Patents by Inventor Shing Kwok

Shing Kwok 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).

  • Publication number: 20240102039
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay
  • Patent number: 11926836
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay
  • Patent number: 11814635
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Patent number: 11761014
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Patent number: 11739340
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhihong Cook, Yiwen Fang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Edward Kiegle, Shing Kwok, Yu-Ping Lu, Leonard Medrano, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Chuan-Yin Wu, Nestor Apuya, Jack K. Okamuro, Diane K. Jofuku, Jonathan Donson, David Van-Dinh Dang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Nickolai Alexandrov, Tatiana Tatarinova, Noah Theiss, Danielle Grizard, Shawna Davis, Dennis Robles, Michael Portereiko
  • Patent number: 11634723
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhihong Cook, Yiwen Fang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Edward Kiegle, Shing Kwok, Yu-Ping Lu, Leonard Medrano, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Chuan-Yin Wu, Nestor Apuya, Jack K. Okamuro, Diane K. Jofuku, Jonathan Donson, David Van-Dinh Dang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Nickolai Alexandrov, Tatiana Tatarinova, Noah Theiss, Danielle Grizard, Shawna Davis, Dennis Robles, Michael Portereiko
  • Patent number: 11624075
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Roger Pennell, Shing Kwok, Hongyu Zhang, Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Fasong Zhou, Wuyi Wang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Gerard Magpantay, Julissa Sosa, Nestor Apuya, Kerstin Piccolo, Bonnie Hund, Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Peter Mascia
  • Patent number: 11459580
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Patent number: 11396659
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Roger Pennell, Shing Kwok, Hongyu Zhang, Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Fasong Zhou, Wuyi Wang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Gerard Magpantay, Julissa Sosa, Nestor Apuya, Kerstin Piccolo, Bonnie Hund, Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Peter Mascia
  • Publication number: 20220073939
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay
  • Publication number: 20220073940
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay
  • Publication number: 20210388371
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Patent number: 11174491
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay
  • Publication number: 20210324400
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Publication number: 20210214735
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: SHING KWOK, KENNETH BOUNDS, RYAN MILLER, SAM HARRIS, JAMES BURNS, ROGER I. PENNELL, VIJAY SHARMA, MICHAEL F. PORTEREIKO, HAN-SUK KIM, GERARD MAGPANTAY
  • Patent number: 11034973
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Patent number: 11021714
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Publication number: 20210087576
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased[RCL2] low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory NADZAN, Richard SCHNEEBERGER, Han Suk KIM, David Van-dinh DANG, Kenneth A. FELDMANN, Roger PENNELL, Shing KWOK, Hongyu ZHANG, Cory CHRISTENSEN, Jack OKAMURO, Fasong ZHOU, Wuyi WANG, Emilio MARGOLLES-CLARK, Gerard MAGPANTAY, Julissa SOSA, Nestor APUYA, Kerstin PICCOLO, Bonnie HUND, Nickolai ALEXANDROV, Vyacheslav BROVER, Peter MASCIA
  • Publication number: 20210079416
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased[RCL2] low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory NADZAN, Richard SCHNEEBERGER, Han Suk KIM, David Van-dinh DANG, Kenneth A. FELDMANN, Roger PENNELL, Shing KWOK, Hongyu ZHANG, Cory CHRISTENSEN, Jack OKAMURO, Fasong ZHOU, Wuyi WANG, Emilio MARGOLLES-CLARK, Gerard MAGPANTAY, Julissa SOSA, Nestor APUYA, Kerstin PICCOLO, Bonnie HUND, Nickolai ALEXANDROV, Vyacheslav BROVER, Peter MASCIA
  • Publication number: 20210062205
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Zhihong Cook, Yiwen Fang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Edward Kiegle, Shing Kwok, Yu-Ping Lu, Leonard Medrano, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Chuan-Yin Wu, Nestor Apuya, Jack K. Okamuro, Diane K. Jofuku, Jonathan Donson, David Van-Dinh Dang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Nickolai Alexandrov, Tatiana Tatarinova, Noah Theiss, Danielle Grizard, Shawna Davis, Dennis Robles, Michael Portereiko