Patents by Inventor Masato Taoka

Masato Taoka 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 FOR IDENTIFYING DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANCE OF TDP-43 IN CELL
    Publication number: 20150045248
    Abstract: The present invention aims to develop and provide a method for identifying a disease associated with the abundance of TDP-43 in cells and a method for producing a TDP-43 binding inhibitor. By measuring the abundance of a measurement substance, the amount of binding between a measurement substance and TDP-43, etc. in cells obtained from a subject, it is identified whether or not the subject is suffering from a disease associated with the abundance of TDP-43 in cells. Also, a drug which can significantly reduce the binding between a measurement substance and TDP-43 is produced by adding a drug candidate substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Takahashi, Keiichi Izumikawa, Hideaki Ishikawa, Harunori Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Isobe, Masato Taoka, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Ribonucleic acid identification apparatus, ribonucleic acid identification method, program and ribonucleic acid identification system
    Patent number: 8880353
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for the identification of a ribonucleic acid, whereby not only the molecular weights of digestion products, from which nothing but the nucleic acid residue composition can be understood, but also nucleic acid residue sequence data is obtained from a product ion mass set and thus the identification reliability for the individual digestion products can be remarkably improved; a method for the identification of a ribonucleic acid; and a program and system for the identification of a ribonucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Riken, Tokyo Metropolitan University, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Misaki Akiyama, Toshiaki Isobe, Masato Taoka, Yoshio Yamauchi, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Hideaki Ishikawa
  • RIBONUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, RIBONUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110161273
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for the identification of a ribonucleic acid, whereby not only the molecular weights of digestion products, from which nothing but the nucleic acid residue composition can be understood, but also nucleic acid residue sequence data is obtained from a product ion mass set and thus the identification reliability for the individual digestion products can be remarkably improved; a method for the identification of a ribonucleic acid; and a program and system for the identification of a ribonucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Misaki Akiyama, Toshiaki Isobe, Masato Taoka, Yoshio Yamauchi, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Hideaki Ishikawa