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).

  • Patent number: 10550181
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: KYOWA KIRIN CO., LTD, Kyushu University, National University Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Takayanagi, Hitomi Tomura, Tomonori Tawara, Yoshimasa Inagaki, Tsuguo Kubota, Koichi Akashi, Yoshikane Kikushige
  • Publication number: 20170088616
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAYANAGI, Hitomi TOMURA, Tomonori TAWARA, Yoshimasa INAGAKI, Tsuguo KUBOTA, Koichi AKASHI, Yoshikane KIKUSHIGE
  • Patent number: 9556270
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Takayanagi, Hitomi Tomura, Tomonori Tawara, Yoshimasa Inagaki, Tsuguo Kubota, Koichi Akashi, Yoshikane Kikushige
  • Patent number: 9540441
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20160280792
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tomonori TAWARA, Shinichiro TAKAYANAGI, Yoshimasa INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 9394370
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20140044728
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAYANAGI, Hitomi TOMURA, Tomonori TAWARA, Yoshimasa INAGAKI, Tsuguo KUBOTA, Koichi AKASHI, Yoshikane KIKUSHIGE
  • Publication number: 20130295107
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8552156
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Kyushu University, National University Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Takayanagi, Hitomi Tomura, Tomonori Tawara, Yoshimasa Inagaki, Tsuguo Kubota, Koichi Akashi, Yoshikane Kikushige
  • Patent number: 8492119
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20120189617
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAYANAGI, Hitomi TOMURA, Tomonori TAWARA, Yoshimasa INAGAKI, Tsuguo KUBOTA, Koichi AKASHI, Yoshikane KIKUSHIGE
  • Publication number: 20120070448
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shinichiro Takayanagi, Yoshimasa Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7262278
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20040091974
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Tomonori Tawara, Shiro Kataoka