Patents by Inventor Tatsuro Shimaoka

Tatsuro Shimaoka 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).

  • Reagent for assaying anti-treponema pallidum antibody
    Patent number: 8969520
    Abstract: To provide a reagent for assaying anti-Treponema pallidum antibody which reagent contains a polypeptide antigen and which reagent provides high assay sensitivity and high specificity, and to provide an assay method employing the assay reagent. The reagent for assaying anti-Treponema pallidum antibody, for use in an assay of anti-Treponema pallidum antibody on the basis of antigen-antibody reaction is characterized in that the reagent contains, as an antigen, a recombinant polypeptide containing at least domain C and domain D of Treponema pallidum 47 kDa antigen but containing no domain A1 of the 47 kDa antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd., Japan-Lamb Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Hara, Tetsuya Ota, Michiko Kawamoto, Shinya Sato, Shigehisa Iwamoto, Tatsuro Shimaoka, Shigeo Sudo
  • REAGENT FOR ASSAYING ANTI-TREPONEMA PALLIDUM ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20130143229
    Abstract: To provide a reagent for assaying anti-Treponema pallidum antibody which reagent contains a polypeptide antigen and which reagent provides high assay sensitivity and high specificity, and to provide an assay method employing the assay reagent. The reagent for assaying anti-Treponema pallidum antibody, for use in an assay of anti-Treponema pallidum antibody on the basis of antigen-antibody reaction is characterized in that the reagent contains, as an antigen, a recombinant polypeptide containing at least domain C and domain D of Treponema pallidum 47 kDa antigen but containing no domain A1 of the 47 kDa antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicants: JAPAN-LAMB INC, SEKISUI MEDICAL CO LTD
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Hara, Tetsuya Ota, Michiko Kawamoto, Shinya Sato, Shigehisa Iwamoto, Tatsuro Shimaoka, Shigeo Sudo
  • Use of oligosaccharides for the treatment of pruritus cutaneus associated with renal failure
    Patent number: 5972905
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical agent for improvement in pruritus cutaneus associated with renal failure and/or for the treatment of renal failure and/or its complications containing as an effective ingredient oligosaccharide or oligosaccharides such as, but not limited to fructo-oligosaccharide, galacto-oligosaccharide, isomalto-oligosaccharide, malto-oligosaccharide, lacto-sucrose and/or xylo-oligosaccharide, in particular, lactulose, rhamnose and lactitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Institute of Immunology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Hosokawa, Kunio Ando, Tatsuro Shimaoka, Tetsuo Nakamura