Patents by Inventor Tomonori Tawara
Tomonori Tawara 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).
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Patent number: 10550181Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-human TIM-3 antibody having high ADCC activity or antibody fragment thereof by screening a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignees: KYOWA KIRIN CO., LTD, Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Shin-ichiro Takayanagi, Hitomi Tomura, Tomonori Tawara, Yoshimasa Inagaki, Tsuguo Kubota, Koichi Akashi, Yoshikane Kikushige
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Publication number: 20170088616Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-human TIM-3 antibody having high ADCC activity or antibody fragment thereof by screening a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicants: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAYANAGI, Hitomi TOMURA, Tomonori TAWARA, Yoshimasa INAGAKI, Tsuguo KUBOTA, Koichi AKASHI, Yoshikane KIKUSHIGE
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Patent number: 9556270Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-human TIM-3 antibody having high ADCC activity or antibody fragment thereof by screening a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Shin-ichiro Takayanagi, Hitomi Tomura, Tomonori Tawara, Yoshimasa Inagaki, Tsuguo Kubota, Koichi Akashi, Yoshikane Kikushige
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Patent number: 9540441Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3R? chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3R? chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3R? chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3R? as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3R? antibody as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTDInventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
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Publication number: 20160280792Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3R? chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3R? chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3R? chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3R? as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3R? antibody as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTDInventors: Tomonori TAWARA, Shinichiro TAKAYANAGI, Yoshimasa INAGAKI
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Patent number: 9394370Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3R? chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3R? chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3R? chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3R? as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3R? antibody as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
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Publication number: 20140044728Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-human TIM-3 antibody having high ADCC activity or antibody fragment thereof by screening a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTDInventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAYANAGI, Hitomi TOMURA, Tomonori TAWARA, Yoshimasa INAGAKI, Tsuguo KUBOTA, Koichi AKASHI, Yoshikane KIKUSHIGE
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Publication number: 20130295107Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3R? chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3R? chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3R? chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3R? as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3R? antibody as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
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Patent number: 8552156Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-human TIM-3 antibody having high ADCC activity or antibody fragment thereof by screening a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Shin-ichiro Takayanagi, Hitomi Tomura, Tomonori Tawara, Yoshimasa Inagaki, Tsuguo Kubota, Koichi Akashi, Yoshikane Kikushige
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Patent number: 8492119Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3R? chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3R? chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3R? chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3R? as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3R? antibody as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., LtdInventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
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Publication number: 20120189617Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-human TIM-3 antibody which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure thereof and exhibits higher effector activity such as an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC activity) for diseases relating to a human TIM-3 expressing cell. The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTDInventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAYANAGI, Hitomi TOMURA, Tomonori TAWARA, Yoshimasa INAGAKI, Tsuguo KUBOTA, Koichi AKASHI, Yoshikane KIKUSHIGE
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Publication number: 20120070448Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3R? chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3R? chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3R? chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3R? as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3R? is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3R? antibody as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTDInventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
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Patent number: 7262278Abstract: This invention provides an anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibody. This invention relates to an antibody binding to HLA-DR or a functional fragment thereof having (a) life-extending effects in nonhuman animals bearing HLA-DR-expressing cancer cells and (b) activity of suppressing immune responses lower than that of L243, or an antibody binding to HLA-DR or a functional fragment thereof exhibiting immunosuppressive activity equivalent to or higher than that of the mouse anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibody L243 (ATCC HB-55).Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shiro Kataoka
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Publication number: 20040091974Abstract: This invention provides an anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibody. This invention relates to an antibody binding to HLA-DR or a functional fragment thereof having (a) life-extending effects in nonhuman animals bearing HLA-DR-expressing cancer cells and (b) activity of suppressing immune responses lower than that of L243, or an antibody binding to HLA-DR or a functional fragment thereof exhibiting immunosuppressive activity equivalent to or higher than that of the mouse anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibody L243 (ATCC HB-55).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shiro Kataoka