Patents by Inventor Wei-Cai Yang

Wei-Cai Yang 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).

  • Control of sporocyte or meiocyte formation in plants
    Patent number: 6875906
    Abstract: The present invention provides genes and encoded proteins that are involved in meiocyte formation during the growth of plants. The transformation of plants and plant-related hosts with these genes in altered or unaltered form, or the mutation of these genes in endogenous form, renders a plant capable during growth of bearing seedless fruits and/or pollenless flowers. The invention further provides methods of producing transgenic plants which are capable of bearing seedless fruits and/or pollenless flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited
    Inventors: De Ye, Wei-Cai Yang, Venkatesan Sundaresan, Jian Xu