Patents by Inventor Michiya Shimamura

Michiya Shimamura 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 of controlling pest and pest control agent
    Publication number: 20050129725
    Abstract: A method for controlling pests, which includes allowing a gaseous compound having the formula (I) wherein is a single bond or a double bond, to be present at a concentration of 0.001-20,000 ?g/L in a space where pest repellence is intended, and a pest control agent containing the compound having the formula (I) as an active ingredient are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hino, Michiya Shimamura
  • Method of controlling acarian and device for use in the same
    Publication number: 20050042244
    Abstract: A method for controlling Acarina, which includes allowing a gaseous compound having the formula (I) wherein --------- is a single bond or a double bond, to be present at a concentration of 0.001-20,000 ?g/L in a space where Acarina repellence is intended, and an apparatus capable of effectively controlling Acarina are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Hino, Michiya Shimamura
  • Method to reduce connective tissue destruction
    Patent number: 5258371
    Abstract: Provided is a method of treating humans or animals suffering from a condition or disease characterized by excessive collagen destruction, which comprises administering to said human or animal an effective amount of a 12a-deoxytetracycline represented by the following general formula ##STR1## The method is effective in the treatment of various articular diseases characterized by excessive collagen destruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lorne M. Golub, Nangavarum S. Ramamurthy, Thomas F. McNamara, Robert A. Greenwald, Tsutomu Kawai, Takashi Hamasaki, Michiya Shimamura, Goro Kobayashi, Tetsuo Takigawa, Hisashi Iwata
  • Methods for enhancing differentiation and proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells
    Patent number: 4812443
    Abstract: A medicament containing a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## is a trans-isoprene unit, ##STR3## is a cis-isoprene unit, and n is an integer of from 12 to 18, or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof.The medicament is useful for the treatment of anemia, particularly aplastic anemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumimaro Takak, Akio Urabe, Michiya Shimamura, Masao Mizuno
  • Method of producing .alpha.-dihydropolyprenyl monophosphates
    Patent number: 4792615
    Abstract: A method of producing .alpha.-dihydropolyprenyl monophosphates from .alpha.-dihydropolyprenols through .alpha.-dihydropolyprenyl dichlorophosphates in good yield and with ease is provided. A method of producing .alpha.-dihydropolyprenyl dichlorophosphates which are intermediate compounds useful for the first-mentioned method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Inventors: Naoshi Nakagawa, Tetsuo Takigawa, Akira Kageyu, Michiya Shimamura, Masafumi Okada, Masao Mizuno