Patents by Inventor Weining Gu

Weining Gu 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).

  • Methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells comprising site specific genomic modifications
    Patent number: 11898149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Corn Elite Event MZIR098
    Publication number: 20230383307
    Abstract: A novel transgenic corn elite event designated MZIR098 is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site that resulted in elite event MZIR098. The invention further relates to assays for detecting the presence of the DNA sequences of corn elite event MZIR098, to corn plants and corn seeds comprising the genotype thereof, and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing a corn plant comprising the elite event MZIR098 genotype with itself or another corn variety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Andrew NOE, Jared CONVILLE, Weining GU, Yaping JIANG, Ryan William CARLIN, Wenjin YU, Volker MITTENDORF
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ENRICHING FOR CELLS COMPRISING SITE SPECIFIC GENOMIC MODIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20230265446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells comprising site specific genomic modifications
    Patent number: 11643664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • TARGETED INSERTION SITES IN THE MAIZE GENOME
    Publication number: 20230114951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for targeted insertion of polynucleotide molecules into ideal target sites in the genome of a maize plant. The present invention relates to maize recombinant molecules comprising heterologous sequences and also to methods of integrating a DNA of interest into a target maize genomic locus in a maize genome. The present invention also relates to regenerated maize plants or plant parts comprising the recombinant molecules and/or a DNA of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
  • Targeted insertion sites in the maize genome
    Patent number: 11459577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for targeted insertion of polynucleotide molecules into ideal target sites in the genome of a maize plant. The present invention relates to maize recombinant molecules comprising heterologous sequences and also to methods of integrating a DNA of interest into a target maize genomic locus in a maize genome. The present invention also relates to regenerated maize plants or plant parts comprising the recombinant molecules and/or a DNA of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
  • Corn elite event MZIR098
    Patent number: 11441159
    Abstract: A novel transgenic corn elite event designated MZIR098 is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site that resulted in elite event MZIR098. The invention further relates to assays for detecting the presence of the DNA sequences of corn elite event MZIR098, to corn plants and corn seeds comprising the genotype thereof, and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing a corn plant comprising the elite event MZIR098 genotype with itself or another corn variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Andrew Noe, Jared Conville, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Ryan William Carlin, Wenjin Yu, Volker Mittendorf
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ENRICHING FOR CELLS COMPRISING SITE SPECIFIC GENOMIC MODIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210214736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Soybean event SYHT0H2 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 11053514
    Abstract: Soybean plants comprising event SYHT0H2, methods of detecting and using the same, and soybean plants comprising a heterologous insert at the same site as SYHT0H2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Daniel Hipskind, Kristina Burgin, Rakesh Jain, Karolyn Terpstra, Marina Sigareva, Annick Jeanne De Framond, Becky Breitinger, Vance Cary Kramer, Weining Gu
  • TARGETED INSERTION SITES IN THE MAIZE GENOME
    Publication number: 20210189409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for targeted insertion of polynucleotide molecules into ideal target sites in the genome of a maize plant. The present invention relates to maize recombinant molecules comprising heterologous sequences and also to methods of integrating a DNA of interest into a target maize genomic locus in a maize genome. The present invention also relates to regenerated maize plants or plant parts comprising the recombinant molecules and/or a DNA of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
  • CORN ELITE EVENT MZIR098
    Publication number: 20200190533
    Abstract: A novel transgenic corn elite event designated MZIR098 is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site that resulted in elite event MZIR098. The invention further relates to assays for detecting the presence of the DNA sequences of corn elite event MZIR098, to corn plants and corn seeds comprising the genotype thereof, and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing a corn plant comprising the elite event MZIR098 genotype with itself or another corn variety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Andrew Noe, Jared Conville, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Ryan William Carlin, Wenjin Yu, Volker Mittendorf
  • SOYBEAN EVENT SYHT0H2 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190078115
    Abstract: Soybean plants comprising event SYHT0H2, methods of detecting and using the same, and soybean plants comprising a heterologous insert at the same site as SYHT0H2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: John Daniel Hipskind, Kristina Burgin, Rakesh Jain, Karolyn Terpstra, Marina Sigareva, Annick Jeanne De Framond, Becky Breitinger, Vance Cary Kramer, Weining Gu
  • Soybean event SYHT0H2 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 10184134
    Abstract: Soybean plants comprising event SYHT0H2, methods of detecting and using the same, and soybean plants comprising a heterologous insert at the same site as SYHT0H2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Daniel Hipskind, Kristina Burgin, Rakesh Jain, Karolyn Terpstra, Marina Sigareva, Annick Jeanne De Framond, Becky Breitinger, Vance Cary Kramer, Weining Gu
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ENRICHING FOR CELLS COMPRISING SITE SPECIFIC GENOMIC MODIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180291386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells comprising site specific genomic modifications
    Patent number: 9963710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ENRICHING FOR CELLS COMPRISING SITE SPECIFIC GENOMIC MODIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170016010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Polynucleotides encoding trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9121033
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and regards various polynucleotides, polypeptides and methods that may be employed to enhance yield in transgenic plants. Specifically the transgenic plants may exhibit any one of the traits consisting of increased yield, increased tolerance to abiotic stress, increased cell growth and increased nutrient use efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Kateri Duncan, Michael L. Nuccio, Weining Gu
  • SOYBEAN EVENT SYHT0H2 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140201860
    Abstract: Soybean plants comprising event SYHT0H2, methods of detecting and using the same, and soybean plants comprising a heterologous insert at the same site as SYHT0H2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: John Daniel Hipskind, Kristina Burgin, Rakesh Jain, Karolyn Terpstra, Marina Sigareva, Annick Jeanne De Framond, Becky Breitinger, Vance Cary Kramer, Weining Gu
  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130019342
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and regards various polynucleotides, polypeptides and methods that may be employed to enhance yield in transgenic plants. Specifically the transgenic plants may exhibit any one of the traits consisting of increased yield, increased tolerance to abiotic stress, increased cell growth and increased nutrient use efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Kateri DUNCAN, Michael L. NUCCIO, Weining GU
  • CORN EVENT MZDT09Y
    Publication number: 20130019334
    Abstract: A novel transgenic corn event designated MZDT09Y is disclosed. The invention relates to nucleic acids that are unique to event MZDT09Y and to methods of detecting the presence of event MZDT09Y based on DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome that resulted in the MZDT09Y event and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. The invention further relates to corn plants comprising the transgenic genotype of event MZDT09Y and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing a corn plant comprising the MZDT09Y genotype with itself or another corn variety. Seeds of corn plants comprising the MZDT09Y genotype are also objects of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Rebecca M. CADE, Kateri DUNCAN, Michael L. NUCCIO, Weining GU, YanShan JI, Chunyang FAN, Joseph DIMAIO, Paul ALTENDORF, Wenjin YU