Patents by Inventor Nao Matsuura

Nao Matsuura 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).

  • Genomic DNAs participating in rheumatoid arthritis, method of diagnosing the same, method of judging onset risk and diagnostic kit for detecting the same
    Patent number: 7514211
    Abstract: A genomic DNA involved in rheumatoid arthritis, a method of diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis or a method of judging onset risk of rheumatoid arthritis, and a diagnostic kit for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis or judging onset risk of rheumatoid arthritis, which genomic DNA comprises at least one of the following mutations in genomic DNA consisting of the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1: (1) substitution of thymine (t) for cytosine (c) at the position-1987; (2) substitution of guanine (g) for thymine (t) at the position-3664; and (3) substitution of cytosine (c) for adenine (a) at the position-3769.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventors: Shunichi Shiozawa, Koichiro Komai, Hirofumi Yagi, Nao Matsuura
  • Genomic dnas participating in rheumatoid arthritis, method of diagnosing the same, method of judging onset risk and diagnostic kit for detecting the same
    Publication number: 20040175706
    Abstract: A genomic DNA involved in rheumatoid arthritis, a method of diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis or a method of judging onset risk of rheumatoid arthritis, and a diagnostic kit for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis or judging onset risk of rheumatoid arthritis, which genomic DNA comprises at least one of the following mutations in genomic DNA consisting of the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Shunichi Shiozawa, Koichiro Komai, Hirofumi Yagi, Nao Matsuura