Patents by Inventor Kentaro Horie

Kentaro Horie 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).

  • Vector for suppression of lachrymatory factor synthase (LFs) in transgenic onions
    Patent number: 7452988
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA and RNA designed on the basis of the sequence of an enzyme gene for repressing the expression of the enzyme gene generating a lachrymatory factor from a precursor of the lachrymatory factor, and also a vector for introducing DNA for repressing the expression of the gene of the lachrymatory factor-producing enzyme into a vegetable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: House Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Imai, Nobuaki Tsuge, Tsunchiro Kamata, Noriya Masamura, Jinji Shono, Kentaro Horie
  • Reagent for Lacrimation Examination and Method of Lacrimation Examination
    Publication number: 20070282012
    Abstract: A new application of the dacryogenic component of onions and analogues of the component in the medicinal field. It is a reagent for lacrimation examination which contains as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following chemical formula: wherein R represents a C1-5 alkyl chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: HOUSE FOODS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kinoshita, Norihiko Yokoi, Hisayo Higashihara, Nobuo Shiomi, Shinsuke Imai, Nobuaki Tsuge, Kentaro Horie
  • DNA and vector for repressing expression of gene of lachrymatory factor-producing enzyme, method for repressing expression of gene of lachrymatory factor-producing enzyme with them and vegetables having repressed expression of gene of lachrymatory factor-producing enzyme
    Publication number: 20050022263
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide DNA and RNA designed on the basis of the sequence of an enzyme gene for repressing the expression of the enzyme gene generating a lachrymatory factor from a precursor of the lachrymatory factor, and also a vector required for introducing DNA for repressing the expression of the gene of the lachrymatory factor-producing enzyme into a vegetable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Shinsuke Imai, Nobuaki Tsuge, Yasuhiro Kamata, Noriya Masamura, Jinji Shono, Kentaro Horie