Patents by Inventor Masako Unoshima

Masako Unoshima 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 treating influenza with geranyl-geranyl acetone
    Patent number: 7341988
    Abstract: To provide a novel preventive and/or therapeutic agent against a virus, disclosed is a preventive and/or therapeutic agent against a viral infection containing geranyl-geranyl acetone as an active ingredient. Also, disclosed are inducers for increasing the activity of an anitiviral factor and for protein kinase containing geranyl-geranyl acetone as an active ingredient. Moreover, a method for preventing and/or treating a viral infection which contains administering a patient a effective amount of an agent containing geranyl-geranyl acetone as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nishizono, Masako Unoshima, Hideo Iwasaka, Takayuki Noguchi
  • Preventive and/or therapeutic agent for viral infection
    Publication number: 20040265319
    Abstract: To provide a novel preventive and/or therapeutic agent against a virus, disclosed is a preventive and/or therapeutic agent against a viral infection containing geranyl-geranyl acetone as an active ingredient. Also, disclosed are inducers for increasing the activity of an anitiviral factor and for protein kinase containing geranyl-geranyl acetone as an active ingredient. Moreover, a method for preventing and/or treating a viral infection which contains administering a patient a effective amount of an agent containing geranyl-geranyl acetone as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Nishizono, Masako Unoshima, Hideo Iwasaka, Takayuki Noguchi