Patents by Inventor Kaoru BABA

Kaoru BABA 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: 11911394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Noshi, Takahiro Noda, Ryu Yoshida, Takao Shishido, Kaoru Baba, Aeron C. Hurt, Leo Yi Yang Lee, Steffen Wildum, Klaus Kuhlbusch, Barry Clinch, Jan Michal Nebesky, Annabelle Lemenuel, Wendy S. Barclay, Jean-Eric Charoin, Yoshinori Ando
  • Publication number: 20220331331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi NOSHI, Takahiro NODA, Ryu YOSHIDA, Takao SHISHIDO, Kaoru BABA, Aeron C. HURT, Leo Yi Yang LEE, Steffen WILDUM, Klaus KUHLBUSCH, Barry CLINCH, Jan Michal NEBESKY, Annabelle LEMENUEL, Wendy S. BARCLAY, Jean-Eric CHAROIN, Yoshinori ANDO
  • Patent number: 11389457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Noshi, Takahiro Noda, Ryu Yoshida, Takao Shishido, Kaoru Baba, Aeron C. Hurt, Leo Yi Yang Lee, Steffen Wildum, Klaus Kuhlbusch, Barry Clinch, Jan Michal Nebesky, Annabelle Lemenuel, Wendy S. Barclay, Jean-Eric Charoin, Yoshinori Ando
  • Publication number: 20200330473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi NOSHI, Takahiro NODA, Ryu YOSHIDA, Takao SHISHIDO, Kaoru BABA, Aeron C. HURT, Leo Yi Yang LEE, Steffen WILDUM, Klaus KUHLBUSCH, Barry CLINCH, Michael J. NEBESKY, Annabelle LEMENUEL-DIOT, Wendy S. BARCLAY, Jean-Eric CHAROIN, Yoshinori ANDO
  • Patent number: 10676001
    Abstract: A seat back (2) has a pad (4) with a side surface covered by a trim cover (5) and a rear surface covered by a back board (6). A back board attachment structure has a folding portion (5a1) with a trim back surface edge portion (5a) folded back to a pad side. A fastener (7a) includes an element (7a2) attached to the folding portion (5a1) to face the pad side. An edge portion (6a) of a folding portion (6a1) of the back board (6), to be the backrest surface side, is folded back to the pad side. A fastener (7b) includes an element (7b2) attached to the folding portion (6a1) to face the pad side. The fasteners (7a and 7b) are engageable in a state with the trim cover provided from the backrest surface side and the back board provided from the back surface side, with respect to the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.á r.l.
    Inventors: Kaoru Baba, Yoshihisa Hamano
  • Patent number: 10486564
    Abstract: A seat for automobile in which a back board equipped with a base material and a cover for covering that base material is attached to a back side of a seat back, wherein the back board has a first region in which a first member of the base material is set, and a second region that is softer than the first region, and a coupling member for coupling the back board to the seat back is attached to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Kaoru Baba, Yoshihisa Hamano, Yuichi Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20180345836
    Abstract: A seat back (2) has a pad (4) with a side surface covered by a trim cover (5) and a rear surface covered by a back board (6). A back board attachment structure has a folding portion (5a1) with a trim back surface edge portion (5a) folded back to a pad side. A fastener (7a) includes an element (7a2) attached to the folding portion (5a1) to face the pad side. An edge portion (6a) of a folding portion (6a1) of the back board (6), to be the backrest surface side, is folded back to the pad side. A fastener (7b) includes an element (7b2) attached to the folding portion (6a1) to face the pad side. The fasteners (7a and 7b) are engageable in a state with the trim cover provided from the backrest surface side and the back board provided from the back surface side, with respect to the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kaoru BABA, Yoshihisa HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20170297467
    Abstract: A seat for automobile in which a back board equipped with a base material and a cover for covering that base material is attached to a back side of a seat back, wherein the back board has a first region in which a first member of the base material is set, and a second region that is softer than the first region, and a coupling member for coupling the back board to the seat back is attached to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Kaoru BABA, Yoshihisa HAMANO, Yuichi TANIMOTO