Patents by Inventor Kunitoshi Imai

Kunitoshi Imai 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).

  • PREPARATION METHOD OF VIRUS EXPRESSING ALPHA-GALACTOSE EPITOPE AND VACCINE
    Publication number: 20130052219
    Abstract: A method for producing an ?-Gal-expressing virus having enhanced immune response to viruses, without requiring the use of any enzyme; an influenza virus vaccine having a high effect (antigenicity), which is produced using an ?-Gal-expressing virus produced by the method; and others. Specifically disclosed are: a method for producing an ?-galactose epitope (Gal?1-3Gal?1-4GlcNAc-R: ?-Gal hereinafter)-expressing virus, which comprises the steps of: (1) introducing an ?1,3- galactosyltransferase gene in an expressible condition into a cell line that does not express ?-Gal to obtain a cell line capable of expressing ?-Gal; (2) inoculating a virus into the cell line capable of expressing ?-Gal to obtain a cell line infected with a virus; and (3) culturing the cell line infected with the virus to obtain a virus expressing ?-Gal from the culture medium..
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
    Inventors: Haruko Ogawa, Kunitoshi Imai, Takahiro Tagami