Patents by Inventor Mai Komatsu

Mai Komatsu 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).

  • Nucleotide sequences encoding Fasciated EAR3 (FEA3) and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 11643665
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: Stephen M Allen, David Peter Jackson, Byoung Il Je, Mai Komatsu, Young Koung Lee, Hajime Sakai
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES ENCODING FASCIATED EAR3 (FEA3) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200157557
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: STEPHEN M ALLEN, DAVID PETER JACKSON, BYOUNG IL JE, MAI KOMATSU, YOUNG KOUNG LEE, HAJIME SAKAI
  • Nucleotide sequences encoding fasciated EAR3 (FEA3) and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10584349
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NUMOURS AND COMPANY COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, David Peter Jackson, Byoung Il Je, Mai Komatsu, Young Koung Lee, Hajime Sakai
  • Nucleotide sequences encoding fasciated EAR4 (FEA4) and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9850495
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of Fea4 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours And Company, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M Allen, David Peter Jackson, Mai Komatsu, Michael Pautler, Hajime Sakai, Erik Vollbrecht, Rebecca Weeks
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES ENCODING FASCIATED EAR3 (FEA3) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170275642
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicants: E I Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, David Peter Jackson, Byoung IL Je, Mai Komatsu, Young Koung Lee, Hajime Sakai
  • Nucleotide sequences encoding fasciated EAR3 (FEA3) and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9701979
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: Stephen M Allen, David Peter Jackson, Byoung Il Je, Mai Komatsu, Young Koung Lee, Hajime Sakai
  • Methods for the identification of genes involved in abiotic stress tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 9546377
    Abstract: Methods are described for the identification of genes useful for conferring tolerance in plants to abiotic stress. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising the stress tolerant genes are also described. Methods to monitor the growth rate of the transgenic plants under stressed or non-stressed conditions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bindu Andreuzza, Milo Aukerman, Jason L. Brothers, Norbert Brugiere, Mai Komatsu, Ratna Kumria, Xiao-Yi Li, Cheng Lu, Amitabh Mohanty, Hajime Sakai, James J. Saylor, Sobhana Sivasankar, Graziana Taranino, Robert Wayne Williams
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES ENCODING FASCIATED EAR3 (FEA3) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150047071
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of fea3 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, David Peter Jackson, Byoung Il Je, Mai Komatsu, Young Koung Lee, Hajime Sakai
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES ENCODING FASCIATED EAR4 (FEA4) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150033415
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating shoot apical meristem size are provided. Methods are provided for modulating the expression of Fea4 sequence in a host plant or plant cell to modulate agronomic characteristics such as altered size and number of organs, including plant seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: E I DuPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, David Peter Jackson, Mai Komatsu, Michael Pautler, Hajime Sakai, Erik Vollbrecht, Rebecca Weeks
  • METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF GENES INVOLVED IN ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20140304854
    Abstract: Methods are described for the identification of genes useful for conferring tolerance in plants to abiotic stress. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising the stress tolerant genes are also described. Methods to monitor the growth rate of the transgenic plants under stressed or non-stressed conditions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bindu Andreuzza, Milo Aukerman, Jason L. Brothers, Norbert Brugiere, Mai Komatsu, Ratna Kumria, Xiao-Yi Li, Cheng Lu, Amitabh Mohanty, Hajime Sakai, James J. Saylor, Sobhana Sivasankar, Graziana Taranino, Robert Wayne Williams
  • Plants with altered root architecture, involving the rum1 gene, related constructs and methods
    Patent number: 7960613
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to isolated nucleic acid fragments comprising a root-preferred maize NAS2 promoter, a functional fragment thereof, and end-uses and methods utilizing said fragments. Functional fragment NAS2 promoters include those containing the Root Motif 1, the CAAT box, and the TATA box; the Pyrimidine Box, the Pyrimidine-rich Stretch, the QAR, the Root Motif 1, the CAAT box, and the TATA box; and the Pyrimidine Box, the Pyrimidine-rich Stretch, the QAR, the Root Motif 1, and the CAAT box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Graziana Taramino, Hajime Sakai, Mai Komatsu, Xiaomu Niu
  • PLANTS WITH ALTERED ROOT ARCHITECTURE, INVOLVING THE RUM1 GENE, RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20090178159
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering root structure of plants, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide useful for altering plant root architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: EI AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Graziana Taramino, Hajime Sakai, Mai Komatsu, Xiaomu Niu
  • PLANTS WITH ALTERED ROOT ARCHITECTURE, INVOLVING THE RUM1 GENE, RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080201803
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering root structure of plants, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide useful for altering plant root architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: GRAZIANA TARAMINO, Hajime Sakai, Mai Komatsu, Xiaomu Niu