Patents by Inventor Masanori TOHNO

Masanori TOHNO 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).

  • EVALUATION METHOD AND EVALUATION DEVICE FOR SILAGE FERMENTATION QUALITY
    Publication number: 20230147626
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily evaluate silage fermentation quality on site or the like. In one embodiment of the present invention, a gas generated from silage is applied to a surface stress sensor, and the amount of either one of organic acids and nitrogen-containing compounds contained in the silage is determined. The surface stress sensor can detect trace components in a gas by a simple device configuration and in simple procedures. Therefore, by utilizing the fact that relationship between the content of these components and the fermentation quality is known, the evaluation of fermentation quality can be easily realized by the above measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Ryo NAKAKUBO, Mitsuyoshi ISHIDA, Masanori TOHNO, Hisami KOBAYASHI, Genki YOSHIKAWA, Kosuke MINAMI, Gaku IMAMURA, Hideki MATSUZAKA, Takahiro NEMOTO