one of deletion, addition, insertion or substitution of one or more amino acids in the above sequence and showing a cellobiohydrolase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Takayama, Kahoko Umeda, Nobuto Koyama, Kiyozo Asada, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Low-temperature inducible expression vector
    Publication number: 20030082799
    Abstract: A vector which is characterized in containing each of the following elements:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Masanori Takayama, Yoshiko Nomura, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Enzymes capable of degrading a sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide and their encoding genes
    Patent number: 6489155
    Abstract: An isolated gene having a DNA sequence coding for the polypeptide having a degrading activity of the sulfated-fucose-containing polysaccharide or having the functionally identical activity as above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Takayama, Nobuto Koyama, Takeshi Sakai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Cold-inducible expression vector
    Patent number: 6479260
    Abstract: A vector which is characterized in containing each of the following elements: (1) a promoter which shows its action in the host to be used; (2) regulatory region for regulating the action of the promoter of (1); and (3) a region which codes for the 5′-untranslated region derived from cold-shock protein gene mRNA or a region which codes for the region where substitution, deletion, insertion or addition of at least one base is applied to the said untranslated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Takayama, Yoshiko Nomura, Ikunoshin Kato