Patents by Inventor Chung-Yu Ku

Chung-Yu Ku 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).

  • TEA POLYPHENOLS PRODUCTS FOR CEASING SMOKING AND TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING NICOTINE OR NICOTINE-DERIVED COMPOUNDS OR ESTROGEN INDUCED BREAST CANCER
    Publication number: 20120208873
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of aiding smoking cessation and/or treating and/or preventing smoking addition or methods of treating and/or preventing nicotine or nicotine-derived compounds or estrogen induced breast cancer, which comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of a tea polyphenol. The invention uses catechins (such as epigallocatechin gallate (“EGCG”), epigallocatechin (“EGC”), epicatechin gallate (“ECG”), epicatechin (“EC”), gallocatechin gallate (“GCG”), gallocatechin (“GC”), catechin gallate (“CG”) and catechin (“C”)) in aiding smoking cessation and/or treating and/or preventing smoking addition or treating and/or preventing nicotine or nicotine-derived compounds or estrogen induced breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shih-Hsin Tu, Chung-Yu Ku, Ching-Shyang Chen, Ching-Shui Huang, Chia-Hwa Lee, Li-Ching Chen, Min-Hsiung Pan, Hui-Wen Chang, Chien-Hsi Chang, Yu-Jia Chang, Po-Li Wei, Chih-Hsiung Wu, Yuan-Soon Ho
  • USE OF TEA POLYPHENOLS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING NICOTINE OR NICOTINE-DERIVED COMPOUNDS OR ESTROGEN INDUCED BREAST CANCER
    Publication number: 20120208872
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of treating and/or preventing nicotine or nicotine-derived compounds or estrogen induced breast cancer, which comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of a tea polyphenol. The invention uses catechins (such as epigallocatechin gallate (“EGCG”), epigallocatechin (“EGC”), epicatechin gallate (“ECG”), epicatechin (“EC”), gallocatechin gallate (“GCG”), gallocatechin (“GC”), catechin gallate (“CG”) and catechin (“C”)) in treating and/or preventing nicotine or nicotine-derived compounds or estrogen induced breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shih-Hsin Tu, Chung-Yu Ku, Ching-Shyang Chen, Ching-Shui Huang, Chia-Hwa Lee, Li-Ching Chen, Min-Hsiung Pan, Hui-Wen Chang, Chien-Hsi Chang, Yu-Jia Chang, Po-Li Wei, Chih-Hsiung Wu, Yuan-Soon Ho