Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Okamoto

Kazuyoshi Okamoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8518973
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is an aromatic five-membered heterocycle which optionally is fused with a cycloalkane ring; B is an alkylene; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycle, amino, alkylamino, arylamino or acyl, or R1 and R2 join together to form a heterocycle; X and Y are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, carboxyl, an ester of carboxyl, an amide of carboxyl, cyano or nitro; p is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0 or 1. The compound is useful for treating diseases in which angiogenesis or augmentation of vascular permeability is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Yoshimasa Sasabuchi, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Masakazu Ban
  • Patent number: 8507485
    Abstract: A method of treating a disease associated with angiogenesis by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof wherein the ring X represents R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an aryloxy, an alkyl, an aryl, an amino, an alkylamino, a cycloalkylamino, an arylamino, an alkylcarbonylamino, an arylcarbonylamino, a mercapto, an alkylthio, an arylthio, an alkylsulfinyl or a nonaromatic heterocyclic; A1 represents a sulfur atom, a sulfinyl or a sulfonyl; and A2 represents an alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tajima, Takahiro Honda, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120202817
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is an aromatic five-membered heterocycle which optionally is fused with a cycloalkane ring; B is an alkylene; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycle, amino, alkylamino, arylamino or acyl, or R1 and R2 join together to form a heterocycle; X and Y are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, carboxyl, an ester of carboxyl, an amide of carboxyl, cyano or nitro; p is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0 or 1. The compound is useful for treating diseases in which angiogenesis or augmentation of vascular permeability is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Yoshimasa Sasabuchi, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Masakazu Ban
  • Patent number: 8207194
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is benzene or an aromatic five-membered heterocycle which optionally is fused with a cycloalkane ring; B is an alkylene; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycle, amino, alkylamino, arylamino or acyl, or R1 and R2 join together to form a heterocycle; X and Y are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, carboxyl, an ester of carboxyl, an amide of carboxyl, cyano or nitro; p is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0 or 1. The compound is useful for treating diseases in which angiogenesis or augmentation of vascular permeability is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Yoshimasa Sasabuchi, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Masakazu Ban
  • Patent number: 7977371
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to study on the synthesis of a novel pyrrole derivative having a ureido group and an aminocarbonyl group as substituents or a salt thereof, to find a pharmacological effect of the derivative or a salt thereof, and to find a medicinal agent which has a prophylactic and/or therapeutic effect on a retinal disease or the like through oral administration. A compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof has an inhibitory activity against the production of interleukin-6 and/or an inhibitory effect on choroidal neovascularization, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for a disease associated with interleukin-6, an ocular inflammatory disease and/or a retinal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Hiroshi Enomoto, Noriko Ishizaka, Minoru Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Kudou, Masaaki Murai, Takaaki Inaba, Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20110124646
    Abstract: A method of treating a disease associated with angiogenesis by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof wherein the ring X represents R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an aryloxy, an alkyl, an aryl, an amino, an alkylamino, a cycloalkylamino, an arylamino, an alkylcarbonylamino, an arylcarbonylamino, a mercapto, an alkylthio, an arylthio, an alkylsulfinyl or a nonaromatic heterocyclic; A1 represents a sulfur atom, a sulfinyl or a sulfonyl; and A2 represents an alkylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tajima, Takahiro Honda, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7906511
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to study synthesis of novel cyclic compounds having a pyrimidinylalkylthio group and to find pharmacological actions of the compounds. According to the present invention, a compound represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof is provided. In the formula, the ring X represents: R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group or the like; A1 represents a sulfur atom or the like; and A2 represents an alkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tajima, Takahiro Honda, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7897774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a synthesis study of novel cyclic compounds having a quinolylalkylthio group represented by the formula (1), and pharmacological actions of the compounds. In the formula, the ring X represents: which may have halogen and/or alkyl; R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or a (non) aromatic heterocycle; R3 represents qinolyl; A represents sulfur, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; and B represents alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7739886
    Abstract: A method of knitting a knitwear having an open part with a desired shape in which overlapping state of the open part is freely designed; the method comprising the steps of (a) to (f): a) a body is knitted by return knitting up to a joining starting location with a open part as a turn back position, wherein a right and left bodies are abutted at an overlapping portion of the open part, and a boundary of the front and back knitted is positioned on the needle bed on which the back body is assigned; b) rotating the body so that one of the boundaries is positioned between the front and back needle beds; c) joining the body and one of the left and right sleeve tubular parts (sleeve) to form one tubular part at one of the boundaries of the body and a joining side boundary of the sleeve; d) rotating the tubular part formed in step c so that the other boundary of the body is positioned between the front and back needle beds; e) joining the body and the other sleeve to form one tubular part at the other boundary of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20100130569
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a posterior ocular disease. Pramipexole which is a non-ergot selective D2 receptor agonist or a salt thereof exhibits excellent inhibitory effect on neovascularization, suppressive effect on photoreceptor cell damage and suppressive effect on vascular hyperpermeability in a posterior ocular tissue such as choroid or retina, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a posterior ocular disease such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or diabetic macular edema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SATEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Keiichi Shibagaki
  • Publication number: 20100099675
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to study on the synthesis of a novel pyrrole derivative having a ureido group and an aminocarbonyl group as substituents or a salt thereof, to find a pharmacological effect of the derivative or a salt thereof, and to find a medicinal agent which has a prophylactic and/or therapeutic effect on a retinal disease or the like through oral administration. A compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof has an inhibitory activity against the production of interleukin-6 and/or an inhibitory effect on choroidal neovascularization, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for a disease associated with interleukin-6, an ocular inflammatory disease and/or a retinal disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Hiroshi Enomoto, Noriko Ishizaka, Minoru Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Kudou, Masaaki Murai, Takaaki Inaba, Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7693599
    Abstract: A knitting method is provided to knit a knitted fabric to the desired shape with sufficient pull down force acting to the knitted fabric without being piled up, when performing the bind off process after flechage knitting. The knitting method is related to knitting a knitted fabric of performing a bind off process after flechage knitting by using a flat knitting having at least a pair of front and back needle beds extending in a transverse direction and disposed opposite to each other in a cross direction, at least either of which is capable of being racked in the transverse direction so that loops can be transferred between the front and back needle beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20090308108
    Abstract: A method of knitting a knitwear having an open part with a desired shape in which overlapping state of the open part is freely designed; the method comprising the steps of (a) to (f): a) a body is knitted by return knitting up to a joining starting location with a open part as a turn back position, wherein a right and left bodies are abutted at an overlapping portion of the open part, and a boundary of the front and back knitted is positioned on the needle bed on which the back body is assigned; b) rotating the body so that one of the boundaries is positioned between the front and back needle beds; c) joining the body and one of the left and right sleeve tubular parts (sleeve) to form one tubular part at one of the boundaries of the body and a joining side boundary of the sleeve; d) rotating the tubular part formed in step c so that the other boundary of the body is positioned between the front and back needle beds; e) joining the body and the other sleeve to form one tubular part at the other boundary of
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Shima Seiki Manufacturing, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20090291951
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to study synthesis of novel cyclic compounds having a pyrimidinylalkylthio group and to find pharmacological actions of the compounds. According to the present invention, a compound represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof is provided. In the formula, the ring X represents: R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group or the like; A1 represents a sulfur atom or the like; and A2 represents an alkylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: SATEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tajima, Takahiro Honda, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090286786
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is benzene or an aromatic five-membered heterocycle which optionally is fused with a cycloalkane ring; B is an alkylene; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycle, amino, alkylamino, arylamino or acyl, or R1 and R2 join together to form a heterocycle; X and Y are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, carboxyl, an ester of carboxyl, an amide of carboxyl, cyano or nitro; p is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0 or 1. The compound is useful for treating diseases in which angiogenesis or augmentation of vascular permeability is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Yoshimasa Sasabuchi, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Masakazu Ban
  • Patent number: 7577488
    Abstract: A knitting method for knitting a tubular knitting fabric having gores of front and back knitted fabric parts which are different in size in the manner that no twisting of loops can be provided at the stage of the completion of the joining of the gores so that the tubular knitted fabric can be knitted up continuously without any need of rotation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20090173108
    Abstract: A knitting method is provided to knit a knitted fabric to the desired shape with sufficient pull down force acting to the knitted fabric without being piled up, when performing the bind off process after flechage knitting. The knitting method is related to knitting a knitted fabric of performing a bind off process after flechage knitting by using a flat knitting having at least a pair of front and back needle beds extending in a transverse direction and disposed opposite to each other in a cross direction, at least either of which is capable of being racked in the transverse direction so that loops can be transferred between the front and back needle beds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SHIMA SEIKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7544703
    Abstract: A novel cyclic compound having a 4-pyridylalkylthio group having an (un)substituted amino group introduced therein or a salt thereof. They are useful as a medicine. The cyclic compound is a compound represented by the following formula (1), which is useful for the treatment of diseases in which angiogenesis participates. In the following formula (1), ring A represents a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocycle optionally fused with a cycloalkane ring; B represents alkylene; R1 and R2 each represents H, (substituted) aryl, (substituted) heterocyclic group, etc.; R3 and R4 each represents H, (substituted) alkyl, (substituted) cycloalkyl, -Z-R5, etc.; R5 represents (substituted) alkyl, (substituted) aryl, (substituted) heterocyclic group, etc.; X and Y each represents H, etc.; Z represents —CO—, —COO—, —CONR6—, —SO2—, etc.; R6 represents H, etc.; p is 0, 1, or 2; and q is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Takaaki Inaba, Yuriko Takeno
  • Patent number: 7539555
    Abstract: A knitting operation and a missing operation are alternately performed at the end portion of a knit fabric around a neck hole to reduce stitch density to less than that on the inside of the knit fabric, the stitch at the end part of the knit fabric is moved every three stitch courses to reduce a knitting width in increments of one stitch, and the stitch is formed at an empty needle resulting from the movement. Knitting conditions are also excellent since a neck hole or an armhole can be formed at a large slope such as two stitches in the horizontal direction every six stitch courses, and holing in the neck hole or an armhole can also be prevented, while, in addition, the wales are not laterally moved on the inside of the knit fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7534802
    Abstract: A subject of the present invention is to provide a novel aromatic five- or six-memberd heterocyclic derivative having 4-pyridylalkylthio as a substituent or a salt thereof which is useful as a pharmaceutical. Compound represented by the following general formula [I] or salts thereof are useful as therapeutic agents for diseases in which angiogenesis or augmentation of vascular permeability is involved. In the formula, ring “A” is a benzene ring or an aromatic five- or six-memberd heterocycle which can be fused with a cycloalkane ring, “B” is alkylene, R1 and R2, the same or different, are H, OH, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy and the like, X and Y, the same or different, are group(s) selected from H, halogen, OH, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy and the like respectively, p is 0, 1 or 2, and q is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Yoshimasa Sasabuchi, Kenji Kawashima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Masakazu Ban