Patents by Inventor Eisuke Munekata

Eisuke Munekata 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).

  • Polypeptides having neutrophil stimulating activity
    Patent number: 7285618
    Abstract: Neutrophil attracting and activating factors that may already exist in normal cells are located. Polypeptides having neutrophil stimulating activity were isolated from an extract originating from a normal porcine heart, whereby the invention was completed. The invention provides (a) a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; (b) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3 by deletion, substitution, insertion or addition of one or more amino acids and having neutrophil stimulating activity; or (c) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence biologically equivalent to the amino acid sequence of said polypeptide (a) or (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehito Mukai, Yoshisuke Nishi, Eisuke Munekata
  • Polypeptides and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 4086221
    Abstract: Polypeptides of the formula ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 is Ser or Gly, A.sub.7 is Val or Met, A.sub.10 is Lys or Thr, A.sub.11 is Leu or Tyr, A.sub.12 is Ser or Thr, A.sub.14 is Glu or Asp, A.sub.15 is Leu or Phe, A.sub.16 is His or Asn, A.sub.18 is Leu or Phe, A.sub.19 is Gln or His, A.sub.21 is Tyr or Phe, A.sub.23 is Arg or Gln, A.sub.25 is Asp or Asn or Ala, A.sub.26 is Val or Thr or Ile, A.sub.28 is Ala or Ser or Val, and A.sub.30 is Thr or Val or Ala, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts and complexes, have serum calcium reducing activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1978
    Assignee: Toyo Jozo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shumpei Sakakibara, Tadanori Morikawa, Eisuke Munekata, Terutoshi Kimura, Yasuo Nakagawa, Toshiharu Noda
  • EEL calcitonin
    Patent number: 3988309
    Abstract: A polypeptide having calcitonin activity of the formula ##EQU1## and the salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Toyo Jozo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Matsuda, Susumu Watanabe, Shunpei Sakakibara, Eisuke Munekata, Tadanori Morikawa, Masaru Otani, Toshiharu Noda, Hirose Yamauchi, Tosio Meguro, Shuichi Kitazawa