Patents by Inventor Yousuke Takaoka

Yousuke Takaoka 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).

  • Acidic environment-detecting fluorescent probe
    Patent number: 9784732
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by formula (I), which can be used as a fluorescent probe that becomes highly fluorescent only in an intracellular acidic environment and can be adapted to the fluorescent imaging of an intracellular vesicle that is a microstructure. In the formula, R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group which may be substituted (wherein R1 and/or R2 represents an alkyl group which may be substituted); R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; X represents a functional group to which a labeling site or a target-accumulating site can be introduced, or the like; Y represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, or the like; m represents an integer of 0 to 5; and n represents an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano, Daisuke Asanuma, Kenzo Hirose, Shigeyuki Namiki, Yousuke Takaoka
  • ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT-DETECTING FLUORESCENT PROBE
    Publication number: 20140248654
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by formula (I), which can be used as a fluorescent probe that becomes highly fluorescent only in an intracellular acidic environment and can be adapted to the fluorescent imaging of an intracellular vesicle that is a microstructure. In the formula, R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group which may be substituted (wherein R1 and/or R2 represents an alkyl group which may be substituted); R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; X represents a functional group to which a labeling site or a target-accumulating site can be introduced, or the like; Y represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, or the like; m represents an integer of 0 to 5; and n represents an integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano, Daisuke Asanuma, Kenzo Hirose, Shigeyuki Namiki, Yousuke Takaoka