Patents by Inventor Kenjirou Minomi

Kenjirou Minomi 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: 11926831
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Wenbin Ying, Jane Zheng, Narendra Vaish
  • Publication number: 20220275373
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a malignant tumor, which may be associated with KRAS mutation in a mammal in need thereof, by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more RNAi molecules that are active in reducing expression of GST-?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jihua Liu, Li Wang, Bharat Majeti, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Publication number: 20220267779
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Wenbin Ying, Jane Zheng, Narendra Vaish
  • Patent number: 11390871
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Wenbin Ying, Jane Zheng, Narendra Vaish
  • Patent number: 11359202
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Wenbin Ying, Jane Zheng, Narendra Vaish
  • Patent number: 11352628
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a malignant tumor, which may be associated with KRAS mutation in a mammal in need thereof, by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more RNAi molecules that are active in reducing expression of GST-?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jihua Liu, Li Wang, Bharat Majeti, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Publication number: 20220087531
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions for use in distributing active agents for treating a malignant tumor in a subject. The compositions contain RNAi molecules targeted to a human GST-?, along with RNAi molecules targeted to a human p21, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carrier can include nanoparticles composed of an ionizable lipid, a structural lipid, one or more stabilizer lipids, and a lipid for reducing immunogenicity of the nanoparticles. This invention further provides methods for preventing or treating a malignant tumor by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an RNAi composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiro Niitsu, Kenjirou Minomi, Bharat Majeti, Li Wang, Jihua Liu, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Publication number: 20220047619
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of human GST-? using RNA interference. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases such as malignant tumor. Provided are a range of siRNA structures, having one or more of nucleotides being modified or chemically-modified. Advantageous structures include siRNAs with 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region, as well as other nucleotide modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kenjirou MINOMI, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI, Erika TERADA, Jens HARBORTH, Jun ZHANG, Mohammad AHMADIAN, Wenbin YING
  • Patent number: 11045488
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of human GST-? using RNA interference. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases such as malignant tumor. Provided are a range of siRNA structures, having one or more of nucleotides being modified or chemically-modified. Advantageous structures include siRNAs with 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region, as well as other nucleotide modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Hirokazu Takahashi, Erika Terada, Jens Harborth, Jun Zhang, Mohammad Ahmadian, Wenbin Ying
  • Patent number: 10792299
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a malignant tumor associated with KRAS mutation in a mammal in need thereof, by identifying a tumor cell in the mammal, the tumor cell comprising at least one of: (i) a mutation of the KRAS gene, and (ii) an aberrant expression level of KRAS protein; and administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more RNAi molecules that are active in reducing expression of GST-?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jihua Liu, Li Wang, Bharat Majeti, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Patent number: 10780107
    Abstract: This invention provides an agent and a composition that induces cancer cell death and suppresses cancer cell proliferation. The agent and the composition comprises, as an active ingredient, a drug for suppressing GST-? and MRPL17 or comprises, as active ingredients, a drug for suppressing GST-? and a drug for suppressing MRPL17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kenjirou Minomi
  • Publication number: 20190367926
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a malignant tumor, which may be associated with KRAS mutation in a mammal in need thereof, by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more RNAi molecules that are active in reducing expression of GST-?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jihua Liu, Li Wang, Bharat Majeti, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Publication number: 20190323015
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Wenbin Ying, Jane Zheng, Narendra Vaish
  • Patent number: 10405749
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of human p21 using RNA interference. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases such as malignant tumor. A nucleic acid molecule can have a) a polynucleotide sense strand and a polynucleotide antisense strand; b) each strand of the molecule being from 15 to 30 nucleotides in length; c) a contiguous region of from 15 to 30 nucleotides of the antisense strand being complementary to a sequence of an mRNA encoding p21; and d) at least a portion of the sense strand can be complementary to at least a portion of the antisense strand, and the molecule has a duplex region of from 15 to 30 nucleotides in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Kwok Yin Tsang, Wenbin Ying, Hirokazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10358647
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jens Harborth, Cima Cina, Wenbin Ying, Jane Zheng, Narendra Vaish
  • Publication number: 20190151344
    Abstract: This invention provides an agent and a composition that induces cancer cell death and suppresses cancer cell proliferation. The agent and the composition comprises, as an active ingredient, a drug for suppressing GST-? and MRPL17 or comprises, as active ingredients, a drug for suppressing GST-? and a drug for suppressing MRPL17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kenjirou Minomi
  • Publication number: 20180369274
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of human GST-? using RNA interference. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases such as malignant tumor. Provided are a range of siRNA structures, having one or more of nucleotides being modified or chemically-modified. Advantageous structures include siRNAs with 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region, as well as other nucleotide modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Hirokazu Takahashi, Erika Terada, Jens Harborth, Jun Zhang, Mohammad Ahmadian, Wenbin Ying
  • Patent number: RE48887
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions for use in distributing active agents for treating a malignant tumor in a subject. The compositions contain RNAi molecules targeted to a human GST-?, along with RNAi molecules targeted to a human p21, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carrier can include nanoparticles composed of an ionizable lipid, a structural lipid, one or more stabilizer lipids, and a lipid for reducing immunogenicity of the nanoparticles. This invention further provides methods for preventing or treating a malignant tumor by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an RNAi composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiro Niitsu, Kenjirou Minomi, Bharat Majeti, Li Wang, Jihua Liu, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Patent number: RE49229
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a malignant tumor associated with KRAS mutation in a mammal in need thereof, by identifying a tumor cell in the mammal, the tumor cell comprising at least one of: (i) a mutation of the KRAS gene, and (ii) an aberrant expression level of KRAS protein; and administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more RNAi molecules that are active in reducing expression of GST-?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Jihua Liu, Li Wang, Bharat Majeti, Roger Adami, Wenbin Ying
  • Patent number: RE49431
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of human GST-? using RNA interference. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases such as malignant tumor. Provided are a range of siRNA structures, having one or more of nucleotides being modified or chemically-modified. Advantageous structures include siRNAs with 2?-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region, as well as other nucleotide modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjirou Minomi, Hirokazu Takahashi, Erika Terada, Jens Harborth, Jun Zhang, Mohammad Ahmadian, Wenbin Ying