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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173865 | Plant having increased yield of seeds It is found that a transformed plant into which a γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene has been introduced is increased in at least one of the number of flowers and the number of seeds in comparison with a wild-type plant, and is therefore increased in seed yield. Ba... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168808 | Fluorinated 1,3-dioxolane compounds, fluorinated polymers of the compounds, and optical or electrical materials comprising the polymers A production method of fluorinated compounds, for producing a compound represented by formula (3) in a fluorine-based solution in a flow of fluorine gas after reaction of at least one type of compounds represented by formula (1) and at least one type of compounds re... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168151 | Organic/inorganic composite biomaterials and process for producing the same This invention provides organic/inorganic composite biomaterials constituted by composites of hydroxyapatite and collagen and having an average fiber length of 60 μm or longer, and a process for producing the same in which the calcium ion and phosphate ion concentr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8153839 | Method for synthesis of keto acids or amino acids by hydration of acetylene compound An object of the present invention is to provide a method for synthesis of keto acids by hydration of an acetylene compound (acetylene-carboxylic acids) under mild conditions free from harmful mercury catalysts and a method for synthesis of amino acids from acetylen... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8105772 | DNA detection method using molecular beacon with the use of monomer emission/excimer emission switching of fluorescent molecule It is intended to provide a means and a method whereby a molecule for DNA detection at an elevated accuracy can be provided, different form the existing DNA detection system with the use of a molecular beacon. A molecular beacon wherein fluorescent organic groups ca... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097909 | Field-effect transistor with spin-dependent transmission characteristics and non-volatile memory using the same When a gate voltage is applied, the Schottky barrier width due to the metallic spin band in the ferromagnetic source decreasing, up-spin electrons from the metallic spin band are tunnel-injected into the channel region. However, down-spin electrons from the nonmagne... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093047 | Induction of myocardial cell from mammalian bone marrow cell or cord blood-derived cell and fat tissue This invention provides a method for differentiating mammalian bone marrow cells or cord blood-derived cells into myocardial precursor cells and/or myocardial cells by culturing said bone marrow cells or cord blood-derived cells with cells isolated from mammalian fa... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092616 | Method for producing a giant magnetostrictive alloy A rapidly solidified Fe—Ga alloy containing 15 to 23 atomic percent of Ga having a particular rapidly solidified texture is formed into slices which are laminated to each other in a die, or is formed into a powder or chops which are filled in the die. Subsequently... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8045023 | Apparatus and method for intermediate image-formation of information propagating as wave motion passing through open hole and for image pick-up An opening is made in a surface intercepting a wave propagating through space. An image of an object is formed on an intermediate surface from the wave passing through this opening. After wave conversion, that is to say, after the entity of a wave is converted into ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039247 | Method of forming planar lipid double membrane for membrane protein analysis and apparatus therefor To provide a method of forming a planar lipid-bilayer membrane for membrane protein analysis, by which downsizing, simplifying, and multichanneling of a device therefore are achieved. A planar lipid-bilayer membrane 24 is formed by filling a microchannel 1... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026207 | Peptides and compositions for inhibiting fungal growth It is intended to provide a novel peptide which can exert higher antifungal effect also on a patient whose organ function is impaired with no side effect problems. The peptide comprises the following amino acid sequence: (1) SEQ ID NO:1: Lys -Arg-Leu-Phe-Arg-Arg-Trp... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023659 | Mixing system, method and program In a situation where a plurality of virtual sound sources are fixedly located, a mixing system allows a listener to increase or decrease the sound volumes of the virtual sound sources with a simple operation. Directional angle difference detection means 24 de... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8008650 | Transistor with nanotube structure exhibiting N-type semiconductor-like characteristics An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is for... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003341 | Method of amplifying ATP and use thereof The ATP amplification method is a method for amplifying and detecting a very trace amount of exogenous ATP by allowing a fusion protein (PPK-ADK) of a polyphosphate kinase and an adenylate kinase, the fusion protein not containing ADP, to act on a mixture of ATP, AM... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999178 | Solar cell and method of producing the same A solar cell comprises a substrate; an n-type barium silicide layer being arranged on the substrate and containing Ba atoms and Si atoms; an n+-type barium silicide layer being arranged on the n-type barium silicide layer and containing impurity atoms whi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7989223 | Method of using spin injection device A spin injection device capable of spin injection magnetization reversal at low current density, a magnetic apparatus using the same, and magnetic thin film using the same, whereby the spin injection device (14) including a spin injection part (1) comp... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981968 | Photoresponsive polymer, built-up type diacetylene polymer, crystal of ammonium carboxylate, and method of manufacturing them A crystal of carboxyl acid and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amine and ammonia are mixed in an absence of a liquid medium. The carboxyl acid is conjugated diene such as (Z,Z)-muconic acid, the conjugated diene including a carboxyl group... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978745 | Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser comprising a two-dimensional photonic crystal, having media different in refractive index arrayed in a two-dimensional cycle, disposed in the vicinity of an active layer that emits light by the injection of car... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974540 | Communication system and communication method using the same A communication system capable of employing polarization-dependent phase modulators with a reversing configuration that preserves security against disturbance of a polarization state at a transmission path but without using Faraday mirrors and a communication method... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972792 | Sequence-specific nucleic acid purification method manner Disclosed is a method for the purification and collection of a nucleic acid comprising a specific nucleotide sequence, which can be carried out within an extremely short period and can achieve both high sequence-specificity and a high collection rate. Specifically d... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964066 | Method for controlling structure of nano-scale substance, and method for preparing low dimensional quantum structure having nano-scale using the method for controlling structure A method for controlling a structure of a nano-scale substance, which comprises irradiating a mixture of low-dimensional quantum structures having a nano-scale with an electromagnetic wave in an oxygen atmosphere, to thereby selectively oxidize a low-dimensional qua... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961182 | Stereoscopic image display method A stereoscopic image display method capable of stereoscopic display of a photographed image. One two-dimensional image is selected, and one pixel capable of being viewed from a corresponding viewpoint position is selected from a plurality of pixels. A virtual surfac... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960154 | Polyester-based-plastic-degrading bacteria, polyester-based-plastic-degrading enzymes and polynucleotides encoding the enzymes The present invention relates to a novel microorganism and a method for degrading plastics or for collecting monomers through biological treatment using the microorganism. The present invention also relates to a novel polyester-based plastic-degrading enzyme and a p... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951379 | Hollow nanoparticle of NBsAg large protein for drug delivery The invention provides a therapeutic drug that uses hollow protein nanoparticles displaying an antibody against a specific cell or specific tissue. The effectiveness of the drug has been proved by animal testing. The invention also provides a therapeutic method usin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943758 | 3′-end nucleoside unit comprising phosphoramidite Methods of synthesizing nucleic acid oligomers on a solid-phase support having a 3′-end nucleoside unit introduced thereon-as represented by formula II: wherein of formula II re... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938551 | Luminescent glass The present invention provides a process for producing a luminescent glass, comprising the steps of adsorbing, to a porous high silica glass, at least one metal component selected from the group consisting of elements of Groups IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA, VIII, IB, II... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935989 | Single-electron transistor, field-effect transistor, sensor, method for producing sensor, and sensing method A single-electron transistor comprising at least a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on top of the substrate opposing to each other, and a channel arranged between the source electrode is disclosed wherein the channel is composed of ultra fi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7928257 | Method for producing optically active aziridine compounds and amine compounds as well as complexes and their intermediates used in this method This invention provides a method for producing an optically active aziridine compound or amine compound, which uses as a catalyst a Ru(salen)(CO) complex represented by the following formula (I) or its enantiomer having a high stability, in a high turnover number (T... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922780 | Method and apparatus for hydrocarbon reforming based on oxygen-permeable membrane To provide a method and an apparatus for reforming a hydrocarbon with a prolonged life of an oxygen-permeable membrane and a high recovery rate. The oxygen-permeable membrane absorbs the free energy change, ΔG, of a partial oxidation reforming reaction and t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919215 | Corrosion resistant metal oxide electrode catalyst for oxygen reduction A corrosion-resistant electrode catalyst for oxygen reduction includes a main catalyst composed of at least one transition metal oxide selected from oxygen-deficient ZrO2, Ta2O5, Nb2O5, TiO2, V2 | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910328 | Promoter of novel calcium-independent phospholipase A2 Novel calcium-independent phospholipases A2; genes encoding the same; an antibody against them; an inherent promoter or a regulator gene which comprises a base sequence occurring in intron and inducing site-specific expression in response to an external s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904966 | Scanning probe microscope apparatus There is provided a scanning probe microscope apparatus which has a high sensitivity for the interaction between the cantilever and the sample and comprises a cantilever that can oscillate stably in dynamic mode even when a mechanical Q value is low. A drivin... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902089 | N-type transistor, production methods for n-type transistor and n-type transistor-use channel, and production method of nanotube structure exhibiting n-type semiconductor-like characteristics An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is for... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897819 | Method for producing optically active aziridine compounds and amine compounds as well as complexes and their intermediates used in this method This invention provides a method for producing an optically active aziridine compound or amine compound, which uses as a catalyst a Ru(salen)(CO) complex represented by the following formula (I) or its enantiomer having a high stability, in a high turnover number (T... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892834 | Cellular signal-responsive gene transcriptional regulation system A gene complex-forming material which comprises a water-soluble polymer having a peptide containing an amino acid sequence serving as the substrate of an intracellular signal-responsive enzyme and basic amino acids imparting cationic nature; a gene complex composed ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892458 | Metallic electroconductive 12CaO 7AlOcompound and process for producing the same In an electride C12A7 provided by replacing free oxygen in 12CaO.7Al2O3 with electrons, a material having metallic electroconductivity and an electric conductivity of more than 5×102 S/cm at room temperature could not have been prod... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7847953 | Homodyne laser interferometer probe and displacement measurement system using the same A low-cost homodyne laser interferometer probe of simple structure is provided which allows predetermined performance to be easily obtained by a simple adjustment, and a displacement measurement system using the same is also disclosed. The homodyne laser interferome... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845231 | Shear measuring method and its device A resonance shear measuring method capable of simple and rapid measurement by obtaining a resonance shear curve through Fourier transformation of a damping curve of an oscillation on one side surface of a sample during measurement of shear response from the sample i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879309 | Method for preparing functional nanomaterials utilizing endothermic reaction A method is disclosed whereby a functional nanomaterial such as a monolayer carbon nanotube, a monolayer boron nitride nanotube, a monolayer silicon carbide nanotube, a multilayer carbon nanotube with the number of layers controlled, a multilayer boron nitride nanot... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876483 | Optically reconfigurable logic circuit To provide an optically reconfigurable logic circuit in which a mount area of an optical circuit is reduced as much as possible and a high gate density is realized. In an optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 provided with a plurality of configurati... | 01/25/2011 |
