Patents by Inventor Minoru Sasano

Minoru Sasano 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: 8901155
    Abstract: A method for treating a TRPV1-mediated disease by administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or a salt thereof having the following formula [I]: wherein A represents a lower alkylene group or a lower alkenylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl group; and R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted lower alkyl group or a lower alkyl group substituted by a monocyclic cycloalkyl group, a polycyclic cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Oki, Fumio Tsuji, Chikako Setoguchi, Iwao Seki, Masaaki Murai, Minoru Sasano
  • Publication number: 20100261911
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to find a novel pharmacological action of a urea compound having a structure represented by the general formula [I]. The urea compound having a structure represented by the general formula [I] or a salt thereof has an excellent therapeutic effect on a TRPV1-mediated disease. In the formula, A represents a lower alkylene group or a lower alkenylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an alkenyl group which may have a substituent; and R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by a monocyclic cycloalkyl group, a polycyclic cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kenji Oki, Fumio Tsuji, Chikako Setoguchi, Iwao Seki, Masaaki Murai, Minoru Sasano