Patents by Inventor Kenya Shatara

Kenya Shatara 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).

  • Method of judging leukemia, pre-leukemia or aleukemic malignant blood disease and diagnostic therefor
    Publication number: 20060084122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing leukemia, pre-leukemia or aleukemic malignant blood diseases, a method of discriminating leukemia from pre-leukemia or aleukemic malignant blood diseases, a method of discriminating aplastic anemia from myelodysplastic syndrome, a method of diagnosing delayed engraftment of the hematopoietic stem cells after transplantation of the hematopoietic stem cells, and a method of diagnosing the graft versus host disease, each of said methods comprising quantifying stem cell growth factor (SCGF). The present invention also makes it possible to provide an agent for diagnosing leukemia, pre-leukemia or aleukemic malignant blood diseases and an agent for diagnosing delayed engraftment of the hematopoietic stem cells after transplantation of the hematopoietic stem cells or an agent for diagnosing graft versus host disease (GVHD), each containing as an active ingredient an antibody reacting with stem cell growth factor (SCGF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ando, Tomomitsu Hotta, Chie Ito, Hidenao Sato, Akiko Furuya, Kenya Shatara, Seiji Sugimoto, Hiroaki Kohno