Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new means for simultaneously-detecting a plurality of modified proteins in a specimen. SOLUTION: This is the method for simultaneously detecting a plurality of modified proteins in a sample comprises a process (a) of bringing the specimen into contact with a plurality of primary antibodies that are combinable with specific target proteins, under mild protein denatured conditions, a process (b) of removing unattached matter from conformation of the primary antibodies or a process (c) of bringing one or a plurality of secondary antibodies into contact with the matter from the process (b), and a process (d) of detecting and/or determining the multiple modified proteins in the specimen. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel method, by which a single patient sample is analyzed, and the levels of thyrotropic hormones and anti-thyroxine are measured simultaneously. SOLUTION: The single patient sample is subjected to an incubation process, along with a particulate mixture in a first suspension. The particulate mixture is composed of particles covered by the thyrotropic hormone and a particle covered by the anti-thyroxine, and the particles can be distinguished from each other through a flow cytometry process. The particles are recovered from the first suspension, and the recovered particles are subjected to the incubation process along with a mixture of labeled binding members in a second suspension. The mixture of the labeled binding members is composed of labeled anti-thyrotropic hormone and a labeled analog, toward which the anti-thyroxine has immunological affinity and in which the immunological affinity is less than that of the anti-thyroxine toward thyroxine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved electrophoretic device capable of accurate quantitative fluorescence measurement. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with a platform for holding electrophoretic gel, a light source 1003 for illuminating the electrophoretic gel, a lens assembly 1023 for imaging radiation from a labeled region of the electrophoretic gel on a detector 1025. a calibration standard 1027 for showing uniform radiation, and a movable stage having at least a first position and a second position, and connected to the calibration standard 1027 so that concerning a stage on the first position, the calibration standard is arranged close to an inlet aperture 1019 of the lens assembly 1023, and that concerning a stage on the second position, the calibration standard 1027 is arranged out of the inlet aperture 1019 of the lens assembly 1023. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide oligonucleotide structures that are capable of forming more stable bonds to a lipid membrane and thereby generate an improved control of the process whereby oligonucleotide linkers are introduced to lipid membranes.SOLUTION: Methods for forming lipid membrane oligonucleotide attachments are provided including lipid vesicles. The oligonucleotides typically comprise at least two hydrophobic anchoring moieties capable of being attached to a lipid membrane. The moieties may be attached at the terminal ends of an oligonucleotide or, in the case of a first and second strand forming a duplex, at the same terminal end one of the strands other end not being part of the duplex leaving it free to hybridize to additional strands. The lipid vesicles attached with the oligonucleotide can be used in biosensors and may contain membrane proteins.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new standard diluent for use in various assays. SOLUTION: The present invention provides the standard diluents that normally includes two or more different target analytes, but that is substantially free of the two or more different target analytes, as well as kits and methods relating to the standard diluent The standard diluents provide an accurate and reliable means of calibrating the amount of a large number of target analytes in a single assay. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for correctly performing temperature control for a multi-vessel reaction apparatus. SOLUTION: Temperature control in a rectangular array of reaction vessels such as a thermal cycler such as is used for PCR (polymerase chain reaction) procedures is achieved by use of a temperature block 11 that is in contact with a combination of Peltier effect thermoelectric modules 14 and wire heating elements embedded along the edges of the block. The elements can be energized in such a manner as to achieve a constant temperature throughout the array or a temperature gradient. Further control over the temperature and prevention of condensation in the individual reaction vessels is achieved by the use of a glass (or other transparent material) plate positioned above the vessels, with an electrically conductive coating on the upper surface of the glass plate to provide resistance heating. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for scanning a planar target which can dramatically reduce or eliminate vibrations of a scanning head caused by rapid reversals in direction and rapid back and forth acceleration following the reversals.SOLUTION: Translational motion of a scanning head relative to a planar target, or vice versa, is achieved by a belt and pulley system with a counterweight that is also driven by the belt and pulley system at the same speed but in the opposite direction as the scanning head. The components and the belt and pulley system are oriented such that all moving components remain on one side of the target and remain so during their entire range of movement.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide improved generation of a new nucleic acid modifying enzyme. SOLUTION: The improvement is the fusion of a sequence-non-specific nucleic acid-binding domain to the enzyme in a manner that enhances the ability of the enzyme to bind and catalytically modify the nucleic acid. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for quickly casting/molding electrophoresis slab gel in the leaktightness state, without causing damages or breakages. SOLUTION: This is the casting/molding method of slab gel in a spacer assembly equipped with a pair of plates having clearance in between, which comprises a mold installation step of installing slab gel mold in a molding machine equipped with frame and cam means, a step of installing gel formation solution in the clearance, and a step of allowing solidification of the gel formation solution into gel. In the frame, a groove is formed in two parallel edges, and the cam means rotates to an elastically-bendable barrier partitioning the groove to engage with the frame, changing width of the groove. In the mold installation step, when the cam means is at an open position, where it release the barrier to enable insertion and removal of the spacer assembly, an edge facing the spacer assembly is mounted in the groove, and then the cam means is rotated, from the open position to the clamp position for sandwiching the spacer assembly in the frame. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve proper alignment and assembly of the parts in a leak-proof manner, without damaging or breaking in casting stands of many electrophoresis gels. SOLUTION: Flat plates serving as molds and enclosures for slab gels are held together by a clamping frame, in which the side edges of the plates slide into facing channels and are pinched by lever-operated cams that compress the channel walls against the plate surfaces. The joined plates are held on a vertical support rack, containing a finger-operated spring-loaded notched clamp that presses down on the plates, to seal the opening at the bottom edges of the plates against a gasket. A well-forming comb for insertion between the plates contains flexible outwardly angled fingers, to seal against the spacers between the plates. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI