Patents by Inventor Shoko Tsuzuki
Shoko Tsuzuki 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).
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Patent number: 10968457Abstract: This invention provides a drug-inducible promoter that can be used for sugarcane plants and plants related thereto. Such drug-inducible promoter comprises a polynucleotide comprising a first nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, a second nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ NO: 2, a third nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, a fourth nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, and a fifth nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 in such an order from the 3 terminal side toward the 5? terminal side.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura
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Publication number: 20200224237Abstract: A soft sphere transfer device, includes: a water tank into which soft spheres are introduced; a transfer rotation member rotatably disposed in the water tank and including a plurality of accommodation grooves formed along a peripheral edge of the transfer rotation member; and an injection device configured to inject a predetermined substance into the soft spheres by piercing a needle into each of the soft spheres transferred to a needle piercing part by rotation of the transfer rotation member, wherein the water tank includes a pair of side walls facing each other in a width direction, and wherein a narrow width portion having a width equal to or smaller than a diameter of the soft spheres is provided on at least one portion in the width direction among portions of the side walls corresponding to the needle piercing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shoko Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 9677134Abstract: According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
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Publication number: 20170107528Abstract: This invention provides a drug-inducible promoter that can be used for sugarcane plants and plants related thereto. Such drug-inducible promoter comprises a polynucleotide comprising a first nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, a second nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ NO: 2, a third nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, a fourth nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, and a fifth nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 in such an order from the 3 terminal side toward the 5? terminal side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoko TSUZUKI, Satoru NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 9512441Abstract: This invention provides a technique that enables efficient cross-breeding of plants, and, in particular, sugarcane plants and plant species closely related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Nishimura, Kazuyo Suzuki, Shoko Tsuzuki
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Publication number: 20160138032Abstract: It has been found that introducing into a Poaceae plant an Hd3a gene, which is a flower-bud-formation inducing gene, positioned downstream of a promoter whose expression is induced by a plant activator treatment makes it possible to control the flowering time of the Poaceae plant in accordance with a plant activator treatment timing. It has been found that further introducing a Ghd7 gene, which functions to suppress flower bud formation, into the plant makes it possible to suppress the expression of an endogenous Hd3a gene and increase the efficiency of controlling the flowering time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONInventors: Takeshi IZAWA, Ryo OKADA, Naokuni ENDO, Yasue NEMOTO, Tadashi TAKAMIZO, Shoko TSUZUKI, Satoru NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20150135373Abstract: This invention provides a technique that enables efficient cross-breeding of plants, and, in particular, sugarcane plants and plant species closely related thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Nishimura, Kazuyo Suzuki, Shoko Tsuzuki
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Publication number: 20140349876Abstract: According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Tatsuro KIMURA, Shoko TSUZUKI, Satoru NISHIMURA, Aya MURAKAMI, Takayoshi TERAUCHI, Takeo SAKAIGAICHI, Taiichiro HATTORI, Shoko ISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi TERAJIMA
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Patent number: 8877444Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for identifying the variety/line of a plant of the genus Saccharum with the use of novel DNA markers that allow high-precision identification of a wide range of varieties/lines of plants of the genus Saccharum. A method for identifying the variety/line of a plant of the genus Saccharum, comprising using a simple sequence repeat polymorphism in at least one DNA sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 12 is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shoko Tsuzuki, Hiroyuki Enoki, Satoru Nishimura, Naoko Tsurumaru
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Publication number: 20130252844Abstract: According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
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Publication number: 20130237448Abstract: According to the present invention, a sugarcane-sugar-yield-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-sugar-yield-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 24, or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 of a sugarcane chromosome.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuro Kimura, Hiroyuki Enoki, Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
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Publication number: 20120094302Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for identifying the variety/line of a plant of the genus Saccharum with the use of novel DNA markers that allow high-precision identification of a wide range of varieties/lines of plants of the genus Saccharum. A method for identifying the variety/line of a plant of the genus Saccharum, comprising using a simple sequence repeat polymorphism in at least one DNA sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 12 is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoko Tsuzuki, Hiroyuki Enoki, Satoru Nishimura, Naoko Tsurumaru