Patents by Inventor Lijyun Yang

Lijyun Yang 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).

  • Rice plant having vaccine gene transferred thereinto
    Publication number: 20070192906
    Abstract: To provide a transgenic rice plant that can produce rice which can be used as an “edible vaccine”, i.e., rice capable of inducing a desired immune response when mucosally administered such as an oral administration. There is provided a transgenic rice plant including a genomic DNA, wherein a DNA construct is incorporated into the genomic DNA so that the DNA construct is capable of being expressed, wherein the DNA construct includes a DNA encoding an antigenic protein, and a rice endosperm specific promoter linked upstream thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yuki, Hiroshi Kiyono, Takachika Hiroi, Tomonori Nochi, Fumio Takaiwa, Hidenori Takagi, Lijyun Yang, Kazuya Suzuki, Hiroyasu Ebinuma, Koichi Sugita, Saori Kasahara