Patents by Inventor Noriaki Shoji

Noriaki Shoji 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 determining an amount of fatty acid contents in bovine intramuscular fat on the basis of genotype of fatty acid synthase gene and method of determining goodness of eating quality of beef on the basis of the results thereof
    Patent number: 8124344
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method of determining fatty acid composition in intramuscular fat on the basis of bovine genotype, in particular a method of simply determining an amount of an oleic acid content with a high degree of accuracy, and a method of objectively determining the goodness of eating quality of beef on the basis of the results of the determination. The present invention provides a method of determining an amount of fatty acid content in bovine intramuscular fat on the basis of the genotype of fatty acid synthase determined by determining base <1> and/or base <2> described below, and a method of determining whether cattles are those from which beef with an excellent eating quality is obtained on the basis of the results thereof. <1> A 16,024th base corresponding to a polymorphic site which is either adenine (A) or guanine (G) in a base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1 of a sequence list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: National Livestock Breeding Center (NLBC) Incorporated Administrative Agency, Yamagata Prefecture
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Abe, Junichi Saburi, Eiji Kobayashi, Hiroaki Nakajima, Noriaki Shoji
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING AN AMOUNT OF FATTY ACID CONTENTS IN BOVINE INTRAMUSCULAR FAT ON THE BASIS OF GENOTYPE OF FATTY ACID SYNTHASE GENE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING GOODNESS OF EATING QUALITY OF BEEF ON THE BASIS OF THE RESULTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090305268
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method of determining fatty acid composition in intramuscular fat on the basis of bovine genotype, in particular a method of simply determining an amount of an oleic acid content with a high degree of accuracy, and a method of objectively determining the goodness of eating quality of beef on the basis of the results of the determination. The present invention provides a method of determining an amount of fatty acid content in bovine intramuscular fat on the basis of the genotype of fatty acid synthase determined by determining base <1> and/or base <2> described below, and a method of determining whether cattles are those from which beef with an excellent eating quality is obtained on the basis of the results thereof. <1> A 16,024th base corresponding to a polymorphic site which is either adenine (A) or guanine (G) in a base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1 of a sequence list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Abe, Junichi Saburi, Eiji Kobayashi, Hiroaki Nakajima, Noriaki Shoji