Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Terajima

Yoshifumi Terajima 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).

  • Patent number: 10612102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Patent number: 10526666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Patent number: 10513744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Publication number: 20170327908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Tatsuro KIMURA, Satoru NISHIMURA, Aya MURAKAMI, Takayoshi TERAUCHI, Takeo SAKAIGAICHI, Taiichiro HATTORI, Shoko ISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi TERAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170327909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Tatsuro KIMURA, Satoru NISHIMURA, Aya MURAKAMI, Takayoshi TERAUCHI, Takeo SAKAIGAICHI, Taiichiro HATTORI, Shoko ISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi TERAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170327907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Tatsuro KIMURA, Satoru NISHIMURA, Aya MURAKAMI, Takayoshi TERAUCHI, Takeo SAKAIGAICHI, Taiichiro HATTORI, Shoko ISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi TERAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9758841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Patent number: 9677134
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Publication number: 20140349876
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENOKI, Tatsuro KIMURA, Shoko TSUZUKI, Satoru NISHIMURA, Aya MURAKAMI, Takayoshi TERAUCHI, Takeo SAKAIGAICHI, Taiichiro HATTORI, Shoko ISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi TERAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20140230100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of 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: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Patent number: 8647845
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently producing sugar and simultaneously efficiently producing ethanol. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism having no sucrose-degrading enzyme and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism in the presence of a sucrose-degrading enzyme inhibitor and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Yoshifumi Terajima, Akira Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20130252844
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Enoki, Tatsuro Kimura, Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Publication number: 20130237448
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuro Kimura, Hiroyuki Enoki, Shoko Tsuzuki, Satoru Nishimura, Aya Murakami, Takayoshi Terauchi, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Taiichiro Hattori, Shoko Ishikawa, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Patent number: 8460725
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently producing sugar and simultaneously efficiently producing ethanol. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism having no sucrose-degrading enzyme and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism in the presence of a sucrose-degrading enzyme inhibitor and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Akira Sugimoto, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Publication number: 20110200710
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently producing sugar and simultaneously efficiently producing ethanol. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism having no sucrose-degrading enzyme and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism in the presence of a sucrose-degrading enzyme inhibitor and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Akira Sugimoto, Yoshifumi Terajima
  • Publication number: 20060035355
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing sugar and ethanol from sugar cane, in which almost all of energy to be consumed in the production processes of the sugar, the ethanol and the like can be supplied by the energy obtained by burning a pressed residue of sugar cane, yet without decreasing the sugar amount to be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Yoshitaka Tomino, Akira Sugimoto, Kunihiro Ujihara, Yoshifumi Terajima