Patents by Inventor Miho Hirabayashi

Miho Hirabayashi 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).

  • Method of screening for inhibitors of VCP binding to polyglutamine, abeta, alpha-synuclein, and sod1
    Patent number: 6905815
    Abstract: A method for screening substances which are useful as effective components of prophylactic or therapeutic drug for neurodegenerative diseases caused by the binding of an aberrant protein and a valosin-containing protein, wherein the aberrant protein and the valosin-containing protein and the candidate substance are made to coexist, and the substance that shows inhibitory action on the binding of the aberrant protein and the valosin-containing protein is identified, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka Bioscience Institute
    Inventors: Akira Kakizuka, Miho Hirabayashi
  • Method of screening substances serving as the active ingredient in preventives or remedies for neurodegenerative diseases
    Publication number: 20030138855
    Abstract: A method for screening substances which are useful as effective components of prophylactic or therapeutic drug for neurodegenerative diseases caused by the binding of an aberrant protein and a valosin-containing protein, wherein the aberrant protein and the valosin-containing protein and the candidate substance are made to coexist, and the substance that shows inhibitory action on the binding of the aberrant protein and the valosin-containing protein is identified, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Akira Kakizuka, Miho Hirabayashi