Patents by Inventor Hongmei Jia

Hongmei Jia 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).

  • Publication number: 20150368663
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Patent number: 9133466
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Publication number: 20140237683
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with a promoter sequence and a nucleic acid sequence. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with these recombinant expression constructs or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived there from, and to the use of same for the preparation of foodstuffs, animal feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, to improve plant biomass, yield, or provide desirable phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Christian Dammann, Marc Morra, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia
  • Patent number: 8759506
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with a promoter sequence and a nucleic acid sequence. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with these recombinant expression constructs or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived there from, and to the use of same for the preparation of foodstuffs, animal feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, to improve plant biomass, yield, or provide desirable phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Christian Dammann, Marc Morra, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia
  • Publication number: 20130236954
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Patent number: 8465915
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by the methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey A. Brown, Linda Patricia Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Publication number: 20120054922
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with a promoter sequence and a nucleic acid sequence. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with these recombinant expression constructs or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived there from, and to the use of same for the preparation of foodstuffs, animal feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, to improve plant biomass, yield, or provide desirable phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Christian Dammann, Marc Morra, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia
  • Patent number: 8088971
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with a promoter sequence and a nucleic acid sequence. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with these recombinant expression constructs or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived there from, and to the use of same for the preparation of foodstuffs, animal feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, to improve plant biomass, yield, or provide desirable phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Marc Morra, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia
  • Patent number: 7989678
    Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan Richard Wenck, Larry Nea
  • Publication number: 20090144863
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with a promoter sequence and a nucleic acid sequence. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with these recombinant expression constructs or vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived there from, and to the use of same for the preparation of foodstuffs, animal feeds, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, to improve plant biomass, yield, or provide desirable phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Christian Dammann, Marc Morra, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia
  • Publication number: 20070292953
    Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan Wenck, Larry Nea
  • Publication number: 20070243543
    Abstract: The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hee-Sook Song, Michael Kock, Jeffrey Brown, Linda Loyall, Liqun Xing, Hongmei Jia, John McMillan, Lesley Ireland
  • Patent number: RE44750
    Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan R. Wenck, Larry Nea