Patents by Inventor Isao Tachibana

Isao Tachibana 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).

  • CD9/CD81 double-deficient non-human animal
    Patent number: 7659441
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a non-human animal which can be utilized as a model animal well exhibiting a pathological condition of low-turnover type of osteoporosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, for screening therapeutic agents for osteoporosis or therapeutic agents for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. The invention includes a non-human animal, wherein a gene coding for CD9 and a gene coding for CD81 are deficient at least in somatic cells; and a method to use the non-human animal as an osteoporosis model animal, including a step of measuring the degree of inhibition in the osteogenesis, and a method to use the non-human animal as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease model animal, including a step of measuring the degree of a phenotype similar to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Osaka Industrial Promotion Organization
    Inventors: Eisuke Mekada, Kenji Miyado, Isao Tachibana, Yoshito Takeda
  • CD9/CD81 double-deficient non-human animal
    Publication number: 20060288435
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a non-human animal which can be utilized as a model animal well exhibiting a pathological condition of low-turnover type of osteoporosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, for screening therapeutic agents for osteoporosis or therapeutic agents for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. The invention includes a non-human animal, wherein a gene coding for CD9 and a gene coding for CD81 are deficient at least in somatic cells; and a method to use the non-human animal as an osteoporosis model animal, including a step of measuring the degree of inhibition in the osteogenesis, and a method to use the non-human animal as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease model animal, including a step of measuring the degree of a phenotype similar to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: OSAKA INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Mekada, Kenji Miyado, Isao Tachibana, Yoshito Takeda
  • Air ventilation or air supply system
    Patent number: 5938527
    Abstract: An air ventilation or supply system includes a blower for generating a primary flow and an induction nozzle for inducing a secondary flow produced by entrainment of the primary flow. An inlet of the blower and an inlet for the induction nozzle are adjacent each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeharu Oshima, Satoru Kotoh, Akira Doi, Yachiyo Imamura, Isao Tachibana, Shigeki Kobayashi