Patents by Inventor Mayumi WADA

Mayumi WADA 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).

  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE VARIABLE DOMAIN OF THE HEAVY CHAIN OF A HEAVY-CHAIN ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20230111102
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a heavy chain variable domain of a heavy-chain antibody (VHH) with a high yield. The method for producing a VHH includes culturing a Bacillus bacterium into which a gene that encodes variable domain of heavy chain of heavy-chain antibody is introduced and which is deficient in an extracellular protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki NISHIGUCHI, Mayumi WADA, Takuto TOJO, Hidetoshi INOUE, Yasushi KAGEYAMA
  • Method for promoting homologous recombination
    Patent number: 11306320
    Abstract: A method of producing a transformant, which contains using an alga belonging to the genus Nannochloropsis as a host, wherein function of the following protein (A) or (B) of the alga is suppressed, inhibited or deleted: (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 50; and (B) a DNA binding protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 70% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi Wada, Shintaro Ryo
  • Method of Improving Resistance to Substrate Analog of Nitric Acid in Microalga
    Publication number: 20210102161
    Abstract: A method of improving resistance to a substrate analog of nitric acid in a microalga, containing deleting a gene encoding the following protein (A) or (B) present in the genome of the microalga, or downregulating expression of a gene encoding the following protein (A) or (B): (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 41; and (B) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 70% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A), and having nitrate transporter activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi WADA, Tatsuro OZAKI
  • Method of Producing Transformant
    Publication number: 20200017867
    Abstract: A method of producing a transformant, which contains using an alga belonging to the genus Nannochloropsis as a host, wherein function of the following protein (A) or (B) of the alga is suppressed, inhibited or deleted: (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 50; and (B) a DNA binding protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 70% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi WADA, Shintaro RYO