Patents by Inventor Nobukazu Komatsu

Nobukazu Komatsu 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 PREDICTING THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF IMMUNOTHERAPY ON CANCER PATIENT, AND GENE SET AND KIT TO BE USED IN THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20130157893
    Abstract: Provided is a gene set which is useful for predicting the therapeutic effect of an immunotherapy on a cancer patient. Also provided is a method for examining whether an immunotherapy is efficacious or not, said method comprising quantifying the expression amount of each of the genes constituting the aforesaid gene set. This examination method is useful for determining a therapeutic strategy for the cancer patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Kyogo Itoh, Masanori Noguchi, Satoru Kuhara, Akira Yamada, Shigeki Shichijo, Nobukazu Komatsu, Kosuke Tashiro
  • METHOD FOR PREDICTING THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF IMMUNOTHERAPY ON CANCER PATIENT AND/OR PROGNOSIS AFTER IMMUNOTHERAPY, AND GENE SET AND KIT TO BE USED THERIN
    Publication number: 20130023432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for predicting effect of immunotherapy on a cancer patient and/or prognosis of the cancer patient after the immunotherapy, and a gene set and a kit for use in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: KURUME UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kyogo Itoh, Masanori Noguchi, Akira Yamada, Shigeki Shichijo, Nobukazu Komatsu