| YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY Patent applications |
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| 20120034481 | CHARGE-MOSAIC MEMBRANE - There is provided a charge-mosaic membrane comprising a cationic block copolymer (P) having a vinyl alcohol polymer block (A) and a cationic-group containing polymer block (B) as components; and an anionic block copolymer (Q) having a vinyl alcohol polymer block (C) and an anionic-group containing polymer block (D) as components. Such a charge-mosaic membrane is useful as a charge-mosaic membrane for piezodialysis because it exhibits higher membrane strength and higher permselectivity and has a larger charge density and a larger salt permeation flux. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031834 | ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - There is provided an ion-exchange membrane comprising an ion-exchange layer made of a cationic polymer and/or an anionic polymer and a supporting layer, wherein the ion-exchange layer is formed on the supporting layer by printing. Such an ion-exchange membrane exhibits excellent anti-organic fouling and low membrane resistance, thereby high efficient and long-time stable electrodialysis can be achieved. Formation of the ion-exchange layer as a charge-mosaic layer consisting of the cationic polymer domains and the anionic polymer domains provides a charge-mosaic membrane exhibiting excellent electrolyte permselectivity and mechanical strength. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120009768 | METHOD FOR FORMING SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device fabricated by growing a compound semiconductor layer on a sapphire substrate, a sapphire substrate enabling the semiconductor device to have a high light-extraction efficiency is provided. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009480 | ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, FLUOROALKANE DERIVATIVE AND GELLING AGENT - The electrolyte solution for a lithium ion secondary battery according to the present invention contains a nonaqueous solvent, a lithium salt and a compound represented by the general formula (Z) shown below. Thereby, a lithium ion secondary battery having high battery characteristics and simultaneously achieving a high safety as well can be provided. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110288783 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING DRUG EFFECTS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A drug effect-adverse effect prediction system includes a clinical data analysis table generating part, for each combination of genotypes relating to a drug effect or adverse effect, for generation of an analysis table for handling cases related to presence or absence of the drug effect or adverse effect. The system also includes a reliability analysis part, a discrimination formula generating part, a prediction part, and a discrimination formula optimizing part. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110213249 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which can measure a time difference of motion between a plurality of sites of a cardiac muscle for the heart of a fetus is provided. On a tomographic image of the heart, a user sets a plurality of observation points. Each observation point is tracked, and a plurality of displacement waveforms representing a temporal displacement of the plurality of observation points are generated. A time difference between a plurality of representative points is calculated between the plurality of displacement waveforms. Such a time difference is displayed as a numerical value or as a graph. The representative point is a peak point, a zero-cross point, an inflection point, or the like. The plurality of observation points are set along conduction pathways in the heart for the electric signal. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110191390 | CHEMICAL REACTION TRANSITION STATE SEARCH SYSTEM, CHEMICAL REACTION TRANSITION STATE SEARCH METHOD, AND CHEMICAL REACTION TRANSITION STATE SEARCH PROGRAM - A chemical reaction transition state search system includes an input device, an arithmetic processing unit, and a storage device in order to find a chemical structure being in a targeted transition state in a chemical reaction. The arithmetic processing unit includes an IG forming unit, a CG-search calculating unit, a TS optimization calculating unit, a reactive-site fixing unit, a substituent processing unit, and a structural optimization calculating unit. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110106794 | Synthesis path evaluation system and method and program thereof - A synthetic route evaluation system extracts an optimal synthetic route from a plurality of synthetic routes for a target compound to be synthetically produced. The synthetic route evaluation system includes an arithmetic processing device, which is composed of a quantum chemistry calculation unit, a reaction mechanism analysis unit, and a synthetic route ranking unit, and a storage device for storing data relative to the synthetic routes. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110065205 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER - The present invention has its main object of providing a method for determining prognosis scientifically by searching an early marker for predicting neurological prognosis in order to grasp the disease state of a patient with an acute central nervous system disorder in the early stage and enabling an appropriate treatment to be performed. The method for determining the prognosis is provided in which the expression level of SH3BGRL3 in the biological fluid of the patient within 48 hours after resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest is measured, and the prognosis of the disorder classified into a good prognosis group and a poor prognosis group depending on the expression level or the presence or absence of the expression based on the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is predicted. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110053150 | Method and Kit for Detection/Quantification of Target RNA - [Object] It is to provide a method and a kit capable of detecting or quantifying a target RNA simply and rapidly from trace amounts of RNA in a sample, in a case such as when one or more kinds of pathogenic microorganisms are to be detected or quantified. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110020937 | FLOCCULENT YEAST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - It is to provide a novel | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100285083 | DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - It is a main object of the present invention to provide a drug delivery system in which drugs can be changed or which can be recharged with drugs, which continuously delivers drugs at effective concentrations to local lesional sites in a body and allows the use of drugs for which it has thus far been difficult to achieve effective local concentrations for a variety of reasons and drugs which have been difficult to use due to adverse effects on tissues that are not sites of action. The present invention provides a drug delivery system comprising an indwelling medical device on which a biocompatible material having target molecules on its surface has been coated, and target-recognizing nanocarriers (e.g., bio-nanocapsules, liposomes, liposome preparations, and nanoparticles) in which drugs are encapsulated and which have target-recognizing molecules capable of specifically binding to the target molecules. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100173223 | Graft Copolymer and Process for Producing the Same - A graft copolymer having a side chain graft-polymerized by atom transfer living radical polymerization (ATRP) on a main chain polymerized by organotellurium-mediated living radical polymerization (TERP), wherein the molecular weight distribution is such that Mw/Mn is 1.5 or less. The graft copolymer is also such that a main chain moiety mainly consisting of the main chain and a side chain moiety mainly consisting of the side chain have microphase-separated structures. The graft copolymer has a narrow molecular weight distribution and forms microphase-separated structures through self organization of hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100118412 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL - A three-dimensional left-handed metamaterial having a completely new constitution, which functions as a three-dimensional electromagnetic wave propagation medium and in which an equivalent permittivity and a permeability of the medium simultaneously take negative values. The three-dimensional left-handed metamaterial is structured such that cubic unit cells | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100072061 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS FOR FORMING THIN FILM - A sputtering apparatus for forming a thin film includes a pair of facing polygonal prism target holders in which a target is placed on each surface which is parallel to a rotation axis of a rotatable polygonal prism body. A magnetic pole group which includes either a plurality of magnets or a magnet and a yoke is disposed on a back surface of the target, and the magnetic pole group includes magnets or yokes of different magnetic pole directions. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100062506 | THERMOTOLERANT ETHANOL-PRODUCING YEAST AND ETHANOL PRODUCTION METHOD UTILIZING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel yeast strain capable of producing ethanol through fermentation with a high degree of efficiency at a temperature of 37° C. or higher, preferably a temperature ranging from 40 to 49° C. or higher, and also a method for producing ethanol by utilizing the yeast strain, and further, ethanol produced by the method. Therefore, in the present invention, an yeast strain (Deposit No. NITE BP-283, etc) belonging to species | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100033597 | IMAGE-PROCESSING UNIT, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image-processing unit, comprising an exposure conversion circuit, a standard image-setting circuit, a contour extraction circuit, a contour comparison circuit, a final setting circuit, and an image synthesis circuit, is provided. The exposure conversion circuit generates first and second exposure level image data. The standard image-setting circuit sets standard image data. The contour extraction circuit extracts standard and first comparison contours on the basis of the standard image data. The contour comparison circuit detects a first accordance indicator on the basis of the contours. The final setting circuit sets the first conclusive threshold on the basis of the first accordance indicator. The image synthesis circuit generates the rendered image data based on the first conclusive threshold. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100007436 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL - The present invention provides a two-dimensional left-handed metamaterial that functions as a two-dimensional electromagnetic wave propagation medium in which the equivalent permittivity and permeability of the medium are both negative, exhibits superior low-loss, broadband characteristics as a left-handed material, and has a simple constitution, enabling low-cost manufacture. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090281733 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING TREE PRODUCTION CAPACITY, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE FOR EVALUATING TREE PRODUCTION CAPACITY, AND PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING TREE PRODUCTION CAPACITY - Evaluation of tree production capacity by a non-destructive method using a tree crown structure measurement device or using an image capture device with a fisheye lens mounted, for isolated trees or for trees existing at intervals, is enabled without requiring a large amount of time. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090174609 | STRIPLINE-TYPE COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINE OR LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINE, AND ANTENNA THAT USES SAME - A stripline-type transmission line can easily change and control transmission characteristics by changing the permittivity of a substrate, and also provides an antenna that can extensively change and control the direction of radiation with the frequency of an electromagnetic wave constant, by using the transmission line. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090124824 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 6-HYDROXYCAPROIC ESTER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRIALKYLAMINE - A process for producing a 6-hydroxycarpoic ester and a process for producing a trialkylamine in both of which nylon-6, ε-caprolactam, which is a monomer therefor, etc. are used as a raw material. The processes are intended to make nylon-6 wastes reusable in various applications without consuming a large quantity of energy. The process for producing a 6-hydroxycarpoic ester and process for producing a trialkylamine are characterized by reacting amide compounds basically comprising ε-caprolactam with an alcohol in a supercritical state to obtain a 6-hydroxycarpoic ester and a trialkylamine. | 05-14-2009 |
