Patents by Inventor Riichi Minamiguchi

Riichi Minamiguchi 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 for restoring dried aqueous organic gel capsules
    Patent number: 5910281
    Abstract: A method for restoring a dried aqueous organic gel capsule which includes aqueous organic gel hardened with a metal ion and then has been solidified by drying, wherein the method comprises immersing the solidified capsule in an aqueous solution containing the metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kohno, Yoichi Ido, Masayoshi Minami, Riichi Minamiguchi
  • Method for making a gel of gel-coat seed easily disintegrable
    Patent number: 5791084
    Abstract: A method for making a gel coat of gel-coated seed easily disintegrable, in which the gel-coated seed has an aqueous gel layer water-insolubilized with a metal ion, wherein the method comprises blocking the insolubilizing action of the metal ion with a sequestering agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kohno, Masayoshi Minami, Riichi Minamiguchi
  • Method for making a gel coat of gel-coat seed easily disintegrable
    Patent number: 5706602
    Abstract: A method for making a gel coat of gel-coated seed easily disintegrable, in which the gel-coated seed has an aqueous gel layer water-insolubilized with a metal ion, wherein the method comprises blocking the insolubilizing action of the metal ion with a sequestering agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kohno, Masayoshi Minami, Riichi Minamiguchi
  • Method for storing gel-coated seeds
    Patent number: 5701700
    Abstract: A method for storing gel-coated seeds having a gel coat comprising an aqueous gel having been water-insolubilized by a metal ion, which comprises storing the gel-coated seeds in an aqueous solution containing the metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kohno, Masayoshi Minami, Riichi Minamiguchi