Patents by Inventor Seiki Takeno

Seiki Takeno 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).

  • Process for producing useful substance
    Patent number: 8530203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for efficiently producing a useful substance; and a microorganism which belongs to coryneform bacteria and which can be used in the process. The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance by using a microorganism belonging to coryneform bacteria, the microorganism having an ability to take a sugar, which is taken into a cell via a phosphotransferase system (PTS), into a cell via a system other than the PTS, and having an ability to produce a useful substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Shinshu University, Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ikeda, Seiki Takeno, Yuta Mizuno, Satoshi Mitsuhashi
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20120034669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance which comprises culturing a transformant obtained by transforming a microorganism capable of producing the useful substance with a DNA encoding a protein in a medium, wherein the protein has an activity to improve growth of a high concentration oxygen-requiring microorganism under low oxygen concentration; forming and accumulating the useful substance in a culture; and collecting the useful substance from the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masato Ikeda, Seiki Takeno, Satoshi Mitsuhashi
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20110244528
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for efficiently producing a useful substance; and a microorganism which belongs to coryneform bacteria and which can be used in the process. The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance by using a microorganism belonging to coryneform bacteria, the microorganism having an ability to take a sugar, which is taken into a cell via a phosphotransferase system (PTS), into a cell via a system other than the PTS, and having an ability to produce a useful substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Ikeda, Seiki Takeno, Yuta Mizuno, Satoshi Mitsuhashi