Patents by Inventor Mariko Kitoh

Mariko Kitoh 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).

  • Plasmid entrapping multilamellar liposomes
    Patent number: 5744159
    Abstract: A plasmid entrapping multilamellar liposome for introducing a gene into cells, which liposome has constitutive lipids of N-(.alpha.-trimethylammonioacetyl)-didodecyl-D-glutamate chloride (TMAG); dioctanoylphosphatidyl choline (DOPC) or didecanoylphosphatidyl choline (DDPC); and dioleoylphosphatidyl ethanolamine (DOPE) or dilauroylphosphatidyl ethanolamine (DLPE) and in a molar ratio of 1:2-3:2-1 in case of lipid combination of TMAG, DOPC and DOPE, or 1:2:2 in case of lipid combination of TMAG, DDPC or DOPC and DLPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Institute of Applied Biochemistry Gifu-ken
    Inventors: Kunio Yagi, Mariko Kitoh, Nobuko Ohishi