Patents by Inventor Susumu Tsustumi

Susumu Tsustumi 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).

  • Anti-IgSF4 antibody and utilization of the same
    Patent number: 8048992
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsustumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita
  • Anti-IgSF4 Antibody and Utilization of the Same
    Publication number: 20090053243
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsustumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita