Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Tani

Akiyoshi Tani 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).

  • Screening method
    Publication number: 20040235083
    Abstract: A method for screening a compound acting on a bone or its salt characterized by using NRH: quinone oxidoreductase (NQO2), its peptide fragment or a salt thereof; agents acting on a bone comprising compounds obtained by the above method; a method of preventing/treating human or mammalian bone diseases involving the inhibition or promotion of the expression or activity of NQO2; and diagnostics for bone diseases containing a polynucleotide encoding NQO2 or its peptide fragment or an antibody having an affinity specifically for NQO2, its peptide fragment or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tani, Susumu Honda, Tsuneo Yasuma
  • Method for assaying ERK2 map kinase
    Patent number: 6001580
    Abstract: The monoclonal antibody generated by immunizing a mammal with human MAP kinase ERK1 and the polyclonal antibody generated by immunizing an animal with the phosphorylation region of the sequence of MAP kinase or a fragment of human MAP kinase are used either alone or in combination to detect and assay various MAP kinase species including ERK2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tani, Yuzo Ichimori