Patents by Inventor Motohiko Tanino

Motohiko Tanino 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).

  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ACTIVITY INDICATOR, AND BIOMARKER USED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20150045244
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to find a simple biomarker with high reproducibility with regard to a method for evaluating the activity of the condition and progression of rheumatoid arthritis disease and provide an effective evaluation method therefor. The invention is to provide a method for determining the value of a rheumatoid arthritis-linked indicator in a subject, the method being characterized by comprising a step for measuring the amount of expression of the FAM20A gene in blood collected from the subject, a step for analyzing the measured amount of expression using a gene expression profile that is prepared in advance and correlates with the indicator and a step for estimating the value of the indicator in the subject on the basis of the analysis results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicants: DNA CHIP RESEARCH INC., SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takeuchi, Koichi Amano, Yohei Ishizawa, Seiji Nakamura, Motohiko Tanino, Yuko Hata