Patents by Inventor Yuka Hama

Yuka Hama 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).

  • NERVE ELONGATION PROMOTER AND ELONGATION INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20150166639
    Abstract: The invention provides agents that promote or inhibit neurite elongation comprising as an active ingredient an antibody that recognizes a varicella-zoster virus immediate-early protein and cross-reacts with a brain-derived neurotrophic factor. The invention also provides methods of utilizing such agents to prevent or treat a nervous disease or a disease with nerve hypersensitivity caused by a condition selected from the group consisting of postherpetic neuralgia, chronic pains, experience-dependent social aversion and stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Kimiyasu SHIRAKI, Yuka HAMA, Yoshihiro YOSHIDA, Masaaki TSUDA, Tadaharu TSUMOTO, Shunro ENDO, Michiaki TAKAHASHI
  • NERVE ELONGATION PROMOTER AND ELONGATION INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20100047247
    Abstract: The invention provides agents that promote or inhibit neurite elongation comprising as an active ingredient an antibody that recognizes a varicella-zoster virus immediate-early protein and cross-reacts with a brain-derived neurotrophic factor. The invention also provides methods of utilizing such agents to prevent or treat a nervous disease or a disease with nerve hypersensitivity caused by a condition selected from the group consisting of postherpetic neuralgia, chronic pains, experience-dependent social aversion and stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES OF OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kimiyasu Shiraki, Yuka Hama, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Masaaki Tsuda, Tadaharu Tsumoto, Shunro Endo, Michiaki Takahashi