Patents by Inventor Swee-Suak Ko

Swee-Suak Ko 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).

  • Mutated nucleotide molecule, and transformed plant cells and plants comprising the same
    Patent number: 10683518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing male sterile plant, a mutated nucleotide molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of the transcription factor bHLH142 and an inserted T-DNA segment, and a novel transformed plant cell and a male-sterile mutant plant comprising the mutated nucleotide molecule, in which the transcription factor bHLH142 is not expressed. The present invention also relates to a novel reversible male sterile transgenic plant, wherein the transcription factor bHLH142 is overexpressed, and its preparation method. The bHLH gene is tissue specifically expresses in the anther and it plays a pivotal role in pollen development. Both the male sterile and reversible male sterile transgenic plants showed a completely male sterile phenotype, but the fertility of the reversible male sterile transgenic plant can be restored under low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Swee-Suak Ko, Min-Jeng Li
  • MUTATED NUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE, AND TRANSFORMED PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180030473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing male sterile plant, a mutated nucleotide molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of the transcription factor bHLH142 and an inserted T-DNA segment, and a novel transformed plant cell and a male-sterile mutant plant comprising the mutated nucleotide molecule, in which the transcription factor bHLH142 is not expressed. The present invention also relates to a novel reversible male sterile transgenic plant, wherein the transcription factor bHLH142 is overexpressed, and its preparation method. The bHLH gene is tissue specifically expresses in the anther and it plays a pivotal role in pollen development. Both the male sterile and reversible male sterile transgenic plants showed a completely male sterile phenotype, but the fertility of the reversible male sterile transgenic plant can be restored under low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: SWEE-SUAK KO, MIN-JENG LI
  • MUTATED NUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE, AND TRANSFORMED PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150315607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing male sterile plant, a mutated nucleotide molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of the transcription factor bHLH142 and an inserted T-DNA segment, and a novel transformed plant cell and a male-sterile mutant plant comprising the mutated nucleotide molecule, in which the transcription factor bHLH142 is not expressed. The present invention also relates to a novel reversible male sterile transgenic plant, wherein the transcription factor bHLH142 is overexpressed, and its preparation method. The bHLH gene is tissue specifically expresses in the anther and it plays a pivotal role in pollen development. Both the male sterile and reversible male sterile transgenic plants showed a completely male sterile phenotype, but the fertility of the reversible male sterile transgenic plant can be restored under low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: SWEE-SUAK KO, MIN-JENG LI
  • PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150007367
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an FBO13 (F-box and other domain containing protein) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an FBO13 polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown FBO13-encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Reuzeau, Su-May Yu, Swee-Suak Ko, Yue-le Hsing, Tuan-Hua David Ho, Shuen-Fang Lo
  • Use of rice polypeptides for the enhancement of grain size
    Patent number: 8759614
    Abstract: A method of making a transgenic plant by transforming into a host plant a recombinant DNA construct that expresses in the transgenic plant a rice polypeptide and the transgenic plant thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Su-May Yu, Swee-Suak Ko, Yue-Ie C. Hsing, Tuan-Hua David Ho, Shuen-Fang Lo
  • Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits and a Method for Making the Same
    Publication number: 20140165229
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an ELNINI (comprising an ELNINI signature sequence) polypeptide. The present invention also provides plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ELNINI polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The present invention also provides constructs comprising ELNINI-encoding nucleic acids, useful in performing the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Reuzeau, Su-May Yu, Swee-Suak Ko, Yue-Le Hsing, Tuan-Hua David Ho, Shuen-Fang Lo
  • USE OF RICE POLYPEPTIDES/NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR PLANT IMPROVEMENT
    Publication number: 20110126316
    Abstract: A method of making a transgenic plant by transforming into a host plant a recombinant DNA construct that expresses in the transgenic plant a rice polypeptide and the transgenic plant thus produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Su-May Yu, Swee-Suak Ko, Yue-Ie C. Hsing, Tuan-Hua David Ho, Shuen-Fang Lo