Patents by Inventor Takesako Kazutoh

Takesako Kazutoh 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: 6380245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antibiotics TKR1912-I having the following formula I and TKR1912-II having the following formula II or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful as a remedy for fungal infections, as well as a process for producing them and a microorganism capable of producing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takesako Kazutoh, Yoshie Yoshikawa, Eiko Koyama, Tomoko Masuda, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Patent number: 6068839
    Abstract: Novel antibiotics useful as a remedy for fungal infections and a process for producing antibiotic TKR1912-I or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, which substances have such plysicochemical properties that (1) the mass spectrum thereof according to FAB-MS has a peak of m/z of 559 [M+H].sup.+ ; (2) the molecule bears 26 carbon atoms and no nitrogen atom; (3) the ultraviolet absorption spectrum thereof in methianol shows a terminal absorptions; (4) the main absorption wavenumbers of the infrared absorption spectrum according to the KBr method are 3430, 2920, 2850, 1740, and 1190 cm.sup.-1 ; and (5) they are soluble in methanol, chloroform, and water, but are sparingly soluble in hexane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takesako Kazutoh, Yoshie Yoshikawa, Eiko Koyama, Tomoko Masuda, Ikunoshin Kato