Patents by Inventor Xiao Qiu

Xiao Qiu 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: 7193134
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoters of flax conlinin and ?-3 desaturase genes. The promoters guide high levels of the expression exclusively in flax developing seeds. This specific expression pattern concomitant with the biosynthesis of storage lipids and proteins make these promoters particularly useful for seed-specific modification of fatty acid and protein compositions in plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.
    Inventors: Xiao Qiu, Martin Truksa, Zhiyuan Hu
  • Patent number: 7087432
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., DHA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.
    Inventors: Xiao Qiu, Haiping Hong
  • Publication number: 20060117414
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., DHA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.
    Inventors: Xiao Qiu, Haiping Hong
  • Publication number: 20040047011
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for multi-job scanning used in an optical scanning device. The method comprises: configuring multiple scanning scopes; re-allocating the scanning scopes into multiple scanning areas such that each scanning area covers one of the scanning scopes, part of one of the scanning scopes, or multiple ones or parts of the scanning scopes; determining a scanning order according to the distance from each scanning area to the scanning starting position; configuring the resolution of each scanning area as the highest one of resolution requests of the scanning scopes overlapping with the scanning area; and scanning each scanning area by a CCD of the scanning device according to the scanning order and the configured resolution, where the CCD does not return to the starting position during scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: BENQ Corporation
    Inventor: Zhang Xiao Qiu
  • Publication number: 20030159174
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoters of flax conlinin and &ohgr;3 desaturase genes. The promoters guide high levels of the expression exclusively in flax developing seeds. This specific expression pattern concomitant with the biosynthesis of storage lipids and proteins make these promoters particularly useful for seed-specific modification of fatty acid and protein compositions in plant seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Bioriginal Food & Science Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Qiu, Martin Truksa, Zhiyuan Hu
  • Publication number: 20020156254
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., DHA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Xiao Qiu, Haiping Hong
  • Publication number: 20020045232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for large-scale production of conjugated fatty acids, especially conjugated linoleic acids in plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to genes identified from Calendula officinalis coding for a conjugase and its related enzyme, a &Dgr;12 desaturase, and utilization of them for large scale production of conjugated linoleic and linolenic acids in plants. The genes encoding a conjugase can introduce two conjugated double bonds at 8 and 10 positions, and a &Dgr;12 desaturase can introduce a double bond at 12 position of acyl chains. The constructs containing these genes can be transferred to plants with different substrate profiles, which allows for the production of conjugated linoleic acids (18:2, &Dgr;8, &Dgr;10) and linolenic acids (18:3, &Dgr;8, &Dgr;10, &Dgr;12) in plant seeds on a commercial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Xiao Qiu