Patents by Inventor Kazuyasu Nakamura

Kazuyasu Nakamura 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).

  • Antibody composition exhibiting increased cellular cytotoxicity due to glycosylation
    Patent number: 7741442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yutaka Kanda, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai
  • Antibody composition-producing cell
    Patent number: 7737325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-modulated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yutaka Kanda, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai
  • Antibody Composition-Producing Cell
    Publication number: 20100143388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: YUTAKA KANDA, MITSUO SATOH, KAZUYASU NAKAMURA, KAZUHISA UCHIDA, TOYOHIDE SHINKAWA, NAOKO YAMANE, EMI HOSAKA, KAZUYA YAMANO, MOTOO YAMASAKI, NOBUO HANAI
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules to interleukin-5 receptor protein
    Patent number: 7718175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules
    Patent number: 7708997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Methods for producing antibody compositions with increased ADCC
    Patent number: 7708992
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for modulating the antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity of an IgG antibody composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Method of Enhancing of Binding Activity of Antibody Composition to FcGamma Receptor IIIa
    Publication number: 20100092997
    Abstract: A method for enhancing a binding activity of an antibody composition to Fc? receptor IIIa, which comprises modifying a complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain which is bound to the Fc region of an antibody molecule; a method for enhancing an antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity of an antibody composition; a process for producing an antibody composition having an enhanced binding activity to Fc? receptor IIIa; a method for detecting the ratio of a sugar chain in which fucose is not bound to N-acetylglucosamine in the reducing end in the sugar chain among total complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chains bound to the Fc region in an antibody composition; an Fc fusion protein composition produced by using a cell resistant to a lectin which recognizes a sugar chain in which 1-position of fucose is bound to 6-position of N-acetylglucosamine in the reducing end through ?-bond in a complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain; and a process for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kenya Shitara
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules to Her-2
    Patent number: 7687061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules to CXCR4 protein
    Patent number: 7682611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules
    Patent number: 7682610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Method for treating Th2-mediated disease
    Patent number: 7666418
    Abstract: A recombinant antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which specifically reacts with an extracellular domain of human CCR4; a DNA which encodes the recombinant antibody or the antibody fragment thereof; a method for producing the recombinant antibody or the antibody fragment thereof; a method for immunologically detecting CCR4, a method for immunologically detecting a cell which expressed CCR4 on the cell surface, a method for depleting a cell which expresses CCR4 on the cell surface, and a method for inhibiting production of Th2 cytokine, which comprise using the recombinant antibody according or antibody fragment thereof; a therapeutic or diagnostic agent for Th2-mediated immune diseases; and a therapeutic or diagnostic agent for a blood cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya Shitara, Nobuo Hanai, Emi Shoji, Mikiko Sakurada, Akiko Furuya, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Rinpei Niwa, Kenji Shibata, Motoo Yamasaki
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules to GM2
    Patent number: 7655228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules to CD52
    Patent number: 7651688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, such as an antibody, a protein, a peptide or the like, an agent of promoting the activity of an immunologically functional molecule, and an immunologically functional molecule having the promoted activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuo Hanai, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Motoo Yamasaki, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Susumu Imabeppu, Yutaka Kanda, Naoko Yamane, Hideharu Anazawa
  • Anti-human VEGF receptor Flt-1 monoclonal antibody
    Patent number: 7615214
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody or peptide which immunologically reacts with human VEGF receptor Flt-1 and cells in which human VEGF receptor Flt-1 is expressed on the cell surface and an antibody or peptide which inhibits binding of human VEGF to human VEGF receptor Flt-1. It also provides a means for the diagnosis or treatment of diseases in which their morbid states progress by abnormal angiogenesis, such as proliferation or metastasis of solid tumors, arthritis in rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, psoriasis, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya Shitara, Mikito Ito, Nobuo Hanai, Yoko Kawada, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Masabumi Shibuya
  • Anti-human VEGF receptor Flt-1 monoclonal antibody
    Patent number: 7615215
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody or peptide which immunologically reacts with human VEGF receptor Flt-1 and cells in which human VEGF receptor Flt-1 is expressed on the cell surface and an antibody or peptide which inhibits binding of human VEGF to human VEGF receptor Flt-1. It also provides a means for the diagnosis or treatment of diseases in which their morbid states progress by abnormal angiogenesis, such as proliferation or metastasis of solid tumors, arthritis in rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, psoriasis, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya Shitara, Mikito Ito, Nobuo Hanai, Yoko Kawada, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Masabumi Shibuya
  • Human CDR-Grafted Antibody and Antibody Fragment Thereof
    Publication number: 20090227012
    Abstract: A human CDR-grafted antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which specifically reacts with the extracellular region of human CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) but does not react with a human blood platelet; a human CDR-grafted antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which specifically reacts with the extracellular region of CCR4 and has a cytotoxic activity against a CCR4-expressing cell; and a medicament, a therapeutic agent or a diagnostic agent comprising at least one of the antibodies and the antibody fragments thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya SHITARA, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Emi Hosaka, Akiko Tanaka, Masamichi Koike
  • Antibody Composition-Producing Cell
    Publication number: 20090228994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka KANDA, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai
  • ANTI-CLAUDIN-4 ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20090202556
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a monoclonal antibody which is useful as a diagnostic agent or a therapeutic agent for a disease relating to a polypeptide encoded by Claudin-4 (hereinafter referred to as “CLDN4”) gene or a polypeptide encoded by a Claudin-3 (hereinafter referred to as “CLDN3”) gene, or a method for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So OHTA, Hiroshi ANDO, Masayo SUZUKI, Shinobu KAWAMOTO, Mariko NAKANO, Kazuyasu Nakamura
  • GLYCOENGINEERED, RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20090191199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka KANDA, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai
  • GLYCOENGINEERED, RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20090191592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka KANDA, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai