Patents by Inventor Eriko Ito

Eriko Ito 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: 20260217760
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20250382327
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20250009986
    Abstract: A needle assembly includes an injection needle that includes a needle tube in which a blade surface is formed at a needle tip, and a needle hub that holds the injection needle. The needle hub includes a holding portion that has a penetration region through which the injection needle penetrates and that holds the injection needle penetrating the penetration region, and an insertion portion that is disposed on the distal end side of the holding portion and that guides a proximal end portion of the injection needle to the penetration region such that the puncture direction of the injection needle and the center line of the penetration region overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo TANAKA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE, Yuta AKAHORI
  • Publication number: 20240391952
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20240083939
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20230255230
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ingredient-stuffed soft candy that provides both of the texture of an ingredient felt during eating and the feeling of integration between the ingredient and a soft candy dough, and the shape retainability of the soft candy and to provide a soft candy that can provide a natural juicy feeling coming from the ingredient. The ingredient-stuffed soft candy includes an ingredient, a center dough containing the ingredient, and an outer-layer dough covering the center dough, in which the ingredient has a hardness of 1050 g or less at normal temperature, and the hardness of the center dough at normal temperature is relatively lower than the hardness of the outer-layer dough at normal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Morinaga & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miku SUZUKI, Yoko SUZUKI, Eriko ITO, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Ryosuke KERA
  • Publication number: 20230227498
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20230210690
    Abstract: A medicine administration tool configured for use in a transocular iontophoresis device for forming an electric circuit between a first electrode and a second electrode and supplying medicine to an eyeball, includes: a tubular member having a first lower end configured to face the eyeball; an inner member having a second lower end configured to face the eyeball, the inner member being accommodated in a space of the tubular member and forming a medicine accommodating chamber for accommodating the medicine between the inner member and the tubular member; and a support member movably supporting the inner member with respect to the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SHIMAMURA, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Ryo TANAKA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE
  • Publication number: 20220389054
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20220135618
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20210292360
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20210122812
    Abstract: The present inventors discovered that incorporating an Fc region and an antigen-binding domain whose antigen-binding activity varies depending on ion concentration into an antigen-binding molecule that binds to an aggregate-forming antigen produces an antigen-binding molecule that can preferentially clear protein aggregates in comparison to protein monomers from plasma. Use of antigen-binding molecules of the present invention allows various diseases stemming from target tissues to be treated target-tissue-specifically. Use of antigen-binding molecules of the present invention enables treatment of diseases caused by protein aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Naoka Hironiwa, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20210060254
    Abstract: A hollow medical needle is disclosed which includes: a hub part having an inner cavity connectable to a syringe; and a puncture part extending out toward an axial distal-end side of the hub part, by forming, at a distal end of the hub part, a puncture index part that includes a step perpendicular to an axial direction and is visible when abutting against a rubber stopper when the rubber stopper of a vial container is punctured by the puncture part, a position of an insertion terminal end substantially coincident with an outer surface of the rubber stopper is set at a fixed position when the puncture part is punctured into the rubber stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minami MAEKAWA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE, Toshiaki TAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20210040147
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20200207805
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20190352334
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20190062368
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20180162902
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20170275332
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient methods based on alteration of the protein A-binding ability, for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies having the activity of binding to two or more types of antigens to high purity through a protein A-based purification step alone. The methods of the present invention for producing or purifying multispecific antibodies which feature altering amino acid residues of antibody heavy chain constant region and/or variable region. Multispecific antibodies with an altered protein A-binding ability, which exhibit plasma retention comparable or longer than that of human IgG1, can be efficiently prepared in high purity by introducing amino acid alterations of the present invention into antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
  • Publication number: 20150353630
    Abstract: The present inventors discovered that incorporating an Fc region and an antigen-binding domain whose antigen-binding activity varies depending on ion concentration into an antigen-binding molecule that binds to an aggregate-forming antigen produces an antigen-binding molecule that can preferentially clear protein aggregates in comparison to protein monomers from plasma. Use of antigen-binding molecules of the present invention allows various diseases stemming from target tissues to be treated target-tissue-specifically. Use of antigen-binding molecules of the present invention enables treatment of diseases caused by protein aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Naoka Hironiwa, Eriko Ito