Patents by Inventor Hironaka T. Tsukagoshi

Hironaka T. Tsukagoshi 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING BIOMASS IN ENERGY CROPS
    Publication number: 20090271894
    Abstract: Methods for modulating plant biomass are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include the step of modulating in a plant cell the expression of an UPBEAT1 gene product. Also provided are improved energy crop plants, and seeds and parts thereof, which contain a heterologous nucleic acid that encodes an UPBEAT1 gene product and/orthat encodes an inhibitor of an UPBEAT1 gene product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Philip N. Benfey, Hironaka T. Tsukagoshi