Patents by Inventor Ryoko Kikuchi

Ryoko Kikuchi 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).

  • Methods for evaluating the stage of ovarian cancer or the survival rate of an ovarian cancer patient
    Patent number: 8741641
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting cancer through identification of genes exhibiting characteristic behavior in the cases of cancer such as ovarian cancer, and a cell growth inhibitor. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting canceration including malignancy of a specimen through detection of at least one alteration of a gene existing in a chromosomal region 2q14. 2, 3p24. 1, 3q26. 2, 3q29, 4q34. 2, 6q23, 9p21. 3, 11q13. 3, 13q22.1, 13q33. 1, 13q33. 3, 15q12, 15q15. 1, 17p12, 17p13. 1, 17p13. 3, 18q21. 1, 18q21. 2, 18q21. 31, 18q21. 32, 18q21. 33, 18q23, 20q13. 13, 20q13. 2, 20q13. 31, 20q13. 33, Xp11. 23, Xp13.1, Xp13. 3, Xp26. 2, Xp26. 3, or Xq28 in the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Ryoko Kikuchi
  • Methods for evaluating the stage of ovarian cancer or the survival rate of an ovarian cancer patient
    Patent number: 8318431
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting cancer through identification of genes exhibiting characteristic behavior in the cases of cancer such as ovarian cancer, and a cell growth inhibitor. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting canceration including malignancy of a specimen through detection of at least one alteration of a gene existing in a chromosomal region 2q14. 2, 3p24. 1, 3q26. 2, 3q29, 4q34. 2, 6q23, 9p21. 3, 11q13. 3, 13q22.1, 13q33. 1, 13q33. 3, 15q12, 15q15. 1, 17p12, 17p13. 1, 17p13. 3, 18q21. 1, 18q21. 2, 18q21. 31, 18q21. 32, 18q21. 33, 18q23, 20q13. 13, 20q13. 2, 20q13. 31, 20q13. 33, Xp11. 23, Xp13.1, Xp13. 3, Xp26. 2, Xp26. 3, or Xq28 in the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Fujifilm Corporation, National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Ryoko Kikuchi
  • Case for videocassette
    Patent number: D373044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoko Kikuchi