Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Kanuma

Tomohiro Kanuma 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).

  • Publication number: 20240018214
    Abstract: In order to further increase antigenicity to provide a DNA vaccine which is clinically usable in humans, the inventors of the present invention focused on exosomes, which are garnering attention as tools for DDS, and discovered that an exosome expressing a fusion antigen of an exosome (extracellular microparticle)-constituent protein and a vaccine antigen has excellent cytotoxic T-cell inducibility. Consequently, the present invention provides a nucleic acid constituent including a nucleic acid sequence coding for an exosome marker protein and a nucleic acid sequence coding for a vaccine antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Kouji Kobiyama, Tomohiro Kanuma
  • Publication number: 20220153810
    Abstract: In order to further increase antigenicity to provide a DNA vaccine which is clinically usable in humans, the inventors of the present invention focused on exosomes, which are garnering attention as tools for DDS, and discovered that an exosome expressing a fusion antigen of an exosome (extracellular microparticle)-constituent protein and a vaccine antigen has excellent cytotoxic T-cell inducibility. Consequently, the present invention provides a nucleic acid constituent including a nucleic acid sequence coding for an exosome marker protein and a nucleic acid sequence coding for a vaccine antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Kouji Kobiyama, Tomohiro Kanuma
  • Publication number: 20190112351
    Abstract: In order to further increase antigenicity to provide a DNA vaccine which is clinically usable in humans, the inventors of the present invention focused on exosomes, which are garnering attention as tools for DDS, and discovered that an exosome expressing a fusion antigen of an exosome (extracellular microparticle)-constituent protein and a vaccine antigen has excellent cytotoxic T-cell inducibility. Consequently, the present invention provides a nucleic acid constituent including a nucleic acid sequence coding for an exosome marker protein and a nucleic acid sequence coding for a vaccine antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Kouji Kobiyama, Tomohiro Kanuma