Patents by Inventor Shoji Okinaga

Shoji Okinaga 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 risk of developing chronic pulmonary emphysema
    Patent number: 6436645
    Abstract: An objective of this invention is to provide a method for predicting the risk of subject developing chronic pulmonary emphysema. To achieve the objective, this invention provides a method for predicting the risk of subject developing chronic pulmonary emphysema comprising determining the number of GT repeats within a GT repeat sequence located upstream of hemeoxygenase-1, in which if the number of the GT repeats is not less than 30, the subject has a high risk of developing chronic pulmonary emphysema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: President of Tohoku University
    Inventors: Hidetada Sasaki, Shoji Okinaga, Mutsuo Yamaya, Katsutoshi Nakayama