Patents by Inventor Jian Kang

Jian Kang 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).

  • Transgenic evaluation of activated mutant alleles of SOS2 reveals a critical requirement for its kinase activity and C-terminal regulatory domain for salt tolerance in arabidoposis thaliana
    Publication number: 20060168698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing salt tolerance in a plant by overexpressing a gene encoding a mutant SOS2 protein in at least one cell type in the plant. The present invention also provides for transgenic plants expressing the mutant SOS2 proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicants: Arizona Bd of Regents/Behalf of Univ. of Arizona, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Francisco Quintero-Toscano, Jose Pardo-Prieto, Quansheng Qiu, Karen Shumaker, Masaru Ohta, Changqing Zhang, Yan Guo
  • Method for increasing stress tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 7038111
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving the drought resistance of plants. More specifically, the present invention utilizes overexpression of a molybdenum cofactor sulfurase in plants and plant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Liming Xiong
  • Snow1: interacts with Ice1 and regulates CBF expression and freezing tolerance in arabidopsis
    Publication number: 20050144671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein (Snow1), mutants thereof, and nucleic acids encoding said protein, that interacts with Ice1 and which activates CBF3 promoter activity thus regulating freezing tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Arizona Bd of Regents/Behalf of Univ. of Arizona
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Manu Agarwal, Avnish Kapoor
  • Proteins and DNA related to salt tolerance in plants
    Publication number: 20040186276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins and nucleic acids related to salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Huazhong Shi, Manabu Ishitani, Becky Stevenson
  • Proteins and DNA related to salt tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 6784343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins and nucleic acids related to salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Jiping Liu, Manabu Ishitani, Cheol-Soo Kim, Ursula Halfter
  • Proteins and DNA related to salt tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 6727408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins and nucleic acids related to salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Huazhong Shi, Manabu Ishitani, Becky Stevenson
  • Method and apparatus for cancelling lighting variations in object recognition
    Patent number: 6701026
    Abstract: A lighting normalisation method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed. First, lighting parameters are estimated (110) optimally based on a shading model. After applying segmentation (120), each generated region is assigned are liability based on the stochastic model of that object. This reliability is used to distinguish (130) shadow from object detail. Regions are then further split and merged (140) according to these reliabilities. Finally, the lighting parameters of these regions are calculated and the object is reconstructed (150) to a normalised lighting condition. This technique can be used for an object recognition system, i.e., face recognition applications, as well as for image enhancement, image retrieval, machine vision and related regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kent Ridge Digital Labs
    Inventors: Lei Zheng, Jian Kang Wu
  • ICE1, a regulator of cold induced transcriptome and freezing tolerance in plants
    Publication number: 20030233681
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving cold acclimation of plants. More specifically, the present invention utilizes overexpression of ICE1 in plants and plant cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: Arizona Bd of Regents/Behalf of Univ. of Arizona
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Masaru Ohta, Siddhartha Kanrar, Byeong-ha Lee, Manu Agarwal
  • Method for increasing stress tolerance in plants
    Publication number: 20030084485
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving the drought resistance of plants. More specifically, the present invention utilizes overexpression of a molybdenum cofactor sulfurase in plants and plant cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Liming Xiong
  • Electronic signing of documents
    Publication number: 20030012374
    Abstract: A method for a person to sign a document (as defined herein) by use of an electronic pen (as defined herein), including the steps of capturing a hand signature (as defined herein) of the person; verifying the person's identity; generating a verification ID; then attaching the hand signature, the verification ID and an optical watermark to the document to complete the document signing process. Also disclosed is a method for generating a validated hand signature (as defined herein) to a document including the steps of signing the document using an e-pen (as defined herein); creating a digest of the document; encrypting the hand signature within the electronic pen; generating a verification ID; incorporating the verification ID into the document; and integrating the digest into the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Jian Kang Wu, Lei Zheng
  • Proteins and DNA related to salt tolerance in plants
    Publication number: 20020095032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins and nucleic acids related to salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Jiping Liu, Manabu Ishitani, Cheol-Soo Kim, Ursula Halfter
  • Proteins and DNA related to salt tolerance in plants
    Publication number: 20020083485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins and nucleic acids related to salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Jian-Kang Zhu, Huazhong Shi, Manabu Ishitani, Becky Stevenson
  • Optical watermark
    Publication number: 20020054680
    Abstract: A multiple-layered watermark is generated to be placed on document, to protect against counterfeiting and forgery. Hidden information embedded into each of the watermark's layers is only detectable by using a corresponding decoder. Because of the multiple-layered structure, it is difficult to reverse engineer the optical watermark. The generalized watermark structure significantly increases the “key space” of the decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Trustcopy Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng Huang, Jian Kang Wu
  • Remote printing of secure and/or authenticated documents
    Publication number: 20020042884
    Abstract: A method for the remote printing of a document by use of a network, the method including the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Jian Kang Wu, Baoshi Zhu, Qunying Zhu, Sheng Huang