Patents by Inventor Yasuo Matsuo

Yasuo Matsuo 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 of controlling ethanol production and mass production of lactic acid and transformant therefor
    Patent number: 8039238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transformant into which has been incorporated DNA for coding a foreign protein having lactate dehydrogenase activity and provided with pyruvic acid substrate affinity that equals or exceeds the pyruvic acid substrate affinity of the pyruvate decarboxylase inherent in the host organism. Said transformant can stably mass-produce lactic acid inside a host organism having the pyruvate decarboxylase gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Osamu Saotome, Noriko Yasutani, Yasuo Matsuo, Nobuhiro Ishida, Masana Hirai, Takao Imaeda, Chikara Miyazaki, Kenro Tokuhiro
  • Method of controlling ethanol production and mass production of lactic acid and transformant therefor
    Publication number: 20050214915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transformant into which has been incorporated DNA for coding a foreign protein having lactate dehydrogenase activity and provided with pyruvic acid substrate affinity that equals or exceeds the pyruvic acid substrate affinity of the pyruvate decarboxylase inherent in the host organism. Said transformant can stably mass-produce lactic acid inside a host organism having the pyruvate decarboxylase gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Osamu Saotome, Noriko Yasutani, Yasuo Matsuo, Nobuhiro Ishida, Masana Hirai, Takao Imaeda, Chikara Miyazaki, Kenro Tokuhiro
  • System for achieving high expression of genes
    Publication number: 20050120394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of expressing a gene by inserting the genome into a host organism using genetic engineering techniques. The present invention further relates to a novel promoter, a recombinant vector containing the promoter and a target gene, a transformant containing the recombinant vector, and a method of producing a useful gene product or useful substance using the transformant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Satoshi Saitoh, Osamu Saotome, Noriko Yasutani, Yasuo Matsuo, Nobuhiro Ishida, Masana Hirai, Katsuhiko Kitamoto
  • Membrane for liquid mixture separation
    Patent number: 5554286
    Abstract: A membrane for liquid mixture separation is composed of an A-type zeolite film deposited on a porous support after seed crystals are held on a surface of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamoto, Hidetoshi Kita, Masakazu Kondo, Norikazu Miyake, Yasuo Matsuo