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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new rice mutant in which a rice starch synthase and a rice branching enzyme are mutated.SOLUTION: There is provided a genetically immobilized rice mutant in which the gene loci of rice starch synthase IIIa type (SSIIIa) and rice branching enzyme IIb type (BEIIb) are recessive homozygous. The rice mutant has SSIIIa activity reduced compared with that of wild type rice. The rice mutant keeps ≥80% in seed weight and maintains an agricultural character in comparison with wild type and parent line rice. The starch formed by the rice mutant is a high-amylose starch rarely found in rice and has an amylose ratio of ≥40%.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a large-sized, multi-functional, and thin-type lens that has a simple structure and can be stably driven by a low voltage. SOLUTION: The liquid crystal lens includes: a first substrate having a first electrode; a second electrode having a hole; and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal lens is configured so that a first voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes. The liquid crystal lens has a third electrode arranged, and is configured so that a second voltage is applied to the third electrode. In the liquid crystal lens, either one of the first voltage and the second voltage is made to be a fixed value, and optical characteristics can be variably controlled by varying the second voltage with respect to the first voltage or varying the first voltage with respect to the second voltage. A transparent insulating layer or a transparent medium and a transparent high resistance layer are arranged between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer. The resistance value of the transparent high resistance layer is axial-symmetry from the center of the third electrode, and also, changes stepwise or continuously in the radial direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a large-sized optical device that can be efficiently driven by a low voltage with a simple structure. SOLUTION: This liquid crystal layer 31 that is stored between a transparent first electrode 21 and a transparent second electrode 22 and orients liquid crystal molecules unidirectionally. A transparent medium 41 is arranged between the liquid crystal layer and at least one electrode of the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 22, the impedance of the transparent medium forms distribution in a surface, and effective refractive index distribution generated by continuous or step-like variation in voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer is used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing ethanol, including fermenting a saccharification solution containing hexoses and pentoses originated from biomass with yeasts, by which the yield of the ethanol can sufficiently be improved. SOLUTION: The method for producing ethanol includes treating biomass having a protein content of 1.5 to 12 mass% based on the dry mass of the biomass and containing cellulose with ammonia, hydrolyzing the obtained modified biomass to obtain the saccharification solution containing hexoses and pentoses, subjecting the hexoses in the saccharification solution to an ethanol fermentation using a yeast capable of converting the hexoses into ethanol, removing the ethanol in the obtained primary fermentation solution in a state holding temperature of
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-frequency material constant measurement system that facilitates measuring material characteristics, such as permittivity, of a sample to be measured having dimensions fully smaller than a wavelength for a wideband frequency without any strict requirement of mechanical machining precision. SOLUTION: In free air space, a material to be measured is installed in a radiation electric field having an arbitrary frequency and known strength generated by a transmission antenna, and a scattered wave electric field generated by the dielectric polarization is measured by a reception antenna installed at a known far distance. The high-frequency dielectric constant of the sample is estimated, based on the fact that electric field strength by the scattered wave is in a relationship determined uniquely with the dielectric constant of the sample to be measured, namely a scatterer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new application utilizing a rice bran-fermented material. SOLUTION: Provided are compositions containing the rice bran-fermented material as an effective component, for visceral fat increase-suppressing or reducing, anti-obesity, increase-suppressing or reducing a very low-density lipoprotein neutral fat, or increasing a high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, also, medicinal compositions, foods and feeds, containing the rice bran-fermented material as an effective component. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a posture adjusting mechanism capable of aligning the longitudinal direction of legume in the conveying direction. SOLUTION: In a legume selection device 10, legumes 20 to be conveyed forwardly by a first belt 16 are imparted with the backwardly moving force in a part thereof in the longitudinal direction by an aligning bar 40 of a rotary arraying body 38, and turned, and conveyed along an inclined surface 44A and a parallel surface 44B of a first conveying passage 42, and thus, the longitudinal direction of the legumes 20 can be aligned to the longitudinal direction. Further, the thickness of legumes 18 conveyed forwardly on a second conveying passage 52 by a second belt 30 is measured for each position in the longitudinal direction by a photoelectric sensor 32 to excellently discriminate whether the legumes 20 are good or defective. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recover a metal from a used solid oxide type fuel cell. SOLUTION: The method comprises: a first step where a used cell is pulverized into fine powder; a second step 12 where the fine powder in the first step 11 and water are mixed, so as to produce slurry in such a manner that the concentration of pulp reaches 5 to 25 mass%; a third step 13 where the slurry produced in the second step 12 is treated with nitric acid, so as to leach a metal; a fourth step 14 where the treatment liquid in the third step 13 is subjected to solid-liquid separation, so as to obtain a leaching residue; a fifth step 15 where the leaching residue obtained in the fourth step 14 is treated with hydrochloric acid, so as to leach a metal; a sixth step 16 where the treatment liquid in the fifth step 15 is filtered, so as to obtain a filtrate; a seventh step where alkali is added to the filtrate obtained in the sixth step 16, and a carbonate is then added, so as to deposit precipitates; an eighth step 18 where the precipitates produced in the seventh step are subjected to solid-liquid separation, and are thereafter cleaned, so as to obtain an oxide and a carbonate; and a nineth step 19 where the oxide and carbonate obtained in the eighth step 18 are fired, and are thereafter pulverized into fine powder. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a primer set of identifying Hinaijidori. SOLUTION: This primer set for identifying a characteristic gene of Hinaijidori comprises the first primer and the second primer. These primers are oligonucleotides which can hybridize with specific base sequences and have Tm values of ≥50°C. A DNA marker obtained by amplifying a genome DNA of a chicken with the primer set judges that a tested chicken is not Hinaijidori, because the length of a DNA marker in the Hinaijidori is genetically fixed, when the DNA marker having the genetically fixed length in the Hinaijidori is not contained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preserving the ovary of Arctoscopus japonicus while leaving original palate feeling of the ovary so as to supply the ovary of Arctoscopus japonicus to the market not only in a laying period of Arctoscopus japonicus but also in a whole year. SOLUTION: The method for producing a frozen processed product of the ovary of Arctoscopus japonicus includes the process of heat treating the ovary of Arctoscopus japonicus before freeze treatment so as to retain viscosity of the ovary of Arctoscopus japonicus and softness of ova even after thawing. Food and drink produced by using the frozen processed product of the ovary of Arctoscopus japonicus, which is obtained by the production method, is also provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT