Patents by Inventor Jun-Zhi Wei

Jun-Zhi Wei 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).

  • Methods of Protecting Plants from Pathogenic Fungi and Nematodes
    Publication number: 20080040825
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a pathogenic fungus or nematode, are provided. A method for enhancing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hana Ali, Robert Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias Muller, Gowri Shah, Jun-Zhi Wei, Gusui Wu
  • Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi and nematodes
    Patent number: 7301069
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a pathogenic fungus or nematode, are provided. A method for enhancing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gowri Shah, Jun-Zhi Wei, Gusui Wu
  • Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi and nematodes
    Publication number: 20060026708
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a pathogenic fungus or nematode, are provided. A method for enhancing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Hana Ali, Robert Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias Muller, Gowri Shah, Jun-Zhi Wei, Gusui Wu