Patents by Inventor Chikara Ohto

Chikara Ohto 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).

  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283824
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Tomoko TANAKA, Madoka YONEKURA
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283825
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Tomoko TANAKA, Madoka YONEKURA
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283823
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Tomoko TANAKA, Madoka YONEKURA
  • Recombinant microorganism and method for producing a substance using the same
    Patent number: 9714436
    Abstract: This invention provides a recombinant microorganism into which an acyl-CoA reductase exerting excellent activity in a reduction reaction involving the use of acyl-CoA as a substrate has been introduced. Such recombinant microorganism comprises a nucleic acid encoding a protein (a) or (b) below introduced into a host microorganism: (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having 70% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having activity for synthesizing an aldehyde compound from acyl-CoA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chikara Ohto, Masayoshi Muramatsu, Masakazu Ito, Jun Ogawa, Shigenobu Kishino
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and/or seeds and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9695435
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and/or seeds and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9657306
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • Plant variant, method for producing plant variant, and method for accumulating soluble sugar
    Patent number: 9593343
    Abstract: This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Naohiro Aoki, Ryu Ohsugi, Masaki Okamura, Tatsuro Hirose, Chikara Ohto, Akio Miyao
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and/or seeds and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9546376
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A gene encoding protein phosphatase 2C having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order and a gene encoding glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase is introduced, or an expression control region of endogenous genes corresponding to the genes are modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Hiroki Sugimoto
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON
    Publication number: 20160340269
    Abstract: A method for producing a linear hydrocarbon, including reacting a linear aliphatic aldehyde in the presence of at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of a vanadium ion, a manganese ion, an iron ion, a cobalt ion, an iridium ion, a copper ion, and a thallium ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi MURAMATSU, Chikara OHTO
  • TRANSFORMED PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXUDATE CONTAINING SUGAR USING TRANSFORMED PLANT
    Publication number: 20160319292
    Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. It is provided by introducing a nucleic acid encoding an AtSWEET8 protein or a homologous nucleic acid of the nucleic acid and/or enhancing the expression of the protein encoded by the nucleic acid or the homologous nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Kumi TERADA, Madoka YONEKURA, Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Naohiro AOKI, Ryu OHSUGI, Tatsuro HIROSE
  • TRANSFORMED PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXUDATE CONTAINING SUGAR USING TRANSFORMED PLANT
    Publication number: 20160319293
    Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. A nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transportation having a certain consensus sequence derived from the amino acid sequences of the SWEET proteins classified in the clade III is introduced and/or expression of the protein is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Chikara OHTO, Madoka YONEKURA, Naohiro AOKI, Ryu OHSUGI, Tatsuro HIROSE
  • Gene capable of imparting environmental stress resistance to plants and method for utilizing the same
    Patent number: 9476059
    Abstract: According to the present invention, environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant or the environmental stress resistance of a plant is improved. At least one gene selected from the group consisting of an LRR-RLP gene selected from a 1st group (including At2g33080), an LRR-RLK gene selected from a 2nd group (including At1g69990), and an LRR-RLK gene selected from a 3rd group (including At5g39390) is introduced into a plant, or an expression control region of an endogenous gene is altered in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Kenichi Ogawa
  • GENE FOR INCREASING PLANT WEIGHT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160160226
    Abstract: A gene having novel functions is searched for, by which plant weight (that is, biomass level) can be increased and by which substance productivity can be increased or decreased. A chimeric protein is expressed in which a transcriptional factor comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 is fused to a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcriptional factor into a transcriptional repression factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Masaru TAKAGI, Kyoko MATSUI, Tomotsugu KOYAMA, Nobutaka MITSUDA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Tomoko TANAKA
  • GENE FOR INCREASING PLANT WEIGHT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160160227
    Abstract: A gene having novel functions is searched for, by which plant weight (that is, biomass level) can be increased and by which substance productivity can be increased or decreased. A chimeric protein is expressed in which a transcriptional factor comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 is fused to a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcriptional factor into a transcriptional repression factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Masaru TAKAGI, Kyoko MATSUI, Tomotsugu KOYAMA, Nobutaka MITSUDA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Tomoko TANAKA
  • PLANT WITH REDUCED PROTEIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20160122776
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Misukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • PLANT WITH REDUCED PROTEIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20160108418
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • PLANT WITH REDUCED PROTEIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20160108417
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • Gene capable of improving material productivity in seed and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9309530
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to search for a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in material productivity, and particularly, fat and oil content. In the present invention, a chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 158 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • Gene capable of improving material productivity in seed and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9309529
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to search for a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in material productivity, and particularly, fat and oil content. In the present invention, a chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 158 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • Plant with reduced protein productivity in seeds, and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9309531
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui