Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Mano
Hiroyuki Mano 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).
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Patent number: 12139204Abstract: A work vehicle is provided with a body, a driver section and an air conditioner, and the air conditioner is supported by the body and located on a side of the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kumiko Kobayashi, Kunihiko Nishino, Shunya Mano, Kenzo Ushiro, Jinto No, Ryosuke Tanaka, Maho Yamanaka, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Manabu Togo
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Patent number: 11542497Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide, for instance, a method for evaluating a function, such as transforming potential, of multiple different genes of interest, and a method capable of evaluating drug sensitivity of a subject having each gene of interest.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: The University of TokyoInventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Shinji Kohsaka, Masachika Ikegami
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Publication number: 20210189383Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide, for instance, a method for evaluating a function, such as transforming potential, of multiple different genes of interest, and a method capable of evaluating drug sensitivity of a subject having each gene of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Hiroyuki MANO, Shinji KOHSAKA, Masachika IKEGAMI
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Patent number: 10828377Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for determining whether a subject suffers from malignant lymphoma or leukemia and an agent for treating and/or preventing the disease. The present invention relates to a method for assisting in determining whether a subject suffers from, or is likely to suffer from malignant lymphoma or leukemia, comprising: a detection step of detecting at least one of a fusion mutation of a DUX4 gene, an overexpression of a DUX4 gene, and a fusion mutation of an MEF2D gene; and a determination step of determining that the subject suffers from or is likely to suffer from the disease when at least one of the fusion mutations or the overexpression is detected. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a DUX4 inhibitor as an active ingredient, for treating and/or preventing malignant lymphoma or leukemia in a subject having a fusion mutation of a DUX4 gene and an IGH or IGL gene and/or overexpression of a DUX4 gene.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, AICHI PREFECTURE, NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Toshihide Ueno, Takahiko Yasuda, Masahito Kawazu, Fumihiko Hayakawa, Hitoshi Kiyoi, Shinobu Tsuzuki, Tomoki Naoe
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Publication number: 20200165687Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for easily detecting a transcript resulting from a fusion gene and/or exon skipping. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a probe set for determining the presence or expression level of a transcript of a fusion gene on the genome, a probe set for determining the presence or expression level of a transcript resulting from exon skipping, a kit comprising the probe set, a method for determining the presence or expression level of a transcript of a fusion gene on the genome by using the probe set, and a method for determining the presence or expression level of a transcript resulting from exon skipping.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Hiroyuki MANO, Shinji KOHSAKA, Toshihide UENO
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Publication number: 20180318448Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for determining whether a subject suffers from malignant lymphoma or leukemia and an agent for treating and/or preventing the disease. The present invention relates to a method for assisting in determining whether a subject suffers from, or is likely to suffer from malignant lymphoma or leukemia, comprising: a detection step of detecting at least one of a fusion mutation of a DUX4 gene, an overexpression of a DUX4 gene, and a fusion mutation of an MEF2D gene; and a determination step of determining that the subject suffers from or is likely to suffer from the disease when at least one of the fusion mutations or the overexpression is detected. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a DUX4 inhibitor as an active ingredient, for treating and/or preventing malignant lymphoma or leukemia in a subject having a fusion mutation of a DUX4 gene and an IGH or IGL gene and/or overexpression of a DUX4 gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki MANO, Toshihide UENO, Takahiko YASUDA, Masahito KAWAZU, Fumihiko HAYAKAWA, Hitoshi KIYOI, Shinobu TSUZUKI, Tomoki NAOE
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Patent number: 9932589Abstract: The present inventors found that a fusion gene present in some cancer patients is an oncogene. The present invention relates to a polypeptide as a novel fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformed cell comprising the vector, a method for detecting the fusion protein or polynucleotide, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method for treating cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene. Further, the present invention relates kit, primer set, and probe useful in the detection of cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., CUREGENE K.K.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20180066266Abstract: The present inventors found that a fusion gene present in some cancer patients is an oncogene. The present invention relates to a polypeptide as a novel fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformed cell comprising the vector, a method for detecting the fusion protein or polynucleotide, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method for treating cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., CureGene K.K.Inventors: HIROYUKI MANO, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani
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Patent number: 9109259Abstract: Polynucleotides which are novel causative genes for cancer are elucidated, and a detection method of the polynucleotides or polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides, and a kit and a primer set for detection are provided, based on the knowledge gained by the elucidation. In the detection method, a fusion gene comprising part of an SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 gene and part of a ROS1 gene, or a fusion protein encoded by the fusion gene is detected. The primer set or the detection kit comprises a sense primer designed based on a portion encoding SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 and an antisense primer designed based on a portion encoding ROS1.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Educational Foundation Jichi Medical UniversityInventors: Kengo Takeuchi, Yuichi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Mano, Manabu Soda, Eirin Sai
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Publication number: 20150184161Abstract: The present inventors found that a fusion gene present in some cancer patients is an oncogene. The present invention relates to a polypeptide as a novel fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformed cell comprising the vector, a method for detecting the fusion protein or polynucleotide, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method for treating cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., CureGene K.K.Inventors: Hiroyuki MANO, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20150185223Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery of isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding mutant RAC polypeptides, or fragments thereof, wherein the mutant RAC polypeptides comprise one or more substitutions of an amino acid in the wild-type RAC polypeptide that renders the mutant RAC polypeptides constitutively active and oncogenic. Isolated mutant RAC polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, as well as vectors, host cells, methods of producing encoded polypeptides using such isolated nucleic acid molecules, as well as methods of using mutant RAC nucleic acids and polypeptides for identifying, assessing, prognosing, and treating cancer, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Masahito Kawazu, Kengo Takeuchi, Yoshio Miki, Toshihide Ueno
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Patent number: 9029521Abstract: The present inventors found that a fusion gene present in some cancer patients is an oncogene. The present invention relates to a polypeptide as a novel fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformed cell comprising the vector, a method for detecting the fusion protein or polynucleotide, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method for treating cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene. Further, the present invention relates kit, primer set, and probe useful in the detection of cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Curegene K.K.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani
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Patent number: 9018230Abstract: Described herein are compositions, kits, and methods for determining whether subjects having cancer(s) positive for ALK mutations are likely to respond to treatment with an ALK inhibitor and/or whether a patient having such cancer(s) is likely to have a relatively slower disease progression. Further described are methods for prognosing a time course of disease in a subject having such cancer.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Jichi Medical UniversityInventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Young L. Choi, Manabu Soda
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Patent number: 8825385Abstract: An aspect of the invention is an information terminal device includes a widget management unit for managing execution of a widget being a monofunctional program for performing display on the display part of a display device. The widget management unit includes a policy determination unit for determining the operation policy, including operation restriction and priority, concerning a display state at the display device in the widget, and a reliability determining unit for determining the reliability representing the reliability of the widget in the widget. When the state of the movement calculated by a navigation unit becomes a preset state, the widget management unit regulates the display state of the widget according to the operation restriction and the reliability, and performs display, while preferentially displaying guidance state and positional information calculated by the navigation unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Iguchi, Tatsuaki Osafune, Takatoshi Kato, Kazutomo Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Mano, Hiroki Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20130203810Abstract: Described herein are compositions, kits, and methods for determining whether subjects having cancer(s) positive for ALK mutations are likely to respond to treatment with an ALK inhibitor and/or whether a patient having such cancer(s) is likely to have a relatively slower disease progression. Further described are methods for prognosing a time course of disease in a subject having such cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Young L. Choi, Manabu Soda
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Publication number: 20130158095Abstract: The present inventors found that a fusion gene present in some cancer patients is an oncogene. The present invention relates to a polypeptide as a novel fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformed cell comprising the vector, a method for detecting the fusion protein or polynucleotide, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method for treating cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene. Further, the present invention relates kit, primer set, and probe useful in the detection of cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: CureGene K.K., Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20130102006Abstract: Polynucleotides which are novel causative genes for cancer are elucidated, and a detection method of the polynucleotides or polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides, and a kit and a primer set for detection are provided, based on the knowledge gained by the elucidation. In the detection method, a fusion gene comprising part of an SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 gene and part of a ROS1 gene, or a fusion protein encoded by the fusion gene is detected. The primer set or the detection kit comprises a sense primer designed based on a portion encoding SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 and an antisense primer designed based on a portion encoding ROS1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., Educational Foundation Jichi Medical University, Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchInventors: Kengo Takeuchi, Yuichi Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Mano, Manabu Soda, Eirin Sai
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Publication number: 20130096100Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which is useful as an inhibitor against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion proteins and mutant EGFR proteins. As a result of extensive and intensive studies on compounds having an inhibitory effect against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion proteins and mutant EGFR proteins, the inventors of the present invention have found that the di(arylamino)aryl compound of the present invention has inhibitory activity against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion proteins and mutant EGFR proteins. This finding led to the completion of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Yutaka KONDOH, Kazuhiko Iikubo, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani, Itsuro Shimada, Takahiro Matsuya, Kazuo Kurosawa, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroyuki Mano
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Patent number: 8318702Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which is useful as an inhibitor against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion proteins and mutant EGFR proteins. As a result of extensive and intensive studies on compounds having an inhibitory effect against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion proteins and mutant EGFR proteins, the inventors of the present invention have found that the di(arylamino)aryl compound of the present invention has inhibitory activity against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion proteins and mutant EGFR proteins. This finding led to the completion of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Kondoh, Kazuhiko Iikubo, Sadao Kuromitsu, Nobuaki Shindo, Takatoshi Soga, Takashi Furutani, Itsuro Shimada, Takahiro Matsuya, Kazuo Kurosawa, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroyuki Mano
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Publication number: 20120253662Abstract: An aspect of the invention is an information terminal device includes a widget management unit for managing execution of a widget being a monofunctional program for performing display on the display part of a display device. The widget management unit includes a policy determination unit for determining the operation policy, including operation restriction and priority, concerning a display state at the display device in the widget, and a reliability determining unit for determining the reliability representing the reliability of the widget in the widget. When the state of the movement calculated by a navigation unit becomes a preset state, the widget management unit regulates the display state of the widget according to the operation restriction and the reliability, and performs display, while preferentially displaying guidance state and positional information calculated by the navigation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Iguchi, Tatsuaki Osafune, Takatoshi Kato, Kazutomo Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Mano, Hiroki Uchiyama