Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Funahashi

Noriyuki Funahashi 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).

  • Antibody-producing transgenic silkworms and methods for producing the same
    Patent number: 8952215
    Abstract: The present inventors produced transgenic silkworms which comprise a promoter of a DNA encoding a protein specifically expressed in the silk gland and a DNA encoding a recombinant antibody whose expression is regulated directly or indirectly by the promoter, and which secrete the recombinant antibody into the silk gland. The recombinant antibodies produced from the silk gland of the transgenic silkworms were confirmed to be active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd., National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
    Inventors: Toshiki Tamura, Isao Kobayashi, Toshio Kanda, Keiro Uchino, Katsuhiro Katayama, Tatsuya Ohashi, Iwao Kiyokawa, Hisae Arai, Noriyuki Funahashi
  • TRANSGENIC SILKWORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANTIBODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110021757
    Abstract: The present inventors produced transgenic silkworms which comprise a promoter of a DNA encoding a protein specifically expressed in the silk gland and a DNA encoding a recombinant antibody whose expression is regulated directly or indirectly by the promoter, and which secrete the recombinant antibody into the silk gland. The recombinant antibodies produced from the silk gland of the transgenic silkworms were confirmed to be active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD., UNITECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toshiki Tamura, Isao Kobayashi, Toshio Kanda, Keiro Uchino, Katsuhiro Katayama, Tatsuya Ohashi, Iwao Kiyokawa, Hisae Arai, Noriyuki Funahashi