Patents by Inventor Takahashi Kazue

Takahashi Kazue 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).

  • VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING STAPHYLLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION
    Publication number: 20150147328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaccine composition for preventing staphylococcus aureus infection containing, as an active ingredient, a ribitol-phosphate which has been modified only by a ?-configuration in N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), a repeating unit of the ribitol-phosphate, or a wall teichoic acid (WTA) containing the repeating unit. The composition according to the present invention contains a coupling motif (an epitope) for an anti-WTA antibody, and thus can be effectively used as a vaccine composition or to prevent staphylococcus aureus infection by generating anti-WTA antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicants: MOGAM BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bok Luel Lee, Kurokawa Kenji, Dong-Jun Jung, Jang-Hyun An, Yu-Jin Jeon, Na Hyang Kim, Takahashi Kazue, Eunmi Kim, Dong Ho Ahn