Patents by Inventor Katsumi Maezono

Katsumi Maezono 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: 7994353
    Abstract: The present invention provides PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Akiko Oonuki, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Katsumi Maezono, Yayoi Kawato, Hideyuki Tanaka, Naoyuki Fukuchi, Nozomu Ishida
  • Patent number: 7956041
    Abstract: The invention provides a prophylactic and therapeutic agent of diabetes mellitus, including a combination of an inhibitor of renal glucose reabsorption and a hypoglycemic agent. In accordance with the invention, hyperglycemia after meals, between meals and during fasting can be ameliorated. More specifically, in accordance with the invention, a therapeutic effect of diabetes mellitus as never been obtained by the hypoglycemic agents of the related art can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Maezono, Nozomu Ishida, Koji Ohsumi, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Ryusuke Hirama, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 7732637
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acylamide compound of the following formula (1), prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue, therapeutic agent of metabolic syndromes, therapeutic agent of hypoadiponectinemia, therapeutic agent of hyperlipemia, preventive/therapeutic agent of diabetes, improving agent of impaired glucose tolerance, improving agent of insulin resistance, enhancing agent of insulin sensitivity, therapeutic agent of hypertension, preventive/therapeutic agent of vascular disorders, an anti-inflammatory agent, therapeutic agent of hepatic inflammation, therapeutic agent of fatty liver, therapeutic agent of hepatic fibrosis, therapeutic agent of liver cirrhosis, preventive/therapeutic agent of non-alcoholic/nonviral steatohepatitis (NASH) or non-alcoholic/nonviral fatty liver disease (NAFLD), or therapeutic agent of obesity, each of which has the above compounds as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Maezono, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Nozomu Ishida, Naoyuki Fukuchi, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Osamu Ikehara, Yayoi Kawato, Hideyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7728158
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity. The present invention provides PPAR activity regulators which comprise an acylamide compound having the specific structure, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Akiko Oonuki, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Katsumi Maezono, Yayoi Kawato, Hideyuki Tanaka, Naoyuki Fukuchi, Nozomu Ishida
  • Publication number: 20100063151
    Abstract: The present invention provides acylamide compounds, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue, and therapeutic methods by administering the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi MAEZONO, Toshihiko YOSHIMURA, Nozomu ISHIDA, Naoyuki FUKUCHI, Toshihiro HATANAKA, Osamu IKEHARA, Yayoi KAWATO, Hideyuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20100063124
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 7645787
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Publication number: 20090259061
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity. The present invention provides PPAR activity regulators which comprise an acylamide compound having the specific structure, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO, CO., INC.
    Inventors: Akiko OONUKI, Toshihiko YOSHIMURA, Katsumi MAEZONO, Yayoi KAWATO, Hideyuki TANAKA, Naoyuki FUKUCHI, Nozomu ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20090012168
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue which comprises an amino acid(s) selected from the group consisting of leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, cystein, alanine and a mixture(s) thereof, and a therapeutic agent of hypoadiponectinemia, hyperlipemia, hypertension or vascular disorders or an anti-inflammatory agent, which comprises the adiponectin inducer or secretagogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi MAEZONO, Naoyuki FUKUCHI, Nozomu ISHIDA, Akira MITSUI, Kenji TAKEHANA
  • Publication number: 20070282002
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acylamide compound of the following formula (1), prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue, therapeutic agent of metabolic syndromes, therapeutic agent of hypoadiponectinemia, therapeutic agent of hyperlipemia, preventive/therapeutic agent of diabetes, improving agent of impaired glucose tolerance, improving agent of insulin resistance, enhancing agent of insulin sensitivity, therapeutic agent of hypertension, preventive/therapeutic agent of vascular disorders, an anti-inflammatory agent, therapeutic agent of hepatic inflammation, therapeutic agent of fatty liver, therapeutic agent of hepatic fibrosis, therapeutic agent of liver cirrhosis, preventive/therapeutic agent of non-alcoholic/nonviral steatohepatitis (NASH) or non-alcoholic/nonviral fatty liver disease (NAFLD), or therapeutic agent of obesity, each of which has the above compounds as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC
    Inventors: Katsumi MAEZONO, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Nozomu Ishida, Naoyuki Fukuchi, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Osamu Ikehara, Yayoi Kawato, Hideyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070276041
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity. The present invention provides PPAR activity regulators which comprise an acylamide compound having the specific structure, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO, CO., INC.
    Inventors: Akiko Oonuki, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Katsumi Maezono, Yayoi Kawato, Hideyuki Tanaka, Naoyuki Fukuchi, Nozomu Ishida
  • Publication number: 20070270479
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC
    Inventors: Koji OHSUMI, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 7256209
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 7247616
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070099979
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC
    Inventors: KOJI OHSUMI, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070072813
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for preventing or treating metabolic disorders, for improving glycemic control, for preventing progression from impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and/or from metabolic syndrome to type 2 diabetes mellitus, for preventing or treating of complications of diabetes mellitus, for reducing the weight, for preventing or treating the degeneration of pancreatic beta cells, for treating hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance and diabetes type 1, in patients in need thereof by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pyrazole-O-glycoside as defined in claim 1, or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Roland Maier, Peter Eickelmann, Leo Thomas, Edward Barsoumian, Klaus Dugi, Sabine Pinnetti, Regine Ritter, Ruediger Streicher, Koichi Fujita, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Nozomu Ishida, Katsumi Maezono, Koji Ohsumi
  • Patent number: 7015201
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Publication number: 20060058244
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Takashi Umemura, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Akiko Onuki, Katsumi Maezono, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Publication number: 20050143424
    Abstract: The invention provides a prophylactic and therapeutic agent of diabetes mellitus, including a combination of an inhibitor of renal glucose reabsorption and a hypoglycemic agent. In accordance with the invention, hyperglycemia after meals, between meals and during fasting can be ameliorated. More specifically, in accordance with the invention, a therapeutic effect of diabetes mellitus as never been obtained by the hypoglycemic agents of the related art can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO. INC
    Inventors: Katsumi Maezono, Nozomu Ishida, Koji Ohsumi, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Ryusuke Hirama, Yoko Kageyama, Nobuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 6908905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole derivatives represented by the following formulas and analogues thereof, which can be used for a therapeutic agent for diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ohsumi, Hiroyuki Matsueda, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Nozomu Ishida, Yoko Kageyama, Katsumi Maezono, Nobuo Kondo