Patents by Inventor Dongmei Xu

Dongmei Xu 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).

  • TOBACCO PLANTS EXHIBITING ALTERED PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING
    Publication number: 20170298376
    Abstract: This disclosure provides tobacco plants that exhibit altered photosynthesis as well as methods of making and using such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yanxin Shen, Dongmei Xu
  • Bacteriophage and methods of using
    Patent number: 9781929
    Abstract: Bacteriophage are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Micreos BV
    Inventors: Elisabeth Miller, Ujwala Warek, Dongmei Xu, Fritz Eichenseher, Steven Hagens, Chengalrayan Kudithipudi
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING TOBACCO PLANTS AND PRODUCTS HAVING REDUCED OR ELIMINATED SUCKERS
    Publication number: 20170260535
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the identification of genes involved in sucker growth in tobacco. Also provided are promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Dongmei XU, Jesse FREDERICK, Chengalrayan KUDITHIPUDI, Yanxin SHEN, James STRICKLAND, Jaemo YANG
  • Compositions and Methods for Producing Tobacco Plants and Products Having Altered Alkaloid Levels
    Publication number: 20160374387
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the identification of tobacco Nic1 locus. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Also provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel Nic1 mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or nicotine free while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Carl ADAMS, Marcos Fernando de GODOY LUSSO, Sreepriya PRAMOD, Dongmei XU
  • BACTERIOPHAGE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING
    Publication number: 20160369245
    Abstract: Bacteriophage are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Elisabeth Miller, James Arthur Strickland, Ujwala Warek, Steven Hagens
  • Method and system for thermoelectric cooling of products on display at retail
    Patent number: 9518766
    Abstract: A thermoelectrically cooled system and method is disclosed, which includes a thermoelectrically cooled sleeve, which is configured to hold one or more cylindrical cans of a retail product. The thermoelectrically cooled sleeve includes an outer cylindrical body, an inner cylindrical body, a thermoelectric element located between the outer cylindrical body and the inner cylindrical body, and at least one pair of electrical leads attachable to the thermoelectrically cooled sleeve, and upon application of a source of electrical power to the pair of electrical leads heat moves through the thermoelectric element from the inner cylindrical body to the outer cylindrical body of the thermoelectrically cooled sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Jason Flora, Dongmei Xu, Yahya Kargalioglu, Weiling Li
  • Cloning of cytochrome P450 genes from nicotiana
    Patent number: 9464297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • GENETIC CONTROL OF AXILLARY BUD GROWTH IN TOBACCO PLANTS
    Publication number: 20160281100
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in axillary bud growth in tobacco, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences or transgenes of such sequences, and tobacco products made from tobacco leaf harvested from such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Yanxin Shen, Dongmei Xu, Jesse Frederick, Jaemo Yang
  • Bacteriophage and methods of making and using
    Patent number: 9433239
    Abstract: Bacteriophage are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Elisabeth Miller, James Arthur Strickland, Ujwala Warek
  • TOBACCO NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE GENOMIC CLONE AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160230181
    Abstract: The present invention features tobacco nicotine demethylase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, tobacco plants and plant components containing such sequences, including tobacco plants and plant components having reduced expression or altered enzymatic activity of nicotine demethylase, methods of use of nicotine demethylase sequences to create plants having altered levels of nornicotine or N?-nitrosonornicotine (“NNN”) or both relative to a control plant, as well as tobacco articles having reduced levels of nornicotine or NNN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • BACTERIOPHAGE AND METHODS OF USING
    Publication number: 20160219876
    Abstract: Bacteriophage are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Elisabeth Miller, Ujwala Warek, Dongmei Xu, Fritz Eichenseher, Steven Hagens
  • ENDOLYSIN FROM BACTERIOPHAGE AGAINST GEOBACILLUS AND METHODS OF USING
    Publication number: 20160219925
    Abstract: Bacteriophage against Geobacillus are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Elisabeth Miller, Ujwala Warek, Dongmei Xu
  • Tobacco inbred plants ALBEX1F and ALBEX1MS
    Patent number: 9370160
    Abstract: The present invention provides tobacco inbred plants ALBEX1F and ALBEX1MS. The present invention also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present invention also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen, Yanxin Shen
  • Tobacco nicotine demethylase genomic clone and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9322030
    Abstract: The present invention features tobacco nicotine demethylase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, tobacco plants and plant components containing such sequences, including tobacco plants and plant components having reduced expression or altered enzymatic activity of nicotine demethylase, methods of use of nicotine demethylase sequences to create plants having altered levels of nornicotine or N?-nitrosonornicotine (“NNN”) or both relative to a control plant, as well as tobacco articles having reduced levels of nornicotine or NNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • GENETIC LOCUS IMPARTING A LOW ANATABINE TRAIT IN TOBACCO AND METHODS OF USING
    Publication number: 20160010103
    Abstract: Provided herein are genetic markers and a coding sequence associated with a low- or ultra-low anatabine trait in tobacco.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Alec J. Hayes, Robert Frank Hart, III, Yanxin Shen, Jesse Frederick, Dongmei Xu
  • Peroxides to Limit Biofilms and Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines
    Publication number: 20150305399
    Abstract: Methods of making reconstituted tobacco include contacting a mixture including tobacco pulp with one or more fluid streams including one or more peroxides (e.g., hydrogen peroxide), recovering one or more fluids from the tobacco pulp mixture, and reusing the recovered fluids in at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step. In some cases, methods provided herein can recover one or more fluids including one or more peroxides, such that the at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step includes contacting tobacco pulp with a fluid including one or more peroxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: John Kotrola, Ujwala Warek, James Arthur Strickland, Elisabeth Miller, Dongmei Xu
  • TOBACCO PLANTS HAVING ALTERED AMOUNTS OF ONE OR MORE ALKALOIDS IN LEAF AND METHODS OF USING SUCH PLANTS
    Publication number: 20150173319
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in the transport of alkaloids from the root to the leaf in tobacco, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences, and tobacco products made from such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jesse Frederick, Yanxin Shen, Dongmei Xu, Ujwala Warek, James Arthur Strickland
  • TOBACCO NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE GENOMIC CLONE AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140338678
    Abstract: The present invention features tobacco nicotine demethylase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, tobacco plants and plant components containing such sequences, including tobacco plants and plant components having reduced expression or altered enzymatic activity of nicotine demethylase, methods of use of nicotine demethylase sequences to create plants having altered levels of nornicotine or N?-nitrosonornicotine (“NNN”) or both relative to a control plant, as well as tobacco articles having reduced levels of nornicotine or NNN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tabacco Company LLC
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMOELECTRIC COOLING OF PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY AT RETAIL
    Publication number: 20140260329
    Abstract: A thermoelectrically cooled system and method is disclosed, which includes a thermoelectrically cooled sleeve, which is configured to hold one or more cylindrical cans of a retail product. The thermoelectrically cooled sleeve includes an outer cylindrical body, an inner cylindrical body, a thermoelectric element located between the outer cylindrical body and the inner cylindrical body, and at least one pair of electrical leads attachable to the thermoelectrically cooled sleeve, and upon application of a source of electrical power to the pair of electrical leads heat moves through the thermoelectric element from the inner cylindrical body to the outer cylindrical body of the thermoelectrically cooled sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Altria Client Services Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Flora, Dongmei Xu, Yahya Kargalioglu, Weiling Li
  • NITRITE-DEGRADING AND TSNA-DEGRADING BACTERIA AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING
    Publication number: 20140261481
    Abstract: Provided herein are bacterial strains that are capable of degrading nitrite and/or TSNAs. Also provided herein are methods of using such bacterial strains to degrade nitrite and/or TSNAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ujwala Warek, Mark T. Nielsen, Dongmei Xu, Mingwu Cui, Xue Luo, Cathy Jin, Elisabeth Miller, Kwang Choi