Patents by Inventor Masahito Sato

Masahito Sato 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: 11180554
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an anti-human CD73 antibody which is enhanced as compared to the antibody in the prior art and has an ability of recovering AMP-dependently suppressed T cell functions. [Means for Solution] Provided is an anti-human CD73 antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 31 to 35 of SEQ ID NO: 2, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 66 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 99 to 112 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a light chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 24 to 34 of SEQ ID NO: 4, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 56 of SEQ ID NO: 4, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 89 to 98 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masahito Sato, Hanae Toyonaga, Fumio Osaki, Tomohiro Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20200071404
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an anti-human CD73 antibody which is enhanced as compared to the antibody in the prior art and has an ability of recovering AMP-dependently suppressed T cell functions. [Means for Solution] Provided is an anti-human CD73 antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 31 to 35 of SEQ ID NO: 2, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 66 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 99 to 112 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a light chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 24 to 34 of SEQ ID NO: 4, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 56 of SEQ ID NO: 4, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 89 to 98 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masahito SATO, Hanae TOYONAGE, Fumio OSAKI, Tomohiro EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10253105
    Abstract: The present application provides a bispecific antibody for preventing or treating an immune inflammatory disease by acting on both human TLR2 and human TLR4 to inhibit human TLR2- and human TLR4-mediated immune inflammatory effects. More specifically, the provided bispecific antibody is a bispecific antibody for human TLR2 and human TLR4, including a heavy chain variable region of an anti-human TLR2 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 120 of SEQ ID NO: 4; a light chain variable region of an anti-human TLR2 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 113 of SEQ ID NO: 6; a heavy chain variable region of an anti-human TLR4 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 491 to 609 of SEQ ID NO: 4; and a light chain variable region of an anti-human TLR4 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 625 to 732 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takeuchi, Masahito Sato, Jotarou Suzuki, Shinji Soga, Jun Takasaki, Koji Aoyama, Chie Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20160355602
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a bispecific antibody for preventing or treating an immune inflammatory disease by acting on both human TLR2 and human TLR4 to inhibit human TLR2- and human TLR4-mediated immune inflammatory effects. [Means for Solution] Provided is a bispecific antibody for human TLR2 and human TLR4, including a heavy chain variable region of an anti-human TLR2 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 120 of SEQ ID NO: 4; a light chain variable region of an anti-human TLR2 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 1 to 113 of SEQ ID NO: 6; a heavy chain variable region of an anti-human TLR4 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 491 to 609 of SEQ ID NO: 4; and a light chain variable region of an anti-human TLR4 antibody consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 625 to 732 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKEUCHI, Masahito SATO, Jotarou SUZUKI, Shinji SOGA, Jun TAKASAKI, Koji AOYAMA, Chie OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 8960854
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus 10 includes a first plate 20a having line heads 11a aligned thereon, a coupling portion 21 jointed to the first plate 20a, a drive device 30 sliding the first plate 20a via the coupling portion 21 from a waiting position P1 in which the line heads wait to a recording position P2 in which recording is performed on a recording medium 1, and a second plate 20b having at least one line head 11b thereon and being attachable to and detachable from the coupling portion 21, wherein only the first plate 20a is slidable when the second plate 20b is detached from the coupling portion 21, and the first plate 20a and the second plate 20b are integrally slidable when the second plate 20b is attached to the coupling portion 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Akira Ishikawa, Yuuichi Yamazaki, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 8801148
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided that is easy to maintain and that is compact. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a line head capable of printing on a recording medium, and a housing with the line head attached, in which the line head is slid along a guide groove provided in the housing so that the line head is detachably attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Takao Namiki, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 8733925
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus 100 makes a record on a web 1, including a line head 10 disposed on the side of a recording surface 1a of the web 1, guiding rollers 2 that guide the web 1, and a suction mechanism 20 disposed on the side of a non-recording surface 1b of the web 1, wherein, during travelling of the web 1, the line head 10 makes a record on the recording surface 1a of the web 1, and the suction mechanism 20 secures the non-recording surface 1b of the web 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 8532407
    Abstract: A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Yamada, Hiroya Nakamura, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 8532405
    Abstract: A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Yamada, Hiroya Nakamura, Masahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20130215198
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet recording apparatus capable of preventing nozzle clogging, capable of aligning the nozzle positions of line heads precisely and easily, and capable of adjusting the number of the line heads. The present invention is an inkjet recording apparatus 10 including a first plate 20a having a plurality of line heads 11a aligned thereon, a coupling portion 21 jointed to the first plate 20a, a drive device 30 sliding the first plate 20a via the coupling portion 21 from a waiting position P1 in which the line heads wait to a recording position P2 in which recording is performed on a recording medium 1, and a second plate 20b having at least one line head 11b thereon and being attachable to and detachable from the coupling portion 21, wherein only the first plate 20a is slidable when the second plate 20b is detached from the coupling portion 21, and the first plate 20a and the second plate 20b are integrally slidable when the second plate 20b is attached to the coupling portion 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Hideo IZAWA, Akira ISHIKAWA, Yuuichi YAMAZAKI, Kouichi OOYAMA, Masahito SATO
  • Patent number: 8463019
    Abstract: A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Yamada, Hiroya Nakamura, Masahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20130016165
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an inkjet recording apparatus that can obtain a recorded object with high quality by reliably inhibiting flapping of a travelling web to maintain travelling stability. [Solving Means] The present invention is an inkjet recording apparatus 100 that makes a record on a web 1, including a line head 10 disposed on the side of a recording surface 1a of the web 1, guiding rollers 2 that guide the web 1, and a suction mechanism 20 disposed on the side of a non-recording surface 1b of the web 1, wherein, during travelling of the web 1, the line head 10 makes a record on the recording surface 1a of the web 1, and the suction mechanism 20 sucks the non-recording surface 1b of the web 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 8336991
    Abstract: In an ink jet printer having a plural number of line heads arranged in a paper printing direction, it is sought to render the printing density high in the nozzle row direction without the need to exchange the line heads. The invention provides an ink jet printer in which line heads other than at least one of the line heads 3 are each displaceable by a distance that is equal to a part per the plural number of a nozzle pitch in the line head in a direction of the nozzle row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Takao Namiki, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 8312501
    Abstract: A mobile terminal pre-stores address information of other terminals to be notification destinations of program information related to a television broadcast. During reception and display of the television broadcast, when a notification request for the program information related to the television broadcast being received is input, the mobile terminal generates notification data including the program information relating to the television broadcast while maintaining the reception and the display processing of the television broadcast, reads the address information of other terminals to be the notification destinations from the storage unit to transmit the generated notification data to other terminals on the basis of the read address information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: Hisashi Yoshikawa, Masahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20120195494
    Abstract: A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kunio YAMADA, Hiroya NAKAMURA, Masahito SATO
  • Publication number: 20120188337
    Abstract: A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kunio YAMADA, Hiroya NAKAMURA, Masahito SATO
  • Publication number: 20120019599
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide an inkjet recording apparatus that is easy to maintain and is compact. [Solution] The present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus 100 including a line head 20 capable of printing on a recording medium 1, and a housing 11 with the line head 20 attached, in which the line head 20 is slid along a guide groove 12 provided in the housing 11 so that the line head 20 is detachably attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Takao Namiki, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20110181662
    Abstract: In an ink jet printer having a plural number of line heads arranged in a paper printing direction, it is sought to render the printing density high in the nozzle row direction without the need to exchange the line heads. The invention provides an ink jet printer in which line heads other than at least one of the line heads 3 are each displaceable by a distance that is equal to a part per the plural number of a nozzle pitch in the line head in a direction of the nozzle row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Takao Namiki, Kouichi Ooyama, Masahito Sato
  • Patent number: 7723666
    Abstract: Provided is a photodiode array that is capable of outputting an electric signal with a large electric power and an optical microwave transmission system receiver that supplies an electric power with the aid of an optical fiber and does not require the electric power line from the external. An input modulation light is branched and input to a plurality of photodiode elements (1), electric output terminals (5) of the plurality of photodiode elements (1) are connected in parallel to each other, and a combined electric output is extracted. The electric output terminal (5) of the photodiode array configured as described above is connected to an antenna (7) without an intermediation of an amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagatsuka, Yoshihito Hirano, Tomohiro Akiyama, Ryuji Ishii, Masahito Sato, Toshitaka Aoyagi, Eitaro Ishimura
  • Publication number: 20090077603
    Abstract: A mobile terminal pre-stores address information of other terminals to be notification destinations of program information related to a television broadcast. During reception and display of the television broadcast, when a notification request for the program information related to the television broadcast being received is input, the mobile terminal generates notification data including the program information relating to the television broadcast while maintaining the reception and the display processing of the television broadcast, reads the address information of other terminals to be the notification destinations from the storage unit to transmit the generated notification data to other terminals on the basis of the read address information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hisashi Yoshikawa, Masahito Sato