Patents by Inventor Soichi Wakatsuki

Soichi Wakatsuki 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).

  • PROTEIN DOUBLE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20230357363
    Abstract: Protein double-shell nanostructures comprising apoferritin for carrying cargo proteins of interest are provided. Such nanostructures can be used to increase rigidity of a cargo protein of interest to allow structures of small and flexible proteins to be determined by cryogenic-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Recombinant vectors for producing protein double-shell nanostructures are also provided. The nanostructures described herein may find use in various applications in research and drug discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Soichi Wakatsuki, Chiu Wah, Kathleen Miho Sakamoto, Kaiming Zhang, Naoki Horikoshi
  • Apparatus and method for trapping micro-object
    Publication number: 20040209382
    Abstract: A trapping apparatus uses a gripping mechanism 4 to grip a crystal 1 in a droplet 2 placed in the specified location on a base 3 and then uses a trapping mechanism 5 to trap the crystal 1 being gripped by the gripping mechanism 4 in order to separate the trapped crystal 1 from the droplet 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Soichi Wakatsuki, Masahiko Hiraki, Minoru Nagai, Tamio Tanikawa