Patents by Inventor Fumiko Higashikawa

Fumiko Higashikawa 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).

  • Agent for prevention or amelioration of obesity
    Patent number: 9387228
    Abstract: To provide a pharmaceutical product or food which has an excellent fat-accumulation-inhibiting activity and/or fat-metabolism-improving activity and which is effective for inhibition or improvement of obesity, fatty liver, etc. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or ameliorating obesity containing, as an active ingredient, cells of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Pediococcus, a cell culture thereof, or an extract of any of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masanori Sugiyama, Fumiko Higashikawa, Masafumi Noda
  • AGENT FOR PREVENTION OR AMELIORATION OF OBESITY
    Publication number: 20140322186
    Abstract: To provide a pharmaceutical product or food which has an excellent fat-accumulation-inhibiting activity and/or fat-metabolism-improving activity and which is effective for inhibition or improvement of obesity, fatty liver, etc. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or ameliorating obesity containing, as an active ingredient, cells of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Pediococcus, a cell culture thereof, or an extract of any of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masanori Sugiyama, Fumiko Higashikawa, Masafumi Noda
  • AGENT FOR PREVENTION OR AMELIORATION OF OBESITY
    Publication number: 20110311502
    Abstract: To provide a pharmaceutical product or food which has an excellent fat-accumulation-inhibiting activity and/or fat-metabolism-improving activity and which is effective for inhibition or improvement of obesity, fatty liver, etc. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or ameliorating obesity containing, as an active ingredient, cells of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Pediococcus, a cell culture thereof, or an extract of any of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masanori Sugiyama, Fumiko Higashikawa, Masafumi Noda