Patents by Inventor Takanori Akiyama

Takanori Akiyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20140060499
    Abstract: The present invention provides an evaporation fuel processing device including: a passage formed inside so as to allow a fluid to flow through the passage; a tank port and a purge port formed on one end side of the passage; an atmospheric air port formed on the other end side of the passage; and adsorbent layers filled with adsorbent which can adsorb evaporation fuel components, the adsorbent layers being provided in the passage, wherein a region which is constituted of three or more adsorbent layers and separating parts for separating the adjacent adsorbent layers, and in which a total volume of the adsorbent layers is set smaller than a total volume of the separating parts, is provided on an atmospheric air port side of the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori AKIYAMA, Junya Kimoto, Hiroshi Takamatsu, Ryuji Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20140060497
    Abstract: An evaporation fuel processing device is provide including: a passage; a tank port and a purge port on one end side of the passage; an atmospheric air port on the other end side of the passage; and adsorbent layers filled with adsorbent for evaporation fuel components, provided in the passage; a region provided on an atmospheric air port side of the passage, being constituted of three or more adsorbent layers and separating parts for separating the adjacent adsorbent layers, in which a volume of the adsorbent layer is smaller in the adsorbent layer closer to the atmospheric air port, a volume of the separating part is larger closer to the atmospheric air port, and the volume of the separating part located farthest on a tank port side is larger than that of the adsorbent layer located farthest on the atmospheric air port side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Akiyama, Junya Kimoto, Hiroshi Takamatsu, Ryuji Kosugi
  • Patent number: 8637272
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially useful improved halohydrin epoxidase, a method for producing the same, and a method for producing an epihalohydrin or 4-halo-3-hydroxybutyronitrile using the same. The improved halohydrin epoxidase of the present invention consists of an amino acid sequence in which a specific amino acid substitution mutation is introduced into an amino acid sequence of a wild-type halohydrin epoxidase comprising predetermined amino acid sequences I and II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Akiyama, Yu Fujio, Fumiaki Watanabe, Yuya Takikawa, Eiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20130184448
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase. The present invention also provides a protein that comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; or a protein that comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acid residues, and has an ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori AKIYAMA, Wataru MIZUNASHI, Tetsuji NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8409841
    Abstract: An improved hydroxynitrile lyase characterized by having a mutation of substitution of at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase with another amino acid and by its hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant being higher than the hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant into which the wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase gene is introduced; and a method for producing a hydroxynitrile lyase, comprising expressing the improved hydroxynitrile lyase in a host and recovering the improved hydroxynitrile lyase from the resultant culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Asano, Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Eiji Sato
  • Patent number: 8383389
    Abstract: An improved hydroxynitrile lyase characterized by having a mutation of substitution of at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase with another amino acid and by its hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant being higher than the hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant into which the wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase gene is introduced; and a method for producing a hydroxynitrile lyase, comprising expressing the improved hydroxynitrile lyase in a host and recovering the improved hydroxynitrile lyase from the resultant culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Asano, Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Eiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20120040417
    Abstract: An improved hydroxynitrile lyase characterized by having a mutation of substitution of at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase with another amino acid and by its hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant being higher than the hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant into which the wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase gene is introduced; and a method for producing a hydroxynitrile lyase, comprising expressing the improved hydroxynitrile lyase in a host and recovering the improved hydroxynitrile lyase from the resultant culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa ASANO, Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Eiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20120028317
    Abstract: An improved hydroxynitrile lyase characterized by having a mutation of substitution of at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase with another amino acid and by its hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant being higher than the hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant into which the wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase gene is introduced; and a method for producing a hydroxynitrile lyase, comprising expressing the improved hydroxynitrile lyase in a host and recovering the improved hydroxynitrile lyase from the resultant culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Asano, Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Eiji Sato
  • Patent number: 8030053
    Abstract: An improved hydroxynitrile lyase characterized by having a mutation of substitution of at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase with another amino acid and by its hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant being higher than the hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant into which the wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase gene is introduced; and a method for producing a hydroxynitrile lyase, comprising expressing the improved hydroxynitrile lyase in a host and recovering the improved hydroxynitrile lyase from the resultant culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Asano, Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Eiji Sato
  • Patent number: 7977073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amide hydrolase which is with excellent thermostability and stereoselectively hydrolyzes an ?-amino acid amide; a gene encoding the enzyme protein; a novel recombinant vector containing the gene; a transformant containing the recombinant vector; and a process for producing an L-?-amino acid using the transformant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Katoh, Takanori Akiyama, Tetsuji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100151537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase. The present invention also provides a protein that comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; or a protein that comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acid residues, and has an ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Akiyama, Wataru Mizunashi, Tetsuji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100136617
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially useful improved halohydrin epoxidase, a method for producing the same, and a method for producing an epihalohydrin or 4-halo-3-hydroxybutyronitrile using the same. The improved halohydrin epoxidase of the present invention consists of an amino acid sequence in which a specific amino acid substitution mutation is introduced into an amino acid sequence of a wild-type halohydrin epoxidase comprising predetermined amino acid sequences I and II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Fumiaki Watanabe, Yuya Takikawa, Eiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20100095938
    Abstract: The present invention includes a fuel vapor processing apparatus including a communication passage connecting between a first space and a second space each containing an adsorption material capable of adsorbing fuel vapor. The communication passage includes a dissipation delaying space capable of delaying dissipation or transmission of the fuel vapor between the first and second spaces. The communication passage further includes throttles positioned to oppose to each other across the dissipation delaying space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuji KOSUGI, Takanori AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 7674611
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase. The present invention also provides a protein that comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; or a protein that comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acid residues, and has an ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takanori Akiyama, Wataru Mizunashi, Tetsuji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090215132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amide hydrolase which is with excellent thermostability and stereoselectively hydrolyzes an ?-amino acid amide; a gene encoding the enzyme protein; a novel recombinant vector containing the gene; a transformant containing the recombinant vector; and a process for producing an L-?-amino acid using the transformant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Osamu Katoh, Takanori Akiyama, Tetsuji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090170156
    Abstract: An improved hydroxynitrile lyase characterized by having a mutation of substitution of at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase with another amino acid and by its hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant being higher than the hydroxynitrile lyase activity per transformant into which the wild-type hydroxynitrile lyase gene is introduced; and a method for producing a hydroxynitrile lyase, comprising expressing the improved hydroxynitrile lyase in a host and recovering the improved hydroxynitrile lyase from the resultant culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Asano, Takanori Akiyama, Fujio Yu, Eiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20080009053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase. The present invention also provides a protein that comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; or a protein that comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acid residues, and has an ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Akiyama, Wataru Mizunashi, Tetsuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7273414
    Abstract: A loop track for racing objects is disposed at the center of a race game device, for example for a simulated horse race. A plurality of racing objects, such as race horses, run on the track. The X- and Y-directional positions of the race horses are detected by a separable position detecting means underlying the track. The separable position detecting means allows for easier maintenance, transport, assembly, and disassembly of the device. Information regarding the positions of the horses is displayed on a game screen. Players can write memos to themselves on individual game screens by pressing a trace over the game information on the game screen. A control unit provides game information corresponding to other races other than a current race, including future races, and players may select information corresponding to future races on the individual game screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Nagao, Takanori Akiyama, Naoki Kawajiri, Seiji Hayashi, Susumu Murata, Koji Yamaguchi, Yuji Ikeda, Mitsuru Todaiji, Yasuhiro Takagi, Shunichi Nakamura, Keiji Yano, Muneoki Kamata, Shingo Kataoka, Koji Osuka
  • Publication number: 20020165017
    Abstract: A loop track 12 for race horses is disposed at the center of a horse race game device 10. Twelve race horses 14 run on the track 12. A gate 18 is disposed in a paddock 20 in the track 12. The gate 18 is advanced to a start point of the track 12 from the paddock 20. Twelve satellites 12 are disposed on three sides of the track 12. A large projector 24 for displaying images of developments, ect. of a race is disposed on one of the short sides of the track 12. Speakers 25 for live broadcasting, fanfares, BGM, etc. are disposed on both sides of the large projector. The horse race game device enables a larger number of running objects to be raced at once, whereby race developments are made more amusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Yuji Nagao, Takanori Akiyama, Naoki Kawajiri, Seiji Hayashi, Susumu Murata, Koji Yamaguchi, Yuji Ikeda, Mitsuru Todaiji, Yasuhiro Takagi, Shunichi Nakamura, Keiji Yano, Muneoki Kamata, Shingo Kataoka, Koji Osuka
  • Patent number: 6394898
    Abstract: A loop track for race horses is disposed at the center of a horse race game device. Twelve race horses run on the track. A gate is disposed in a paddock in the track. The gate is advanced to a start point of the track from the paddock. Twelve satellites are disposed on three sides of the track. A large projector for displaying images of developments, etc. of a race is disposed on one of the short sides of the track. Speakers for live broadcasting, fanfares, BGM, etc. are disposed on both sides of the large projector. The horse race game device enables a larger number of running objects to be raced at once, whereby race developments are made more amusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Nagao, Takanori Akiyama, Naoki Kawajiri, Seiji Hayashi, Susumu Murata, Koji Yamaguchi, Yuji Ikeda, Mitsuru Todaiji, Yasuhiro Takagi, Shunichi Nakamura, Keiji Yano, Muneoki Kamata, Shingo Kataoka, Koji Osuka