Patents by Inventor Miho Okawa

Miho Okawa 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).

  • Ga20 oxidase from rice and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7138567
    Abstract: The present inventors presumed that the sd1 gene was the C20 oxidase gene, and isolated and identified the rice counterpart of Arbidopsis C20 oxidase gene. As a result, it was revealed that the rice sd1 gene encodes a novel C20 oxidase. Further studies showed that mutation in this gene led to plant semidwarfing. Utilization of the plant sd1 gene is expected to increase the yield of plants, particularly useful agricultural crops and ornamental plants, to add aesthetic value to ornamental plants through dwarfing, and also to increase the yield and efficient breeding of dwarfed plants by marker selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho Okawa, Makoto Matsuoka, Motoyuki Ashikari
  • Sd1 gene involved in plants semidwarfing and utilization thereof
    Publication number: 20040250315
    Abstract: The present inventors presumed that the sd1 gene was the C20 oxidase gene, and isolated and identified the rice counterpart of Arbidopsis C20 oxidase gene. As a result, it was revealed that the rice sd1 gene encodes a novel C20 oxidase. Further studies showed that mutation in this gene led to plant semidwarfing. Utilization of the plant sd1 gene is expected to increase the yield of plants, particularly useful agricultural crops and ornamental plants, to add aesthetic value to ornamental plants through dwarfing, and also to increase the yield and efficient breeding of dwarfed plants by marker selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Miho Okawa, Makoto Matsuoka, Motoyuki Ashikari