Patents by Inventor Goro Matsuzaki

Goro Matsuzaki 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).

  • Drug transporter, and adjuvant and vaccine each utilizing same
    Patent number: 8580274
    Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide a drug delivery vehicle capable of allowing a vaccine or adjuvant to reach a target cell or tissue efficiently while being capable of improving the immunogenicity of the vaccine or capable of enhancing the immunostimulating effect of the adjuvant as well as a vaccine or adjuvant utilizing the same. Said drug delivery vehicle contains a multimeric protein having a coiled coil structure and a ligand molecule to a receptor of an immune cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: University of the Ryukyus
    Inventors: Takeshi Arakawa, Takeshi Miyata, Goro Matsuzaki, Takafumi Tsuboi
  • Anti-Tumor Agent and Immunostimulating Agent
    Publication number: 20130022641
    Abstract: To provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a ceramide-related substance having little adverse side effects as an active ingredient by using a raw material that is highly safe to a human body and is inexpensive. A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one sphingoglycolipid derivative that is produced from a beer waste and is represented by the formula below as an active ingredient: wherein R3 represents H or OH; R4 is as defined by (a) or (b) (a) when R3 is H, R4 represents (CH2)13CH3 or (CH2)6CH?CHCH2CH?CH(CH2)4CH3; and (b) when R3 is OH, R4 represents (CH2)yCH3 (where Y represents an integer of 13 to 21) or (CH2)Z1CH?CH(CH2)Z2CH3 (where Z1 and Z2 independently represent 0 or a natural number, provided that Z1+Z2=19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: ORION BREWERIES, LTD., UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS
    Inventors: Hirosuke Oku, Hironori Iwasaki, Kensaku Takara, Hisami Watanabe, Goro Matsuzaki, Takahiro Ishikawa, Kouji Takeuchi, Akira Taira
  • DRUG TRANSPORTER, AND ADJUVANT AND VACCINE EACH UTILIZING SAME
    Publication number: 20120100165
    Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide a drug delivery vehicle capable of allowing a vaccine or adjuvant to reach a target cell or tissue efficiently while being capable of improving the immunogenicity of the vaccine or capable of enhancing the immunostimulating effect of the adjuvant as well as a vaccine or adjuvant utilizing the same. Said drug delivery vehicle contains a multimeric protein having a coiled coil structure and a ligand molecule to a receptor of an immune cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: University of the Ryukyus
    Inventors: Takeshi Arakawa, Takeshi Miyata, Goro Matsuzaki, Takafumi Tsuboi
  • Anti-Tumor Agent and Immunostimulating Agent
    Publication number: 20100256346
    Abstract: To provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a ceramide-related substance having little adverse side effects as an active ingredient by using a raw material that is highly safe to a human body and is inexpensive. A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one sphingoglycolipid derivative that is produced from a beer waste and is represented by the formula below as an active ingredient: wherein R3 represents H or OH; R4 is as defined by (a) or (b): (a) when R3 is H, R4 represents (CH2)13CH3 or (CH2)6CH?CHCH2CH?CH(CH2)4CH3; and (b) when R3 is OH, R4 represents (CH2)yCH3 (where Y represents an integer of 13 to 21) or (CH2)z1CH?CH(CH2)Z2CH3 (where Z1 and Z2 independently represent 0 or a natural number, provided that Z1+Z2=19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Hirosuke Oku, Hironori Iwasaki, Kensaku Takara, Hisami Watanabe, Goro Matsuzaki, Takahiro Ishikawa, Kouji Takeuchi, Akira Taira