Patents by Inventor Yanfen Liu

Yanfen 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).

  • Plants having altered growth and/or development resulted from modulated expression of ubiquitin-specific proteases and a method for making the same
    Patent number: 9029638
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for altering various aspects of plant growth and/or development by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an UBiquitin-Specific Protease (UBP) of the UBP15 subfamily or a homologue thereof. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a UBP15 or a homologue thereof, which plants have altered growth and/or development relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute for Biological Sciences
    Inventors: Xing Wang Deng, Yanfen Liu
  • Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits and a Method for Making the Same
    Publication number: 20110061134
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an UBiquitin-Specific Protease (UBP). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a UBP, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: BASF Plant Science GmbH, National Institute for Biological Sciences
    Inventors: Xing Wang Deng, Yanfen Liu, Christophe Reuzeau
  • PLANTS HAVING ALTERED GROWTH AND/OR DEVELOPMENT AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100313308
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for altering variouse aspects of plant growth and/or development by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an UBiquitin-Specific Protease (UBP) of the UBP15 subfamily or a homologue thereof. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a UBP 15 or a homologue thereof, which plants have altered growth and/or development relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: National Institute for Biological Sciences
    Inventors: Xing Wang Deng, Yanfen Liu