Patents by Inventor Tokiko Watanabe

Tokiko Watanabe 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: 12076387
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
  • Publication number: 20240261398
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an adjuvant having high safety to living bodies and an action to sufficiently reinforce immune function, and a vaccine comprising the adjuvant. Specifically, the present invention relates to 34 novel adjuvant candidate compounds, which have been identified by screening 145 food additives and 51 injection additives, using, as indicators, an increase in the antibody titer against influenza virus and a protective effect against infection with influenza virus, and then selecting those having the function of increasing the antiviral antibody titer in blood and the protective effect against viral infection. In addition, the present invention also relates to a vaccine comprising these adjuvant candidate compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAOKA, Huapeng FENG, Tokiko WATANABE, Makoto YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240192904
    Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of executing printing based on a flat-rate use service, the printing apparatus includes: a first connection unit for first connection which is between a printing apparatus and a first apparatus and for which a first method is used; a second connection unit for second connection which is between the printing apparatus and a second apparatus and for which a second method is used; a detection unit which detects that the second connection has been established; and a control unit which causes the printing apparatus to operate in a predetermined mode for performing setting for establishing the first connection. Even if it is detected while the printing apparatus is operating in the predetermined mode that the second connection has been established, the control unit causes the printing apparatus to continue operation in the predetermined mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Tokiko Watanabe, Wahei Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11964009
    Abstract: The present invention provides cells which have a high ability to propagate influenza virus, are suitable for use in production of an influenza virus for preparing a vaccine, and are able to be cultured in vitro, and a method for producing an influenza virus using the cells. That is, the present invention provides cells for producing an influenza virus in which expression of one or more genes that encode proteins involved in an effect of suppressing influenza virus production in a cell is suppressed and the gene is at least one selected from the group including ACTG1 gene and the like, and a method for producing an influenza virus that includes infecting the cells for producing an influenza virus with an influenza virus and then culturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Tokiko Watanabe, Eiryo Kawakami, Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240004590
    Abstract: A setting information transmission apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store setting information for a previously-made initial setting for an external apparatus, a first reception unit configured to receive information about the external apparatus and initial setting start information from the external apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, upon receiving the initial setting start information, setting information for an initial setting to the external apparatus depending on the information about the external apparatus with reference to the setting information for the previously-made initial setting for the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: TOKIKO WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230210987
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an adjuvant having high safety to living bodies and an action to sufficiently reinforce immune function, and a vaccine comprising the adjuvant. Specifically, the present invention relates to 34 novel adjuvant candidate compounds, which have been identified by screening 145 food additives and 51 injection additives, using, as indicators, an increase in the antibody titer against influenza virus and a protective effect against infection with influenza virus, and then selecting those having the function of increasing the antiviral antibody titer in blood and the protective effect against viral infection. In addition, the present invention also relates to a vaccine comprising these adjuvant candidate compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAOKA, Huapeng FENG, Tokiko WATANABE, Makoto YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11589409
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a control unit that causes the communication apparatus to operate, based on that a predetermined command is received through a second connection in a first exclusive state in which the communication apparatus does not receive connection information through a first connection or a second exclusive state in which the communication apparatus is not connected to an external device corresponding to the connection information that is received through the first connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tokiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11463599
    Abstract: A communication apparatus configured not to execute displaying, based on the operation in the connection setting state being started, a screen for receiving an operation for stopping the operation in the connection setting state on a display unit of the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210252130
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
  • Patent number: 11007262
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
  • Publication number: 20210106680
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an adjuvant having high safety to living bodies and an action to sufficiently reinforce immune function, and a vaccine comprising the adjuvant. Specifically, the present invention relates to 34 novel adjuvant candidate compounds, which have been identified by screening 145 food additives and 51 injection additives, using, as indicators, an increase in the antibody titer against influenza virus and a protective effect against infection with influenza virus, and then selecting those having the function of increasing the antiviral antibody titer in blood and the protective effect against viral infection. In addition, the present invention also relates to a vaccine comprising these adjuvant candidate compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Huapeng Feng, Tokiko Watanabe, Makoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210037160
    Abstract: A communication apparatus configured not to execute displaying, based on the operation in the connection setting state being started, a screen for receiving an operation for stopping the operation in the connection setting state on a display unit of the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 10588073
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus comprises: a search unit that searches, by using a plurality of frequency bandwidths, for an access point to perform wireless communication; a display unit that displays, based on pieces of predetermined information corresponding to a plurality of access points detected by a search, display items corresponding to the pieces of predetermined information; and a processing unit that performs, when the display items are displayed and a user selects one of the display items, connection processing to an access point specified by the selection of the display item, wherein when a display item corresponding to a first access point and a second access point is selected, the processing unit performs the connection processing to an access point that satisfies a predetermined condition, among the first access point and the second access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tokiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200045763
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a control unit that causes the communication apparatus to operate, based on that a predetermined command is received through a second connection in a first exclusive state in which the communication apparatus does not receive connection information through a first connection or a second exclusive state in which the communication apparatus is not connected to an external device corresponding to the connection information that is received through the first connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Tokiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190314489
    Abstract: The present invention provides cells which have a high ability to propagate influenza virus, are suitable for use in production of an influenza virus for preparing a vaccine, and are able to be cultured in vitro, and a method for producing an influenza virus using the cells. That is, the present invention provides cells for producing an influenza virus in which expression of one or more genes that encode proteins involved in an effect of suppressing influenza virus production in a cell is suppressed and the gene is at least one selected from the group including ACTG1 gene and the like, and a method for producing an influenza virus that includes infecting the cells for producing an influenza virus with an influenza virus and then culturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAOKA, Tokiko Watanabe, Eiryo Kawakami, Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10372392
    Abstract: A problem is solved by providing a communication apparatus including a displaying unit that displays, on a display unit, a predetermined screen for executing a second communication setting that allows the communication apparatus to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a second communication method, which is different from a first communication method, in a case where a cancel instruction is received while the communication apparatus is operating in a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Tokiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10369210
    Abstract: The present invention provides cells which have a high ability to propagate influenza virus, are suitable for use in production of an influenza virus for preparing a vaccine, and are able to be cultured in vitro, and a method for producing an influenza virus using the cells. That is, the present invention provides cells for producing an influenza virus in which expression of one or more genes that encode proteins involved in an effect of suppressing influenza virus production in a cell is suppressed and the gene is at least one selected from the group including ACTG1 gene and the like, and a method for producing an influenza virus that includes infecting the cells for producing an influenza virus with an influenza virus and then culturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Tokiko Watanabe, Eiryo Kawakami, Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190117759
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: SHINJI WANTANABE, TOKIKO WATANABE, YOSHIHIRO KAWAOKA
  • Patent number: 10268427
    Abstract: A print control apparatus enables a network setting to be changed during print preparation processing executed at the arrival, thereby enabling the user to bring start time to use the print control apparatus forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tokiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190050177
    Abstract: A problem is solved by providing a communication apparatus including a displaying unit that displays, on a display unit, a predetermined screen for executing a second communication setting that allows the communication apparatus to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a second communication method, which is different from a first communication method, in a case where a cancel instruction is received while the communication apparatus is operating in a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Tokiko Watanabe