Patents by Inventor Cai-Zhong Jiang
Cai-Zhong Jiang 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).
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Publication number: 20100083395Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc Adam, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Neal I. Gutterson, Frederick D. Hempel, Roderick W. Kumimoto, James S. Keddie
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Patent number: 7663025Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger D. Canales, Neal I. Gutterson, T. Lynne Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Tracy A. Morrison, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Karen S. Century
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Patent number: 7659446Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Luc J. Adam, Lynne Reuber, James S. Keddie, Arnold Dubell, Omaira Pineda, Peter P. Repetti, Karen S. Century, Neal Gutterson, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun, Roderick Kumimoto, Marsha L. Pilgrim
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Patent number: 7635800Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc Adam, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, T. Lynne Reuber, Robert A. Creelman
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Publication number: 20090276912Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: BRADLEY K. SHERMAN, Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc J. Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Pierre E. Broun, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, III, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20090265807Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2007Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Roderick W. Kumimoto, Luc J. Adam, Roger Canales, Karen S. Century, Robert A. Creelman, Jennifer M. Costa, Neal I. Gutterson, Frederick D. Hempel, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Katherine Krolikowski, Omaira Pineda, Emily L. Queen, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, James Z. Zhang
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Patent number: 7601893Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc Adam, Arnold N. Dubell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun
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Publication number: 20080301841Abstract: Polynucleotides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer greater size, greater organ size, greater biomass, greater yield, curlier leaves, darker coloration, greater tolerance to water deprivation, delayed flowering, delayed development, delayed senescence, greater tolerance to cold, and/or greater tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jeffrey M. Libby, Robert Creelman, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Neal I. Gutterson, Ganesh Kumar, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Karen Gabbert
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Publication number: 20080155706Abstract: Polynucleotides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer earlier flowering, longer floral organ retention, increased cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, altered carbon-nitrogen balance sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, and/or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, Katherine Krolikowski, Jacqueline E. Heard, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Robert Creelman, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Paul Chomet
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Patent number: 7345217Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: James Zhang, Michael E. Fromm, Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Luc Adam, Pierre E. Broun, Omaira Pineda, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Guo-Liang Yu, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Raymond Samaha, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Robert A. Creelman, Arnold N. DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Bradley K. Sherman
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Publication number: 20070209086Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Oliver Ratcliffe, Jose Riechmann, Luc Adam, Arnold Dubell, Jacqueline Heard, Marsha Pilgrim, Cai-Zhong Jiang, T. Reuber, Robert Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun
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Publication number: 20070186308Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Jacqueline Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc Adam, Arnold Dubell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun
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Patent number: 7238860Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver Ratcliffe, Jose Luis Riechmann, Luc J. Adam, Arnold N. DuBell, Jacqueline E. Heard, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Cai-Zhong Jiang, T. Lynne Reuber, Robert A. Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun
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Publication number: 20070101454Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold DuBell, James Keddie, Bradley Shermann
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Patent number: 7196245Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. These properties include increased biomass and increased tolerance to cold, water deprivation, and low nitrogen conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert A. Creelman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Volker Haake
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Patent number: 7193129Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc J. Adam, Arnold N. DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun
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Publication number: 20070061911Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: James Zhang, Michael Fromm, Jacqueline Heard, Jose Riechmann, Luc Adam, Pierre Broun, Omaira Pineda, T. Reuber, James Keddie, Guo-Liang Yu, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Raymond Samaha, Marsha Pilgrim, Robert Creelman, Arnold DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Bradley Sherman
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Publication number: 20070033671Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2003Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold DuBell, James Keddie, Bradley Sherman
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Publication number: 20060272060Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Jacqueline Heard, Jose Riechmann, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger Canales, Peter Repetti, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Bradley Sherman, Tracy Morrison, James Keddie, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Karen Century, Luc Adam, James Zhang, Frederick Hempel, Jeffrey Libby
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Patent number: 7135616Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A. Creelman, James Keddie, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun