Patents by Inventor Minoru Shiro

Minoru Shiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20020081690
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid enzyme containing a foreign peptide, the hybrid enzyme having an enzyme activity similar to that prior to the substitution or insertion of the peptide, and having a property that the hybrid enzyme activity is modulated or modified when a material having binding ability to the peptide introduced by substitution or insertion is bound to the peptide moiety. Using the hybrid enzyme, it becomes possible to assay a trace amount of CRP in a sample by a homogeneous colorimetry, and a macromolecule materials can be easily assayed in a homogeneous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamamoto, Minoru Shiro, Toshiro Hanada, Shinzo Kobatake