Patents by Inventor Jun Nishihira

Jun Nishihira 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).

  • Composition For Improving Mental State, Production Method For Composition For Improving Mental State, And Use Of Fruit Of Eggplant For Improving Mental State
    Publication number: 20220401509
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel composition having the effect of improving a mental state. The present invention pertains to: a composition that is for improving a mental state, and that contains, as an active ingredient, a water-soluble component of the fruit of eggplant (Solanum melongena); and a production method that is for an eggplant-derived composition for improving a mental state, and that comprises squeezing an eggplant fruit to obtain a juice, or adding water to an eggplant fruit and squeezing the fruit to which water has been added, to obtain a juice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kozo NAKAMURA, Jun NISHIHIRA
  • DNA vaccine
    Patent number: 8053231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA vaccine consisting of a vector expressing a part or the whole of a polypeptide regulating production of an inflammatory cytokine, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the DNA vaccine, and a method of preventing or treating an inflammatory disease by using the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventors: Jun Nishihira, Yoshikazu Koyama, Shin Onodera
  • DNA vaccine
    Publication number: 20080247994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA vaccine consisting of a vector expressing a part or the whole of a polypeptide regulating production of an inflammatory cytokine, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the DNA vaccine, and a method of preventing or treating an inflammatory disease by using the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Nishihira, Yoshikazu Koyama, Shin Onodera
  • Pharmaceutical Agents for Preventing Metastasis of Cancer
    Publication number: 20080070857
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical agent for preventing metastasis of cancer, which comprises a substance that inhibits expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Such substance includes siRNA of MIF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Nishihira, Sun Bailong, Yoshikazu Koyama, Kazunori Asada
  • Therapeutic agents for multiple sclerosis
    Publication number: 20050025767
    Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutic agents for multiple sclerosis containing an antibody binding to macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) as an active ingredient, and the therapeutic agents for multiple sclerosis of the present invention are effective for the conventional form of multiple sclerosis (C-MS) or the optic-spinal form of multiple sclerosis (OpS-Ms).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventor: Jun Nishihira