Patents by Inventor Madoka Yonekura

Madoka Yonekura 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: 20200071715
    Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. A nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transportation having a certain consensus sequence derived from the amino acid sequences of the SWEET proteins classified in the clade III is introduced and/or expression of the protein is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Chikara OHTO, Madoka YONEKURA, Naohiro AOKI, Ryu OHSUGI, Tatsuro HIROSE
  • Transformed plant and method for producing exudate containing sugar using transformed plant
    Patent number: 10494641
    Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. A nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transportation having a certain consensus sequence derived from the amino acid sequences of the SWEET proteins classified in the clade III is introduced and/or expression of the protein is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Chikara Ohto, Madoka Yonekura, Naohiro Aoki, Ryu Ohsugi, Tatsuro Hirose
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and/or seeds and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 10287604
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • Plant with reduced protein productivity in seeds and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9970020
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • Plant with reduced protein productivity in seeds and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9856488
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • Plant with reduced protein productivity in seeds and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9840717
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283825
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Tomoko TANAKA, Madoka YONEKURA
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283824
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Tomoko TANAKA, Madoka YONEKURA
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283823
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara OHTO, Norihiro MITSUKAWA, Nobuhiko MURAMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO, Tomoko TANAKA, Madoka YONEKURA
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and/or seeds and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9695435
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and/or seeds and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 9657306
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • Plant variant, method for producing plant variant, and method for accumulating soluble sugar
    Patent number: 9593343
    Abstract: This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Naohiro Aoki, Ryu Ohsugi, Masaki Okamura, Tatsuro Hirose, Chikara Ohto, Akio Miyao
  • 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
  • TRANSFORMED PLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXUDATE CONTAINING SUGAR USING TRANSFORMED PLANT
    Publication number: 20160319293
    Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. A nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transportation having a certain consensus sequence derived from the amino acid sequences of the SWEET proteins classified in the clade III is introduced and/or expression of the protein is enhanced.
    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: Chikara OHTO, Madoka YONEKURA, Naohiro AOKI, Ryu OHSUGI, Tatsuro HIROSE
  • PLANT WITH REDUCED PROTEIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20160122776
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Misukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • PLANT WITH REDUCED PROTEIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20160108417
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • PLANT WITH REDUCED PROTEIN PRODUCTIVITY IN SEEDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20160108418
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • Plant with reduced protein productivity in seeds, and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9309531
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Chikara Ohto, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Masaru Takagi, Kyoko Matsui
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150143586
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • PLANT VARIANT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLANT VARIANT, AND METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING SOLUBLE SUGAR
    Publication number: 20140090107
    Abstract: This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Madoka Yonekura, Naohiro Aoki, Ryu Ohsugi, Masaki Okamura, Tatsuro Hirose, Chikara Ohto, Akio Miyao