Patents by Inventor Erina Nakamura

Erina Nakamura 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).

  • Patent number: 8143003
    Abstract: It is an object to be achieved by the present invention to provide a method for detecting cancer and a cell growth inhibiting agent by the identification of genes exhibiting characteristic behavior in cancers such as oral squamous-cell carcinoma. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting at least one gene alteration existing in chromosomal region 4q35 in a specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Fujifilm Corporation, National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Erina Nakamura, Hitoshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20100035758
    Abstract: It is an object to be achieved by the present invention to provide a method for detecting cancer and a cell growth inhibiting agent by the identification of genes exhibiting characteristic behavior in cancers such as oral squamous-cell carcinoma. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting at least one gene alteration existing in chromosomal region 4q35 in a specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: JOHJI INAZAWA, ISSEI IMOTO, ERINA NAKAMURA, HITOSHI TSUDA