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).
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Publication number: 20260217760Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2026Publication date: July 30, 2026Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20250382327Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2025Publication date: December 18, 2025Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20250009986Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo TANAKA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE, Yuta AKAHORI
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Publication number: 20240391952Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20240083939Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20230255230Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Morinaga & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Miku SUZUKI, Yoko SUZUKI, Eriko ITO, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Ryosuke KERA
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Publication number: 20230227498Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20230210690Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa SHIMAMURA, Yusuke HYAKKAN, Ryo TANAKA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE
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Publication number: 20220389054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20220135618Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20210292360Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20210122812Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Naoka Hironiwa, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20210060254Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minami MAEKAWA, Eriko ITO, Yoichiro IWASE, Toshiaki TAKAKI
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Publication number: 20210040147Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20200207805Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20190352334Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20190062368Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20180162902Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20170275332Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Zenjiro Sampei, Tetsuya Wakabayashi, Eriko Ito
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Publication number: 20150353630Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Naoka Hironiwa, Eriko Ito