Patents by Inventor Tadakatsu Shimamura

Tadakatsu Shimamura 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 of strengthening antibacterial action of antibiotics
    Patent number: 5807564
    Abstract: A method of increasing the activity of an antibiotic against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a patient by administering to the patient the antibiotic in combination with a catechin and/or a theaflavin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadakatsu Shimamura, Yukihiko Hara
  • Method of preventing the transmission of infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    Patent number: 5358713
    Abstract: A method for preventing infection caused by an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus, which includes applying an effective antibacterial amount of tea or a tea polyphenol to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimamura
    Inventor: Tadakatsu Shimamura
  • Method for inhibiting and treating infection caused by influenza virus
    Patent number: 5137922
    Abstract: The effective ingredient in the inventive medicament against infection with influenza virus is tea, e.g., black tea, or a tea polyphenol as a constituent of tea including epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin, epicatechin, (+)catechin and the isomer thereof, free theaflavin, theaflavin monogallates A and B and theaflavin digallate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimmamura
    Inventors: Tadakatsu Shimamura, Yukihiko Hara
  • Therapeutic agent for tinea
    Patent number: 5135957
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient suffering from tinea comprising applying to an affected part of the skin of the patient an anti-tinea effective amount of at least one tea polyphenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimamura
    Inventor: Tadakatsu Shimamura
  • Method of preventing mycoplasma infection
    Patent number: 5104901
    Abstract: The effective ingredient in the inventive medicament against infection with mycoplasma is tea, e.g., black tea, or a tea polyphenol as a constituent of tea including epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin, epicatechin, (+) catechin and the isomer thereof, free theaflavin, theaflavin monogallates A and B and theaflavin digallate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignees: Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd., Tadakatsu Shimamura
    Inventors: Tadakatsu Shimamura, Yukihiko Hara