Patents by Inventor Tomoko Kirihara

Tomoko Kirihara 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: 11974994
    Abstract: A preventive or therapeutic agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension includes a combination of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate with one or more other preventive or therapeutic drugs for glaucoma or ocular hypertension, with the proviso that tafluprost is excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Kirihara, Atsushi Shimazaki, Masatsugu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11331311
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to find a new application of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof. Isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminometh yl}pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate or a salt thereof is useful as a therapeutic agent for a disease involving a greatly elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Kirihara, Atsushi Shimazaki, Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20210330654
    Abstract: A preventive or therapeutic agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension includes a combination of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate with one or more other preventive or therapeutic drugs for glaucoma or ocular hypertension, with the proviso that tafluprost is excluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Masatsugu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200206200
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to find a new application of isopropyl (6-{ [4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof. Isopropyl (6-{ [4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminometh yl}pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate or a salt thereof is useful as a therapeutic agent for a disease involving a greatly elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Najam A. SHARIF
  • Publication number: 20200085804
    Abstract: A composition for preventing or treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension including a combination of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminomethyl} pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate and at least one other drug for preventing or treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension, with the proviso that tafluprost is excluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Masatsugu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180200239
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to find a new application of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof. Isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof is useful as a therapeutic agent for a disease involving a greatly elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Najam A. SHARIF
  • Publication number: 20160228421
    Abstract: A composition for preventing or treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension including a combination of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl} pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate and at least one other drug for preventing or treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension, with the proviso that tafluprost is excluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Masatsugu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9339496
    Abstract: A composition for treating or preventing glaucoma or ocular hypertension including a isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate and a beta-receptor antagonist, in a combined pharmaceutically acceptable amount. As for the administration form, these drugs may be administered concomitantly or may be administered as a combination drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Kirihara, Atsushi Shimazaki, Masatsugu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140018350
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to discover a combination of preventive or therapeutic drugs for glaucoma or ocular hypertension, which is useful as a preventive or therapeutic agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension. By combining isopropyl(6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate with tafluprost, their intraocular pressure lowering effects are complemented and/or enhanced each other. As for the administration form, these drugs may be administered concomitantly or may be administered as a combination drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Masatsugu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140018396
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to discover a combination of preventive or therapeutic drugs for glaucoma or ocular hypertension, which is useful as a preventive or therapeutic agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension. By combining isopropyl(6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate with other preventive or therapeutic drug for glaucoma or ocular hypertension, their intraocular pressure lowering effects are complemented and/or enhanced each other. As for the administration form, these drugs may be administered concomitantly or may be administered as a combination drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Masatsugu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100093770
    Abstract: A method for treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension comprising administering to a patient a pharmacologically effective amount of a compound represented by the following (1) or a salt thereof: wherein X represents CH or N; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkoxy group, a (cycloalkyl)methoxy group, or ?R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group or an alkyloxycarbonyl group; and Ra and Rb are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkyl group or a cycloalkoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimazaki, Noriko Kawabata, Tomoko Kirihara, Jayson M. Rieger, Robert D. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100056522
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to find a novel pharmacological effect of a compound having an HDAC inhibitory effect. The compound having an HDAC inhibitory effect of the invention has an excellent effect of cell morphological change on trabecular meshwork cells and/or effect of intraocular pressure reduction, and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a disease considered to be associated with aqueous humor circulation and/or intraocular pressure, particularly as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Yoneda, Koushi Fujisawa, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Junko Fujikawa, Atsushi Shimazaki, Tomoko Kirihara, Hisashi Tajima
  • Publication number: 20080020222
    Abstract: A method of forming a wooden mold may include, but is not limited to, the following processes. A resin solution may be impregnated into at least one wood board thereby forming at least one resin-impregnated wood board. The resin solution may include a resin component. The resin component may include at least one water-soluble bifunctional acrylic resin and at least one trifunctional or higher-functional acrylic resin. The at least one resin-impregnated wood board may be deformed. The resin component in the at least one resin-impregnated wood board may be cured at the same time or after the at least one resin-impregnated wood board may be deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: TATSUYA HIRAKU, Tomoko Kirihara