Patents by Inventor Young-Joon Surh

Young-Joon Surh 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: 8088419
    Abstract: Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd., Usaien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen-ichiro Nonaka, Buxiang Sun, Lan Yuan, Takashi Nakagawa, Hajime Fujii, Young-Joon Surh
  • Patent number: 7939116
    Abstract: Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignees: Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd., Usaien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen-ichiro Nonaka, Buxiang Sun, Lan Yuan, Takashi Nakagawa, Hajime Fujii, Young-Joon Surh
  • Publication number: 20110028742
    Abstract: Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: AMINO UP CHEMICAL CO., LTD., USAIEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gen-ichiro NONAKA, Buxiang SUN, Lan YUAN, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Hajime FUJII, Young-Joon SURH
  • Publication number: 20110021792
    Abstract: Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd., Usaien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen-ichiro NONAKA, Buxiang SUN, Lan YUAN, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Hajime FUJII, Young-Joon SURH
  • Patent number: 7833553
    Abstract: Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Amino Up Chemical Co. Ltd., Usaien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Gen-ichiro Nonaka, Buxiang Sun, Lan Yuan, Takashi Nakagawa, Hajime Fujii, Young-Joon Surh
  • Publication number: 20050261198
    Abstract: Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Gen-ichiro Nonaka, Buxiang Sun, Lan Yuan, Takashi Nakagawa, Hajime Fujii, Young-Joon Surh