Patents by Inventor Takamitsu Kurusu

Takamitsu Kurusu 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).

  • Method of screening for plant defense activators, plant defense activators, and method of enhancing immune response
    Patent number: 9739767
    Abstract: A method of screening for a plant defense activator, which enhances an immune response of a plant, from at least one candidate substance includes: contacting a plant cell in which a jasmonic acid-dependent defense pathway and a salicylic acid-dependent defense pathway of a plant defense system are capable of working independently from each other, with a candidate substance; contacting the plant cell with a trigger material that induces an immune response; and assaying the plant cell after contacting with the trigger material based on an index representing an immune response, to select a target substance that enhances an immune response of the plant. A method of enhancing an immune response of a plant includes use of a specific compound, and a plant immune response enhancer includes the specific compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kuchitsu, Takamitsu Kurusu
  • Method of Screening for Plant Defense Activators, Plant Defense Activators, and Method of Enhancing Immune Response
    Publication number: 20150141252
    Abstract: A method of screening for a plant defense activator, which enhances an immune response of a plant, from at least one candidate substance includes: contacting a plant cell in which a jasmonic acid-dependent defense pathway and a salicylic acid-dependent defense pathway of a plant defense system are capable of working independently from each other, with a candidate substance; contacting the plant cell with a trigger material that induces an immune response; and assaying the plant cell after contacting with the trigger material based on an index representing an immune response, to select a target substance that enhances an immune response of the plant. A method of enhancing an immune response of a plant includes use of a specific compound, and a plant immune response enhancer includes the specific compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Tokyo University of Science Foundation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kuchitsu, Takamitsu Kurusu