Patents by Inventor Yoko Kuzuhara

Yoko Kuzuhara 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).

  • METHOD OF DETECTING H5 OR H7 AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS
    Publication number: 20120100527
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligonucleotide primers specifically hybridizing to an arbitrary nucleotide sequence designed from the nucleotide sequence of hemagglutinin of an H5 or H7 avian influenza virus, a nucleic acid amplification method using the primers, a method for diagnosis of infection with an H5 or H7 avian influenza virus by detection of nucleic acid amplification, and a kit for influenza diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicants: JAPAN AS REP. BY NAT'L INST. OF INFECT. DISEASES, EIKEN KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Harumi Minekawa, Tsugunori Notomi, Toshihiro Yonekawa, Norihiro Tomita, Yoko Kuzuhara, Takato Odagiri
  • Method of detecting H5 or H7 avian influenza virus
    Patent number: 8043813
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligonucleotide primers specifically hybridizing to an arbitrary nucleotide sequence designed from the nucleotide sequence of hemagglutinin of an H5 or H7 avian influenza virus, a nucleic acid amplification method using the primers, a method for diagnosis of infection with an H5 or H7 avian influenza virus by detection of nucleic acid amplification, and a kit for influenza diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Japan as represented by Director-General of National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Eiken Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Harumi Minekawa, Tsugunori Notomi, Toshihiro Yonekawa, Norihiro Tomita, Yoko Kuzuhara, Takato Odagiri
  • METHOD OF DETECTING H5 OR H7 AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS
    Publication number: 20090317795
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligonucleotide primers specifically hybridizing to an arbitrary nucleotide sequence designed from the nucleotide sequence of hemagglutinin of an H5 or H7 avian influenza virus, a nucleic acid amplification method using the primers, a method for diagnosis of infection with an H5 or H7 avian influenza virus by detection of nucleic acid amplification, and a kit for influenza diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Harumi Minekawa, Tsugunori Notomi, Toshihiro Yonekawa, Norihiro Tomita, Yoko Kuzuhara, Takato Odagiri