Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Iba

Yoshitaka Iba 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: 9605053
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-influenza virus antibody that exhibits neutralizing activity beyond the barrier of the two groups of influenza viruses categorized according to the conservativeness of hemagglutinin amino acids, a method of producing the same, and a test method for determining whether the subject carries the neutralizing antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Fujita Health University, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yoshitaka Iba, Nobuko Ohshima, Yoshinobu Okuno
  • Patent number: 9534042
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-influenza virus antibody that exhibits neutralizing activity beyond the barrier of the two groups of influenza viruses categorized according to the conservativeness of hemagglutinin amino acids, a method of producing the same, and a test method for determining whether the subject carries the neutralizing antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Fujita Health University, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yoshitaka Iba, Nobuko Ohshima, Yoshinobu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20160152692
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-influenza virus antibody that exhibits neutralizing activity beyond the barrier of the two groups of influenza viruses categorized according to the conservativeness of hemagglutinin amino acids, a method of producing the same, and a test method for determining whether the subject carries the neutralizing antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshikazu KUROSAWA, Yoshitaka IBA, Nobuko OHSHIMA, Yoshinobu OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20140086927
    Abstract: Antibodies (Abs) play roles in protection against influenza. Neutralizing Abs either inhibit the binding of hemagglutinin (HA) to cellular receptors or prevent the conformational change of HA induced by low pH. The former Ab binds to the regions near the sialic acid-binding pocket on the globular head formed by HA1 and generally shows narrow strain specificity. The latter Ab binds to the stem region formed mainly by HA2 and shows broad strain specificity. We isolated a broadly neutralizing Ab against H3N2 viruses. X-ray analysis of the HA/Ab complex indicated that the Ab binds to the valley formed by two neighboring HA monomers at the side of the globular head. The Ab shows neutralizing activity by preventing the conformational change of HA induced at low pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: Fujita Health University, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, Osaka University
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yoshitaka Iba, Nobuko Ohshima, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Mikako Shirouzu, Yoshifumi Fujii, Tomomi Sumida, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Shota Nakamura, Norihito Kawashita, Mitsuhiro Nishimura, Akifumi Yamashita, Yoshinobu Okuno, Ritsuko Kubota-Koketsu, Masahiro Okubo
  • Publication number: 20120058124
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-influenza virus antibody that exhibits neutralizing activity beyond the barrier of the two groups of influenza viruses categorized according to the conservativeness of hemagglutinin amino acids, a method of producing the same, and a test method for determining whether the subject carries the neutralizing antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshikazu KUROSAWA, Yoshitaka IBA, Nobuko OHSHIMA, Yoshinobu OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20120046451
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsutsumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita
  • Patent number: 8101553
    Abstract: An antibody library is prepared by selecting a light chain variable region capable of binding to the variable region of heavy chain to reproduce an active conformation and using the same. Because of being capable of maintaining the diversity of the heavy chain variable region at a high ratio in vitro, the antibody library of the present invention is expected as enabling the acquisition of antibodies with various binding activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Yoshitaka Iba, Kazuhiko Morino, Midori Shinohara, Motohide Takahashi, Yoshinobu Okuno, Kimiyasu Shiraki
  • Patent number: 8048992
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsustumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita
  • Publication number: 20090053243
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsustumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita