Patents by Inventor Michinori Sawayama

Michinori Sawayama 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).

  • NOVEL MICROORGANISM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OXIDE
    Publication number: 20120315437
    Abstract: Disclosed is a microorganism that belongs to the genus Leptothrix and is capable of producing iron oxide that has a ferrihydrite or lepidocrocite structure and has a form of aggregates of ferrihydrite nanoparticles or lepidocrocite nanoparticles; a bacterium that is capable of producing an iron oxide that has a ferrihydrite or lepidocrocite structure and has a form of aggregates of ferrihydrite nanoparticles or lepidocrocite nanoparticles; a culture medium for use in screening a bacterium that is capable of producing a metal oxide; a method for screening a bacterium that is capable of producing a metal oxide; a culture medium for culturing a bacterium that is capable of producing a metal oxide; a method for culturing a bacterium that is capable of producing a metal oxide; a method for producing a metal oxide; and iron oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Jun Takada, Michinori Sawayama, Tomoko Suzuki, Hideki Hashimoto, Tatsuo Fujii, Makoto Nakanishi