Patents by Inventor Masanori Tsukagoshi

Masanori Tsukagoshi 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).

  • Sensor chip and method for storing sensor chip
    Patent number: 10281403
    Abstract: A sensor chip includes: a transparent support; a metal thin film formed on one surface of the transparent support; and a reaction section in which a ligand is immobilized on an other surface of the metal thin film that is not in contact with the transparent support, wherein the sensor chip also includes a closed space-forming member which forms a closed space such that at least the reaction section is housed in the closed space, and water content in the closed space is adjusted to satisfy: X/Y<10 (?g/mm2) (wherein, X represents the water content in the closed space; and Y represents the surface area of the metal thin film in the closed space).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Wada, Masataka Matsuo, Naoki Hikage, Masanori Tsukagoshi
  • SPFS sensor equipped with mechanism purifying non-specifically adsorptive contaminants
    Patent number: 9134235
    Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the invention to provide a sensor area which can suppress a decrease in assay signal and an increase in assay blank in an SPFS measurement. [Solution] An SPFS sensor chip of the invention includes a purification area and a sensor area arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, relative to each other along a flow direction in a channel for surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy [SPFS].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masanori Tsukagoshi, Takatoshi Kaya, Noriaki Yamamoto
  • SENSOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR STORING SENSOR CHIP
    Publication number: 20150233834
    Abstract: A sensor chip includes: a transparent support; a metal thin film formed on one surface of the transparent support; and a reaction section in which a ligand is immobilized on an other surface of the metal thin film that is not in contact with the transparent support, wherein the sensor chip also includes a closed space-forming member which forms a closed space such that at least the reaction section is housed in the closed space, and water content in the closed space is adjusted to satisfy: X/Y<10 (?g/mm2) (wherein, X represents the water content in the closed space; and Y represents the surface area of the metal thin film in the closed space).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Wada, Masataka Matsuo, Naoki Hikage, Masanori Tsukagoshi
  • SPFS SENSOR EQUIPPED WITH MECHANISM PURIFYING NON-SPECIFICALLY ADSORPTIVE CONTAMINANTS
    Publication number: 20130143332
    Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the invention to provide a sensor area which can suppress a decrease in assay signal and an increase in assay blank in an SPFS measurement. [Solution] An SPFS sensor chip of the invention includes a purification area and a sensor area arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, relative to each other along a flow direction in a channel for surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy [SPFS].
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Masanori Tsukagoshi, Takatoshi Kaya, Noriaki Yamamoto