Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Shimada

Yoshifumi Shimada 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).

  • Irrigation device and cell plug used for same
    Patent number: 11950550
    Abstract: An irrigation device includes: a cell plug that includes an opening facing upward and an accommodation part that accommodates a predetermined amount of culture medium in communication with the opening; a liquid supply unit that supplies a liquid to a culture medium of the cell plug; and a cell plug lifting unit that lowers the cell plug when a weight of the cell plug is increased by a liquid supplied by the liquid supply unit and lifts the cell plug when a weight of the cell plug is decreased by drying of a culture medium. The liquid supply unit includes a contact end that is intermittently brought into contact with a culture medium by lifting and lowering of the cell plug by the cell plug lifting unit, performs liquid supply while the contact end is in contact with a culture medium, and stops liquid supply when the contact end is separated from a culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA, KUSAKABE KIKAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nishiura, Koji Shimada
  • In-vehicle network system, relay device, and method of controlling in-vehicle network system
    Patent number: 11936500
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Hiroya Ando, Taichi Matsumura, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Toshio Kawamura, Tomomi Kawamura, Yoshifumi Ohmori, Toshio Shimada, Yoshiro Hirata
  • System, program, and method for determining hypermutated tumor
    Patent number: 11869190
    Abstract: A method, a program, and a method determining hypermutated type cancer with higher accuracy than before is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Niigata University, Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshifumi Wakai, Shujiro Okuda, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hiroshi Izutsu, Keisuke Kodama
  • SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING HYPERMUTATED TUMOR
    Publication number: 20220301167
    Abstract: A method, a program, and a method determining hypermutated type cancer with higher accuracy than before is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: Niigata University, Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshifumi Wakai, Shujiro Okuda, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hiroshi Izutsu, Keisuke Kodama
  • System, program, and method for determining hypermutated tumor
    Patent number: 11295447
    Abstract: A method, a program, and a method determining hypermutated type cancer with higher accuracy than before is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Niigata University, Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshifumi Wakai, Shujiro Okuda, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hiroshi Izutsu, Keisuke Kodama
  • SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING HYPERMUTATED TUMOR
    Publication number: 20210035300
    Abstract: A method, a program, and a method determining hypermutated type cancer with higher accuracy than before is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: Niigata University, Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshifumi Wakai, Shujiro Okuda, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hiroshi Izutsu, Keisuke Kodama