Patents by Inventor Momoe Sato

Momoe Sato 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: 9017959
    Abstract: Disclosed is an immunoassay method whereby a 5.9 kDa peptide which results from the degradation of the ?-E chain and ? chain of human fibrinogens and which is used as a peptide marker for diagnosing hepatic disease can be specifically assayed in a biological sample containing contaminating peptides by bringing antibodies that recognize the N terminal of said peptide marker and antibodies that recognize the C terminal of said peptide marker into contact with said peptide marker, forming immune complexes of said peptide marker and the two antibodies, and immunoassaying the obtained immune complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, Momoe Sato, Kenta Noda, Iwao Kiyokawa, Toshihide Miura, Ryo Kojima, Fumio Nomura, Kazuyuki Sogawa
  • Publication number: 20120276562
    Abstract: Disclosed is an immunoassay method whereby a 5.9 kDa peptide which results from the degradation of the ?-E chain and ? chain of human fibrinogens and which is used as a peptide marker for diagnosing hepatic disease can be specifically assayed in a biological sample containing contaminating peptides by bringing antibodies that recognize the N terminal of said peptide marker and antibodies that recognize the C terminal of said peptide marker into contact with said peptide marker, forming immune complexes of said peptide marker and the two antibodies, and immunoassaying the obtained immune complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, Momoe Sato, Kenta Noda, Iwao Kiyokawa, Toshihide Miura, Ryo Kojima, Fumio Nomura, Kazuyuki Sogawa