Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Kobune

Masayoshi Kobune 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).

  • Immortalized mesenchymal cells and utilization thereof
    Publication number: 20050084959
    Abstract: The method developed herein is for expanding cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells to a degree that is sufficiently safe for clinical application, such as the transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells into adult patients. Further, to prepare a number of mesenchymal stem cells or mesenchymal cells that have conventionally been available only in an extremely small number, an immortalizing gene such as that of telomerase is introduced alone into mesenchymal stem cells, mesenchymal cells or the like, so as to induce the differentiation of the expanded mesenchymal stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Hamada, Yutaka Kawano, Kiminori Nakamura, Masayoshi Kobune, Osamu Honmou, Atsushi Tanooka, Shin-ichi Oka, Katsunori Sasaki, Hajime Tsuda, Yoshinori Ito, Junji Kato, Takuya Matsunaga, Yoshiro Niitsu