Patents by Inventor Etsuko Matsunaga

Etsuko Matsunaga 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: 8927286
    Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Okayama Prefecture
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
  • Publication number: 20140366440
    Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
  • Publication number: 20120240462
    Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
  • Patent number: 7294761
    Abstract: A method for producing a transgenic plant, which comprises: (A) introducing a vector into a plant cell, wherein the vector is a vector for gene introduction into a plant and comprises: a desired gene, and a selectable marker gene comprising a gene encoding an enzyme which synthesizes auxin from an auxin precursor; (B) culturing the plant cell into which the genes are introduced by the vector, in the presence of an auxin precursor and/or an analogue thereof to thereby prepare a redifferentiated tissue, and detecting and selecting the redifferentiated tissues; and (C) culturing the redifferentiated tissue selected in (B) to redifferentiate a plant individual, and a vector for gene introduction into a plant, which comprises: a desired gene, and a selectable marker gene comprising an indoleacetamide hydrolase, iaaH, gene and an isopentenyl transferase, ipt, gene and being free of an tryptophan monooxygenase, iaaM, gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuko Matsunaga, Koichi Sugita, Hiroyasu Ebinuma
  • Publication number: 20040163143
    Abstract: A method for producing a transgenic plant, which comprises: (A) introducing a vector into a plant cell, wherein the vector is a vector for gene introduction into a plant and comprises: a desired gene, and a selectable marker gene comprising a gene encoding an enzyme which synthesizes auxin from an auxin precursor; (B) culturing the plant cell into which the genes are introduced by the vector, in the presence of an auxin precursor and/or an analogue thereof to thereby prepare a redifferentiated tissue, and detecting and selecting the redifferentiated tissues; and (C) culturing the redifferentiated tissue selected in (B) to redifferentiate a plant individual, and a vector for gene introduction into a plant, which comprises: a desired gene, and a selectable marker gene comprising an indoleacetamide hydrolase, iaaH, gene and an isopentenyl transferase, ipt, gene and being free of an tryptophan monooxygenase, iaaM, gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsuko Matsunaga, Koichi Sugita, Hiroyasu Ebinuma
  • Publication number: 20030221210
    Abstract: A method for introducing a gene into a plant, which comprises introducing a gene into a plant cell using a vector containing an adventitious shoot redifferentiation gene as a selectable marker gene under the control of a light-inducible promoter, and a vector for introducing a gene into a plant, which comprises a desired gene, an adventitious shoot redifferentiation gene as a selectable marker gene under the control of a light-inducible promoter, and a removable DNA element, wherein the selectable marker gene is positioned such that it behaves integrally with the removable DNA element, and wherein the desired gene is positioned such that it does not behave integrally with the removable DNA element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuko Matsunaga, Takehide Kasahara, Koichi Sugita, Hiroyasu Ebinuma
  • Publication number: 20030033639
    Abstract: A method for producing a transgenic plant, which comprises: preparing a shoot having at least one end having a growing point and a base part having no growing point as a tissue for gene introduction; and introducing a desired gene into the base part while keeping the growing point in the at least one end to differentiate an adventitious bud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsuko Matsunaga, Koichi Sugita, Hiroyasu Ebinuma
  • Patent number: 6326192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vector for introducing a desired gene into a plant, wherein a selectable marker gene introduced into a plant cell along with a desired gene is optionally removable from the DNA such as chromosome or the like where it exists and functions, then disappeared the function thereof after its expression, and the expression of the selectable marker gene and the disappearance of the function thereof are detectable by morphological change of the tissue derived from the plant cell into which the selectable marker gene is introduced. Also, the present invention constitutes a vector using a morphological abnormality induction gene as a selectable marker gene, while putting a removable DNA element under control of an inducible promoter, wherein the morphological abnormality induction gene is positioned such that it behaves integrally with the removable DNA element, and wherein a desired gene is positioned such that it does not behave integrally with the removable DNA element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Sugita, Mikiko Uesugi, Etsuko Matsunaga, Hiroyasu Ebinuma
  • Patent number: 6294714
    Abstract: A method for introducing a gene into a plant, which comprises introducing a gene into a plant cell using a vector containing an adventitious shoot redifferentiation gene as a selectable marker gene under the control of a light-inducible promoter, and a vector for introducing a gene into a plant, which comprises a desired gene, an adventitious shoot redifferentiation gene as a selectable marker gene under the control of a light-inducible promoter, and a removable DNA element, wherein the selectable marker gene is positioned such that it behaves integrally with the removable DNA element, and wherein the desired gene is positioned such that it does not behave integrally with the removable DNA element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuko Matsunaga, Takehide Kasahara, Koichi Sugita, Hiroyasu Ebinuma
  • Patent number: 5965791
    Abstract: A vector for introducing a desired gene into a planet, which comprises the desired gene and at least one morphological abnormally induction (MAI) gene as a marker gene, or which comprises the desired gene, at least one MAI gene and a removable element. A method for producing a transgenic plant free from the influence of a marker gene. A method for multitudinously introducing desired genes into one plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ebinuma, Koichi Sugita, Etsuko Matsunaga, Mikiko Yamakado
  • Patent number: 5654190
    Abstract: A process for producing a plant is described, which comprises the step of culturing a tissue of a plant belonging to the genus Populus, the section Leuce, thereby regenerating the plant via an adventitious bud, wherein the adventitious bud is differentiated from the cultured tissue using an adventitious bud differentiation medium having nitrogen source concentrations of from 1 to 15 mM as ammonia-nitrogen and from 15 to 50 mM as nitrate-nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuko Matsunaga, Ayako Todate, Hiroyasu Ebinuma