Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Murai

Tamotsu Murai 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).

  • Non-entomophilous tomato yellow leaf curl virus
    Patent number: 9670465
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of controlling TYLCV whereby the infection cycle of TYLCV can be broken. The present invention provides a novel virus that is not transmitted by an insect vector as a tomato yellow leaf curl virus. The present invention also provides a method of controlling a tomato yellow leaf curl disease and a method of preventing transmission of a yellow leaf curl virus by using a tomato yellow leaf curl virus not transmitted by an insect vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: KIKKOMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Atarashi, Toshiro Inoue, Haruki Sayama, Hisashi Nishigawa, Tamotsu Murai, Tomohide Natsuaki
  • NON-ENTOMOPHILOUS TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS
    Publication number: 20140227230
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of controlling TYLCV whereby the infection cycle of TYLCV can be broken. The present invention provides a novel virus that is not transmitted by an insect vector as a tomato yellow leaf curl virus. The present invention also provides a method of controlling a tomato yellow leaf curl disease and a method of preventing transmission of a yellow leaf curl virus by using a tomato yellow leaf curl virus not transmitted by an insect vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY, KIKKOMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Atarashi, Toshiro Inoue, Haruki Sayama, Hisashi Nishigawa, Tamotsu Murai, Tomohide Natsuaki