Patents by Inventor Sayaka Hirai

Sayaka Hirai 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).

  • TUMOR MARKER, AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND DETECTING TUMOR CELL IN DISTINCTION FROM CONTAMINANT CELL
    Publication number: 20200408769
    Abstract: A method of collecting and detecting a tumor cell contained in a sample in distinction from a contaminant cell is provided. The tumor cell contained in the sample are collected and detected in distinction from the contaminant cell by detecting any of the following polypeptides or a gene encoding the polypeptide present in the sample: (i) a polypeptide containing at least the amino acid sequence of any of six sequences such as TM4SF1 (GenBank No. NP_055035.1) and TNFRSF12A (GenBank No. NP_057723.1); (ii) a polypeptide containing at least an amino acid sequence having a homology of not less than 70% to the amino acid sequence described above; and (iii) a polypeptide containing at least a splicing variant of the amino acid sequence (the amino acid sequence of (i) or (ii) described above).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Kumaki, Sayaka Hirai, Makoto Otsuki, Daisuke Miki, Toru Futami