Patents by Inventor Hirosuke Oku

Hirosuke Oku 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).

  • ADIPONECTIN SECRETION PROMOTING AGENT
    Publication number: 20210283207
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adiponectin secretion promoting agent comprising Cirsium brevicaule A. Gray, preferably a dry powder of the leaves of Cirsium brevicaule A. Gray, and also provides a food or drink for promoting adiponectin secretion comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Tokunoshima Town, NPO AMAMI FUNCTIONAL FOODS STUDY GROUP
    Inventors: Hirosuke OKU, Satoshi OHNO, Miki SAKAUE, Shojiro FUJIYAMA, Yasuo KAMIYAMA
  • Method for treating fatty liver
    Patent number: 10653740
    Abstract: A method of treating fatty liver comprising administering an effective amount of a plant belonging to a genus Cirsium to a patient in need of the treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Amino Up Co., Ltd., University of the Ryukyus, NPO Amami Functional Foods Study Group
    Inventors: Hirosuke Oku, Yasuo Kamiyama, Masashi Inafuku
  • METHOD FOR TREATING FATTY LIVER
    Publication number: 20180200317
    Abstract: A method of treating fatty liver comprising administering an effective amount of a plant belonging to a genus Cirsium to a patient in need of the treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Hirosuke OKU, Yasuo KAMIYAMA, Masashi INAFUKU
  • FAT ACCUMULATION INHIBITOR, DRUG, PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR FATTY LIVER, FOOD OR DRINK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FAT ACCUMULATION INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20160184378
    Abstract: A fat accumulation inhibitor includes, as an active ingredient, a plant belonging to the genus Cirsium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: NPO Amami Functional Foods Study Group
    Inventors: Hirosuke OKU, Yasuo KAMIYAMA, Masashi NAFUKU
  • 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
  • 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