Patents by Inventor Hirochika Sakano

Hirochika Sakano 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).

  • Process for breeding a glabrous variety of rice crop and a glabrous plant
    Patent number: 5173423
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for breeding a glabrous variety of rice crop, this process comprising the steps of culturing tissues from a target rice plant, culturing the calli formed to a regeneration medium, growing the regenerates and selecting glabrous plants therefrom them, a new and distinct variety of a glabrous variety of a rice plant obtained by this process, and a process for the production of a glabrous plant which comprises further reproducing the plants. This glabrous variety is useful for rice cultivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Akira Nishikawa, Toshiya Yamamoto, Seiichi Tuji, Hirochika Sakano, Hideo Hirohara