Patents by Inventor Megumi NISHIYAMA

Megumi NISHIYAMA 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).

  • CACAO BEAN-DERIVED COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20240381917
    Abstract: A method to obtain a fraction derived from cacao beans and containing a large amount of a sphingolipid, such as glucosylceramide. A cacao bean-derived composition having a specific gravity of 1.2 or more and containing at least one selected from 0.55 mg/g or more of ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and 0.26 mg/g or more of a sphingolipid is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kento BABA, Megumi MIYAZAKI, Koki MATSUDA, Yuri NISHIYAMA, Haruna YOSHIDA
  • CELL CULTURE METHOD
    Publication number: 20230012723
    Abstract: Cells may be cultured by a method including the following steps: a first step of preparing a population of cell aggregates having a major axis of not more than 400 ?m, and a second step of suspension culturing the population of cell aggregates obtained in the first step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Megumi NISHIYAMA, Kotoe KOSEKI
  • CELL CULTURE MEDIUM COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230002729
    Abstract: A medium composition, containing a basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) at not less than 150 ng/mL is useful for culturing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Kenichiro ITO, Megumi NISHIYAMA
  • MEDIUM HAVING REDUCED OSMOTIC PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20220348884
    Abstract: A medium with a reduced osmotic pressure containing a basal medium, in which the osmotic pressure is adjusted to 150 to 250 mOsm/kg, is useful for culturing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Yusuke OHYA, Megumi NISHIYAMA, Atsushi KONISHI
  • HIGH-DENSITY CELL CULTURE METHOD
    Publication number: 20220348883
    Abstract: A method including adding choline at a specific concentration to a medium is useful for culturing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Megumi NISHIYAMA
  • CULTURE ADDITIVE, CULTURE MEDIUM AND CULTURE METHOD FOR ANIMAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20210284971
    Abstract: By using an additive for culturing animal cells that contains an amino acid or glucose, or an amino acid and glucose; or a medium for culturing animal cells that contains an amino acid or glucose, or an amino acid and glucose in addition to a medium component; or a method for culturing animal cells that includes culturing the animal cells using the aforementioned medium, or adding the aforementioned additive to a culture, the proliferation ability of animal cells can be improved particularly when the animal cells are cultured using a serum-free medium or a low albumin medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Takuya MATSUMOTO, Shimpei OGAWA, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Yusuke OHYA, Kotoe KOSEKI, Takuya HIGUCHI, Megumi NISHIYAMA