Patents by Inventor Kumi Terada

Kumi Terada 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).

  • TRANSFORMED PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXUDATE CONTAINING SUGAR USING TRANSFORMED PLANT
    Publication number: 20160319292
    Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. It is provided by introducing a nucleic acid encoding an AtSWEET8 protein or a homologous nucleic acid of the nucleic acid and/or enhancing the expression of the protein encoded by the nucleic acid or the homologous nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Kumi TERADA, Madoka YONEKURA, Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Naohiro AOKI, Ryu OHSUGI, Tatsuro HIROSE
  • MULTICOPPER OXIDASE MUTANT, A GENE CODING THEREOF, AND A BIOFUEL-CELL USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140272608
    Abstract: A multicopper oxidase mutant having improved resistance to imidazole compounds is provided. A multicopper oxidase mutant, which comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 by substitution of either or both an amino acid residue corresponding to methionine at position 157 and an amino acid residue corresponding to proline at position 414 with a different amino acid and has activity of catalyzing a reaction generating water molecules via four-electron reduction of oxygen molecules using ABTS (2,2?-azinobis(3-ethylbenzoline-6-sulfonate)) as a substrate is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Takahiro Kusumegi, Kumi Terada