Patents by Inventor Takuo Hirotsu

Takuo Hirotsu 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).

  • Probe for diagnosing infectious diseases which hybridizes with DNA from candida albicans
    Patent number: 5708159
    Abstract: The invention provides a probe useful for rapidly detecting and identifying fungi causative of infectious diseases by digesting completely a DNA extracted from a fungus, e.g., Candida albicans, with EcoRI, inserting the same into an appropriate cloning vector, and selecting a probe containing DNA fragments unique to each fungus. The invention also provides a standard sequence suitable for making reference to a genomic DNA contained in a clinical specimen by elucidating the base sequence of the probe thus selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignees: Tsuneya Ohno, Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneya Ohno, Takuo Hirotsu, Hiroyuki Keshi, Akio Matsuhisa