Patents by Inventor Jun-ichiro MASUDA

Jun-ichiro MASUDA 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).

  • Plant having mutant cyclin F-box gene
    Patent number: 10745710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant having an improved sugar content in fruit compared with its wild type plant, which has a mutant cyclin F-box gene comprising a nucleotide mutation that causes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in the cyclin F-box protein. The present invention also relates to a parthenocarpic plant having a mutant cyclin F-box gene comprising a nucleotide mutation that causes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in the cyclin F-box protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ezura, Tohru Ariizumi, Jun-ichiro Masuda, Yoshihiro Okabe
  • PLANT HAVING MUTANT CYCLIN F-BOX GENE
    Publication number: 20190110420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant having an improved sugar content in fruit compared with its wild type plant, which has a mutant cyclin F-box gene comprising a nucleotide mutation that causes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in the cyclin F-box protein. The present invention also relates to a parthenocarpic plant having a mutant cyclin F-box gene comprising a nucleotide mutation that causes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in the cyclin F-box protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi EZURA, Tohru ARIIZUMI, Jun-ichiro MASUDA, Yoshihiro OKABE