Patents by Inventor Yoshina Takahashi

Yoshina Takahashi 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).

  • Xylose isomerase and use thereof
    Patent number: 8772012
    Abstract: It is an object of the disclosure of the present description to provide an eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability. The disclosure of the present description provides a novel eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability by transforming a yeast or other eukaryotic cell using DNA that codes a xylose isomerase from a termite protist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Riken
    Inventors: Satoshi Katahira, Kenro Tokuhiro, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Shigeharu Moriya, Moriya Ohkuma, Yoshina Takahashi
  • METHOD OF TREATING PLANT BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20130130328
    Abstract: Plant biomass is immersed in a solution that contains a polar solvent and an imidazolium salt that has a melting point of at least 100° C. As a result, the cellulose and hemicellulose present in the plant biomass are relaxed (decrystallized and depolymerized) and brought into an easy-to-degrade state. Reacting the immersed plant biomass with a cellulase produces saccharide at a high conversion efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhide Tabata, Nobuhiro Ishida, Risa Nakamura, Satoshi Katahira, Yoshina Takahashi
  • XYLOSE ISOMERASE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130095538
    Abstract: It is an object of the disclosure of the present description to provide an eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability. The disclosure of the present description provides a novel eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability by transforming a yeast or other eukaryotic cell using DNA that codes a xylose isomerase from a termite protist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicants: RIKEN, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Satoshi Katahira, Kenro Tokuhiro, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Shigeharu Moriya, Moriya Ohkuma, Yoshina Takahashi