Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Shodai

Toshihiro Shodai 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 for producing virus vector
    Patent number: 9102943
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a virus vector, which comprises a step wherein cells that are capable of producing a virus vector are cultured in a culture medium that contains, as active components, a retinoic acid and a histone deacetylase inhibiting substance; and a culture medium for the production of a virus vector, which is characterized by containing, as active components, a retinoic acid and a histone deacetylase inhibiting substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TAKARA BIO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Shinmura, Yoshinori Katayama, Kensuke Sakai, Toshihiro Shodai, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Junichi Mineno
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRUS VECTOR
    Publication number: 20130183719
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a virus vector, which comprises a step wherein cells that are capable of producing a virus vector are cultured in a culture medium that contains, as active components, a retinoic acid and a histone deacetylase inhibiting substance; and a culture medium for the production of a virus vector, which is characterized by containing, as active components, a retinoic acid and a histone deacetylase inhibiting substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Shinmura, Yoshinori Katayama, Kensuke Sakai, Toshihiro Shodai, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Junichi Mineno
  • Microorganism-derived psychrophilic endonuclease
    Patent number: 8034597
    Abstract: A polypeptide having an endonuclease activity derived from a psychrophilic microorganism Shewanella sp. strain Ac10, which exhibits high activity at low temperatures, can remove any nucleic acid present in a protein solution and can reduce the viscosity of a protein extract; and a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Awazu, Toshihiro Shodai, Hikaru Takakura, Masanari Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Mukai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • MICROORGANISM-DERIVED PSYCHROPHILIC ENDONUCLEASE
    Publication number: 20090047705
    Abstract: A polypeptide having an endonuclease activity derived from a psychrophilic microorganism Shewanella sp. strain AC10, which exhibits high activity at low temperatures, can remove any nucleic acid present in a protein solution and can reduce the viscosity of a protein extract; and a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Awazu, Toshihiro Shodai, Hikaru Takakura, Masanari Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Mukai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Process For Producing Polypeptide
    Publication number: 20080206811
    Abstract: A process for producing a target protein at low temperature, comprising inducing expression of not only a vector having introduced therein a gene coding for the target protein but also a vector having a chaperone gene introduced therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Takara Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shodai, Hiroshi Kobori, Takehiro Sagara, Hiroshi Endo, Hikaru Takakura, Jun Tomono, Hiroaki Sagawa, Hiroyuki Mukai, Ikunoshin Kato