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Kenichi Ogawa

Kenichi Ogawa, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100016166Plant Growth Regulator and use Thereof - A plant growth regulator containing glutathione allows increasing harvest index. This provides a technique for specifying a control factor for a plant, thereby effectively controlling germination, growth, anthesis etc. of the plant.01-21-2010
20100083404Plant 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. Based on this finding, the present invention elucidates the function of a product of a plant-derived γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene and provides a technique for producing a plant having an increased seed yield.04-01-2010
20100242141COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT BODY HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR CONTENT, AND USE THEREOF - The composition, in accordance with the present invention, for producing a plant body having an improved sugar content includes glutathione, a polynucleotide encoding γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase, or a polynucleotide encoding glutathione-binding plastid type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. The composition preferably includes oxidized glutathione. This allows provision of a composition for easily producing a plant body having an improved sugar content.09-23-2010
20110065583METHOD FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLANT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCREASED AMOUNT OF BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS - The production of biomass and/or seeds is further increased. The production of biomass and/or seeds by a plant can be further increased by supplying glutathione to a plant into which a gene encoding protein phosphatase 2C having characteristic consensus sequences has been introduced.03-17-2011
20110078818GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.03-31-2011
20110225677GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. The AT3G05660 gene encoding a receptor-like protein having a leucine-rich repeat structure or a gene functionally equivalent to such a gene is introduced, or an expression control region of an endogenous gene corresponding to the gene is modified.09-15-2011
20110239330GENE CAPABLE OF INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - According to the present invention, a technique with which the production of plant biomass can be drastically increased and salt stress resistance can be imparted to a plant is provided.09-29-2011

Kenichi Ogawa, Fukushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080241660NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, and a separator. The separator is a microporous resin film of a single layer made of a resin material in which at least one kind of insulating and flame-retarding fiber is dispersed in a polyolefin resin.10-02-2008
20100255362SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - A battery in which a cathode and an anode are arranged so as to face each other an having a separator in between is provided. The separator is formed from a plurality of laminated microporous membranes and has a film thickness of 10x μm and a piercing strength of 150x gf or more, where 1≦x≦2. The air permeability of one layer among the plurality of microporous membranes is equal to or larger than 10% of the air permeability of the whole separator.10-07-2010

Patent applications by Kenichi Ogawa, Fukushima JP

Kenichi Ogawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100135706IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member; a heater contactable to a surface of the rotatable member to heat the rotatable member; and a back-up member cooperative with the rotatable member to form a nip for nipping and feeding a recording material carrying an image, wherein a position of a peak in a pressure distribution with respect to a rotational direction of the rotatable member is in an upstream, with respect to the rotational direction, of a central portion of a contact region between the rotatable member and the heater with respect to the rotational direction.06-03-2010
20110236084FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device for fixing on a recording material a toner image formed on the recording material includes a fixing roller; a heating member for heating the fixing roller in contact with a surface of the fixing roller; and a pressing member for forming a fixing nip between itself and the fixing roller, wherein the recording material on which the toner image is formed is subjected to fixing by being nipped and conveyed in the fixing nip. When the recording material which has been jammed is removed by pulling a trailing end of the recording material in a winding jam state in which a leading end of the recording material has passed through the fixing nip to reach a contact portion between the heating member and the fixing roller, a drawing force F09-29-2011

Patent applications by Kenichi Ogawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Kenichi Ogawa, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090092900HEAT-RESISTANT INSULATING LAYER-PROVIDED SEPARATOR AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A heat-resistant insulating layer-provided separator includes a polyolefin layer and a heat-resistant insulating layer formed on one or both surfaces of the polyolefin layer and containing a heat-resistant resin and an oxidation-resistant ceramic particle. The heat-resistant insulating layer contains the oxidation-resistant ceramic particle in a proportion of from 60 to 90%.04-09-2009
20090197158NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a cathode that is placed opposite an anode via a separator, an open circuit voltage in the full charge state is within a range of 4.25 to 6.00 V per a pair of the cathode and the anode, the separator includes a base material layer which includes a polyolefin resin material and a surface layer which is provided at least on the surface at the side of the cathode of the base material layer and includes at least one selected from the group including polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polypropylene, and at least one selected from the group including aramid, polyimide, and ceramics is present on the outermost surface of the surface layer.08-06-2009
20100103801OBJECTIVE LENS, OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME, OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CORRECTING ABERRATION USING THE SAME - Provided is an objective lens for which expressions 0.83<(p04-29-2010

Kenichi Ogawa, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080240803IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus has a heat member for heating an unfixed image and is configured so that a longitudinal center of the heat member becomes a conveyance center of the recording material, the image forming apparatus including a central portion temperature detection part adjacent to the conveyance center, an end portion temperature detection part for detecting an end portion temperature of the heat member, and a width detection part for detecting a lateral width of the recording material, wherein the width detection part is disposed at a side opposite to a side at which the end portion temperature detection part is disposed with respect to the conveyance center position of the recording material. The image forming apparatus achieves the control for error setting of the recording material based on the width detection part and the end portion temperature detection part.10-02-2008
20090196664IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a contact-sliding member parallel to a generatrix of a heating roller and brought into contact with the heating roller configured to heat a toner image on a recording material. An inlet space and an outlet space are formed at the upstream and downstream ends, respectively, of a contact area. A cleaning member, provided on the downstream side of the contact area, cleans the surface of the heating roller to remove toner and paper dust from the surface of the heating roller.08-06-2009
20100080599IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus has a heat member for heating an unfixed image and is configured so that a longitudinal center of the heat member becomes a conveyance center of the recording material, the image forming apparatus including a central portion temperature detection part adjacent to the conveyance center, an end portion temperature detection part for detecting an end portion temperature of the heat member, and a width detection part for detecting a lateral width of the recording material, wherein the width detection part is disposed at a side opposite to a side at which the end portion temperature detection part is disposed with respect to the conveyance center position of the recording material. The image forming apparatus achieves the control for error setting of the recording material based on the width detection part and the end portion temperature detection part.04-01-2010

Patent applications by Kenichi Ogawa, Numazu-Shi JP

Kenichi Ogawa, Okayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090064375Paraquat Resistance Gene and a Vascular Tissue- and Trichome-specific Promoter - A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of 03-05-2009
20090099023Regulators of cell- or organ-differentiation and their application to method of regulating morphogenesis - A method of regulating flowering of a plant by applying an effective amount of a substance that affects the synthesis or amount of glutathione in cells to the plant and cultivating the plant under conditions suitable for growth.04-16-2009
20090300797PLANT HAVING IMPROVED GROWTH ABILITY AND DISEASE RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed is a transgenic plant improved in growth ability and disease resistance. Also disclosed is a method for production of the transgenic plant. It is found that a transgenic plant having DNA encoding a glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase introduced therein is improved in growing ability and disease resistance compared to a wild-type one.12-03-2009

Kenichi Ogawa, Takarazuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114665Vibrating Bowl, Vibrating Bowl Feeder, and Vacuum Deposition System - A vibrating bowl and the like are provided which are capable of accurately counting the number of objects to be fed. The vibrating bowl (05-07-2009

Kenichi Ogawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080310855Optical Transmission Equipment and Method for Controlling Thereof - The optical transmission equipment includes: a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a transmitted wavelength-multiplexed optical signal to first and second optical signals; a first variable dispersion compensation unit; a second variable dispersion compensation unit; a first error detector; a second error detector; and a dispersion compensation control unit for controlling dispersion compensation amounts of the first and second variable dispersion compensation units based on the detection result of the first or second error detector. Upon detection of a signal error in the first optical signal, the first variable dispersion compensation unit is controlled to change from a first compensation amount to a third compensation amount, and the second variable dispersion compensation unit is controlled to change from a second compensation amount to a fourth compensation amount.12-18-2008

Kenichi Ogawa, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212850EYELID DETECTION APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - An eyelid detection apparatus includes a face image storing means storing a plurality of face images of a subject captured at different timings, a change detecting means detecting changes in each face image caused by blinking after processing the plurality of face images stored by the face image storing means, and an eyelid detecting means detecting a position of an eyelid of the subject based on the changes detected by the change detecting means.09-04-2008

Kenichi Ogawa, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110244639METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PATTERN FORMED BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A main object of the present invention is to disclose a manufacturing method of the pattern formed body capable of attaining patterning efficiently with a high precision. To attain the object, the present invention provides a method comprising: a photoresist pattern formation step of forming a photoresist pattern on a hydrophobic layer formed on a substrate and having a surface exhibiting hydrophobicity; a hydrophilicity imparting step of radiating an energy onto the surface of the hydrophobic layer on which the photoresist pattern is formed, thereby making the surface hydrophilic to form hydrophilic areas; and a photoresist pattern peeling step of peeling the photoresist pattern and forming a hydrophilic/hydrophobic pattern on the hydrophobic layer surface, in which the hydrophilic area and hydrophobic area covered previously with the photoresist pattern in the hydrophilicity imparting step are formed in a pattern form.10-06-2011