Patents by Inventor Xing-Liang Liu

Xing-Liang Liu 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).

  • GENERATION OF PLANTS WITH IMPROVED PATHOGEN RESISTANCE AND DROUGHT TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20090126043
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance and increased drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a PRDT1 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance and increased drought tolerance phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Nancy Anne Federspiel, Allan Lammers, Xing Liang Liu, Stanley R. Bates, Christina Westerlund, Jonathan R. Fitch, Catherine Anderson, Stephen Aaron Lee, Kerrie Powell, Pilar Puente, Philip Reid Timmons, Jennifer Lee Almond, Vincent Paul Mary Wingate
  • Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance
    Patent number: 7521592
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR2 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Agrinomics LLC
    Inventors: Nancy Anne Federspiel, Allan Lammers, Xing Liang Liu, Stanley R. Bates, Christina Westerlund, Jonathan R. Fitch
  • Generation of plants with improved drought tolerance
    Patent number: 7432416
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a DRO2 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a drought tolerance phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill Van Winkle, Xing Liang Liu, Jonathan R. Fitch, Vladimir Shulaev
  • Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance
    Patent number: 7317139
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR1 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Lammers, Xing Liang Liu, Stanely R. Bates, Tina M. Harwell, Christina Westerlund, Ry Wagner, John P. Davies
  • Identification and characterization of an Anthocyanin mutant () in tomato
    Patent number: 7304207
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel plant phenotype, designated Anthocyanin 1 (ANT1), a nucleic acid sequence expressed in plants demonstrating the ANT1 phenotype and the corresponding amino acid sequence. Also provided are plant cells and plants that exhibit modified ANT1 expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Karin A. Connors, Helena V. Mathews, Xing Liang Liu, Colby G. Caldwell
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 7086893
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connection with a flexible printed circuit (FPC) comprises an insulating housing defining an inserting direction; a plurality of electrical contacts; a pair of channels comprising a first groove and a second groove communicating each other and an actuator having a pair of stoppers extending from opposite sides thereof for facilitating movement of the actuator between a first position and a second position; when the actuator is in the first position, the stoppers are received in the first grooves, whereby the FPC is free to be inserted into the housing, and when the actuator is in the second position, the stoppers are received in the second grooves, whereby the actuator biases the FPC against the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wolf Xing-Liang Liu, Michael Ke-Zhi Li
  • Electrical connector for FFC or FPC
    Patent number: 7083464
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises a housing (11), a plurality of electrical contacts (12) retained in the housing (11), a cover member (13) pivotally assembled to the housing (11) and an actuator (14) mounted in one side of the housing (11). The actuator (14) includes a base (141), a retaining arm (142) extending from an end of the base (141), a spring arm (145) extending from the other end of the base (141), and a cooperator (144) curving laterally from a distal end of the spring arm (145), thereby forming a first face (1441). The cover member (13) consists of a securing portions (133) defined at an end of one side thereof and has a plane (1331). In using, the first face (1441) engages with the plane (1331) so as to protect the cover member (13) from overturning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xing-Liang Liu, Ke-Zhi Li
  • Identification and characterization of an anthocyanin mutant (ANT1) in tomato
    Patent number: 7034138
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel plant phenotype, designated Anthocyanin 1 (ANT1), a nucleic acid sequence expressed in plants demonstrating the ANT1 phenotype and the corresponding amino acid sequence. Also provided are plant cells and plants that exhibit modified ANT1 expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Connors, Helena V. Mathews, Xing-Liang Liu
  • Electrical connector for FFC or FPC
    Publication number: 20060046560
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises a housing (11), a plurality of electrical contacts (12) retained in the housing (11), a cover member (13) pivotally assembled to the housing (11) and an actuator (14) mounted in one side of the housing (11). The actuator (14) includes a base (141), a retaining arm (142) extending from an end of the base (141), a spring arm (145) extending from the other end of the base (141), and a cooperator (144) curving laterally from a distal end of the spring arm (145), thereby forming a first face (1441). The cover member (13) consists of a securing portions (133) defined at an end of one side thereof and has a plane (1331). In using, the first face (1441) engages with the plane (1331) so as to protect the cover member (13) from overturning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Xing-Liang Liu, Ke-Zhi Li
  • Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance
    Publication number: 20050210546
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR2 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Nancy Anne Federspiel, Allan Lammers, Xing Liang Liu, Stanley Bates, Christina Westerlund, Jonathan Fitch
  • Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance and drought tolerance
    Publication number: 20040216182
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance and increased drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a PRDT1 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance and increased drought tolerance phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Nancy Anne Federspiel, Allan Lammers, Xing Liang Liu, Stanley R. Bates, Christina Westerlund, Jonathan R. Fitch, Catherine Anderson, Stephen Aaron Lee, Kerrie Powell, Pilar Puente, Jennifer Lee Rhein, Philip Reid Timmons, Vincent Paul Mary Wingate
  • Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance
    Publication number: 20030226170
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR1 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Allan Lammers, Xing Liang Liu, Stanely R. Bates, Tina M. Harwell, Christina Westerlund, Ry Wagner, John P. Davies
  • Identification and characterization of an Anthocyanin mutant (ANT1) in tomato
    Publication number: 20030226174
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel plant phenotype, designated Anthocyanin 1 (ANT1), a nucleic acid sequence expressed in plants demonstrating the ANT1 phenotype and the corresponding amino acid sequence. Also provided are plant cells and plants that exhibit modified ANT1 expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Karin A. Connors, Helena V. Mathews, Xing Liang Liu, Colby G. Caldwell
  • Trait-associated gene identification method
    Publication number: 20020157130
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying and characterizing genes, the modified expression of which is associated with a desired trait in a fruit-bearing plant. The method includes the steps of: transforming plant cells with a plant cell expression vector comprising an element which functions to enhance gene expression and has the ability to integrate into the plant genome in a manner effective to enhance expression of native plant genes, selecting transformed plant cells, regenerating transformed plant cells to yield mature plants, selecting plants having a desired trait, identifying, isolating and characterizing genes the transcription of which has been enhanced and confirming the contribution of the modified expression of each identified gene to the desired trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Ry Wagner, Helena Mathews, Xing Liang Liu, Wendy J. Waggoner
  • Identification and characterization of an anthocyanin mutant (ANT1) in tomato
    Publication number: 20020133848
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel plant phenotype, designated Anthocyanin 1 (ANT1), a nucleic acid sequence expressed in plants demonstrating the ANT1 phenotype and the corresponding amino acid sequence. Also provided are plant cells and plants that exhibit modified ANT1 expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Karin Connors, Helena V. Mathews, Xing-Liang Liu
  • Promoter regulating circadian clock function and photoperiodism
    Patent number: 6433251
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules that encode a plant promoter involved in photoperiodism and circadian rhythms are disclosed. These molecules may be introduced into plants in order to alter the photoperiodic and/or circadian clock-based gene expression of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: The State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Oregon
    Inventors: D. Ry Wagner, Karen A. Hicks, Michelle Z. Spence, Henriette Foss, Xing Liang Liu, Michael F. Covington