Patents by Inventor Mitsune Tanimoto

Mitsune Tanimoto 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 for determining a lung cancer treatment and method for determining the effectiveness of an agent for treatment of lung cancer
    Publication number: 20090263838
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a lung cancer treatment, the method comprising: measuring an amount of KL-6 in a sample of body fluid from a subject, and determining the treatment based on the amount of KL-6 measured, and a method of determining the effectiveness of an agent for treatment of lung cancer on a subject, the method comprising: measuring an amount of KL-6 in a sample of body fluid from the subject, determining the effectiveness of an EGFR inhibitor on the subject should the EGFR inhibitor be administered as the agent for treatment of lung cancer, based on the amount of KL-6 measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Sanko Junyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsune Tanimoto, Katsuyuki Kiura, Yoshiro Fujiwara, Shinichi Toyooka, Nagio Takigawa, Katsuyuki Hotta
  • Asthma preparation
    Patent number: 7563768
    Abstract: A preventive or therapeutic agent for asthma, comprising HGF or its salt as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignees: Kringle Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Nakamura, Arihiko Kanehiro, Mitsune Tanimoto, Wataru Ito, Kunio Matsumoto
  • Asthma Preparation
    Publication number: 20070213261
    Abstract: A preventive or therapeutic agent for asthma, comprising HGF or its salt as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Toshikazu Nakamura, Arihiko Kanehiro, Mitsune Tanimoto, Wataru Ito, Kunio Matsumoto