Patents by Inventor Yasufumi Kondou

Yasufumi Kondou 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).

  • Coral cultivation method, manufacturing method for coral-growth substrate precipitated with electrodeposited minerals, and coral-growth substrate
    Patent number: 8720376
    Abstract: A coral cultivation method includes: an electrodeposited-mineral precipitating procedure for precipitating electrodeposited minerals on a coral-growth substrate for growing coral, which is placed in seawater, by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate and a first anode that is electrically connected to the coral-growth substrate and placed in the seawater; a coral-larvae growing procedure for growing coral larvae on the coral-growth substrate precipitated with the electrodeposited minerals; a coral-cultivation-structure configuring procedure for configuring a coral cultivation structure from a plurality of the coral-growth substrates on which the coral larvae are grown; and a coral cultivating procedure for cultivating coral by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate on which the coral larvae are grown and a second anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bridge & Steel Structures Engineering Co., Ltd., The Nippon Corrosion Engineering Co., Ltd., The University Of Tokyo
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kihara, Oki Goto, Yasufumi Kondou, Yukio Koibuchi, Makoto Omori
  • CORAL CULTIVATION METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CORAL-GROWTH SUBSTRATE PRECIPITATED WITH ELECTRODEPOSITED MINERALS, AND CORAL-GROWTH SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20110192352
    Abstract: A coral cultivation method includes: an electrodeposited-mineral precipitating procedure for precipitating electrodeposited minerals on a coral-growth substrate for growing coral, which is placed in seawater, by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate and a first anode that is electrically connected to the coral-growth substrate and placed in the seawater; a coral-larvae growing procedure for growing coral larvae on the coral-growth substrate precipitated with the electrodeposited minerals; a coral-cultivation-structure configuring procedure for configuring a coral cultivation structure from a plurality of the coral-growth substrates on which the coral larvae are grown; and a coral cultivating procedure for cultivating coral by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate on which the coral larvae are grown and a second anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicants: THE NIPPON CORROSION ENGINEERING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES BRIDGE & STEEL STRUCTURES ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kihara, Oki Goto, Yasufumi Kondou, Yukio Koibuchi, Makoto Omori