Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Jono

Hirofumi Jono 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).

  • Publication number: 20230340473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating ocular amyloidosis by reducing TTR expression in a subject by administering a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) that targets a TTR gene to the retinal pigment epithelium of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Rene Alvarez, Dinah Wen-yee Sah
  • Patent number: 11725226
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for highly sensitively and highly specifically detecting a kidney cancer. According to the present invention, there is provided, for example, a method for detecting a kidney cancer in a subject, comprising diluting a urine sample obtained from the subject at a predetermined ratio, and determining whether or not nematodes exhibit attraction behavior toward the diluted urine sample, wherein the predetermined ratio is 200 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takaaki Hirotsu, Hirofumi Jono
  • Patent number: 11186630
    Abstract: A human antibody which comprises a complementarity determining region of an H chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 and a complementarity determining region of an L chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6. The human antibody of the present invention has the activity to specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR) with structural change and the activity to inhibit fibrillization of TTR and is a human antibody suitable for application to human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KM BIOLOGICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Torikai, Akihiko Hosoi, Tomoyo Takeo, Masayo Ueno, Kenji Soejima, Toshihiro Nakashima, Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Yu Su, Mineyuki Mizuguchi
  • Publication number: 20200208192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for highly sensitively and highly specifically detecting a kidney cancer. According to the present invention, there is provided, for example, a method for detecting a kidney cancer in a subject, comprising diluting a urine sample obtained from the subject at a predetermined ratio, and determining whether or not nematodes exhibit attraction behavior toward the diluted urine sample, wherein the predetermined ratio is 200 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takaaki HIROTSU, Hirofumi JONO
  • Publication number: 20200199592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating ocular amyloidosis by reducing TTR expression in a subject by administering a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) that targets a TTR gene to the retinal pigment epithelium of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Rene Alvarez, Dinah Wen-Yee Sah
  • Publication number: 20200181250
    Abstract: A human antibody which comprises a complementarity determining region of an H chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 and a complementarity determining region of an L chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6. The human antibody of the present invention has the activity to specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR) with structural change and the activity to inhibit fibrillization of TTR and is a human antibody suitable for application to human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: KM Biologics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu TORIKAI, Akihiko HOSOI, Tomoyo TAKEO, Masayo UENO, Kenji SOEJIMA, Toshihiro NAKASHIMA, Yukio ANDO, Hirofumi JONO, Yu SU, Mineyuki MIZUGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10604562
    Abstract: A humanized antibody which comprises a complementarity determining region of an H chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 and a complementarity determining region of an L chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6. The humanized antibody of the present invention has the activity to specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR) with structural change and the activity to inhibit fibrillization of TTR and is a humanized antibody suitable for application to human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: KM BIOLOGICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akihiko Hosoi, Masaharu Torikai, Tomoyo Takeo, Masayo Ueno, Hirofumi Higuchi, Kenji Soejima, Toshihiro Nakashima, Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Yu Su
  • Patent number: 10597440
    Abstract: A human antibody which comprises a complementarity determining region of an H chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 and a complementarity determining region of an L chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6. The human antibody of the present invention has the activity to specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR) with structural change and the activity to inhibit fibrillization of TTR and is a human antibody suitable for application to human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KM BIOLOGICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Torikai, Akihiko Hosoi, Tomoyo Takeo, Masayo Ueno, Kenji Soejima, Toshihiro Nakashima, Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Yu Su, Mineyuki Mizuguchi
  • Publication number: 20180264025
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic agent that is more effective in refractory amyloidosis. More specifically, it is to provide a novel substance that is highly safe and is more excellent in a TTR protein amyloid fibril formation-inhibiting effect as compared with conventional therapeutic agents. Provided by the invention is an amyloid fibril suppressant comprising as an active ingredient a complex of a conjugate (GUG-?-CDE) of glucuronylglucosyl-?-cyclodextrin (GUG-?-CyD) and polyamide amine dendrimer having an alkylene diamine as the core with RNA that causes RNA interference in the mRNA of transthyretin (TTR). Also provided by the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the amyloid fibril suppressant for the prevention and/or treatment of amyloidosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hirofumi JONO, Hidetoshi ARIMA, Yukio ANDO, Keiichi MOTOYAMA, Taishi HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20180171332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating ocular amyloidosis by reducing TTR expression in a subject by administering a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) that targets a TTR gene to the retinal pigment epithelium of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Rene Alvarez, Dinah Wen-Yee Sah
  • Publication number: 20170096663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating ocular amyloidosis by reducing TTR expression in a subject by administering a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) that targets a TTR gene to the retinal pigment epithelium of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Rene Alvarez, Dinah Wen-Yee Sah
  • Publication number: 20160347832
    Abstract: A humanized antibody which comprises a complementarity determining region of an H chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 and a complementarity determining region of an L chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6. The humanized antibody of the present invention has the activity to specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR) with structural change and the activity to inhibit fibrillization of TTR and is a humanized antibody suitable for application to human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: THE CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSIT Y
    Inventors: Akihiko HOSOI, Masaharu TORIKAI, Tomoyo TAKEO, Masayo UENO, Hirofumi HIGUCHI, Kenji SOEJIMA, Toshihiro NAKASHIMA, Yukio ANDO, Hirofumi JONO, Yu SU
  • Publication number: 20160340419
    Abstract: A human antibody which comprises a complementarity determining region of an H chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 and a complementarity determining region of an L chain consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6. The human antibody of the present invention has the activity to specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR) with structural change and the activity to inhibit fibrillization of TTR and is a human antibody suitable for application to human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: THE CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Masaharu TORIKAI, Akihiko HOSOI, Tomoyo TAKEO, Masayo UENO, Kenji SOEJIMA, Toshihiro NAKASHIMA, Yukio ANDO, Hirofumi JONO, Yu SU, Mineyuki MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160076029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating ocular amyloidosis by reducing TTR expression in a subject by administering a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) that targets a TTR gene to the retinal pigment epithelium of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Rene Alvarez, Dinah Wen-Yee Sah
  • Publication number: 20130281510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating ocular amyloidosis by reducing TTR expression in a subject by administering a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) that targets a TTR gene to the retinal pigment epithelium of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: Kumamoto University, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Ando, Hirofumi Jono, Rene Alvarez, Dinah Wen-Yee Sah