Patents by Inventor Takaaki Hikima

Takaaki Hikima 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 and equipment for producing biopolymer crystal
    Patent number: 7402208
    Abstract: The invention provides a crystallizing method and an apparatus for producing a biopolymer capable of simplifying operations for taking out a produced crystal and mounting the crystal onto a crystal structure analyzer, thereby improving efficiency in the operations as well as reducing a labor burden. A crystallizing apparatus for producing a biopolymer crystal from a solution containing a biopolymer includes a crystal-growing chip 10 made of a material allowing electromagnetic waves to permeate through the chip, and in which a circular frame 16 is formed to retain a droplet 20 of a solution containing a biopolymer and a biopolymer crystal 28 produced in the droplet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignees: Protein Wave Corporation, Riken
    Inventors: Akira Sanjoh, Nobuo Kamiya, Takaaki Hikima
  • Method and equipment for producing biopolymer crystal
    Publication number: 20030159641
    Abstract: The invention provides a crystallizing method and an apparatus for producing a biopolymer capable of simplifying operations for taking out a produced crystal and mounting the crystal onto a crystal structure analyzer, thereby improving efficiency in the operations as well as reducing a labor burden. A crystallizing apparatus for producing a biopolymer crystal from a solution containing a biopolymer includes a crystal-growing chip 10 made of a material allowing electromagnetic waves to permeate through the chip, and in which a circular frame 16 is formed to retain a droplet 20 of a solution containing a biopolymer and a biopolymer crystal 28 produced in the droplet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Protein Wave Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Akira Sanjoh, Nobuo Kamiya, Takaaki Hikima