Patents by Inventor Ritsuko Shimada

Ritsuko Shimada 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).

  • Novel plant genes
    Publication number: 20020100072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA which encodes a polypeptide having flavonoid-3′,5′-hydroxylase activity, a recombinant DNA containing said DNA, and a plant having a pigment pattern which the plant does not originally have and which is acquired by transformation with said recombinant DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Shigeto Kiyokawa, Yukihisa Shimada, Masaya Ohbayashi, Ritsuko Shimada, Yasushi Okinaka
  • Plant genes
    Patent number: 6232109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA which encodes a polypeptide having flavonoid-3′,5′-hydroxylase activity, a recombinant DNA containing said DNA, and a plant having a pigment pattern which the plant does not originally have and which is acquired by transformation with said recombinant DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Shigeto Kiyokawa, Yukihisa Shimada, Masaya Ohbayashi, Ritsuko Shimada, Yasushi Okinaka
  • Plant genes encoding flavonoid-3', 5'-hydroxylase
    Patent number: 6114601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA which encodes a polypeptide having flavonoid-3',5'-hydroxylase activity, a recombinant DNA containing said DNA, and a plant having a pigment pattern which the plant does not originally have and which is acquired by transformation with said recombinant DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Shigeto Kiyokawa, Yukihisa Shimada, Masaya Ohbayashi, Ritsuko Shimada, Yasushi Okinaka