Patents by Inventor Jae-Woon Nah

Jae-Woon Nah 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).

  • Patent number: 9808005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for anti-green algae containing water-soluble free amine chitosan having the anti-algae activity against water-bloom forming algae as an active ingredient and a method for preparing the same. Particularly, the water-soluble free amine chitosan of the present invention can kill directly water-bloom forming algae, suggesting that it has excellent anti-green algae activity to inhibit water-bloom, and is non-toxic to freshwater organism cells. Therefore, the composition for anti-green algae containing the said water-soluble free amine chitosan as an active ingredient can be efficiently used as a safe anti-green algae composition applicable in the freshwater ecosystem including solidified dam, reservoir, lake, golf course water hazard, pond, freshwater fish farm, and fishing spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUNCHON INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae-Woon Nah, Mi-Kyeong Jang, Seong-Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20160021880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for anti-green algae containing water-soluble free amine chitosan having the anti-algae activity against water-bloom forming algae as an active ingredient and a method for preparing the same. Particularly, the water-soluble free amine chitosan of the present invention can kill directly water-bloom forming algae, suggesting that it has excellent anti-green algae activity to inhibit water-bloom, and is non-toxic to freshwater organism cells. Therefore, the composition for anti-green algae containing the said water-soluble free amine chitosan as an active ingredient can be efficiently used as a safe anti-green algae composition applicable in the freshwater ecosystem including solidified dam, reservoir, lake, golf course water hazard, pond, freshwater fish farm, and fishing spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SUNCHON INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Jae-Woon NAH
  • Patent number: 7883723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water soluble chitosan nanoparticle (WSC-NP) for delivering an anticancer agent and a preparing method thereof, more precisely, a water soluble chitosan nanoparticle for delivering an anticancer agent which has function of targeting on a wanted area by introducing a functional group in the location of highly reactive amine group and becomes an excellent gene carrier with the use of water soluble chitosan since the water soluble chitosan itself can combined with DNA having a negative electric charge(?) owing to the very strong positive electric charge(+) of its amine group, and a preparing method thereof. Therefore, a water-soluble chitosan nanoparticle for delivering an anticancer agent of the present invention can effectively envelope paclitaxel by introducing hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups in the position of highly reactive amine group of the water-soluble chitosan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventors: Jae-Woon Nah, Teok Rae Jung, Mi-Kyeong Jang, Young-Il Jeong
  • Publication number: 20100040694
    Abstract: Disclosed are low-molecular weight, water-soluble chitosan nanoparticles with folic acid conjugated thereto as a target ligand and a preparation method thereof. The nanoparticles can be simply prepared since the strong reactivity of the chitosan allows folic acid to be readily introduced thereinto. Also, the folic acid-conjugated, low-molecular weight, water-soluble chitosan nanoparticles can be useful as gene carriers because they are of low or zero-toxicity, have sizes suitable for use as gene carriers, can readily form complexes with DNA, allow high gene expression rates, and are excellent in targeting tumor cells which are rich in folic acid receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: KITTO LIFE
    Inventors: Jae Woon Nah, Teok Rae Jung, Mi Kyeong Jang, Dong Gon Kim, Sun Heang Heo
  • Patent number: 7264969
    Abstract: An artery wall binding peptide (AWBP) based on the artery wall cell-binding domain of apolipoprotein B-100 was conjugated to a cationic backbone configured for forming a complex with a nucleic acid to produce a composition that enhances gene transfer to artery wall cells. An illustrative cationic backbone is poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted-poly(L-lysine) (PEG-g-PLL). Methods of making and using the composition for gene transfer are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Lei Yu, Sung Wan Kim, Jae-Woon Nah
  • Publication number: 20060013885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water soluble chitosan nanoparticle (WSC-NP) for delivering an anticancer agent and a preparing method thereof, more precisely, a water soluble chitosan nanoparticle for delivering an anticancer agent which has function of targeting on a wanted area by introducing a functional group in the location of highly reactive amine group and becomes an excellent gene carrier with the use of water soluble chitosan since the water soluble chitosan itself can combined with DNA having a negative electric charge(?) owing to the very strong positive electric charge(+) of its amine group, and a preparing method thereof. Therefore, a water-soluble chitosan nanoparticle for delivering an anticancer agent of the present invention can effectively envelope paclitaxel by introducing hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups in the position of highly reactive amine group of the water-soluble chitosan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Jae-Woon Nah, Teok Jung, Mi-Kyeong Jang, Young-Il Jeong