Patents by Inventor Tsukanori Matsuno

Tsukanori Matsuno 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 for regeneration of rice plants
    Patent number: 5350688
    Abstract: A method is provided for inducing rice callus having embryogenic potency by culturing a rice explant in a liquid medium containing at least inorganic salts, a carbon source, one or more auxins and an osmotic regulator, and for proliferating the callus obtained by subculturing in a similar medium. This method enables the clonal proliferation of rice, so that the invention is useful for the industrial large-scale production of seedlings of all cultivars of rice including non-true bred cultivars and non-true bred lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsukanori Matsuno, Keiichiro Ishizaki