Patents by Inventor Naohita Aoki

Naohita Aoki 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).

  • Protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP20 and related products and methods
    Patent number: 6797501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide, PTP20, and to nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptide. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding portions of the phosphatase, nucleic acid vectors containing PTP20 related nucleic acid molecules, recombinant cells containing such nucleic acid vectors, polypeptides purified from such recombinant cells, antibodies to such polypeptides, and methods of identifying compounds that bind PTP20 or abrogate its interactions with natural binding partners. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing abnormal conditions in an organism with PTP20 related molecules or compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gessellschaft zur Fonderung de Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Naohita Aoki, Axel Ullrich
  • Protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP20 and related products and methods
    Publication number: 20030073120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide, PTP20, and to nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptide. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding portions of the phosphatase, nucleic acid vectors containing PTP20 related nucleic acid molecules, recombinant cells containing such nucleic acid vectors, polypeptides purified from such recombinant cells, antibodies to such polypeptides, and methods of identifying compounds that bind PTP20 or abrogate its interactions with natural binding partners. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing abnormal conditions in an organism with PTP20 related molecules or compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: SUGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Naohita Aoki, Axel Ullrich