Patents by Inventor Hidetake Fujinaka

Hidetake Fujinaka 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 quantifying autoinducer-2
    Patent number: 8846327
    Abstract: A method of quantifying autoinducer-2, including the steps of: preparing a calibration curve using 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone as a standard sample; and quantifying autoinducer-2 in a test sample based on the calibration curve prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetake Fujinaka, Keiko Kawasaki, Junji Nakamura
  • Method of selecting an agent that improves periodontal disease
    Patent number: 8568986
    Abstract: A marker for determining the onset of periodontal disease and a marker far determining the progression stage of periodontal disease, each containing autoinducer-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hatsumi Souno, Hidetake Fujinaka, Junji Nakamura
  • Periodontal Disease Marker
    Publication number: 20120276546
    Abstract: A marker for determining the onset of periodontal disease and a marker far determining the progression stage of periodontal disease, each containing autoinducer-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Kao Corportation
    Inventors: Hatsumi Souno, Hidetake Fujinaka, Junji Nakamura
  • Method of using autoinducer-2 as a periodontal disease marker
    Patent number: 8293478
    Abstract: A marker for determining the onset of periodontal disease and a marker for determining the progression stage of periodontal disease, each containing autoinducer-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hatsumi Souno, Hidetake Fujinaka, Junji Nakamura
  • Periodontal Disease Marker (as amended herewith)
    Publication number: 20120015397
    Abstract: A marker for determining the onset of periodontal disease and a marker for determining the progression stage of periodontal disease, each containing autoinducer-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hatsumi Souno, Hidetake Fujinaka, Junji Nakamura
  • Method for prevention or treatment of periodontal diseases and composition for an oral cavity
    Patent number: 7846422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for prevention or treatment of periodontal diseases, containing administering lignans represented by the following formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group; R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group, a hydroxy C1-10 alkyl group or a C1-10 alkoxy group) or plant extracts containing the lignans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushi Oshino, Ikuhisa Ichimura, Hisataka Kobayashi, Minoru Takizawa, Hidetake Fujinaka
  • Method of Quantifying Autoinducer-2
    Publication number: 20100233742
    Abstract: A method of quantifying autoinducer-2, including the steps of: preparing a calibration curve using 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone as a standard sample; and quantifying autoinducer-2 in a test sample based on the calibration curve prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetake Fujinaka, Keiko Kawasaki, Junji Nakamura
  • ALTERNATIVE AGENT WITH VITAMIN D-LIKE ACTIVITY AND AN IMPROVING AGENT FOR INTESTINAL FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20100197611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alternative agent with vitamin D-like activity or an improving agent for age-related depression of intestinal function, comprising a sugar-phosphate ester or a salt thereof, as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetake FUJINAKA, Junji NAKAMURA, Daiki MURASE, Hatsumi SOUNO, Hisataka KOBAYASHI
  • Method for prevention or treatment of periodontal diseases and composition for an oral cavity
    Publication number: 20050053557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for prevention or treatment of periodontal diseases, containing administering lignans represented by the following formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group; R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group, a hydroxy C1-10 alkyl group or a C1-10 alkoxy group) or plant extracts containing the lignans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Oshino, Ikuhisa Ichimura, Hisataka Kobayashi, Minoru Takizawa, Hidetake Fujinaka
  • Alternative agent with vitamin D-like activity and an improving agent for intestinal function
    Publication number: 20050032710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alternative agent with vitamin D-like activity or an improving agent for age-related depression of intestinal function, comprising a sugar-phosphate ester or a salt thereof, as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetake Fujinaka, Junji Nakamura, Daiki Murase, Hatsumi Souno, Hisataka Kobayashi
  • Intestinal mineral absorption capacity improver
    Publication number: 20050003047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intestinal mineral absorption capacity improver containing glucose 1-phosphate sodium salt as an effective ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetake Fujinaka, Junji Nakamura, Daiki Murase, Hatsumi Souno, Hisataka Kobayashi
  • Compositions for oral cavity
    Patent number: 6475470
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for the oral cavity, each of which comprises (A) a pharmaceutically-active agent, which acts on the periodontium, or a microbicidal agent and (B) an exothermic ingredient or a water-soluble high-molecular substance, and has a water content not higher than 5 wt. %. They permit adsorption of a pharmaceutically-active agent or the like at a high rate on the oral mucosas and are excellent in the effects of preventing and/or treating paradental diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Kayane, Yoshitaka Yanou, Hidetake Fujinaka, Hidenori Yoshida, Yoshinori Murakami, Akira Suzuki, Koji Maeda
  • Solid preparation for oral hygiene
    Patent number: 6428770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid preparation for oral hygiene, which comprises (a) 15 to 90 wt. % of a bubbling component and (b) 0.001 to 10 wt. % of an orally-usable medicinal component at an (a):(b) ratio ranging from 10:1 to 1000:1. Use of the preparation brings about a drastic improvement in the drug efficacy and moreover, breath is freshened by bubbling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Kayane, Yoshitaka Yano, Shinji Kiji, Keiko Masuki, Hidetake Fujinaka, Yasuteru Eguchi, Mitsuyoshi Kashiwagi