Patents by Inventor Yasufumi Fukano

Yasufumi Fukano 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).

  • Expression vector enabling screening of cells with high expression of recombinant protein, transformant with high expression of recombinant protein and utilization thereof
    Publication number: 20040038392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an expression vector which comprises an expression unit containing a first selective marker gene and an expression unit containing a second selective marker gene which differs from the first selective marker gene; a transformant having the expression vector; a method for screening cells which express high level of a recombinant protein by use of the transformant; and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Tatsurou Shibui, Yasufumi Fukano, Masahiro Kitou, Seima Itami
  • Method for preparation of monosialoganglioside GM1
    Patent number: 5756314
    Abstract: A method for producing monosialoganglioside GM1 comprising the step of contacting a crude ganglioside mixture with a microorganism capable of producing a sialidase; and a bacterial strain of Pseudomonas genus capable of producing a sialidase and usable in the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Yasufumi Fukano