Patents by Inventor Shi-Qiang Gao

Shi-Qiang Gao 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).

  • Control of pests in plants
    Patent number: 10017774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of controlling pests, such as insects, using a virus to express pest genes in hosts. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for rapidly screening for pest genes which can lead to mortality of the pest when the pest has ingested host tissues expressing virus-linked pest gene sequences. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling pests by viral expression of target pest sequences to modify endogenous expression of pest genes in cells or tissues of the pest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Ye, Nam-Hai Chua, Jing Qu, Shi-Qiang Gao
  • CONTROL OF PESTS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120240288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of controlling pests, such as insects, using a virus to express pest genes in hosts. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for rapidly screening for pest genes which can lead to mortality of the pest when the pest has ingested host tissues expressing virus-linked pest gene sequences. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling pests by viral expression of target pest sequences to modify endogenous expression of pest genes in cells or tissues of the pest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Ye, Nam-Hai Chua, Jing Qu, Shi-Qiang Gao