Patents by Inventor Tomoo ISHIKAWA

Tomoo ISHIKAWA 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).

  • Inflammation reporter system
    Patent number: 10765094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detection of an inflammatory reaction, which comprises using a transformant or transgenic non-human animal transfected with a vector comprising a promoter for a gene encoding an inflammatory cytokine, a gene encoding a reporter protein, a gene encoding the inflammatory cytokine, and a gene encoding a proteolytic signal sequence to thereby detect an inflammatory reaction induced upon inflammatory stimulation in the transformant or in the transgenic non-human animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: TRANSGENIC INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION GUNMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamura, Takao Iwawaki, Daisuke Oikawa, Tomoo Ishikawa
  • INFLAMMATION REPORTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170215394
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detection of an inflammatory reaction, which comprises using a transformant or transgenic non-human animal transfected with a vector comprising a promoter for a gene encoding an inflammatory cytokine, a gene encoding a reporter protein, a gene encoding the inflammatory cytokine, and a gene encoding a proteolytic signal sequence to thereby detect an inflammatory reaction induced upon inflammatory stimulation in the transformant or in the transgenic non-human animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: TRANSGENIC INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION GUNMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenichi YAMAMURA, Takao IWAWAKI, Daisuke OIKAWA, Tomoo ISHIKAWA