Patents by Inventor Yukou Saito

Yukou Saito 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).

  • Patent number: 7964414
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biosensor, wherein non-specific adsorption on a surface that does not retain a physiologically active substance (reference unit) is suppressed. The biosensor of the invention includes a substrate having at least two types of surfaces on a single plane, wherein at least one of the surfaces does not retain a physiologically active substance, and wherein at least two types of hydrophilic compounds with different molecular weights are bound to the surface that does not retain a physiologically active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Ezoe, Taisei Nishimi, Yukou Saito
  • Patent number: 7740908
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a solid substrate used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution, and a solid surface used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution. The present invention provides a method for producing a solid substrate for sensors that has a coating on the surface using spin coating, wherein a substrate to be coated is rotated in an atmosphere in which the vapor pressure of coating solvent is 50% to 100% with respect to the saturation vapor pressure so as to form a thin film of a coating solution on said substrate to be coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukou Saito, Masashi Hakamata
  • Patent number: 7563623
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biosensor on which a large amount of protein can be immobilized and nonspecific adsorption is less likely to occur with the use of a SAM compound having high water solubility and good performance in terms of supply. The present invention provides a biosensor comprising a substrate on which a hydrophilic polymer having a reactive group capable of binding to a physiologically active substance is immobilized via a compound represented by the following formula (1), said compound at a concentration of 1 mM being dissolved in water at 25° C.: X-L-Y??(1) wherein X represents a group capable of binding to metal, L represents a linking group, and Y represents a functional group to which the hydrophilic polymer is bound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Ezoe, Taisei Nishimi, Yukou Saito
  • Publication number: 20080038841
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biosensor on which a large amount of protein can be immobilized and nonspecific adsorption is less likely to occur with the use of a SAM compound having high water solubility and good performance in terms of supply. The present invention provides a biosensor comprising a substrate on which a hydrophilic polymer having a reactive group capable of binding to a physiologically active substance is immobilized via a compound represented by the following formula (1), said compound at a concentration of 1 mM being dissolved in water at 25° C.: X-L-Y??(1) wherein X represents a group capable of binding to metal, L represents a linking group, and Y represents a functional group to which the hydrophilic polymer is bound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Ezoe, Taisei Nishimi, Yukou Saito
  • Publication number: 20070259193
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a solid substrate used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution, and a solid surface used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution. The present invention provides a method for producing a solid substrate for sensors that has a coating on the surface using spin coating, wherein a substrate to be coated is rotated in an atmosphere in which the vapor pressure of coating solvent is 50% to 100% with respect to the saturation vapor pressure so as to form a thin film of a coating solution on said substrate to be coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yukou Saito, Masashi Hakamata
  • Publication number: 20070040244
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for sensors and a container, wherein the adhesiveness of the substrate to a thin film is improved, a physiologically active substance can be immobilized without the peeling of the thin film from a plastic substrate, and non-specific adsorption during the analysis of interaction among biomolecules is small. The present invention provides a substrate for sensors, which has a thin film layer on a plastic substrate, wherein the plastic substrate has been treated with an organic primer before formation of the thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Yukou Saito, Hirohiko Tsuzuki, Toshiaki Kubo
  • Publication number: 20060246512
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a biosensor, wherein non-specific adsorption on a surface that does not retain a physiologically active substance (reference unit) is suppressed. The present invention provides a biosensor which comprises a substrate having at least two types of surfaces on a single plane, wherein at least one of said surfaces does not retain a physiologically active substance, and wherein at least two types of hydrophilic compounds with different molecular weights are bound to said surface that does not retain a physiologically active substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Toshihide Ezoe, Taisei Nishimi, Yukou Saito
  • Publication number: 20060073521
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a solid substrate used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution, and a solid surface used for sensors having a film with a small film thickness distribution. The present invention provides a method for spin coating wherein the substrate is rotated in a state where the substrate surface to be coated is inclined against the rotation surface during coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Yukou Saito, Hirohiko Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20050181497
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid substrate used for sensors that suppresses nonspecific adsorption and that is able to immobilize a physiologically active substance. The present invention provides A solid substrate used for sensors, wherein two or more different hydrophobic polymer layers are laminated on the solid substrate, and among the above hydrophobic polymer layers, the surface of a layer, which is farthest from the solid substrate, is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Yukou Saito, Hirohiko Tsuzuki