Patents by Inventor Yuling Bai

Yuling Bai 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 WITH IMPROVED PATHOGEN RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20250376694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tomato plants having improved resistance to lesion-forming pathogens. The present invention further relates to plant parts and seeds derived from said tomato plants, and to methods of making said tomato plants or increasing resistance to lesion-forming pathogens in a tomato plant. Further aspects of the invention relate to modified Pub21 nucleic acid and Pub21 protein sequences, and to the combination of modified Pub21 and Pub17 nucleic acid and Pub21 and Pub17 protein sequences, which are associated with such improved resistance to lesion-forming pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG, NUNHEMS NETHERLANDS B.V., RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V., TAKII & COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuling BAI, Anna Maria Agnes WOLTERS, Ageeth VAN TUINEN, Johannes Arnoldus Laurentius VAN KAN
  • PLANTS WITH IMPROVED PATHOGEN RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20250212745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tomato plants having improved resistance to lesion-forming pathogens caused by a reduced level, activity, or expression of Pub17 protein. The level, activity, or expression of a Pub17 protein can be reduced by modification of the Pub17 allele to contain an SNP identified to associate with increased resistance to lesion-forming pathogens. The present invention further relates to plant parts and seeds derived from said tomato plants, and to methods of making said tomato plants or increasing resistance to lesion-forming pathogens in a tomato plant, as well as use of the SNP as a marker and associated kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG, NUNHEMS NETHERLANDS B.V., RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V., TAKII & COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuling BAI, Anna Maria Agnes WOLTERS, Ageeth VAN TUINEN, Johannes Arnoldus Laurentius VAN KAN
  • Tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistance
    Patent number: 10378025
    Abstract: Molecular markers are described for determining the presence or absence of a gene conferring resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus from S. chilense (Ty-1) in a host plant. Also described, are methods for producing a host plant comprising a gene conferring resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus from S. chilense (Ty-1), including the analysis of the presence or absence of the molecular markers. A plant, and parts thereof, obtained by such a method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Yuling Bai, Maarten Gertjan Verlaan, Samuel Hutton
  • TYCLV RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20140208459
    Abstract: Molecular markers are described for determining the presence or absence of a gene conferring resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus from S. chilense (Ty-1) in a host plant. Also described, are methods for producing a host plant comprising a gene conferring resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus from S. chilense (Ty-1), including the analysis of the presence or absence of the molecular markers. A plant, and parts thereof, obtained by such a method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation Incorporated, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT
    Inventors: Yuling Bai, Maarten Gertjan Verlaan, Samuel Hutton