Patents by Inventor Makiko Kubota

Makiko Kubota 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).

  • Patent number: 7836632
    Abstract: There are provided a plant-cultivating container and a plant-cultivating method which facilitate “water control”, which is particularly important in view of the control of the gaseous environment in soil and the soil moisture environment. In the above-mentioned plant-cultivating container, a selective moisture vapor-permeable portion which prevents water from passing through it, but which allows water vapor to pass through is provided as at least a portion of the container having a receiving portion for receiving a plant body. Water per se cannot pass into the container through the selective moisture vapor-permeable portion, but water vapor can selectively pass into the container. As a result, the relative humidity in the container to a can be increased degree which contribute to the growth of the plant disposed in the container, and the frequency of supply and/or the amount of water per se provided to a plant by a measure such as irrigation can be, at least, reduced markedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Mebiol Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Mori, Makiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 7832145
    Abstract: A device having a shape capable of receiving the plant body to be cultivated. As at least a portion of the device, a film which can substantially be integrated with the root of the plant body is disposed. Such a structure can provide a plant-cultivating device, a plant-film integrate, and a plant-cultivating method which can preferably attain both of the supply of oxygen and the supply of water and a fertilizer component to the root of the plant body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Mebiol Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Mori, Akihiro Okamoto, Makiko Kubota, Shinya Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20060112632
    Abstract: A device having a shape capable of receiving the plant body to be cultivated. As at least a portion of the device, a film which can substantially be integrated with the root of the plant body is disposed. Such a structure can provide a plant-cultivating device, a plant-film integrate, and a plant-cultivating method which can preferably attain both of the supply of oxygen and the supply of water and a fertilizer component to the root of the plant body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Yuichi Mori, Akihiro Okamoto, Makiko Kubota, Shinya Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20040093793
    Abstract: There are provided a plant-cultivating container and a plant-cultivating method which facilitate “water control”, which is particularly important in view of the control of the gaseous environment in soil and the soil moisture environment. In the above-mentioned plant-cultivating container, a selective moisture vapor-permeable portion which prevents water from passing through it, but which allows water vapor to pass through is provided as at least a portion of the container having a receiving portion for receiving a plant body. Water per se cannot pass into the container through the selective moisture vapor-permeable portion, but water vapor can selectively pass into the container. As a result, the relative humidity in the container to a can be increased degree which contribute to the growth of the plant disposed in the container, and the frequency of supply and/or the amount of water per se provided to a plant by a measure such as irrigation can be, at least, reduced markedly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Yuichi Mori, Makiko Kubota