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).

  • Cotton plants with improved cotton fiber characteristics and method for producing cotton fibers from these cotton plants
    Publication number: 20020049999
    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 25, 2002
    Inventors: Randy Dale Allen, Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa