Patents by Inventor Zhenbiao Yang

Zhenbiao Yang 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).

  • Wall-associated kinase-like polypeptide mediates nutritional status perception and response
    Patent number: 8648231
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for modulating plant growth and organogenesis using dominant-negative receptor-like kinases. The disclosure further provides a method for increasing plant yield relative to corresponding wild type plants comprising modulating the expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a Wall-Associated Kinase-like 14 polypeptide or a homolog thereof, and selecting for plants having increased yield or growth on a nutrient deficient substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zhenbiao Yang, Stephen Karr
  • Compositions and methods for increasing cellulose production
    Patent number: 8168861
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for genetically altering cellulose biosynthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zhenbiao Yang, Stephen Karr
  • METHODS FOR SCREENING OF NOVEL FUNCTIONS OF RECEPTOR LIKE KINASES
    Publication number: 20100170006
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for modulating plant growth and organogenesis using dominant-negative receptor-like kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Zhenbiao Yang, Stephen Karr
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING CELLULOSE PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20100146672
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for genetically altering cellulose biosynthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Zhenbiao Yang, Stephen Karr
  • WALL-ASSOCIATED KINASE-LIKE POLYPEPTIDE MEDIATES NUTRITIONAL STATUS PERCEPTION AND RESPONSE
    Publication number: 20100146669
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for modulating plant growth and organogenesis using dominant-negative receptor-like kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Zhenbiao Yang, Stephen Karr
  • Compositions and methods for modulating Rop GTPase activity in plants
    Publication number: 20040006783
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for regulating Rop GTPase activity in a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: THE REGENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORINIA
    Inventors: Zhenbiao Yang, Julia Bailey-Serres, Airica Baxter-Burrell, Guang Wu, Vanessa Vernoud