Patents by Inventor Takanori Nakamura
Takanori Nakamura 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).
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Publication number: 20140051857Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A is a nitrogen atom or CR4, B is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR9 (provided that when A is a nitrogen atom, B is not NH), R1 is a C2-14 aryl group, L1 is a bond, CR10R11, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR12, X is OR13, SR13 or NR14NR15, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group or the like, L2 is a bond or the like, L3 is a bond, CR17R18, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR19, L4 is a bond, CR20R21, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR22, Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR23, and R3 is a C2-14 aryl group, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Shingo OWADA, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Kazufumi Yanagihara, Katsuaki Miyaji, Takanori Nakamura, Norihisa Ishiwata, Yutaka Hirokawa
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Patent number: 8575469Abstract: A compact, high-performance thermoelectric conversion module includes a laminate having a plurality of insulating layers, p-type thermoelectric semiconductors and n-type thermoelectric semiconductors formed by a technique for manufacturing a multilayer circuit board, particularly a technique for forming a via-conductor. Pairs of the p-type thermoelectric semiconductors and the n-type thermoelectric semiconductors are electrically connected to each other in series through p-n connection conductors to define thermoelectric conversion element pairs. The thermoelectric conversion element pairs are connected in series through, for example, series wiring conductors. The thermoelectric semiconductors each have a plurality of portions in which the peak temperatures of thermoelectric figures of merit are different from each other. These portions are distributed in the stacking direction of the laminate.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawauchi, Takanori Nakamura
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Patent number: 8471139Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module which has a P-type thermoelectric conversion material and an N-type thermoelectric conversion material electrically connected to each other. The P-type thermoelectric conversion material and the N-type thermoelectric conversion material are joined with insulating material particles (ceramic spherical particles) interposed therebetween, so as not to be electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanori Nakamura, Shuji Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8465998Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes a laminated body including a plurality of thermoelectric components laminated therein. Each of the thermoelectric components includes an insulating layer, and a thermoelectric conversion element section in which a plurality of p-type thermoelectric conversion material layers and a plurality of n-type thermoelectric conversion material layers are arranged on the insulating layer in a series connection. A step eliminating insulating material layer is arranged to eliminate a step between the thermoelectric conversion element section and a vicinity thereof, in a region between the insulating layers adjacent to each other in a laminating direction, around the p-type thermoelectric conversion material layers and n-type thermoelectric conversion material layers constituting the thermoelectric conversion element section. The thermoelectric conversion element section has a serpentine shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sasaki, Takanori Nakamura
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Patent number: 8367835Abstract: Provided is a compound useful as a therapeutic drug for pain and inflammation caused by various pathological conditions such as neuropathic pain and rheumatoid arthritis. The compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof [wherein R1 is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group or an aryl carbonyl group, A represents a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group (each group may be substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and halogen), n and m each represent an integer of 1, 2 or 3, and p represents an integer of 0, 1, 2 or 3].Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Tsuzuki, Toshiya Morie, Takanori Nakamura, Isao Shimizu, Masanori Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20130012708Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A is a nitrogen atom or CR4, B is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR9 (provided that when A is a nitrogen atom, B is not NH), R1 is a C2-14 aryl group, L1 is a bond, CR10R11, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR12, X is OR13, SR13 or NR14NR15, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group or the like, L2 is a bond or the like, L3 is a bond, CR17R18, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR19, L4 is a bond, CR20R21, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR22, Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR23, and R3 is a C2-14 aryl group, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Shingo Owada, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Kazufumi Yanagihara, Katsuaki Miyaji, Takanori Nakamura, Norihisa Ishiwata, Yutaka Hirokawa
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Patent number: 8318796Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A is a nitrogen atom or CR4, B is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR9 (provided that when A is a nitrogen atom, B is not NH), R1 is a C2-14 aryl group, L1 is a bond, CR10R11, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR12, X is OR13, SR13 or NR14NR15, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group or the like, L2 is a bond or the like, L3 is a bond, CR17R18, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR19, L4 is a bond, CR20R21, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR22, Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR23, and R3 is a C2-14 aryl group, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Owada, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Kazufumi Yanagihara, Katsuaki Miyaji, Takanori Nakamura, Norihisa Ishiwata, Yutaka Hirokawa
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Publication number: 20120209005Abstract: Fused heterocyclic compounds useful for prevention, treatment or improvement of diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective are provided. A compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein R1 is an aryl group fused to a saturated ring or the like, A, B, L1, R2, L2, L3, Y, L4, R3 and X are defined in the description), a tautomer, prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Shigeta, Shingo Umezawa, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Takanori Nakamura
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Publication number: 20120028937Abstract: Provided is a compound useful as a therapeutic drug for pain and inflammation caused by various pathological conditions such as neuropathic pain and rheumatoid arthritis. The compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof [wherein R1 is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group or an aryl carbonyl group, A represents a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group (each group may be substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and halogen), n and m each represent an integer of 1, 2 or 3, and p represents an integer of 0, 1, 2 or 3].Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Yasunori Tsuzuki, Toshiya Morie, Takanori Nakamura, Isao Shimizu, Masanori Miyauchi
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Publication number: 20120021551Abstract: A compact, high-performance thermoelectric conversion module includes a laminate having a plurality of insulating layers, p-type thermoelectric semiconductors and n-type thermoelectric semiconductors formed by a technique for manufacturing a multilayer circuit board, particularly a technique for forming a via-conductor. Pairs of the p-type thermoelectric semiconductors and the n-type thermoelectric semiconductors are electrically connected to each other in series through p-n connection conductors to define thermoelectric conversion element pairs. The thermoelectric conversion element pairs are connected in series through, for example, series wiring conductors. The thermoelectric semiconductors each have a plurality of portions in which the peak temperatures of thermoelectric figures of merit are different from each other. These portions are distributed in the stacking direction of the laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro KAWAUCHI, Takanori NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8093251Abstract: Compounds effective for preventing, treatment or improving diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective are provided. A compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, L3, X and Y are defined in the description), a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Miyaji, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Yukihiro Shigeta, Yutaka Hirokawa, Shingo Oowada, Takanori Nakamura, Norihisa Ishiwata
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Patent number: 8053453Abstract: A preventive, therapeutic or improving agent for diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective or a platelet increasing agent, which contains a thrombopoietin receptor activator represented by the formula (1): wherein A is a C?2-14#191 aryl group, B is a hydrogen atom, a C?1-6#191 alkyl group, a C?1-3#191 alkyl group substituted with one or more fluorine atoms or a C?2-14#191 aryl group, D is a hydrogen atom, a C?1-6#191 alkyl group, a C?1-3#191 alkyl group substituted with one or more fluorine atoms or a C?2-14#191 aryl group, and E is a C?2-14#191 aryl group, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the activator or a solvate thereof, as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Miyaji, Norihisa Ishiwata, Takanori Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110226304Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module that generates electric power by applying a temperature difference to a pn junction between a p-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material and an n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material, at least one surface of a pair of surfaces to which a temperature difference is to be applied is covered with an insulating film. Surfaces other than the surfaces to which the temperature difference is to be applied are also covered with an insulating film. The p-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material, the n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material, an insulating material arranged therebetween, and the insulating film that covers a predetermined region of the surface are co-sintered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Sachiko Hayashi, Takanori Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110088737Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module which has a P-type thermoelectric conversion material and an N-type thermoelectric conversion material electrically connected to each other. The P-type thermoelectric conversion material and the N-type thermoelectric conversion material are joined with insulating material particles (ceramic spherical particles) interposed therebetween, so as not to be electrically connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Nakamura, Shuji Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20110081741Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes a laminated body including a plurality of thermoelectric components laminated therein. Each of the thermoelectric components includes an insulating layer, and a thermoelectric conversion element section in which a plurality of p-type thermoelectric conversion material layers and a plurality of n-type thermoelectric conversion material layers are arranged on the insulating layer in a series connection. A step eliminating insulating material layer is arranged to eliminate a step between the thermoelectric conversion element section and a vicinity thereof, in a region between the insulating layers adjacent to each other in a laminating direction, around the p-type thermoelectric conversion material layers and n-type thermoelectric conversion material layers constituting the thermoelectric conversion element section. The thermoelectric conversion element section has a serpentine shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro SASAKI, Takanori NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20110077290Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A is a nitrogen atom or CR4, B is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR9 (provided that when A is a nitrogen atom, B is not NH), R1 is a C2-14 aryl group, L1 is a bond, CR10R11, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR12, X is OR13, SR13 or NR14NR15, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group or the like, L2 is a bond or the like, L3 is a bond, CR17R18, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR19, L4 is a bond, CR20R21, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR22, Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR23, and R3 is a C2-14 aryl group, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Shingo OWADA, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Kazufumi Yanagihara, Katsuaki Miyaji, Takanori Nakamura, Norihisa Ishiwata, Yutaka Hirokawa
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Publication number: 20110061704Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module is formed by bonding a P-type thermoelectric conversion material and an N-type thermoelectric conversion material together with an insulating material including spherical ceramic grains having an index of grain size dispersion, 3CV, of about 20% or less interposed therebetween. The P-type thermoelectric conversion material and the N-type thermoelectric conversion material are electrically connected to each other in a region other than a region in which the P-type thermoelectric conversion material and the N-type thermoelectric conversion material are bonded together with the insulating material interposed therebetween. The spherical ceramic grains have an average grain size of about 0.05 mm to about 0.6 mm, and the insulating material is an insulating glass material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori NAKAMURA, Shuji MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 7906510Abstract: Disclosed is a compound having a strong affinity to serotonin-4 receptors, which is useful as an enterokinesis-promoting agent or a digestive tract function-improving agent. Specifically, disclosed is a compound represented by Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also specifically disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound represented by Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. [In Formula (1), Ar represents a group represented by Formula (Ar-1) or Formula (Ar-2).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Dainippon Sumito Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Kato, Hiroshi Harada, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yoko Kan, Yoshimi Hirokawa, Takanori Nakamura
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Patent number: 7851503Abstract: A preventive, therapeutic or improving agent for diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective or a platelet increasing agent, which contains a thrombopoietin receptor activator represented by the formula (1): [wherein each of R1 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom, SO3H, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkylcarbonyl group or a C6-18 arylcarbonyl group (the C1-6 alkyl group, the C1-6 alkylcarbonyl group and the C6-18 arylcarbonyl group may be optionally substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group, a C6-18 aryl group, a 2-pyridyl group, a 3-pyridyl group, a 4-pyridyl group, a 2-furanyl group, a 3-furanyl group, a 2-thienyl group, a 3-thienyl group or NR9R10) , and each of R2, R4 and Ra is independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a C1-6 alkoxy group].Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Miyaji, Norihisa Ishiwata, Takanori Nakamura, Taito Nishino, Hisao Kamiya, Masao Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20100310537Abstract: An object of the present invention is to expand CD34+ cells ex vivo efficiently in a short term using a biologically safe and inexpensively obtainable low molecular weight compound. A still another object of the present invention is to provide an expansion agent for CD34+ cells useful for treatment of various hematopoietic disorders caused by dysfunctional hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells. A method for expanding CD34+ cells, which comprises culturing CD34+ cells ex vivo in the presence of a compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein A, B, L1, L2, L3, L4, R1, R2, R3, X and Y are defined in the description), a tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Takanori Nakamura, Atsushi Miyamura, Taito Nishino, Norihisa Ishiwata, Katsuaki Miyaji