Patents by Inventor Oing Liu

Oing Liu 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).

  • Methods of producing lipids
    Patent number: 9127288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing lipids. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of increasing the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in a transgenic organism or part thereof. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of an acyltransferase, for example, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT) to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in plants, plant seed and/or leaves, algae and fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Thomas Vanhercke, Pushkar Shrestha, Oing Liu, Surinder Pal Singh
  • METHODS OF PRODUCING LIPIDS
    Publication number: 20110314725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing lipids. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of increasing the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in a transgenic organism or part thereof. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of an acyltransferase, for example, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT) to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in plants, plant seed and/or leaves, algae and fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Thomas Vanhercke, Pushkar Shrestha, Oing Liu, Surinder Pal Singh