Patents by Inventor Yukio Kikuta

Yukio Kikuta 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: 8759072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme determining amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin; and the enzyme is a gene encoding a protein of the following (i) or (ii) or (iii): (i) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 1; or (ii) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 5, or a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 6, or a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 7, or a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: An Educational Foundation Kinki University, Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsuda, Yukio Kikuta
  • Patent number: 8748155
    Abstract: Amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin. A gene encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. A protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: An Educational Foundation Kinki University, Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsuda, Yukio Kikuta
  • Patent number: 8129180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme determining amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin; and the enzyme is a gene encoding a protein of the following (i) or (ii): (i) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 1; or (ii) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence including one or more of a substitution, deletion, insertion, and/or addition of amino acid in the amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 1, in which the protein exhibits activity of pyrethrin biosynthetic enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: An Educational Foundation Kinki University, Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsuda, Yukio Kikuta
  • Publication number: 20120040434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme determining amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin; and the enzyme is a gene encoding a protein of the following (i) or (ii) or (iii): (i) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 1; or (ii) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 5, or a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 6, or a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 7, or a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: DAINIHON JOCHUGIKU CO., LTD., AN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KINKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsuda, Yukio Kikuta
  • Publication number: 20100062510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme determining amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin; and the enzyme is a gene encoding a protein of the following (i) or (ii): (i) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 1; or (ii) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence including one or more of a substitution, deletion, insertion, and/or addition of amino acid in the amino acid sequence shown in Sequence No. 1, in which the protein exhibits activity of pyrethrin biosynthetic enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicants: AN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KINKI UNIVERSITY, DAINIHON JOCHUGIKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsuda, Yukio Kikuta
  • Patent number: 4158443
    Abstract: A machine for directing fluid jets upwards to wash a vehicle or the like moves on a track under the vehicle and has a parallel link mechanism with nozzles mounted thereon for ejection of fluid, the parallel link mechanism oscillating to and fro so as to move the nozzles about the underside of the vehicle; and, optionally, the nozzles may also be swung in the fore-and-aft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1979
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kameda, Yukio Kikuta
  • Patent number: D603298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Irie, Yukio Kikuta
  • Patent number: D673496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Kikuta, Sadao Ooki
  • Patent number: D695658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomihisa Igarashi, Yukio Kikuta