Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Kurihara

Yoshikazu Kurihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20210293786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method relating the evaluation of tumor tissue from an experimental animal, the method including the step of measuring an amount of a substance, except for human-derived tumor cells, contained in a sample collected from a region in an experimental animal into which a human-derived tumor tissue or tumor cells have been transplanted, wherein the region contains the tumor tissue or the tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu KURIHARA, Hideki GOUDA, Takeshi ISODA, Takeshi SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 10323271
    Abstract: Provided are: a probe reagent which is capable of stably yielding a fluorescence signal in FISH while inhibiting non-specific adsorption by the use of a nucleic acid molecule having a smaller number of bases than a BAC probe; and FISH using the probe reagent. The probe reagent is for in situ hybridization and comprises: phosphor-integrated nanoparticles containing phosphors integrated therein; and a nucleic acid molecule having a prescribed nucleic acid sequence, which phosphor-integrated nanoparticles and nucleic acid molecule are bound with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Isoda, Mitsuru Sekiguchi, Yutaka Hatanaka, Yoshikazu Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170029878
    Abstract: Provided are: a probe reagent which is capable of stably yielding a fluorescence signal in FISH while inhibiting non-specific adsorption by the use of a nucleic acid molecule having a smaller number of bases than a BAC probe; and FISH using the probe reagent. The probe reagent is for in situ hybridization and comprises: phosphor-integrated nanoparticles containing phosphors integrated therein; and a nucleic acid molecule having a prescribed nucleic acid sequence, which phosphor-integrated nanoparticles and nucleic acid molecule are bound with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi ISODA, Mitsuru SEKIGUCHI, Yutaka HATANAKA, Yoshikazu KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 8920749
    Abstract: A microchip capable of sending liquid in a micro flow channel to a predetermined place irrespective of the pressure difference and sending a mixture of two or more liquid masses to a predetermined place even if the channel structure is simple. The microchip comprises an intermediate reservoir portion provided in a micro flow channel and adapted for temporarily holding liquid sent through the micro flow channel. The microchip is characterized in that the intermediate reservoir portion has a side channel, the volume of the intermediate reservoir portion is smaller than the total volume of the liquid sent into the intermediate reservoir portion, the side channel is provided for communication of a micro flow channel on the upstream side of the intermediate reservoir portion with a micro flow channel on the downstream side thereof, and the cross-section area of the side channel is smaller than that of the micro flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi Aoki, Akihisa Nakajima, Kusunoki Higashino, Yasuhiro Sando, Yoshikazu Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20140162373
    Abstract: A microchip capable of sending liquid in a micro flow channel to a predetermined place irrespective of the pressure difference and sending a mixture of two or more liquid masses to a predetermined place even if the channel structure is simple. The microchip comprises an intermediate reservoir portion provided in a micro flow channel and adapted for temporarily holding liquid sent through the micro flow channel. The microchip is characterized in that the intermediate reservoir portion has a side channel, the volume of the intermediate reservoir portion is smaller than the total volume of the liquid sent into the intermediate reservoir portion, the side channel is provided for communication of a micro flow channel on the upstream side of the intermediate reservoir portion with a micro flow channel on the downstream side thereof, and the cross-section area of the side channel is smaller than that of the micro flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi AOKI, Akihisa NAKAJIMA, Kusunoki HIGASHINO, Yasuhiro SANDO, Yoshikazu KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20110226339
    Abstract: A microchip capable of sending liquid in a micro flow channel to a predetermined place irrespective of the pressure difference and sending a mixture of two or more liquid masses to a predetermined place even if the channel structure is simple. The microchip comprises an intermediate reservoir portion provided in a micro flow channel and adapted for temporarily holding liquid sent through the micro flow channel. The microchip is characterized in that the intermediate reservoir portion has a side channel, the volume of the intermediate reservoir portion is smaller than the total volume of the liquid sent into the intermediate reservoir portion, the side channel is provided for communication of a micro flow channel on the upstream side of the intermediate reservoir portion with a micro flow channel on the downstream side thereof, and the cross-section area of the side channel is smaller than that of the micro flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.,
    Inventors: Youichi Aoki, Akihisa Nakajima, Kusunoki Higashino, Yasuhiro Sando, Yoshikazu Kurihara