Patents by Inventor Ronald Chun Wai Yu

Ronald Chun Wai Yu 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).

  • CEREAL GRAIN WITH THICKENED ALEURONE
    Publication number: 20240040982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cereal grain comprising an aleurone, an embryo, a starchy endosperm and a reduced level and/or activity of a mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding (mtSSB) polypeptide, a RECA3 polypeptide or a TWINKLE polypeptide. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Dong-Qi LI, Chun-Ming LIU, Xiao-Ba WU, Xue-Feng YAO, Jin-Xin LIU, Ronald Chun-Wai YU, Crispin Alexander HOWITT, Philip John LARKIN
  • RICE GRAIN WITH REDUCED ROS1A ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20230018861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone there-from, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ronald Chun Wai Yu, Crispin Alexander Howitt, Philip John Larkin, Chun-Ming Liu, Xiao-Ba Wu, Jinxin Liu
  • Rice grain with reduced ROS1A activity
    Patent number: 11452272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ronald Chun Wai Yu, Crispin Alexander Howitt, Philip John Larkin, Chun-Ming Liu, Xiao-Ba Wu, Jinxin Liu
  • RICE GRAIN WITH THICKENED ALEURONE
    Publication number: 20180332812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ronald Chun Wai Yu, Crispin Alexander Howitt, Philip John Larkin, Chun-Ming Liu, Xiao-Ba Wu, Jinxin Liu