Patents by Inventor Mitsuharu Kotera

Mitsuharu Kotera 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: 10927371
    Abstract: The invention relates to cationic siRNAs, characterized in that they are double-stranded RNA fragments, grafted to the ends of which are oligocations, the number of cationic charges grafted being comparable to or greater than that of the anionic charges carried by the internucleoside phosphates of the RNA strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite De Strasbourg, Pollyplus Transfection
    Inventors: France Jean-Paul Behr, Mitsuharu Kotera, Nadege Pfender, Jean-Serge Remy
  • Patent number: 9676798
    Abstract: The invention relates to oligonucleotide-oligocation molecules AiBjH that can be synthetized via automated phosphoramidite chemistry having oligonucleotides moieties Ai and oligocations moieties Bj, wherein .Ai is an i-mer oligonucleotide residue, with i=5 to 50, where nucleotide A is an oligomer with naturally or non naturally occurring nucleobases and/or pentafuranosyl groups and/or native phosphodiester bonds, for example selected from the group comprising deoxyribo, ribo, locked (LNA) nucleotides as well as their chemical modifications or substitutions such as phosphorothioate, 2?-fluoro, 2?-O-alkyl, or a marker group such as a fluorescent agent, .Bj is a j-mer organic oligocation moiety, with j=1 to 50, where B is selected from the group comprising .—HPO3—R1—(X—R2n)n1—X—R3—O—, where R1, R2n and R3, identical or different, are lower alkylene, X is NH or NC(NH2)2, n varies from 1 to 5 and n1=2 to 20, .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, POLYPLUS TRANSFECTION
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Behr, Mitsuharu Kotera, Benedicte Pons, Emilie Voirin, Jean-Serge Remy
  • Publication number: 20160280728
    Abstract: The invention relates to oligonucleotide-oligocation molecules AiBjH that can be synthetized via automated phosphoramidite chemistry having oligonucleotides moieties Ai and oligocations moieties Bj, wherein .Ai is an i-mer oligonucleotide residue, with i=5 to 50, where nucleotide A is an oligomer with naturally or non naturally occurring nucleobases and/or pentafuranosyl groups and/or native phosphodiester bonds, for example selected from the group comprising deoxyribo, ribo, locked (LNA) nucleotides as well as their chemical modifications or substitutions such as phosphorothioate, 2?-fluoro, 2?-O-alkyl, or a marker group such as a fluorescent agent, .Bj is a j-mer organic oligocation moiety, with j=1 to 50, where B is selected from the group comprising .—HPO3—R1—(X—R2n)n1—X—R3—O—, where R1, R2n and R3, identical or different, are lower alkylene, X is NH or NC(NH2)2, n varies from 1 to 5 and n1=2 to 20, .
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Paul BEHR, Mitsuharu KOTERA, Benedicte PONS, Emilie VOIRIN, Jean-Serge REMY
  • Patent number: 9090648
    Abstract: The invention relates to oligonucleotide-oligocation molecules AiBjH that can be synthetized via automated phosphoramidite chemistry having oligonucleotides moieties Ai and oligocations moieties Bj, wherein •Ai is an i-mer oligonucleotide residue, with i=5 to 50, where nucleotide A is an oligomer with naturally or non naturally occurring nucleobases and/or pentafuranosyl groups and/or native phosphodiester bonds, for example selected from the group comprising deoxyribo, ribo, locked (LNA) nucleotides as well as their chemical modifications or substitutions such as phosphorothioate, 2?-fluoro, 2?-O-alkyl, or a marker group such as a fluorescent agent, •Bj is a j-mer organic oligocation moiety, with j=1 to 50, where B is selected from the group comprising •—HPO3—R1—(X—R2n)n1—X—R3—O—, where R1, R2n and R3, identical or different, are lower alkylene, X is NH or NC(NH2)2, n varies from 1 to 5 and n1=2 to 20, •—HPO3—R4—CH(R5X1)—R6—O—, where R4 is lower alkylene, R5 and R6, identical or different, are lower alkylene
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, POLYPLUS TRANSFECTION
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Behr, Mitsuharu Kotera, Bénédicte Pons, Emilie Voirin, Jean-Serge Remy
  • Patent number: 8309695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a labeling reagent of formula: in which: R1 represents at least one detectable label, L and A are each a linker arm, n is an integer equal to 1, and u is an integer between 0 and 2. The present invention also describes a method of synthesizing said markers and also applications for the labeling of biological molecules, more particularly nucleic acids, with a labeling reagent bearing diazo and nitro functions. The invention is particularly suitable for use in the diagnostics field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Biomerieux, CNRS, Universite de Strasbourg
    Inventors: Alain Laurent, Ali Laayoun, Mitsuharu Kotera
  • Publication number: 20110118331
    Abstract: The invention relates to cationic siRNAs, characterized in that they are double-stranded RNA fragments, grafted to the ends of which are oligocations, the number of cationic charges grafted being comparable to or greater than that of the anionic charges carried by the internucleoside phosphates of the RNA strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: France Jean-Paul Behr, Mitsuharu Kotera, Nadege Pfender, Jean-Serge Remy
  • Publication number: 20100136538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a labeling reagent of formula: in which: R1 represents at least one detectable label, L and A are each a linker arm, n is an integer equal to 1, and u is an integer between 0 and 2. The present invention also describes a method of synthesizing said markers and also applications for the labeling of biological molecules, more particularly nucleic acids, with a labeling reagent bearing diazo and nitro functions. The invention is particularly suitable for use in the diagnostics field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: Biomerieux, CNRS, Universite De Strasbourg
    Inventors: Alain Laurent, Ali Laayoun, Mitsuharu Kotera
  • Publication number: 20090069262
    Abstract: The invention relates to oligonucleotide-oligocation molecules AiBjH that can be synthetized via automated phosphoramidite chemistry having oligonucleotides moieties Ai and oligocations moieties Bj, wherein. Ai is an i-mer oligonucleotide residue, with i=5 to 50, where nucleotide A is an oligomer with naturally or non naturally occurring nucleobases and/or pentafuranosyl groups and/or native phosphodiester bonds, for example selected from the group comprising deoxyribo, ribo, locked (LNA) nucleotides as well as their chemical modifications or substitutions such as phosphorothioate, 2?-fluoro, 2?-O-alkyl, or a marker group such as a fluorescent agent, Bj is a j-mer organic oligocation moiety, with j=1 to 50, where B is selected from the group comprising .—HPO3—R1—(X—R2n)n1—X—R3—O—, where R1, R2n and R3, identical or different, are lower alkylene, X is NH or NC(NH2)2, n varies from 1 to 5 and n1=2 to 20, .
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Behr, Mitsuharu Kotera, Benedicte Pons, Emilie Voirin, Jean-Serge Remy
  • Patent number: 7338805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature-stable labeling reagent of formula: in which R1 represents H or an alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl group, R2 represents a detectable marker or at least two detectable markers linked together by at least one multimeric structure, L is a linking arm containing a linear succession of at least two covalent bonds and n an integer equal to 0 or 1, R3 and R4 represent independently of each other: H, NO2, Cl, Br, F, I, R2-(L)n-Y—X—, OR, SR, NR2, R, NHCOR, CONHR, COOR with R=alkyl or aryl, A is a linking arm containing at least one covalent double bond allowing conjugation of the diazo functional group with the aromatic ring and u is an integer between 0 and 2, preferably equal to 0 or 1, and —Y—X— represents —CONH—, —NHCO—, —CH2O—, —CH2S—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignees: Bio Merieux, Universite Joseph Fourier Domaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Cecile Bourget, Jean Lhomme, Ali Laayoun, Mitsuharu Kotera, Emmanuelle Trevisiol, Lionel Menou, Eloy Bernal Mendez
  • Patent number: 7060441
    Abstract: A single- or double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is fragmented and labeled by chemically fragmenting the DNA by creating at least one abasic site on the DNA, and attaching a marker to at least one of the fragments by means of a labeling reagent, the reagent covalently and predominantly coupling to at least one phosphate of the fragment. This method can be applied in the field of diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignees: Biomerieux, Universite Joseph Fourier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Cecile Bourget, Mitsuharu Kotera, Jean Lhomme, Emmanuelle Trevisiol, Ali Laayoun, Christelle Tora, Isabelle Sothier
  • Publication number: 20030186448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature-stable labeling reagent of formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: BIO MERIEUX
    Inventors: Cecile Bourget, Jean Lhomme, Ali Laayoun, Mitsuharu Kotera, Emmanuelle Trevisiol, Lionel Menou, Eloy Bernal Mendez
  • Publication number: 20030143555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for labeling and fragmenting a single- or double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) comprising the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: BIO MERIEUX
    Inventors: Cecile Bourget, Mitsuharu Kotera, Jean Lhomme, Emmanuelle Trevisiol, Ali Laayoun, Christelle Tora, Isabelle Sothier