Patents by Inventor Maurice Sun-Ben Ku

Maurice Sun-Ben Ku 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).

  • C3 plants expressing photosynthetic enzyme of C4 plants
    Patent number: 6831217
    Abstract: A C3 plant has a gene for an enzyme involved in a C4 pathway of photosynthesis and expresses the C4 photosynthesis gene at a high level. More specifically, the C3 plant includes DNA which contains (a) an expression control region of a gene for an enzyme involved in a photosynthetic pathway of a phylogenetically related C4 plant and (b) a structural gene for an enzyme involved in a photosynthetic pathway of the C4 plant. The C3 plant expresses the enzyme encoded by the structural gene at a high level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
    Inventors: Makoto Matsuoka, Mitsue Tokutomi, Seiichi Toki, Maurice Sun-Ben Ku
  • C3 plants expressing photosynthetic enzyme of C4 plants
    Publication number: 20040197915
    Abstract: A C3 plant has a gene for an enzyme involved in a C4 pathway of photosynthesis and expresses the C4 photosynthesis gene at a high level. More specifically, the C3 plant includes DNA which contains (a) an expression control region of a gene for an enzyme involved in a photosynthetic pathway of a phylogenetically related C4 plant and (b) a structural gene for an enzyme involved in a photosynthetic pathway of the C4 plant. The C3 plant expresses the enzyme encoded by the structural gene at a high level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
    Inventors: Makoto Matsuoka, Mitsue Tokutomi, Seiichi Toki, Maurice Sun-Ben Ku