Staff

Airi Tanaka

Chemistry / Biotechnology

Background

Education:

Kyushu University (B.S., Agriculture)

Kyushu University, Graduate School of Bioresource and Environmental Sciences (M.S., Bioscience and Biotechnology)

Joined Isshiki & Co.:

2024

Prior Work Experience:

Law firm (engaged in preparation of patent applications, etc.)

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (engaged in research and development.)

Practice Areas

Technical Fields: chemistry, food, beverages, cosmetics, biotechnology

Practice Areas: invention discovery, patent prosecution, patent infringement and invalidity opinions, assistance in patent disputes, etc.

Activities

(1) Patent Applications

Applied for 15 patents as an inventor (solubilization technology for difficult-to-solubilize ingredients, masking technology, etc.)

 

(2) Papers

  1. Ruge Cao, Fusae Komura, Airi Nonaka, Takeshi Kato, Junji Fukumashi, and Toshiro Matsui. Quantitative Analysis of D-(+)-Glucose in Fruit Juices Using Diffusion Ordered-1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Anal. Sci. 30, 383-388, 2014.
  2. Ruge Cao, Airi Nonaka, Fusae Komura, and Toshiro Matsui. Application of diffusion ordered-1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to quantify sucrose in beverages. Food Chem. 171, 8-12, 2015.
  3. Ruge Cao, Yutaro Kobayashi, Airi Nonaka, Yuji Miyata, Kazunari Tanaka, Takashi Tanaka, and Toshiro Matsui. NMR Spectroscopic and Quantum Mechanical Analyses of Enhanced Solubilization of Hesperidin by Theasinensin A. Phar. Res. 2015.

 

(3) Conference Presentations

Airi Nonaka, Ruge Cao, Fusae Komura, Toshiro Matsui. Development of Nondestructive Determination Method for Sugars in Beverages Using 1H-NMR-DOSY Method. The 10th Young Scientists’ Meeting of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, Best Poster Presentation Company Award 2014. 8