Patents by Inventor Shunyuan Xiao

Shunyuan Xiao 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).

  • Enhancing drought tolerance and bacterial resistance of crop species by functional interference of 14-3-3
    Patent number: 9096862
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to plants and methods of producing modified plants that exhibit enhanced drought resistance and bacterial resistance relative to non-modified plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Shunyuan Xiao, Wenming Wang, Xiaohua Yang
  • Engineering broad-spectrum disease resistance against haustorium-forming pathogens using RPW8 as a delivery vehicle
    Patent number: 9057077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the increased expression of RPW8 proteins causing an increased level of the RPW8 proteins at extrahaustorial membrane with subsequent induction of pathogen inhibition reactions against haustorium forming pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Shunyuan Xiao, Wenming Wang
  • ENGINEERING BROAD-SPECTRUM DISEASE RESISTANCE AGAINST HAUSTORIUM-FORMING PATHOGENS USING RPW8 AS A DELIVERY VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130031666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the increased expression of RPW8 proteins causing an increased level of the RPW8 proteins at extrahaustorial membrane with subsequent induction of pathogen inhibition reactions against haustorium forming pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Shunyuan Xiao, Wenming Wang
  • ENHANCING DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND BACTERIAL RESISTANCE OF CROP SPECIES BY FUNCTIONAL INTERFERENCE OF 14-3-3
    Publication number: 20120198585
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to plants and methods of producing modified plants that exhibit enhanced drought resistance and bacterial resistance relative to non-modified plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Shunyuan Xiao, Wenming Wang, Xiaohua Yang
  • Plants with reduced expression of phosphatase type 2C gene for enhanced pathogen resistance
    Patent number: 7910801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for down regulating an Arabidopsis protein phosphatase type 2C gene, referred to as “defense-associated protein phosphatase type 2C one” (DAPP1) that functions as a negative regulator of a plant defense pathway by contacting the gene or gene mRNA with an interfering nucleotide sequence that interacts with the gene and reducing expression thereof. Plants including such interfering nucleotide sequence exhibit increased disease resistance to pathogen even in the absence of R genes. Close homologs of DAPP1 exist in multiple crop species, and as such, the controlled down-regulation of homologous genes in a variety of crop species will enhance disease resistance of target crop species to pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Shunyuan Xiao, Wenming Wang
  • PLANTS WITH REDUCED EXPRESSION OF PHOSPHATASE TYPE 2C GENE FOR ENHANCED PATHOGEN RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20070256193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for down regulating an Arabidopsis protein phosphatase type 2C gene, referred to as “defense-associated protein phosphatase type 2C one” (DAPP1) that functions as a negative regulator of a plant defense pathway by contacting the gene or gene mRNA with an interfering nucleotide sequence that interacts with the gene and reducing expression thereof. Plants including such interfering nucleotide sequence exhibit increased disease resistance to pathogen even in the absence of R genes. Close homologs of DAPP1 exist in multiple crop species, and as such, the controlled down-regulation of homologous genes in a variety of crop species will enhance disease resistance of target crop species to pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Shunyuan Xiao, Wenming Wang