Patents by Inventor Wataru Hamaguchi

Wataru Hamaguchi 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: 11921308
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer with a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer which is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material are aligned horizontally with respect to a surface of the polarizer, the first dichroic material is a compound compatible with the liquid crystal compound, and the second dichroic material is a compound which is not compatible with the liquid crystal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hoshino, Yuya Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11912679
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as a STING inhibitor is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have found aryl alkynamide derivatives having an inhibitory action on STING. The aryl alkynamide derivatives of the present invention have an inhibitory action on STING and can be used as an agent for treating an autoimmune disease, a neurodegenerative disease, a type I interferonopathy and/or other STING-mediated disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Maeda, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Kai Kitamura, Yumi Yamashita, Kenichi Kakefuda, Akio Kamikawa, Kenji Negoro, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryushi Seo, Jeffrey Ciavarri
  • Publication number: 20240018113
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as a STING inhibitor is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have found aryl alkynamide derivatives having an inhibitory action on STING. The aryl alkynamide derivatives of the present invention have an inhibitory action on STING and can be used as an agent for treating an autoimmune disease, a neurodegenerative disease, a type I interferonopathy and/or other STING-mediated disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Maeda, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Kai Kitamura, Yumi Yamashita, Kenichi Kakefuda, Akio Kamikawa, Kenji Negoro, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryushi Seo, Jeffrey Ciavarri
  • Patent number: 9642852
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound of the present invention has a PAM action of GABAB. A composition containing the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound. And, a method for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease by administering the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hoshii, Wataru Hamaguchi, Eriko Honjo, Tomofumi Takuwa, Yuji Kondo, Takayuki Goto
  • Patent number: 9266840
    Abstract: To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Moritomo
  • Publication number: 20150231138
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound of the present invention has a PAM action of GABAB. A composition containing the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound. And, a method for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease by administering the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHIRAISHI, Hiroaki HOSHII, Wataru HAMAGUCHI, Eriko HONJO, Tomofumi TAKUWA, Yuji KONDO, Takayuki GOTO
  • Patent number: 9051339
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound having a PAM action of GABAB, and it use for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or the like, which has a positive allosteric modulator (PAM action) of GABAB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hoshii, Wataru Hamaguchi, Eriko Honjo, Tomofumi Takuwa, Yuji Kondo, Takayuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20150111876
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound having a PAM action of GABAB, and it use for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or the like, which has a positive allosteric modulator (PAM action) of GABAB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hoshii, Wataru Hamaguchi, Eriko Honjo, Tomofumi Takuwa, Yuji Kondo, Takayuki Goto
  • Patent number: 8962612
    Abstract: To provide an excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia and schizophrenia based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor regulating action, it was found that a tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative characterized by a structure in which an acylguanidino group binds to a N atom of a tetrahydroisoquinoline ring or the like, and a cyclic group binds to an unsaturated ring has a potent 5-HT5A receptor regulating action and an excellent pharmacological action based on the regulating action and also discovered that the tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative is useful as an agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, whereby the present invention has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru Hamaguchi, Isao Kinoyama, Yohei Koganemaru, Takehiro Miyazaki, Osamu Kaneko, Ryuichi Sekioka, Takuya Washio
  • Patent number: 8853242
    Abstract: [Object] An excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, is provided. [Means for Solution] It was confirmed that acylguanidine derivatives (the following formula I; any one of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 is nitrogen atom, and the others are carbon atoms) which have the characteristic structure in which the guanidine is bonded to one ring of the quinoline or isoquinoline via a carbonyl group, and a cyclic group is bonded to the other ring, exhibit potent 5-HT5A receptor modulating actions and excellent pharmacological actions based on the 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, and thus can be excellent agents for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Thus, the present invention has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Isao Kinoyama, Takehiro Miyazaki, Yohei Koganemaru, Takuya Washio, Wataru Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140249151
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Motitomo
  • Publication number: 20130317010
    Abstract: To provide an excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia and schizophrenia based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor regulating action, it was found that a tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative characterized by a structure in which an acylguanidino group binds to a N atom of a tetrahydroisoquinoline ring or the like, and a cyclic group binds to an unsaturated ring has a potent 5-HT5A receptor regulating action and an excellent pharmacological action based on the regulating action and also discovered that the tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative is useful as an agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, whereby the present invention has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc
    Inventors: Wataru HAMAGUCHI, Isao KINOYAMA, Yohei KOGANEMARU, Takehiro MIYAZAKI, Osamu KANEKO, Ryuichi SEKIOKA, Takuya WASHIO
  • Publication number: 20120142727
    Abstract: [Object] An excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, is provided. [Means for Solution] It was confirmed that acylguanidine derivatives (the following formula I; any one of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 is nitrogen atom, and the others are carbon atoms) which have the characteristic structure in which the guanidine is bonded to one ring of the quinoline or isoquinoline via a carbonyl group, and a cyclic group is bonded to the other ring, exhibit potent 5-HT5A receptor modulating actions and excellent pharmacological actions based on the 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, and thus can be excellent agents for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Thus, the present invention has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Isao Kinoyama, Takehiro Miyazaki, Yohei Koganemaru, Takuya Washio, Wataru Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7465748
    Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for prophylaxis or a therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the herpesvirus family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. An N-{2-[(4-substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative, of which phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, and a salt thereof have an effective anti-virus activity, and the oral administration thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the above diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Rational Drug Design Laboratories
    Inventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo
  • Publication number: 20060229295
    Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for prophylaxis or a therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the herpesvirus family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. An N-{2-[(4-substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative, of which phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, and a salt thereof have an effective anti-virus activity, and the oral administration thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the above diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.and Rational Drug Design
    Inventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo
  • Patent number: 7084164
    Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
  • Patent number: 7034047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
  • Publication number: 20060025461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
  • Patent number: 6949543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel amide derivative which is an N-({[4-(substituted thiazol-4-yl)phenyl]carbamoyl}methyl)amide derivative having a characteristic in that an aryl or heteroaryl group as an aromatic ring group is directly substituted on the N atom of amido group. Since said amide derivative has excellent anti-herpesvirus action, it is useful as medicaments and antiviral agents, particularly as preventive or therapeutic agents for various diseases accompanied by Herpesviridae virus infections, illustratively, varicella (chickenpox) accompanied by varicella zoster virus infection, shingles accompanied by the recurrent infection of latent varicella zoster virus, labial herpes and herpes encephalitis accompanied by HSV-1 infection, genital herpes accompanied by HSV-2 and the like various herpesvirus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Rational Drug Design Laboratories
    Inventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Yoji Miyazaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Eiichi Nakai, Shunji Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6903125
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for the prophylaxis or therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the Herpesviridae family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. N-{2-[(4-Substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative where the phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific five-membered or 6-membered heteroaryl group, has such great anti-virus activity that the oral dosing thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Rational Drug Design Laboratories
    Inventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo