Patents by Inventor Hiroko Hara

Hiroko Hara 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 having endoreduplication promoting activity
    Patent number: 8461414
    Abstract: This invention is intended to identify a gene that regulates endoreduplication in a plant and to use such gene for breeding aimed at increasing the crop size. This invention provides a gene encoding an Arabidopsis thaliana-derived protein having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12, which has endoreduplication promoting activity, a transgenic plant into which such gene has been introduced, thereby increasing the nuclear DNA content in the cells of such plant, and a method of using such gene to increase the size of the entire plant or a part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshizumi, Minami Matsui, Takanari Ichikawa, Miki Nakazawa, Mika Kawashima, Naoki Takahashi, Chika Akagi, Hiroko Hara, Yuko Tsumoto
  • GENE HAVING ENDOREDUPLICATION PROMOTING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20100199387
    Abstract: This invention is intended to identify a gene that regulates endoreduplication in a plant and to use such gene for breeding aimed at increasing the crop size. This invention provides a gene encoding an Arabidopsis thaliana-derived protein having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12, which has endoreduplication promoting activity, a transgenic plant into which such gene has been introduced, thereby increasing the nuclear DNA content in the cells of such plant, and a method of using such gene to increase the size of the entire plant or a part thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshizumi, Minami Matsui, Takanari Ichikawa, Miki Nakazawa, Mika Kawashima, Naoki Takahashi, Chika Akagi, Hiroko Hara, Yuko Tsumoto