Patents by Inventor Masako Kawasaki

Masako Kawasaki 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).

  • Composition for improving joint function
    Patent number: 11938108
    Abstract: Compositions containing at least four kinds of amino acids selected from the group consisting of serine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and proline as active ingredients are useful for improving joint function and skin function and have high safety and permit continued ingestion or administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinobu Akiyoshi, Noriko Kawasaki, Masako Mimura
  • Pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes, pluripotent stem cell-derived cell aggregate, method for producing same, and cell therapy and medical therapy therefor
    Patent number: 9492485
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing brown adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells, a method of producing cell aggregates as an intermediate product thereof, pluripotent stem cell-derived cell aggregates and pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes produced by these methods, and cell therapy using the pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes. In the method of producing brown adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells, cell aggregates are produced from pluripotent stem cells by a method including the step (A), and brown adipocytes are prepared from the cell aggregates by a method including the step (B). The step (A) is a step of producing cell aggregates by non-adhesive culture of pluripotent stem cells in serum-free environment in the presence of a hematopoietic cytokine, and the step (B) is a step of producing brown adipocytes by adhesion culture of the cell aggregates in the presence of a hematopoietic cytokine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: ID Pharma Co., Ltd., National Center for Global Health and Medicine
    Inventors: Kumiko Saeki, Akira Yuo, Miwako Nishio, Masako Kawasaki, Koichi Saeki, Mamoru Hasegawa
  • PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED BROWN ADIPOCYTES, PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED CELL AGGREGATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND CELL THERAPY AND MEDICAL THERAPY THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140140967
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing brown adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells, a method of producing cell aggregates as an intermediate product thereof, pluripotent stem cell-derived cell aggregates and pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes produced by these methods, and cell therapy using the pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes. In the method of producing brown adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells, cell aggregates are produced from pluripotent stem cells by a method including the step (A), and brown adipocytes are prepared from the cell aggregates by a method including the step (B). The step (A) is a step of producing cell aggregates by non-adhesive culture of pluripotent stem cells in serum-free environment in the presence of a hematopoietic cytokine, and the step (B) is a step of producing brown adipocytes by adhesion culture of the cell aggregates in the presence of a hematopoietic cytokine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: National Center for Global Health and Medicine
    Inventors: Kumiko Saeki, Akira Yuo, Miwako Nishio, Masako Kawasaki, Koichi Saeki, Mamoru Hasegawa