Patents by Inventor Zhongvi Li

Zhongvi Li 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).

  • Altering the fatty acid composition of rice
    Publication number: 20090308041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rice oil, rice bran and rice seeds which have altered levels of oleic acid, palmitic acid and/or linoleic acid. The present invention also provides methods for genetically modifying rice plants such that rice oil, rice bran and rice seeds produced therefrom have altered levels of oleic acid, palmitic acid and/or linoleic acid. Specifically this is achieved through modulation of Fad2 and/or FatB expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Ella Whitelaw, Sadequr Rahman, Zhongvi Li, Qing Liu, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter