Patents by Inventor Ryutaro Yamana

Ryutaro Yamana 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).

  • Patent number: 4959320
    Abstract: A monoclonal antibody is described, having a specific reactivity with a cancer-associated antigen selected from pancreas cancer-associated antigen, intestinum crassum cancer-associated antigen and hepatoma-associated antigen and has the following characteristics:(1) it exists in a blood serum of pancreas cancer, intestinum crassum cancer and hepatoma patients;(2) it comprises glycoproteins;(3) it has a molecular weight of about 700,000 to 1,500,000, as measured by gel-filtration and determined by comparison with that of a known protein;(4) it has a maximum absorption of 2800 nm when dissolved in 0.1 M acetic acid buffer solution (pH 4.5); and(5) it is released at least in a cultured supernatant medium of establihed cell line of COLO-201, TE-1, TE-2, TE-3, NRC-12, MKN-45 and KATO III. The monoclonal antibody is utilized as a reagent for detecting pancreas cancer, intestinum crassum cancer and hepatoma. A process for preparing the monoclonal antibody and a process for preparing the reagent are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Green Cross Corporation
    Inventors: Yahiro Uemura, Kazumi Fukuyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Kanou, Ryutaro Yamana, Eiji Kashiwagi, Tomokuni Taniguchi, Kazuaki Nakura, Masahiro Watanabe, Masayuki Nishida, Tadakazu Suyama