Patents by Inventor Min A Kang

Min A Kang 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: 12264352
    Abstract: A method for enhancing extracellular vesicle production is described. A peptide that induces polymer formation is incubated with a cell culture which results in enhanced EV production. The peptide penetrates the cells and subsequently polymerizes upon exposure to enzymes (e.g. phosphatase) within the cell. The cells that contain the newly formed polymers have an increased production of EVs. These EVs can be harvested using centrifugation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Research Foundation of the City University of New York, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Kiyotaka Shiba, Min A. Kang
  • Publication number: 20210332401
    Abstract: A method for enhancing extracellular vesicle production is described. A peptide that induces polymer formation is incubated with a cell culture which results in enhanced EV production. The peptide penetrates the cells and subsequently polymerizes upon exposure to enzymes (e.g. phosphatase) within the cell. The cells that contain the newly formed polymers have an increased production of EVs. These EVs can be harvested using centrifugation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Kiyotaka Shiba, Min A. Kang
  • Publication number: 20190316163
    Abstract: A method for enhancing extracellular vesicle production is described. A peptide that induces polymer formation is incubated with a cell culture which results in enhanced EV production. The peptide penetrates the cells and subsequently polymerizes upon exposure to enzymes (e.g. phosphatase) within the cell. The cells that contain the newly formed polymers have an increased production of EVs. These EVs can be harvested using centrifugation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsui, Kiyotaka Shiba, Min A. Kang
  • Patent number: 10190855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bullet collecting box which is installed with a plurality of rubber plates in the bullet collecting box having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and filled with rubber powder filling materials having a particle size of 0.1 to 3 mm therein, thereby collecting the bullets fired in the indoor shooting range without damage, and a bullet collecting system which can be used by installing the bullet collecting box in the indoor shooting range. Also, the present invention provides a bullet collecting system for preventing occurrence of lead fume in the indoor shooting range, in which the beaten zone of the indoor shooting range is newly improved from an existing system of using an iron plate to a system of using powder filling materials, thereby preventing the leakage of lead fume, and contributing to an early normalization of the shooting range and a creative national defense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Hee Joung Kim, Min A Kang, Sun Jae Kim, Sun Gu Kim
  • Publication number: 20170211916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bullet collecting box which is installed with a plurality of rubber plates in the bullet collecting box having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and filled with rubber powder filling materials having a particle size of 0.1 to 3 mm therein, thereby collecting the bullets fired in the indoor shooting range without damage, and a bullet collecting system which can be used by installing the bullet collecting box in the indoor shooting range. Also, the present invention provides a bullet collecting system for preventing occurrence of lead fume in the indoor shooting range, in which the beaten zone of the indoor shooting range is newly improved from an existing system of using an iron plate to a system of using powder filling materials, thereby preventing the leakage of lead fume, and contributing to an early normalization of the shooting range and a creative national defense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hee Joung KIM, Min A KANG, Sun Jae KIM, Sun Gu KIM
  • Patent number: 8283129
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a colorectal cancer marker for diagnosing colorectal cancer based on ESM-I overexpression in tissues, cells or body fluids of colorectal cancer patients. Disclosed also is the use of the colorectal cancer marker in the development of therapeutic agents for cancer and in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Eun Young Song, Mi Young Park, Hyang Sin Lee, Hee Gu Lee, Jae Wha Kim, In Seong Choe, Min A Kang, Mi Sun Won, Kyung-Sook Chung, Young Ho Kim, Ho Kyung Chun, Young Il Yeom, Seon-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20110306513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the elucidation of a gene that can act as a novel marker for liver cancer diagnosis and to diagnostic and prognostic measurements of liver cancer using the same. More specifically, it relates to a diagnosis kit that enables diagnostic and prognostic measurement of a liver cancer using a preparation that measures expression levels of at least one gene selected from a group of liver cancer diagnosis markers consisting of S100P, NK4, CCL20, CSPG2, PLAU, MMP12, ESM-1, ABHD7, HCAPG, CXCL-3, Col5A2, MAGEA, GSN, CDC2, CST1, MELK, ATAD2, FAP and MSN and/or a method for diagnostic and prognostic measurement of liver cancer using the same. These have been discovered using normal liver tissues and liver cancer tissues collected from the same liver cancer patient of the present invention and represent the markers whose accuracy and reliability have been greatly improved as markers of liver cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Eun Young Song, Hee Gu Lee, Young II Yeom, Na Young Ji, Jung II Lee, Min A. Kang, Young Joo Kim, Yoon Hee Kang, Jae Wha Kim
  • Publication number: 20100248244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a colorectal cancer marker for diagnosing colorectal cancer based on ESM-I overexpression in tissues, cells or body fluids of colorectal cancer patients. Disclosed also is the use of the colorectal cancer marker in the development of therapeutic agents for cancer and in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Eun Young Song, Mi Young Park, Hyang Sin Lee, Hee Gu Lee, Jae Wha Kim, In Seong Choe, Min A. Kang, Mi Sun Won, Kyung Sook Chung, Young Ho Kim, Ho Kyung Chun, Young Il Yeom, Seon-Young Kim