Patents Assigned to Kowa Company, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20220162206
    Abstract: To provide a novel compound or a salt thereof or a solvate thereof, having a CSF-1R inhibitory activity and exhibiting antitumor effect. An azaindole derivative of formula (I): wherein A represents a C6-10 aryl ring, an aromatic heterocycle, or an unsaturated heterocycle, and A optionally has one substituent or more same or different substituents; and R represents a C1-3 alkyl group or a saturated heterocyclic group, or a salt thereof or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Gen WATANABE, Toshiharu MORIMOTO, Akira IWATA, Hirotaka SASAKI, Takahisa OGAMINO, Kosuke USUDA, Ayumu OKUDA, Hiroyuki ISHIWATA, Yuichiro TABUNOKI, Keigo NISHII
  • Publication number: 20220151996
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition which contains pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and has excellent stability. A pharmaceutical composition is provided containing pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and having a moisture content of 2.4 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin SUGIMOTO, Akito MINAMIZONO
  • Patent number: 11328417
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a program capable of improving the accuracy of detection of a target object. The program causes a computer to execute operations including, acquiring data in which a physical quantity is associated with each unit area acquired by dividing a given space; setting a detection region in a time space of three or more dimensions in the space or the time space; setting a control region at a position surrounding a gap with the gap surrounding the detection region disposed in a space having the same dimensions as those of the detection region; and determined whether or not one or more unit areas included in the detection region are predetermined areas on the basis of comparison between physical quantities of one or more unit areas included in the detection region and the control region that are set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20220133714
    Abstract: The present invention provide an agent for modulating expression of extracellular matrix by corneal endothelial cells. The present invention pertains to an agent for modulating expression of extracellular matrix by corneal endothelial cells containing, 1-(4-fluoro-5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methyl-1,4-homopiperazine or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Friedrich E. KRUSE, Ursula SCHLOTZER-SCHREHARDT
  • Publication number: 20220127768
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a fiber-reinforced composite material having a bagworm silk thread(s) as a reinforcing fiber and being isotropic in terms of elastic modulus and strength. A fiber-reinforced composite material having nonwoven fabric(s) including bagworm silk thread as a reinforcing fiber is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo YOSHIOKA, Tsunenori KAMEDA, Akimune ASANUMA, Norhiko FUKUOKA
  • Patent number: 11298340
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition which contains pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and has excellent stability. A pharmaceutical composition is provided containing pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and having a moisture content of 2.4 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Sugimoto, Akito Minamizono
  • Publication number: 20220096443
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and having excellent homogeneity. The pharmaceutical composition is provided to contain the following components (A) and (B): (A) pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof; and (B) one or more selected from the group consisting of the following components (B-1) and (B-7): (B-1) an alkylcellulose and a salt thereof; and a (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin SUGIMOTO, Akito MINAMIZONO, Chisa NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11266308
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for evaluating a tear fluid to objectively evaluate and determine the severity of dry eye or the like. Color information is acquired in a predetermined region of a tear fluid interference fringe image, a numerical value representing a color diversity is calculated from the color information acquired, and the numerical value representing the color diversity thus calculated is used as an index for evaluating a tear fluid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20220054458
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for suppressing the composition changes between pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and an alkylcellulose species. A pharmaceutical preparation is provided by storing a pharmaceutical composition containing the following components (A) and (B) in a tight package: (A) pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof; and (B) an alkylcellulose species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Chisa NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220022434
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop: a method of efficiently producing a long bagworm silk thread containing no contaminant while preventing a change in the spinning direction and the runaway of the bagworm from a rail, and alleviating a burden on the bagworm; and an apparatus for implementing the thread-producing method. Provided is an apparatus for producing a bagworm silk thread, having a movable rail having a width smaller than the maximum width between the right and left legs of a bagworm and configured to move in the longitudinal direction and to be able to hold with the legs of the bagworm; and a fixator configured to fix a bagworm, wherein the fixator is placed at a position such that the fixed bagworm can hold the movable rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo YOSHIOKA, Tsunenori KAMEDA, Takahiro KITAMURA, Akimune ASANUMA
  • Publication number: 20220000786
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for suppressing the composition changes between pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof and (meth)acrylic acid-based polymers. A pharmaceutical preparation is provided by storing a pharmaceutical composition containing the following components (A) and (B) in a tight package: (A) pemafibrate, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof; and (B) a (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Chisa NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11215904
    Abstract: A waterproof wall 60 is provided to be interposed between an end face 31 of a base end section of a waterproof lens unit 20 and a mount face 13 of a camera body 10, thereby shutting off the front surface of the camera body 10 from a space in front of the front surface of the camera body 10 by the waterproof wall 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Tominaga
  • Patent number: 11200699
    Abstract: Provided are an analysis evaluation method and device, and a computer program for the state of a subject surface in a still image. The method includes: a step of acquiring color information of each pixel in a predetermined region in a still image, a step of calculating a numerical value indicating a diversity of color from the acquired color information, a step of calculating an average value of the color information, and a step of calculating a coefficient of variation on the basis of the calculated numerical value indicating the diversity of color and the calculated average value of the color information. Herein, the coefficient of variation is used as an index for evaluating the surface state of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20210372007
    Abstract: Developed and provided is a method of collecting a large amount of high-quality bagworm silk threads having no contaminant from bagworm nests in a convenient manner and at low cost. The habit of bagworms is utilized to allow a bagworm to build a nest using solvent-soluble substances or thermally meltable substances as nest materials, followed by dissolving or melting the nest materials to separate the nest material from the bagworm silk threads, whereby only pure bagworm silk threads constituting the bagworm nest can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo YOSHIOKA, Tsunenori KAMEDA, Akimune ASANUMA, Hironori SASSA
  • Patent number: 11166948
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a therapeutic agent for abdominal aortic aneurysms, with which pharmacotherapy is possible. The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for an aortic aneurysm comprising, as an active component, (?)-6-[3-[3-cyclopropyl-3-[(1R,2R)-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]ureido]propoxy]-2(1H)-quinolinone or a salt thereof, or a solvate of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: National University Corporation Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Unno, Hiroki Tanaka, Tatsuro Yata, Keisuke Inoue, Yuichi Makinose, Noboru Kaneta
  • Publication number: 20210290598
    Abstract: Provided is a medicament useful for cardiovascular diseases. An agent for prevention and/or treatment of a cardiovascular diseases, comprising a combination of pemafibrate or a salt thereof and an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Kazufumi NAKAMURA, Masatoki YOSHIDA, Keisuke INOUE
  • Patent number: 11107214
    Abstract: A method and device for evaluating the dynamics of a tear fluid layer to objectively and accurately evaluate breakdown of the tear fluid layer, which is a core mechanism of dry eye, are provided. The method includes a step of acquiring color information of each pixel in a predetermined region of a tear fluid layer interference fringe image, which is a moving image or a plurality of static images, a step of calculating a numerical value indicating the diversity of color from the acquired color information, a step of calculating the average value of the color information, and a step of calculating a coefficient of variation on the basis of the calculated numerical value indicating the diversity of color and the calculated average value of the color information. The coefficient of variation is used as an index for evaluating the dynamics of the tear fluid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiko Yokoi, Katsumi Yabusaki
  • Publication number: 20210215705
    Abstract: An antibody against a peptide having an amino acid sequence AVQGPEETVT QDC (expressed in single letter amino acid code) as represented by SEQ ID: NO. 1 corresponding to the 134- to 146-positions in human BAFF (B cell activating factor belonging to the TNF family) protein which is preferably a monoclonal antibody; a method of producing the above antibody; a medicinal composition containing the antibody; utilization of the antibody; and a method of screening an inhibitory effect or an activating effect on BAFF with the use of the antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takeuchi, Keiko Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20210172089
    Abstract: A bagworm silk thread spun on a base material was conventionally difficult to be collected, and thus, cannot be utilized. An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a method in which such a bagworm silk thread is peeled off from a base material with a weak force without being damaged and is collected as a thread bundle. Provided is a method for producing a thread bundle of a bagworm silk thread, including: applying, to a bagworm silk thread spun on the surface of a base material, a wetting liquid which presents a liquid form at least in the range of 20° C. or more and less than 30° C. and does not damage, denature, or dissolve the silk thread; and then separating the bagworm silk thread from the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo YOSHIOKA, Tsunenori KAMEDA, Akimune ASANUMA, Norihiko FUKUOKA
  • Publication number: 20210161115
    Abstract: Provided is a method developed for producing a thread bundle with high efficiency in terms of spun thread collection and without causing mechanical damage to a foothold silk thread spun by a bagworm onto a base material. After a bagworm is placed along with a solvent-soluble base material and allowed to spin the foothold silk thread onto the surface of the base material, the base material is dissolved with a solvent to separate the foothold silk thread therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiyo YOSHIOKA, Tsunenori KAMEDA, Akimune ASANUMA, Keitaro HATTORI, Norihiko FUKUOKA