Patents by Inventor Tongda Li

Tongda Li 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).

  • Bacteria Conferring Bioprotection and/or Biofertilizer Properties
    Publication number: 20240130312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacteria conferring bioprotection and/or biofertilizer properties to plants into which they are inoculated. More particularly, the present invention relates to endophyte strains of Paenibacillus sp., plants infected with such strains and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Tongda Li, Jatinder Kaur, Holly Hone, Rens Van Essen, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Biofertilizer Endophytes of Cannabis
    Publication number: 20240008434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly biofertilizer Enterobacter sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring biofertilization to plants and for selecting a biofertilizer endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Dilani De Silva, Jatinder Kaur, Tongda Li, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Bioprotectant Endophytes of Cannabis
    Publication number: 20240000032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly bioprotective Pseudomonas sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring bioprotection to plants and for selecting a bioprotectant endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Dilani De Silva, Jatinder Kaur, Tongda Li, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Novel Pseudomonas Strains and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20230193193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Pseudomonas poae which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Plant Microbiome and Methods for Profiling Plant Microbiome
    Publication number: 20220333151
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for profiling plant endophyte microbiomes, wherein the method provides for identification of endophyte strains that are phylogenetically related to a desired endophyte strain. More particularly, the present invention relates to method for identifying, characterising and/or comparing endophyte strains and to novel endophyte strains selected and/or isolated by the method. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring endophyte strains between plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Ankush Chandel, Jatinder Kaur, Delphine Elise Michelle Vincent, Holly Hone, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Novel Xanthomonas Strains and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20220272935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Xanthomonas sp. which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also discloses plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Novel Stenotrophomonas Strains and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20220272985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Stenoptrophomonas rhizophila which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also discloses plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Novel Erwinia Strains and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20220264891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Erwinia gerundensis which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also discloses plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Novel Bacterial Strains
    Publication number: 20220264890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially purified or isolated endophyte strain from a plant, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Curtobacterium laccumfaciens and/or Arthrobacter sp., and wherein said endophyte provides improved environmental stress tolerance to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also relates to plants infected with the endophytes and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: Jatinder Kaur, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Tongda Li, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg, Ankush Chanel, Guodong Yang, Holly Hone
  • Cup drying stander
    Patent number: D906616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Tongda Li