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Claims for Patent: 6,316,606

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Summary for Patent: 6,316,606

Title:	Polymeric compound comprising glycopolymer and a method for decomposing the same
Abstract:	The present invention is an enzyme-decomposable polymer compound having recyclable decomposition products. The polymeric compound is a glycopolymer of a saccharide having only glucopyranose rings and a second component. In addition, the glycopolymer may contain molecular chains having at least one type of repeating unit, which chains are crosslinked by a saccharide having only glucopyranose rings.
Inventor(s):	Kishi; Hiroyoshi (Atsugi, JP), Kobayashi; Toyoko (Kawasaki, JP), Sakai; Kiyoshi (Hachiohji, JP), Kaneko; Norio (Atsugi, JP), Tanaka; Kazumi (Yokohama, JP), Mihara; Chieko (Isehara, JP), Takeda; Toshihiko (Atsugi, JP), Kikuchi; Yoshihiko (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee:	Canon Kabusiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Application Number:	08/878,128
Patent Claims:	1. A copolymer having a repeating unit consisting of a saccharide component and a bifunctional compound, wherein the saccharide component is D-glucuronyl-.beta.-1,2-glucuronic acid. 2. The copolymer according to claim 1, wherein the bifunctional component is a diamine. 3. A method of decomposing a copolymer described in claim 1, comprising selectively decomposing a bond between the saccharide component and the bifunctional compound. 4. A method according to claim 3, wherein said step of selectively decomposing a bond is conducted employing an enzyme and wherein said enzyme is endopeptidase or exopeptidase. 5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said endopeptidase is at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of chymotrypsin, Staphylocccus protease, Streptomcyes griseus protease, subtilisin, trypsin, serine protease, pronase, thiol protease, thermolysin, collagenase, Armillarimellea protease and carboxyl protease. 6. A method according to claim 4, wherein said exopeptidase is at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of aminopeptidase, aminopeptidase M, pyrrolidone peptidase and leucine aminopeptidase. 7. A copolymer having a repeating unit consisting of a saccharide component and a bifunctional compound, wherein the saccharide component is an oligosaccharide selected from the group consisting of maltose maltotoriose, maltopentaose and derivatives thereof. 8. The copolymer according to claim 7, wherein the bifunctional compound is a dicarboxylic acid. 9. A method of decomposing a copolymer as described in claim 7 comprising selectively decomposing a bond between the saccharide component and the bifunctional component. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the saccharide component and the bifunctional component are bonded together with an enzyme-decomposable bond. 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the decomposing step is conducted by employing an enzyme. 12. A copolymer having a repeating unit consisting of a saccharide component and a bifunctional compound, wherein said saccharide component is a polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of starch, glycogen, galactan and mixtures thereof. 13. The copolymer according to claim 12, wherein the saccharide component and the bifunctional component are bonded together with an enzyme-decomposable bond. 14. The copolymer according to claim 13, wherein the enzyme-decomposable bond is an ester bond. 15. The copolymer according to claim 12, wherein the bifunctional compound is a dicarboxylic acid. 16. A method of decomposing a copolymer described in claim 12, comprising selectively decomposing a bond between the saccharide component and the bifunctional compound. 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the saccharide component and the bifunctional component are bonded together with an enzyme-decomposable bond. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the decomposing step is conducted by employing an enzyme. 19. A method according to claim 9 or 16, wherein said enzyme is esterase or lipase. 20. The copolymer according to claim 7, wherein the saccharide component and the bifunctional component are bonded together with an enzyme-decomposable bond. 21. The copolymer according to claim 20, wherein the enzyme-decomposable bond is an ester bond.

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Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Smith & Nephew, Inc.	SANTYL	collagenase	Ointment	101995	06/04/1965	⤷ Try a Trial	2016-06-19
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