Patents by Inventor Tuo-Ping Li

Tuo-Ping Li 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).

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    Patent number: 7268160
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production, each comprising as an effective ingredient a specified compound or a salt thereof having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production; a method for enhancing nerve growth factor production, comprising administering to a mammal the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof; and use of the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof in the preparation of a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production. In addition, the present invention provides novel compounds having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Takara Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohnogi, Masahiro Shiraga, Eiji Kobayashi, Tuo-Ping Li, Suzu Deguchi, Eiji Nishiyama, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato
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    Publication number: 20060147558
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for enhancing growth factor production, comprising a plant-derived enhancer for growth factor production; a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease requiring enhancement of growth factor production and a food, beverage or feed for enhancing growth factor production, each comprising the above composition. In addition, the present invention relates to a functional food, beverage or feed excellent in health enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohnogi, Masahiro Shiraga, Tuo-Ping Li, Eiji Kobayashi, Kaori Nishimura, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato
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    Publication number: 20040002423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for enhancing growth factor production, comprising a plant-derived enhancer for growth factor production; a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease requiring enhancement of growth factor production and a food, beverage or feed for enhancing growth factor production, each comprising the above composition. In addition, the present invention relates to a functional food, beverage or feed excellent in health enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohnogi, Masahiro Shiraga, Tuo-Ping Li, Eiji Kobayashi, Kaori Nishimura, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato
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    Publication number: 20030203857
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease requiring enhancement for growth factor production and a food, beverage or feed for enhancing growth factor production, each comprising as an effective ingredient: polyphenols, derivatives thereof, and/or salts thereof; or a composition obtained by subjecting polyphenols, derivatives thereof, and/or salts thereof to: (i) a mixing treatment with a metal, a metal salt and a metal ion, or (ii) an oxidation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohnogi, Eiji Kobayashi, Tuo-Ping Li, Kaori Nishimura, Masahiro Shiraga, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato
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    Publication number: 20030144316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production, each comprising as an effective ingredient a specified compound or a salt thereof having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production; a method for enhancing nerve growth factor production, comprising administering to a mammal the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof; and use of the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof in the preparation of a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production. In addition, the present invention provides novel compounds having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohnogi, Masahiro Shiraga, Eiji Kobayashi, Tuo-Ping Li, Suzu Deguchi, Eiji Nishiyama, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato
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    Patent number: 6518302
    Abstract: Compounds represented by general formula (I) wherein X represents OH or OSO3H; and R represents a substituent other than OH which allows, after leaving, the induction of unsaturated bonds into the 3- and 4-positions of 3,6-anhydrogalactose or its sulfated derivative, and/or a substituent showing a tissue-specific affinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kobayashi, Tuo-Ping Li, Tatsuji Enoki, Takanari Tominaga, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato