Patents by Inventor Sohei Funaoka

Sohei Funaoka 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: 9046515
    Abstract: A main object of the invention is to provide a polymer compound for medicine which has an excellent capability of fixing a biologically active substance and has such chemical/physical stability that the compound is less dissolved or deteriorated in a washing step, in particular, which can be suitably applied to a plastic substrate surface. The invention provides a polymer compound for medical material which is a polymer comprising repeating units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer (a) having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance, wherein the polymer has a reactive functional group on at least one terminal side thereof, and a biochip substrate wherein a layer containing the polymer compound is formed on a substrate surface, thereby attaining the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsumoto, Sumio Shibahara, Sohei Funaoka, Daisuke Masuda
  • Publication number: 20150148486
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of immobilizing the biologically active substance which has an excellent capability of immobilizing a target biologically active substance, and exhibits low nonspecific adsorption of the biologically active substance to provide a high S/N ratio, without using a functional group for fixing the biologically active substance and without having a process of inactivating the functional group for fixing the biologically active substance after immobilizing the biologically active substance. The above object is achieved by a method of immobilizing a biologically active substance comprising the step of: bringing a solution into contact with a compound-side surface of an immobilizing substrate to immobilize the biologically active substance on a surface of the immobilizing substrate, the solution being prepared by dissolving the biologically active substance in a phosphate buffer having a phosphate concentration of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei FUNAOKA, Midori ABE
  • Publication number: 20150005180
    Abstract: A biochip is provided that suppresses nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a detection target substance without coating with an adsorption inhibitor and that has excellent detection sensitivity. The constitution is such that it has a macromolecular substance containing a phosphorylcholine group and an active ester group on a substrate surface of a biochip substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishihara, Sohei Funaoka, Kanehisa Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8293190
    Abstract: A biochip substrate capable of realizing the high detection accuracy by restricting a nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a substance to be detected, when used for a detection or analysis of protein, nucleic acids and the like. The biochip substrate is for fixing a biologically active substance on a surface of a solid substrate, and characterized in that it has a layer comprising a polymer compound obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having an alkylene glycol residue, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a cross-linkable functional group, on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Bakelite Company, Ltd., Somalogic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Sumio Shibahara, Takayuki Matsumoto, Kanehisa Yokoyama, Sohei Funaoka, Daisuke Masuda, Michael Patrick Coleman, Dominic Zichi
  • Publication number: 20120070474
    Abstract: A biochip substrate capable of realizing the high detection accuracy by restricting a nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a substance to be detected, when used for a detection or analysis of protein, nucleic acids and the like. The biochip substrate is for fixing a biologically active substance on a surface of a solid substrate, and characterized in that it has a layer comprising a polymer compound obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having an alkylene glycol residue, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a cross-linkable functional group, on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: SUMALOGIC, INC., SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka MATSUMOTO, Sumio SHIBAHARA, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Kanehisa YOKOYAMA, Sohei FUNAOKA, Daisuke MASUDA, Michael Patrick COLEMAN, Dominic ZICHI
  • Patent number: 8088340
    Abstract: A biochip substrate capable of realizing the high detection accuracy by restricting a nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a substance to be detected, when used for a detection or analysis of protein, nucleic acids and the like. The biochip substrate is for fixing a biologically active substance on a surface of a solid substrate, and characterized in that it has a layer comprising a polymer compound obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having an alkylene glycol residue, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a cross-linkable functional group, on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Bakelite Company, Ltd., Somalogic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Sumio Shibahara, Takayuki Matsumoto, Kanehisa Yokoyama, Sohei Funaoka, Daisuke Masuda, Michael Patrick Coleman, Dominic Zichi
  • Publication number: 20110039736
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of immobilizing the biologically active substance which has an excellent capability of immobilizing a target biologically active substance, and exhibits low nonspecific adsorption of the biologically active substance to provide a high S/N ratio, without using a functional group for fixing the biologically active substance and without having a process of inactivating the functional group for fixing the biologically active substance after immobilizing the biologically active substance. The above object is achieved by a method of immobilizing a biologically active substance comprising the step of: bringing a solution into contact with a compound-side surface of an immobilizing substrate to immobilize the biologically active substance on a surface of the immobilizing substrate, the solution being prepared by dissolving the biologically active substance in a phosphate buffer having a phosphate concentration of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Funaoka, Midori Abe
  • Publication number: 20100311958
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier which enables to obtain a small RNA in high yield yet in high purity, a simple method for obtaining a small RNA and/or a target nucleic acid of small RNA using the same, and a reagent and a kit comprising the above-described carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishibu, Sohei Funaoka, Yuzo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100222226
    Abstract: To provide an electronic component mounting system and an electronic component mounting method which can prevent a mounting failure due to positional error in a height direction of a substrate and ensure mounting quality. The electronic component mounting system includes a plurality of electronic component mounting devices connected to one another and mounts an electronic component on a substrate to manufacture a mounting substrate. A print test device for testing the substrate after solder printing measures a height position of a height measurement point set on the upper surface of the substrate 4 by a height measuring machine 22 and outputs a measurement result as substrate height data. In a component placing step using an electronic component placing device, a control parameter for controlling a component placing operation of the placing head 32 is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishihara, Sohei Funaoka, Kanehisa Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20100062475
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a particle for medical use which has an excellent capability of fixing a biologically active substance and such a chemical/physical stability that the particle is less dissolved or deteriorated in a washing step, and a particle for analysis which has an excellent capability of capturing a biomolecule and such a chemical/physical stability that the particle is less dissolved or deteriorated in a washing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuzo Hamaguchi, Sohei Funaoka, Yoshiaki Fukunishi, Tayuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20090176298
    Abstract: A main object of the invention is to provide a polymer compound for medicine which has an excellent capability of fixing a biologically active substance and has such chemical/physical stability that the compound is less dissolved or deteriorated in a washing step, in particular, which can be suitably applied to a plastic substrate surface. The invention provides a polymer compound for medical material which is a polymer comprising repeating units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer (a) having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance, wherein the polymer has a reactive functional group on at least one terminal side thereof, and a biochip substrate wherein a layer containing the polymer compound is formed on a substrate surface, thereby attaining the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsumoto, Sumio Shibahara, Sohei Funaoka, Daisuke Masuda
  • Publication number: 20080175758
    Abstract: A biochip substrate capable of realizing the high detection accuracy by restricting a nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a substance to be detected, when used for a detection or analysis of protein, nucleic acids and the like. The biochip substrate is for fixing a biologically active substance on a surface of a solid substrate, and characterized in that it has a layer comprising a polymer compound obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having an alkylene glycol residue, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a cross-linkable functional group, on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Sumio Shibahara, Takayuki Matsumoto, Kanehisa Yokoyama, Sohei Funaoka, Daisuke Masuda, Michael Patrick Coleman, Dominic Zichi