Patents by Inventor Haraku Itadani

Haraku Itadani 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).

  • Method of screening for a compound using guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein-coupled receptor protein, BG37
    Patent number: 7723046
    Abstract: The present inventors conducted a similarity search of the amino acid sequence of known G protein-coupled receptor proteins in GenBank, and obtained a novel human GPCR gene “BG37”. cDNA containing the ORF of the gene was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was determined. Moreover, novel GPCR “BG37” genes from mouse and rat were isolated. Use of the novel GPCR of the present invention enables screening of ligands, compounds inhibiting the binding to a ligand, and candidate compounds of pharmaceuticals which can regulate signal transduction from the “BG37” receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaharu Maruyama, Takao Nakamura, Haraku Itadani, Ken-ichi Tanaka