Patents by Inventor Huiling Xu

Huiling 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).

  • Developmental regulation in anther tissue of plants
    Patent number: 6740748
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of genetic engineering to induce developmental regulation in anther tissue of plants, and more particularly to induce nuclear male sterility, and to genetic sequences useful for same. More particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of a genomic clone and promoter capable of tissue- and development-specific expression which provides a means of tissue and developmental regulation in plants and more specifically a means of producing nuclear male sterile plants. Even more particularly, the present invention provides a genomic clone having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1 or homologous sequences thereof such as the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Univeristy of Melbourne
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Knox, Mohan Bir Singh, Huiling Xu
  • Developmental regulation in anther tissue of plants
    Patent number: 6215045
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of genetic engineering to induce developmental regulation in anther tissue of plants, and more particularly to induce nuclear male sterility, and to genetic sequences useful for same. More particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of a genomic clone and promoter capable of tissue- and development-specific expression which provides a means of tissue and developmental regulation in plants and more specifically a means of producing nuclear male sterile plants. Even more particularly, the present invention provides a genomic clone having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1 or homologous sequences thereof such as the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Knox, Mohan Bir Singh, Huiling Xu