Patents by Inventor Soon Jong Kweon

Soon Jong Kweon 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).

  • Patent number: 9840716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to resveratrol-enriched transgenic rice for biosynthesizing resveratrol at high concentration, in which resveratrol synthase genes are expressibly inserted into the 12th chromosome of natural rice, and seed of rice produced therefrom. Further, the present invention relates to a health functional food composition, an animal feed composition, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and improving a metabolic disease, including seed of rice produced from the resveratrol-enriched transgenic rice for biosynthesizing resveratrol, in which resveratrol synthase genes are expressibly inserted into the 12th chromosome of natural rice. The seed of rice produced from resveratrol-enriched transgenic rice into which resveratrol synthase genes are inserted, containing high a concentration of resveratrol of the present invention exhibits remarkably superior effects compared to when the same amount of resveratrol is simply ingested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Republic of Korea (Management: Rural Development Administration)
    Inventors: So Hyeon Baek, Woon Chul Shin, Young Jun Mo, Bo Kyong Kim, Seong Tshool Hong, Sun Yeou Kim, Soon Jong Kweon
  • Publication number: 20160040178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to resveratrol-enriched transgenic rice for biosynthesizing resveratrol at high concentration, in which resveratrol synthase genes are expressibly inserted into the 12th chromosome of natural rice, and seed of rice produced therefrom. Further, the present invention relates to a health functional food composition, an animal feed composition, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and improving a metabolic disease, including seed of rice produced from the resveratrol-enriched transgenic rice for biosynthesizing resveratrol, in which resveratrol synthase genes are expressibly inserted into the 12th chromosome of natural rice. The seed of rice produced from resveratrol-enriched transgenic rice into which resveratrol synthase genes are inserted, containing high a concentration of resveratrol of the present invention exhibits remarkably superior effects compared to when the same amount of resveratrol is simply ingested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: So Hyeon BAEK, Woon Chul SHIN, Young Jun MO, Bo Kyong KIM, Seong Tshool HONG, Sun Yeou KIM, Soon Jong KWEON
  • Patent number: 8557585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion polynucleotides for biosynthesis of beta-carotene and a method for producing beta-carotene using the same. More particularly, it relates to fusion polynucleotides encoding phytoene synthase, connective sequences of FMDV-derived 2A sequence or internal ribosome entry site (IRES) and carotene desaturase, and a method for producing beta-carotenes using the same. Fusion polynucleotides and the recombinant vector using the same of the present invention have the effect of expression both phytoene synthase gene and carotene desaturase gene stably within cell transformants. Accordingly, fusion polynucleotides of the present invention can be used to regulate the biosynthetic metabolism of plant producing beta-carotene. Furthermore, it can be applied to effectively increase the content of beta-carotene, a useful metabolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Republic of Korea, Rural Development Administration
    Inventors: Sun Hwa Ha, Ju Kon Kim, Ha Rin Jung, Jung Bong Kim, Young Mi Kim, Seok-Cheol Suh, Liang Ying Shi, Soon Jong Kweon, Dong Hern Kim
  • Publication number: 20100299783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion polynucleotides for biosynthesis of beta-carotene and a method for producing beta-carotene using the same. More particularly, it relates to fusion polynucleotides encoding phytoene synthase, connective sequences of FMDV-derived 2A sequence or internal ribosome entry site (IRES) and carotene desaturase, and a method for producing beta-carotenes using the same. Fusion polynucleotides and the recombinant vector using the same of the present invention have the effect of expression both phytoene synthase gene and carotene desaturase gene stably within cell transformants. Accordingly, fusion polynucleotides of the present invention can be used to regulate the biosynthetic metabolism of plant producing beta-carotene. Furthermore, it can be applied to effectively increase the content of beta-carotene, a useful metabolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Republic of Korea, Rural Development Administration
    Inventors: Sun Hwa Ha, Ju Kon Kim, Ha Rin Jung, Jung Bong Kim, Young Mi Kim, Seok-Cheol Suh, Liang Ying Shi, Soon Jong Kweon, Dong Hern Kim