Patents by Inventor Ayi-Man Chou

Ayi-Man Chou 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).

  • Publication number: 20140199349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pH-sensitive hyaluronic acid derivative, comprising at least one repeat unit as shown in the following formula (I), wherein HA represents a unit comprising N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid, q represents an integer of 2 to 10,000; A represents a biocleavable linkage comprising at least one of hydrazone, acetal, ketal and imine; M represents at least one of a hydrophobic fragment, a hydrophilic fragment, and an amphiphilic fragment, and p represents the number of [A-M] directly grafted onto each HA unit, p represents an integer of 0 to 4, and the p of each HA unit is not 0 at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jean-Dean Yang, Ayi-Man Chou, Jui-Hsiang Chen, Hsia-Wei Liu, Shian-Jy Wang, Tse-Min Teng, Hsiang-Fa Liang, Ming-Cheng Wei, Maggie J.M. Lu