Patents by Inventor Youlun Fan

Youlun Fan 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: 12356900
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a supplemental lighting method for vertical multi-layer cultivation of wrapper tobacco leaves, including the following steps: providing multi-layer vertical facilities, facilities including at least one cultivation rack having a plurality of layers; and providing supplemental lighting systems to each rack layer. For each rack layer the light intensity and light quality provided by the corresponding supplemental lighting system are set respectively according to a determined growth phase of the tobacco leaves during the cultivation process. The process includes cultivation of tobacco leaves through growth phases comprising a clumping period, a vigorous growth period, and a maturity period. During the clumping period, the light intensity provided comprises a first light intensity setting. During the vigorous growth period, the light intensity provided comprises a third light intensity setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Tobacco Research Institute of Hubei Province
    Inventors: Jinpeng Yang, Chunlei Yang, Jun Yu, Zhilong Bie, Kaixiao Fan, Yuan Huang, Sicheng Liu, Chuanzong Li, Wenchang Huang, Gang Liu, Yong Rao, Liguang Chai, Yulei Zhao, Jiazhen Chen, Yu Song, Yiyang Zhang, Youlun Fan, Zhenxin Wu, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 11968983
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a tobacco leaf foliar spraying substance for reducing harmful ingredients in cheroot, a method for reducing carcinogenic components in flue-cured tobacco leaves and flue-cured tobacco shreds. The tobacco leaf foliar spraying substance contains a lotus leaf extract, the harmful chemical ingredients comprise N-nitrosonornicotine, 4-(N-methyl-nitrosamine)-1-(3-pyridinyl)-1-butanone, N-nitrosoanabasine and N-nitrosoanatabine. Foliar spraying is performed on a fertile field by using the lotus leaf extract before tobacco leaves are harvested and modulated, which not only significantly promotesagronomic characters and economic traits of tobacco and alleviates tobacco leaf browning but also effectively reduces harmful chemical ingredients unique to tobacco leaves, such as nitrosamine and nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HUBEI INSTITUTE OF TOBACCO SCIENCE
    Inventors: Chunlei Yang, Jinpeng Yang, Jun Zhou, Mei Yang, Yong Yang, Jun Yu, Zongping Li, Xiongfei Rao, Guangjiong Qin, Baoming Qiao, Ruoshi Bai, Yanjun Ma, Xianbao Deng, Wenzhang Qin, Kaixiao Fan, Candong Deng, Yongle Wei, Youlun Fan
  • Publication number: 20230329246
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a tobacco leaf foliar spraying substance for reducing harmful ingredients in cheroot, a method for reducing carcinogenic components in flue-cured tobacco leaves and flue-cured tobacco shreds. The tobacco leaf foliar spraying substance contains a lotus leaf extract, the harmful chemical ingredients comprise N-nitrosonornicotine, 4-(N-methyl-nitrosamine)-1-(3-pyridinyl)-1-butanone, N-nitrosoanabasine and N-nitrosoanatabine. Foliar spraying is performed on a fertile field by using the lotus leaf extract before tobacco leaves are harvested and modulated, which not only significantly promotesagronomic characters and economic traits of tobacco and alleviates tobacco leaf browning but also effectively reduces harmful chemical ingredients unique to tobacco leaves, such as nitrosamine and nicotine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chunlei Yang, Jinpeng Yang, Jun Zhou, Mei Yang, Yong Yang, Jun Yu, Zongping Li, Xiongfei Rao, Guangjiong Qin, Baoming Qiao, Ruoshi Bai, Yanjun Ma, Xianbao Deng, Wenzhang Qin, Kaixiao Fan, Candong Deng, Yongle Wei, Youlun Fan