Patents by Inventor Izumi Ihara

Izumi Ihara 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: 8455713
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana, Keisuke Matsui, Masako Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20120036598
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KASUKABE, Izumi IHARA, Shoji TACHIBANA, Keisuke MATSUI, Masako MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 8053629
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana, Keisuke Matsui, Masako Mizutani
  • Patent number: 7888554
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a transgenic plant, as well as the plant produced from the method and the progeny of the plant. The method comprises transforming a cell of a plant with an exogenous spermidine synthase coding sequence, expressing the exogenous spermidine synthase coding sequence in the transformed cell, and generating a plant from the transformed cell. The transgenic plant has improved environmental stress tolerance against at least two environmental stresses selected from drought stress, herbicidal stress, oxidation stress, cold stress, osmotic stress, and salt stress as compared to a plant of the same species lacking the exogenous spermidine synthase coding sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20100083401
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a transgenic plant, as well as the plant produced from the method and the progeny of the plant. The method comprises transforming a cell of a plant with an exogenous spermidine synthase coding sequence, expressing the exogenous spermidine synthase coding sequence in the transformed cell, and generating a plant from the transformed cell. The transgenic plant has improved environmental stress tolerance against at least two environmental stresses selected from drought stress, herbicidal stress, oxidation stress, cold stress, osmotic stress, and salt stress as compared to a plant of the same species lacking the exogenous spermidine synthase coding sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KASUKABE, Izumi IHARA, Shoji TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 7547819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing hyaluronic acid including (1) a step of transforming a plant cell using an expression recombinant vector including (i) a DNA encoding hyaluronic acid synthase or (ii) a DNA encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence having one or more amino acid deletions, substitutions, additions or insertions in an amino acid sequence of the hyaluronic acid synthase and having an activity of synthesizing the hyaluronic acid, (2) a step of growing a transformant obtained by transformation, and (3) a step of separating the hyaluronic acid produced by the transformant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeo Shibatani, Shuhei Misawa, Izumi Ihara, Hiroaki Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20090100547
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KASUKABE, Izumi IHARA, Shoji TACHIBANA, Keisuke MATSUI, Masako MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20090100546
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KASUKABE, Izumi IHARA, Shoji TACHIBANA, Keisuke MATSUI, Masako MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 7446242
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana, Keisuke Matsui, Masako Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20080010702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated plant-derived polyamine metabolism-related enzyme genes characterized in that their level of expression changes when exposed to environmental stress; antisense DNA or antisense RNA to such genes; plants and their progeny having improved environmental stress tolerance, in which such genes are retained in a stable manner; methods for producing such plants, and methods for producing calli of such plants; method for selecting transformed plants which grow improved more than plants lacking an exogenous polyamine metabolism-related enzyme gene; and microorganims and plants which are transformed by such genes
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KASUKABE, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana
  • Patent number: 7238861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated plant-derived polyamine metabolism-related enzyme genes characterized in that their level of expression changes when exposed to environmental stress; antisense DNA or antisense RNA to such genes; plants and their progeny having improved environmental stress tolerance, in which such genes are retained in a stable manner; methods for producing such plants, and methods for producing calli of such plants; method for selecting transformed plants which grow improved more than plants lacking an exogenous polyamine metabolism-related enzyme gene; and microorganims and plants which are transformed by such genes
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20060225154
    Abstract: The present invention provide methods of imparting stress tolerance, characterized in that an expression amount of at least one stress defense gene is increased compared with a non-transformant by transforming the plant with an exogenous spermidine synthase (SPDS) gene, an exogenous S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) gene, an exogenous arginine decarboxylase (ADC) gene, an ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene and/or a spermine synthase (SPMS) gene under the control of a promoter capable of functioning in the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Atsushi Sogabe, Izumi Ihara, Tachibana Shoji
  • Publication number: 20060168690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing hyaluronic acid comprising (1) a step of transforming a plant cell using an expression recombinant vector comprising (i) a DNA encoding hyaluronic acid synthase or (ii) a DNA encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence having one or more amino acid deletions, substitutions, additions or insertions in an amino acid sequence of the hyaluronic acid synthase and having an activity of synthesizing the hyaluronic acid, (2) a step of growing a transformant obtained by transformation, and (3) a step of separating the hyaluronic acid produced by the transformant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Research Center of TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeo Shibatani, Shuhei Misawa, Izumi Ihara, Hiroaki Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 7053270
    Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignees: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Texas Tech University
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa, Randy Dale Allen
  • Publication number: 20050150015
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachibana, Keisuke Matsui, Masako Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20030163851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated plant-derived polyamine metabolism-related enzyme genes characterized in that their level of expression changes when exposed to environmental stress; antisense DNA or antisense RNA to such genes; plants and their progeny having improved environmental stress tolerance, in which such genes are retained in a stable manner; methods for producing such plants, and methods for producing calli of such plants; method for selecting transformed plants which grow improved more than plants lacking an exogenous polyamine metabolism-related enzyme gene; and microorganims and plants which are transformed by such genes
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Shoji Tachinaba
  • Patent number: 6563022
    Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignees: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Texas Tech University
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa, Randy Dale Allen
  • Patent number: 6559363
    Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Randy Dale Allen, Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20030074697
    Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Randy Dale Allen, Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20030041351
    Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa, Randy Dale Allen