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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418983 | Beverage dispenser and alarm device for beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser for ejecting a beverage into a receptacle, including a housing including a taking-in/out space, nozzles provided in the beverage dispenser for ejecting the beverage, obstacle detection module for detecting an obstacle around the nozzle, alarm ge... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7365164 | Screening method for genes of brewing yeast Provided herein are a method for selecting a gene participating in the desired brewing character and compiling a database of the whole genome sequence of industrial yeast; identifying a gene participating in a brewing characteristic from the database; functional ana... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7318942 | Heat sterilized milk-added coffee beverage and method of suppressing precipitates in same An economical process for producing a milk-added coffee beverage with an enhanced flavor in a process for producing a milk-added coffee beverage produced through a step of heat sterilization of coffee and milk as the main raw materials. The process includes adding a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316823 | Processed mango juice and beverage containing it Beverages with little sedimentation and low viscosity exhibit excellent flavor derived from fruit juice, as well as a process for their production and processed fruit juice used in the process. Adding processed mango juice containing large amounts of insoluble compo... | 01/08/2008 |
| D556044 | Bottle | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288245 | Composition having immunoregulating activities The invention provides a composition comprising novel lactic acid bacteria having immunoregulating activities. Specifically, the invention provides food, drinks or medicaments containing novel lactic acid bacteria separated from “Shibazuke,” one kind of traditio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7247652 | β-benzyloxyaspartate derivatives with amino group on benzene ring L-threo-β-benzyloxyaspartate derivatives having a substituent on the benzene ring, represented by the following formula (1): wherein R is hydrogen, a linear or branched lower aliphatic acyl group with the acyl p... | 07/24/2007 |
| D546191 | Bottle | 07/10/2007 |
| D536256 | Bottle | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166753 | Process for production of hydrogen and carbonyl compounds by reacting sub- or super-critical water with alcohols A process for producing a carbonyl compound involves allowing water to undergo phase transition to a supercritical or subcritical state in the presence of an alcohol compound so as to produce/generate water-derived hydrogen and at the same time convert the alcohol c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157254 | Microorganism secreting out lipid and process for producing the lipid and lipid balls having the lipid encapsulating therein by using the mircroorganism There are provided microorganisms having a property of producing a lipid containing unsaturated fatty acids as constituent fatty acids and extracellularly secreting the produced lipid encapsulated in lipid vesicles, methods of screening said microorganisms, as well ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7119252 | DNAs coding for flavone synthesis, methods of using flavone synthase DNAS, and plants, flowers, and vectors containing flavone synthase DNAs A DNA encoding a flavone synthase that synthesizes flavones from flavanones, vectors containing said DNAs, and plants expressing same are disclosed. Methods of producing the protein which synthesizes flavones from flavanones, methods of altering the composition of f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119253 | DNAs coding for flavone synthase, methods of using flavone synthase DNAs, and plants, flowers, and vectors containing flavone synthase DNAs A DNA encoding a flavone synthase that synthesizes flavones from flavanones, vectors containing said DNAs, and plants expressing same are disclosed. Methods of producing the protein which synthesizes flavones from flavanones, methods of altering the composition of f... | 10/10/2006 |
| D529394 | Bottle | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105719 | Gene encoding a protein having acyl group transfer activity The invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding a protein having aromatic acyltransferase activity, vectors comprising aromatic acyltransferase polynucleotides, and methods of transforming plants with anthocyanin acyltransferase polynucleotides to alter f... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091244 | Process for preparing fat or oil containing unsaturated fatty acid A process for production of unsaturated fatty acid-containing oils which is characterized by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Mortierella subgenus Mortierella in a medium containing a nitrogen source derived from soybean, and collecting... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7058608 | Copyright information management system A copyright information management system supporting the management and protection of products comprised of digitalized multimedia content in a product distribution environment. The copyright information management system (10) provides a copyright information... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052724 | Method of producing active dry yeast A novel technique is provided for drying a yeast for brewing and a method of producing alcoholic beverages by using the yeast. It is intended to provide a method of producing a dry yeast which has the optimum fermentability when directly used in fermentation and giv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001611 | Compositions normalizing circadian rhythm The present invention provides a circadian rhythm normalizing composition containing astaxanthin and/or its ester as an active ingredient, and a composition having the action of enhancing the circadian rhythm normalizing action of melatonin by protecting melatonin. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998401 | Aminophenoxyacetic acid derivatives and pharmaceutical composition containing thereof There is provided an aminophenoxyacetic acid derivative of the following formula (I): wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are, independent from each other, alkoxy group, alkyl group or... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993176 | Method and device for imaging liquid-filled container The present invention is a method and an apparatus for imaging a liquid-filling container in which a light emitting unit is provided for emitting and irradiating light onto the container and a light receiving unit is provided for receiving the light transmitted thro... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6982325 | Gene encoding protein having aurone synthesizing activity The present invention provides a protein having aurone synthase activity involved in the color of flowers such as snapdragons, a gene that encodes it, cDNA in particular, and its applications. This gene can give yellow color to the flowers of plants by introducing i... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6958229 | Method for producing highly unsaturated fatty acids and lipid containing same A method for producing highly unsaturated fatty acids comprising culturing a microorganism, belonging to the genus Mortierella and having resistance to a carbon source, in a medium having a carbon source concentration of at least 4% by weight, and collecting ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6915895 | Container group delivery mechanism, and equipment and method for transporting container An air conveyer receives an uppermost container group elevated by a lift device and transporting the container group horizontally. A pushing device is provided for pushing the uppermost container group onto the adjacent airflow conveyer by contacting the container g... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6870076 | Homeobox genes encoding proteins participating in differentiation There is provided a gene encoding a novel protein that is involved in differentiation and that has a homeodomain-like sequence. For example, there is provided a gene derived from Arabidopsis thaliana, said gene encoding a protein that has the amino acid seque... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6855803 | Protein having hemolytic activity and gene encoding the protein Novel proteins having hemolytic activity giving the new approach of development of the drugs, and having the following property are provided: (1) having hemolytic activity; (2) having a molecular weight of about 50... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6855862 | Isolated DNA sequences encoding a flavonoid 5-glucosytransferase and methods of use thereof The present invention provides DNA sequences isolated from Perilla, Torenia, Verbena and Petunia, encoding a protein having activity that transfers a glycoside to the 5 position of a flavonoid (5GT), a host cell and plants transformed with said DNA seq... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6852707 | Remedies for hyperammonemia By using xylobiose or xylooligosaccharide containing xylobiose as a main ingredient in place of lactulose, there is provided a blood ammonia lowering agent, a therapeutic agent of hyperammonemia or a therapeutic agent of hepatic encephalopathy that need be adminster... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6812020 | Process for producing omega-9 highly unsaturated fatty acid and lipid containing the same The present invention discloses a process for producing lipid containing omega-9 highly unsaturated fatty acid by culturing in a medium a mutant strain obtained by mutation on a microorganism having the ability to produce arachidonic acid belonging to the genus M... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6803500 | Genes encoding proteins regulating the pH of vacuoles There is provided a gene encoding a protein that has an activity of regulating the pH of vacuoles, for example a gene derived from morning glory encoding a protein that has the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2. By introducing this gene into a plant, ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6770747 | Genes encoding protein having activity of transferring sugar onto aurone There is provided a gene encoding a protein derived from, for example, snapdragons and petunias, said protein having an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 8, and 10, and having an activity of transferring a glycosyl group to aurones, and a method of p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6765020 | Drugs for prevention and treatment of diseases caused by abnormalities in cartilage tissues Drug or foods and drink for prevention or treatment of diseases caused by abnormalities in cartilage tissues in which said drugs or foods and drinks have omega-9 unsaturated fatty acid as an active ingredient. ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6756525 | Method for producing temperature-tolerant plants A method for producing temperature-tolerant plants, which comprises transforming a plant with a recombinant vector carrying a gene encoding choline oxidase, as well as temperature-tolerant plants produced by said method or progenies thereof having the same propertie... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746857 | Media for culturing microorganisms and process for producing unsaturated fatty acids or lipids containing the same A process for controlling the mycelial morphology of a microorganism belonging to the genus Mortierella during culturing and a process for producing unsaturated fatty acids and a lipid containing them by using a culture medium for culturing a microorganism in which ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6723562 | DNA construct for transforming a yeast A DNA construct comprising: (1) a selective marker gene, (2) a galactose-inducible growth inhibition sequence, (3) a pair of FRT sequences in the same orientation flanking (1) and (2), and (4) a DNA fragment capable of recombining with a ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6713093 | Antialopecia agent The present invention provides an antialopecia agent which is a drug for protecting, reducing or preventing alopecia frequently occurring as the side effect of anticancer agents, wherein the drug inflicts neither any pain nor unpleasantness on patients under the tre... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689749 | Neuropeptides originating in scorpion The invention provides a peptide capable of blocking voltage-gated K+ channels and inhibiting IL-2 production, which is represented by an amino acid sequence of: Ala-Ser-Cys-Arg-Thr-Pro-Lys-Asp-Cys-Ala-Asp-Pro-Cys-Arg-Lys-Glu-Thr-Gly-Cys -Pro-Ty... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6653449 | Hemolytic active proteins and genes encoding the same Novel proteins providing the new approach to development of the drugs and pesticides with the use or application of a hemolytic activity, and novel proteins having the following properties and the genes encoding thereof are provided: (1) having hemoly... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6620424 | Process for producing glycolytic metabolism regulators A food or beverage containing an effective amount of a fructose-6-phosphate-2-kinase inhibitor which is safe and effective in vivo, such as itaconic acid, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the inhibitor as an active ingredient are disclosed. Thi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6596927 | Genes coding for flavone synthases DNA obtained, for example, from snapdragon or torenia, encoding an enzyme that can convert flavanones directly to flavones, and its uses; the DNA and amino acid sequences for enzymes encoded thereby are listed as SEQ.ID. No. 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, for example. ... | 07/22/2003 |
