Patents by Inventor Toshiki Tamura
Toshiki Tamura 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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Patent number: 9359416Abstract: Pentameric CRP is produced at a high efficiency by transferring DNA, which encodes monomeric CRP, into a silkworm to thereby construct a transgenic silkworm and then collecting and purifying pentameric CRP that is produced by the transgenic silkworm constructed above.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignees: NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESInventors: Iwao Kiyokawa, Yuji Arimatsu, Toshihide Miura, Ryo Kojima, Hideki Sezutsu, Keiro Uchino, Isao Kobayashi, Toshiki Tamura
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Patent number: 8952215Abstract: The present inventors produced transgenic silkworms which comprise a promoter of a DNA encoding a protein specifically expressed in the silk gland and a DNA encoding a recombinant antibody whose expression is regulated directly or indirectly by the promoter, and which secrete the recombinant antibody into the silk gland. The recombinant antibodies produced from the silk gland of the transgenic silkworms were confirmed to be active.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignees: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd., National Institute of Agrobiological SciencesInventors: Toshiki Tamura, Isao Kobayashi, Toshio Kanda, Keiro Uchino, Katsuhiro Katayama, Tatsuya Ohashi, Iwao Kiyokawa, Hisae Arai, Noriyuki Funahashi
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Publication number: 20150037880Abstract: Pentameric CRP is produced at a high efficiency by transferring DNA, which encodes monomeric CRP, into a silkworm to thereby construct a transgenic silkworm and then collecting and purifying pentameric CRP that is produced by the transgenic silkworm constructed above.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Iwao KIYOKAWA, Yuji Arimatsu, Toshihide Miura, Ryo Kojima, Hideki Sezutsu, Keiro Uchino, Isao Kobayashi, Toshiki Tamura
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Patent number: 8865966Abstract: Pentameric CRP is produced at a high efficiency by transferring DNA, which encodes monomeric CRP, into a silkworm to thereby construct a transgenic silkworm and then collecting and purifying pentameric CRP that is produced by the transgenic silkworm constructed above.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignees: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd., National Institute of Agrobiological SciencesInventors: Iwao Kiyokawa, Yuji Arimatsu, Toshihide Miura, Ryo Kojima, Hideki Sezutsu, Keiro Uchino, Isao Kobayashi, Toshiki Tamura
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Publication number: 20130212717Abstract: Pentameric CRP is produced at a high efficiency by transferring DNA, which encodes monomeric CRP, into a silkworm to thereby construct a transgenic silkworm and then collecting and purifying pentameric CRP that is produced by the transgenic silkworm constructed above.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwao Kiyokawa, Yuji Arimatsu, Toshihide Miura, Ryo Kojima, Hideki Sezutsu, Keiro Uchino, Isao Kobayashi, Toshiki Tamura
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Patent number: 8426674Abstract: Silkworms which have (i) a DNA encoding a transcriptional regulator operably linked downstream of a promoter of a DNA encoding a protein specifically expressed in the silk gland and (ii) a DNA encoding TRACP5 operably linked downstream of a target promoter of the transcriptional regulator were produced. The result showed that active TRACP5b was produced from the silkworms. This means that TRACP5 produced from the silk gland of the silkworms undergoes processing in the silk gland that is similar to the processing taking place at bone resorption sites.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignees: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd., National Institute of Agrobiological SciencesInventors: Iwao Kiyokawa, Tatsuya Ohashi, Toshihide Miura, Katsuhiro Katayama, Toshiki Tamura, Isao Kobayashi, Hideki Sezutsu
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Publication number: 20110239313Abstract: Silkworms which have (i) a DNA encoding a transcriptional regulator operably linked downstream of a promoter of a DNA encoding a protein specifically expressed in the silk gland and (ii) a DNA encoding TRACP5 operably linked downstream of a target promoter of the transcriptional regulator were produced. The result showed that active TRACP5b was produced from the silkworms. This means that TRACP5 produced from the silk gland of the silkworms undergoes processing in the silk gland that is similar to the processing taking place at bone resorption sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicants: NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESInventors: Iwao Kiyokawa, Tatsuya Ohashi, Toshihide Miura, Katsuhiro Katayama, Toshiki Tamura, Isao Kobayashi, Hideki Sezutsu
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Publication number: 20110021757Abstract: The present inventors produced transgenic silkworms which comprise a promoter of a DNA encoding a protein specifically expressed in the silk gland and a DNA encoding a recombinant antibody whose expression is regulated directly or indirectly by the promoter, and which secrete the recombinant antibody into the silk gland. The recombinant antibodies produced from the silk gland of the transgenic silkworms were confirmed to be active.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2006Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD., UNITECH CO., LTDInventors: Toshiki Tamura, Isao Kobayashi, Toshio Kanda, Keiro Uchino, Katsuhiro Katayama, Tatsuya Ohashi, Iwao Kiyokawa, Hisae Arai, Noriyuki Funahashi
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Patent number: 7659112Abstract: The present invention provides a genetic engineering material for insects that enables a target protein to be purified easily, without requiring the use of recombinant baculovirus, while simultaneously providing a process for producing exogenous protein using that genetic engineering material. A gene recombinant silkworm is obtained by inserting an exogenous protein gene such as a cytokine gene coupled to a promoter that functions in silk glands into a silkworm chromosome. An exogenous protein such as a cytokine is then extracted and purified from the silk glands or cocoon of that silkworm or its offspring. A large amount of exogenous protein can be produced within silk gland cells, outside silk gland cells or in silk thread or a cocoon by inserting an expression gene cassette, in which the DNA sequence of the 3? terminal portion and the DNA sequence of the 5? terminal portion of fibroin H chain gene are fused to the exogenous protein gene, into silk gland cells and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Hiramatsu, Takashi Tanaka, Katsushige Yamada, Toshiki Tamura
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Patent number: 7459599Abstract: Transgenic silkworms comprising GFP whose expression is regulated by the sericin gene promoter were produced. Observation of the silk glands of the last instar larvae of the silkworms showed fluorescence only in the middle silk glands. GFP was secreted from middle silkgland cells from around the spinning stage, indicating that GFP moved into the gland lumen. Finally, GFP was spun into cocoon filaments, and cocoons containing large amounts of GFP were produced. Thus, by using the promoter region of the sericin gene, recombinant proteins can be produced in the middle silk glands. Furthermore, the recombinant proteins produced in the middle silk glands were readily secreted into the lumen of the middle silk glands.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: National Institute of Agrobiological SciencesInventors: Toshiki Tamura, Hideki Sezutsu, Isao Kobayashi, Katsura Kojima, Toshio Kanda, Keiro Uchino
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Publication number: 20070083940Abstract: The present invention provides a transformed silkworm which has a polynucleotide encoding human collagen within the genomic DNA and produces recombinant human collagen as a part of proteins in the cocoon or the silk gland; a process for producing recombinant human collagen by using this transformed silkworm; and a recombinant vector for use in the generation of the transformed silkworm. Since human collagen is collected from the cocoon discharged by this transformed silkworm or its silk gland, highly pure human collagen can be conveniently obtained in a large amount. Moreover, because the recombinant human collagen produced by the transformed silkworm is safe collagen which is free from any fear of the contamination with pathogens such as viruses or prions and exhibits no antigenicity toward humans. Thus, it can be utilized in various industrial fields including medicines, foods, cosmetics and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2001Publication date: April 12, 2007Inventors: Katsutoshi Yoshizato, Masahiro Tomita, Tsutomu Satou, Hajime Mori, Toshiki Tamura, Takahiro Adachi, Hiroto Munetsuna
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Publication number: 20060070132Abstract: Transgenic silkworms comprising GFP whose expression is regulated by the sericin gene promoter were produced. Observation of the silk glands of the last instar larvae of the silkworms showed fluorescence only in the middle silk glands. GFP was secreted from middle silkgland cells from around the spinning stage, indicating that GFP moved into the gland lumen. Finally, GFP was spun into cocoon filaments, and cocoons containing large amounts of GFP were produced. Thus, by using the promoter region of the sericin gene, recombinant proteins can be produced in the middle silk glands. Furthermore, the recombinant proteins produced in the middle silk glands were readily secreted into the lumen of the middle silk glands.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Toshiki Tamura, Hideki Sezutsu, Isao Kobayashi, Katsura Kojima, Toshio Kanda, Keiro Uchino
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Publication number: 20050177877Abstract: The present invention provides a genetic engineering material for insects that enables a target protein to be purified easily, without requiring the use of recombinant baculovirus, while simultaneously providing a process for producing exogenous protein using that genetic engineering material. A gene recombinant silkworm is obtained by inserting an exogenous protein gene such as a cytokine gene coupled to a promoter that functions in silk glands into a silkworm chromosome. An exogenous protein such as a cytokine is then extracted and purified from the silk glands or cocoon of that silkworm or its offspring. A large amount of exogenous protein can be produced within silk gland cells, outside silk gland cells or in silk thread or a cocoon by inserting an expression gene cassette, in which the DNA sequence of the 3? terminal portion and the DNA sequence of the 5? terminal portion of fibroin H chain gene are fused to the exogenous protein gene, into silk gland cells and so forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2003Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Shingo Hiramatsu, Takashi Tanaka, Katsushige Yamada, Toshiki Tamura
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Patent number: 6123572Abstract: A modular plug includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals, and a signal transmission cable. The dielectric housing has a cable insertion end, a mating end opposite to the cable insertion end, a lower body portion, and an upper lid portion connected to the lower body portion. The lower body portion extends from the cable insertion end to the mating end. The lower body portion has a plurality of terminal grooves formed adjacent to the mating end, and a cable receiving space extending from the cable insertion end adjacent to the terminal grooves. The upper lid portion is operable relative to the lower body portion to expose the cable receiving space. The terminals are inserted into the cable receiving space through the terminal grooves. The signal transmission cable is received in the cable receiving space, and has a plurality of conductive wires that extend adjacent to the terminal grooves, respectively, and that are connected electrically to the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1999Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Assignees: Toshiki Tamura, Tsan-Hsun LinInventors: Takuji Ishii, Toshiki Tamura, Masahito Watanabe