Patents by Inventor Hoong Y. Yeang

Hoong Y. Yeang 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).

  • Patent number: 5580768
    Abstract: A method of producing a genetically transformed fluid-producing plant comprises:i) inserting into the plant tissue a gene or gene fragment controlling the expression of a target product, andii) regenerating a plant from said tissue, the genetically transformed plant being capable of expressing the target product in the fluid that it produces.There are also provided clones of genetically transformed fluid-producing plants which contain in their cells a chromosomal insert such that the target product is expressed in the fluids that the plants produce. There is further described a method of producing a protein or other target product which comprises:i) harvesting the fluid from a genetically transformed fluid-producing tree or plant, or a clone thereof, andii) recovering the target protein or other product from said fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignees: University of Hertfordshire, The Board of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia
    Inventors: Stephen A. Boffey, Heddwyn Jones, Robert J. Slater, Pappusamy Arokiaraj, Kay F. Cheong, Wan Y. Wan Abdul Rahaman, Hoong Y. Yeang