Patents by Inventor Atsushi Higashitani

Atsushi Higashitani 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).

  • Reactor
    Patent number: 11948718
    Abstract: Inside a first case outer frame portion as an outer frame of the first case, a plurality of first core pieces and a partition to separate a pair of adjacent first core pieces among the plurality of first core pieces are disposed. The first case has a shape capable of accommodating at least a part of the second core piece. The first case outer frame portion includes a first case accommodating portion as a portion of the first case outer frame portion that is capable of accommodating the plurality of first core pieces, and a first case cover portion to cover a space inside the first case accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Hosokawa, Takashi Kumagai, Tomohito Fukuda, Kenji Nishizaka, Shohei Higashitani
  • Method of restoring male sterility in gramineous plants and male sterility restorative agent
    Patent number: 8361929
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a composition for restoring pollen fertility by suppressing formation insufficiency in a pollen formation process due to a high-temperature or low-temperature stress. The present invention provides a fertility restorative agent comprising an auxin as an active ingredient, and a method for restoring the fertility of a plants of the family Poaceae, comprising spreading an auxin. Moreover, the present invention provides a fertility restorative agent containing as an active ingredient a substance which inhibits auxin action, and a method for restoring the fertility of rice plant, including spreading a substance which inhibits auxin action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Atsushi Higashitani, Masao Watanabe, Tadashi Sakata
  • METHOD OF RESTORING MALE STERILITY IN GRAMINEOUS PLANTS AND MALE STERILITY RESTORATIVE AGENT
    Publication number: 20110306498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a composition for restoring pollen fertility by suppressing formation insufficiency in a pollen formation process due to a high-temperature or low-temperature stress. The present invention provides a fertility restorative agent comprising an auxin as an active ingredient, and a method for restoring the fertility of a plants of the family Poaceae, comprising spreading an auxin. Moreover, the present invention provides a fertility restorative agent containing as an active ingredient a substance which inhibits auxin action, and a method for restoring the fertility of rice plant, including spreading a substance which inhibits auxin action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Atsushi Higashitani, Masao Watanabe, Tadashi Sakata