Patents by Inventor Yosuke Iimura

Yosuke Iimura 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).

  • Transgenic plants expressing secretory laccase and use thereof
    Patent number: 7169965
    Abstract: A transformed plant expressing a DNA encoding secretory laccase from Coriolus versicolor, and a method of producing laccase are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of decomposing and/or removing hazardous chemical substances by cultivating the transformed plant in an environment contaminated with the hazardous chemical substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yosuke Iimura, Yoshihiro Katayama
  • Basidiomycete manganese peroxidase gene-transferred plant and a method for removing an environmental contaminant using the same
    Patent number: 6642439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant into which DNA encoding a basidiomycete-derived peroxidase is transferred, said DNA being expressed therein, and to a method for decomposing and removing hazardous chemicals in an environment effectively by using the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yosuke Iimura, Yoshihiro Katayama
  • Plant having a phenoloxidase gene introduced thereinto and a method of producing phenoloxidase using the plant
    Publication number: 20030097681
    Abstract: A plant in which a DNA encoding phenoloxidase is introduced, wherein the DNA is expressed therein. A method of producing phenoloxidase wherein the plant is water-cultured. Further, a method of decomposing and removing hazardous chemical substances wherein the plant is cultivated in an environment contaminated with the hazardous chemical substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Yosuke Iimura, Yoshihiro Katayama
  • Basidiomycete peroxidase gene-transferred plant and a method for decomposing and removing hazardous chemicals using the same
    Publication number: 20020083492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant into which DNA encoding a basidiomycete-derived peroxidase is transferred, said DNA being expressed therein, and to a method for decomposing and removing hazardous chemicals in an environment effectively by using the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Secretary of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology and Yosuke IIMURA
    Inventors: Yosuke Iimura, Yoshihiro Katayama