Patents by Inventor Nobuo Niimura

Nobuo Niimura 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).

  • Patent number: 7819973
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of continuously changing the concentrations in solution of a biomacromolecule to be crystallized and a precipitant, thereby constructing a crystal phase diagram containing a solubility curve, searching for optimum conditions of crystallization on the basis of the constructed crystal phase diagram, and performing efficient growth of the crystal of the biomacromolecule. Also disclosed is an apparatus for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Nobuo Niimura, Yuki Onishi, Shigeki Arai, Toshiyuki Chatake, Mitsuru Maeda, Kazuo Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20060236924
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of continuously changing the concentrations in solution of a biomacromolecule to be crystallized and a precipitant, thereby constructing a crystal phase diagram containing a solubility curve, searching for optimum conditions of crystallization on the basis of the constructed crystal phase diagram, and performing efficient growth of the crystal of the biomacromolecule. Also disclosed is an apparatus for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Nobuo Niimura, Yuki Onishi, Shigeki Arai, Toshiyuki Chatake, Mitsuru Maeda, Kazuo Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20030233978
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of continuously changing the concentrations in solution of a biomacromolecule to be crystallized and a precipitant, thereby constructing a crystal phase diagram containing a solubility curve, searching for optimum conditions of crystallization on the basis of the constructed crystal phase diagram, and performing efficient growth of the crystal of the biomacromolecule. Also disclosed is an apparatus for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Nobuo Niimura, Yuki Onishi, Shigeki Arai, Toshiyuki Chatake, Mitsuru Maeda, Kazuo Kurihara
  • Patent number: 5852301
    Abstract: Stimulable phosphor sheets are superposed one upon another. Each stimulable phosphor sheet is provided with a layer of a substance, which absorbs neutrons and emits secondary particles, and a layer of a stimulable phosphor, which can store energy from the secondary particles. The stimulable phosphor sheets are exposed to a neutron beam carrying image information, and neutron images are thereby stored on the stimulable phosphor sheets. Image signals representing the neutron images stored on the stimulable phosphor sheets are then obtained. The image signal components of the image signals are then added to each other, which represent corresponding picture elements in the neutron images. An image signal representing the neutron images stored on the stimulable phosphor sheets is thereby obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Nobuo Niimura, Yuuko Karasawa, Kenji Takahashi, Hiroki Saito
  • Patent number: 5635727
    Abstract: Stimulable phosphor sheets are superposed one upon another. Each stimulable phosphor sheet is provided with a first layer of a substance, which absorbs neutrons and emits secondary particles, and a second layer of a stimulable phosphor, which can store energy from the secondary particles. The stimulable phosphor sheets are exposed to a neutron beam carrying image information, and neutron images are thereby stored on the stimulable phosphor sheets. Image signals representing the neutron images stored on the stimulable phosphor sheets are then obtained. The image signal components of the image signals are then added to each other, which represent corresponding picture elements in the neutron images. An image signal representing the neutron images stored on the stimulable phosphor sheets is thereby obtained. Alternatively, at least one stimulable phosphor sheet for absorbing neutrons, emitting particles, and storing energy of these particles and, a second phosphor sheet for detecting and storing energy from .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Nobuo Niimura, Yuuko Karasawa, Kenji Takahashi, Hiroki Saito