Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Umemoto

Naoyuki Umemoto 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: 11608505
    Abstract: It was found that it is possible to construct a genome-edited plant in which no exogenous gene is incorporated in a genome by performing negative selection using morphological defects and the like as indices in a regenerated plant originated from a plant cell in which a gene that induces regeneration of the plant and a gene of the genome editing enzyme are introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Kazuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20200385747
    Abstract: It was found that it is possible to construct a genome-edited plant in which no exogenous gene is incorporated in a genome by performing negative selection using morphological defects and the like as indices in a regenerated plant originated from a plant cell in which a gene that induces regeneration of the plant and a gene of the genome editing enzyme are introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Naoyuki UMEMOTO, Kazuki SAITO
  • Patent number: 10138491
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as a potato. The present invention relates to a protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity of a solanaceous plant such as a potato and a method for producing/detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Katsunori Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10053701
    Abstract: Provided is DNA of biosynthetic enzyme of glycoalkaloid of solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as potato. Provided are a protein having activity on a biosynthetic enzyme of glycoalkaloid of solanaceous plant such as potato, and a method of creating and assaying a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Patent number: 9765353
    Abstract: Provided are the DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) such as potato, solanaceous plants producing no glycoalkaloids, and a method of producing a cultivar with a reduced risk of accumulating glycoalkaloids, which involves crossing plants in which the expression of an oxidase gene involved in glycoalkaloid biosynthesis is suppressed or the activity of the enzyme is lowered, as mother plants, and screening progeny resulting from the crossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Patent number: 9737077
    Abstract: This invention relates to: a method for controlling the sexuality of hop, comprising applying a chemical to a hop female plant once or more and forming a fertile male flower capable of forming pollen on the female plant, wherein the chemical reduces a reaction with endogenous ethylene in the female plant; an embryo or seed, hop plant, and cone, capable of being obtained through the method; a method of screening for a hop plant; and a method of producing a hop plant variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Momma, Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Patent number: 9688995
    Abstract: This invention provides a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae that does not produce cholesterols, including glycoalkaloids. This invention concerns a protein having activity of an enzyme that reduces position 24 of the steroid skeleton of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae, a novel plant in which a gene encoding such protein is suppressed, and a method for producing and testing such plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Masako Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20170121727
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as a potato. The present invention relates to a protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity of a solanaceous plant such as a potato and a method for producing/detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki UMEMOTO, Katsunori SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9598699
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as a potato. The present invention relates to a protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity of a solanaceous plant such as a potato and a method for producing/detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KOBUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Katsunori Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9499828
    Abstract: Disclosed is the provision of a DNA for a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme in a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes. Also disclosed is a protein having the enzymatic activity of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and a method for producing and examining a novel organism using a gene encoding this protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Katsunori Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20160130603
    Abstract: This invention provides a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae that does not produce glycoalkaloids. This invention concerns a protein having activity of an enzyme that oxidizes position 16 of the steroid skeleton of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae, a novel plant in which a gene encoding such protein is suppressed, and a method for producing and testing such plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: KIRIN COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Naoyuki UMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150284733
    Abstract: Provided is DNA of biosynthetic enzyme of glycoalkaloid of solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as potato. Provided are a protein having activity on a biosynthetic enzyme of glycoalkaloid of solanaceous plant such as potato, and a method of creating and assaying a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20150074857
    Abstract: Provided are the DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) such as potato, solanaceous plants producing no glycoalkaloids, and a method of producing a cultivar with a reduced risk of accumulating glycoalkaloids, which involves crossing plants in which the expression of an oxidase gene involved in glycoalkaloid biosynthesis is suppressed or the activity of the enzyme is lowered, as mother plants, and screening progeny resulting from the crossing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20150052635
    Abstract: This invention provides a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae that does not produce cholesterols, including glycoalkaloids. This invention concerns a protein having activity of an enzyme that reduces position 24 of the steroid skeleton of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae, a novel plant in which a gene encoding such protein is suppressed, and a method for producing and testing such plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Masako Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20140196164
    Abstract: This invention relates to: a method for controlling the sexuality of hop, comprising applying a chemical to a hop female plant once or more and forming a fertile male flower capable of forming pollen on the female plant, wherein the chemical reduces a reaction with endogenous ethylene in the female plant; an embryo or seed, hop plant, and cone, capable of being obtained through the method; a method of screening for a hop plant; and a method of producing a hop plant variety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Momma, Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20130167271
    Abstract: Disclosed is the provision of a DNA for a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme in a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes. Also disclosed is a protein having the enzymatic activity of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and a method for producing and examining a novel organism using a gene encoding this protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Katsunori Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20120159676
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide DNA of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a solanaceous plant (Solanaceae) such as a potato. The present invention relates to a protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity of a solanaceous plant such as a potato and a method for producing/detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Katsunori Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20120110703
    Abstract: This invention provides DNAs of a prenyltransferase derived from a hop (Humulus) plant. The invention also provides protein having the prenyltransferase activity of a hop plant and a method for producing and detecting a novel organism using a gene encoding such protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazufumi Yazaki, Naoyuki Umemoto, Masaki Momose
  • Patent number: 8143478
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a means of imparting a yellowish flower color to a plant having no or little yellowish flower color or enhancing the yellowish flower color in a plant. In accordance with the present invention, a method of producing a plant having yellowish petals with the use of a peptide having transport activity to chromoplasts in petals and a fused gene formed of a gene encoding such peptide and one, or two or more genes encoding enzyme proteins involved in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Toshihiro Toguri
  • Publication number: 20100031393
    Abstract: This invention provides a means for obtaining flowering plants with a novel flower color, and a method for producing a plant having petals with a novel flower color by use of a novel acyltransferase protein and the gene encoding the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Masaki Momose