Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa Osumi

Kazuhisa Osumi 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).

  • Matrix metalloprotease inhibitor
    Patent number: 7618638
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a preventive and relieving medicine for activated matrix metalloproteinase-causing disorders and diseases, which contains a solvent extract of Ganoderma mushroom. The preventive and relieving medicine for activated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-causing disorders and diseases according to the present invention contains the solvent extract of Ganoderma mushroom. The solvent extract of Ganoderma mushroom has MMP inhibiting behaviors and is effective for prevention, suppression, and symptomatic relief of various activated MMP-causing disorders and diseases, such as metastasis of cancers, ulceration, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, periodontitis, and aging of skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hattori, Hiroshi Mizutani, Kazuhisa Osumi
  • Matrix metalloprotease inhibitor
    Publication number: 20050037024
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a preventive and relieving medicine for activated matrix metalloproteinase-causing disorders and diseases, which contains a solvent extract of Ganoderma mushroom. The preventive and relieving medicine for activated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-causing disorders and diseases according to the present invention contains the solvent extract of Ganoderma mushroom. The solvent extract of Ganoderma mushroom has MMP inhibiting behaviors and is effective for prevention, suppression, and symptomatic relief of various activated MMP-causing disorders and diseases, such as metastasis of cancers, ulceration, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, periodontitis, and aging of skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Koji Hattori, Hiroshi Mizutani, Kazuhisa Osumi