Patents by Inventor Zhongsen Li

Zhongsen Li 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).

  • Publication number: 20150184174
    Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoter of a soybean actin depolymerizing factor gene and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a constitutive manner in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Publication number: 20150167011
    Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoter of a soybean copper chaperone homolog gene and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a constitutive manner in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Publication number: 20150159229
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant Brassica plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides Brassica plants having a DP-073496-4 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate. The Brassica plant harboring the DP-073496-4 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions within SEQ ID NO: 2 or with genomic/transgene junctions as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12 and/or 13. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the event are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: David George Charne, Wenpin Chen, Chadwick Bruce Koscielny, Zhongsen Li, Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Ferdinand Thoonen, Lomas Tulsieram, Yongping Zhang
  • Patent number: 8993861
    Abstract: The promoters of a soybean SC194 polypeptide and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Patent number: 8993238
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant Brassica plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides Brassica plants having a DP-073496-4 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate. The Brassica plant harboring the DP-073496-4 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions within SEQ ID NO: 2 or with genomic/transgene junctions as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12 and/or 13. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the event are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: David George Charne, Wenpin Chen, Chadwick Bruce Koscielny, Zhongsen Li, Jayantilal Patel, Ferdinand G Thoonen, Lomas Tulsieram, Yongping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150082478
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for genome modification of a target sequence in the genome of a plant or plant cell. The methods and compositions employ a guide RNA/Cas endonuclease system to provide an effective system for modifying or altering target sites within the genome of a plant, plant cell or seed. Also provided are compositions and methods employing a guide polynucleotide/Cas endonuclease system for genome modification of a nucleotide sequence in the genome of a cell or organism, for gene editing, and/or for inserting or deleting a polynucleotide of interest into or from the genome of a cell or organism. Once a genomic target site is identified, a variety of methods can be employed to further modify the target sites such that they contain a variety of polynucleotides of interest. Breeding methods and methods for selecting plants utilizing a two component RNA guide and Cas endonuclease system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Cigan, Saverio Carl Falco, Huirong Gao, Zhongsen Li, Zhan-Bin Liu, L. Aleksander Lyznik, Jinrui Shi, Sergei Svitashev, Joshua K. Young
  • Publication number: 20140366218
    Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoter of a soybean Bowman-Birk type proteinase isoinhibitor gene (BBI3) and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleotide sequences in an embryo-specific manner in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Publication number: 20140344998
    Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoter of a soybean ATP sulfurylase (ATPS) and fragments thereof and theft use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a tissue-independent or constitutive manner in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Publication number: 20140338070
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for the targeted integration of a polynucleotide sequence of interest into the genome of a plant or plant cell. The methods and compositions employ recognition sites for endonucleases and endonucleases in combination with site-specific recombination sites/recombinases to provide an effective system for establishing target sites within the genome of a plant, plant cell or seed. Once such target sites are established, a variety of methods can be employed to further modify the target sites such that they contain a variety of polynucleotides of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Cigan, Saverio Carl Falco, Huirong Gao, Michael W. Lassner, Zhongsen Li, Zhan-Bin Liu, Leszek A. Lyznik, David J. Peterson, Christopher Jay Scelonge
  • Publication number: 20140283210
    Abstract: The promoter of a soybean translation elongation factor EF1 alpha and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a tissue-independent or constitutive manner in plants are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: ZHONGSEN LI
  • Publication number: 20140259219
    Abstract: The promoter of a soybean translation elongation factor EF1 alpha and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a tissue-independent or constitutive manner in plants are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company
    Inventor: ZHONGSEN LI
  • Patent number: 8759612
    Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoters of a soybean lipid transfer protein LTP2 and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants. The described LTP2 promoters preferentially initiate transcription in flower cells. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Patent number: 8741634
    Abstract: Five novel plant transcription terminators MYB2, KTI1, PIP1, EF1A2, and MTH1 are isolated from soybean and their functions in the regulation of RNA transcription and processing in plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Publication number: 20140130206
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC, E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: EDGAR B. CAHOON, REBECCA E. CAHOON, SAVERIO CARL FALCO, YIWEN FANG, SABINE S. HANTKE, ANTHONY J. KINNEY, JIAN-MING LEE, ZHONGSEN LI, GUO-HUA MIAO, MICHELE MORGANTE, XIPING NIU, JOAN T. ODELL, J ANTONI RAFALSKI, HAJIME SAKAI, PEIZHONG ZHENG, QUINN QUN ZHU
  • Patent number: 8710206
    Abstract: The promoter of a soybean translation elongation factor EF1 alpha, a polypeptide that promotes the GTP-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of ribosomes during protein biosynthesis, and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a tissue-independent or constitutive manner in plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Patent number: 8697857
    Abstract: The promoter of a soybean translation elongation factor EF1 alpha, a polypeptide that promotes the GTP-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of ribosomes during protein biosynthesis, and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in a tissue-independent or constitutive manner in plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Publication number: 20140099638
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant Brassica plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides Brassica plants having a DP-073496-4 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate. The Brassica plant harboring the DP-073496-4 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions within SEQ ID NO: 2 or with genomic/transgene junctions as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12 and/or 13. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the event are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC, E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: DAVID GEORGE CHARNE, WENPIN CHEN, CHADWICK BRUCE KOSCIELNY, ZHONGSEN LI, JAYANTILAL PATEL, FERDINAND G. THOONEN, LOMAS TULSIERAM, YONGPING ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8581046
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant Brassica plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides Brassica plants having a DP-073496-4 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate. The Brassica plant harboring the DP-073496-4 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions within SEQ ID NO: 2 or with genomic/transgene junctions as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12 and/or 13. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the event are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: David George Charne, Wenpin Chen, Chadwick Bruce Koscielny, Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Ferdinand Gerard Thoonen, Lomas Tulsieram, Yongping Zhang, Zhongsen Li
  • Patent number: 8575431
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant Brassica plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides Brassica plants having a DP-061061-7 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate. The Brassica plant harboring the DP-061061-7 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions within SEQ ID NO: 2 or with genomic/transgene junctions as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12 and/or 13. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of events provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the events are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: David George Charne, Wenpin Chen, Chadwick Bruce Koscielny, Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Ferdinand Gerard Thoonen, Lomas Tulsieram, Yongping Zhang, Zhongsen Li
  • Patent number: 8574910
    Abstract: A targeting method is described that allows precise cassette replacement at a previously characterized genetic locus. A target DNA construct containing a pair of incompatible FRT sites flanking a target cassette was introduced into soybean by regular biolistic transformation. Transgenic events containing a single complete copy of the target site were then selected and retransformed with a donor DNA construct containing the identical pair of incompatible FRT sites flanking a donor cassette. Precise DNA cassette exchange happened between the target cassette and the donor cassette via recombinase mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) so that the donor cassette was introduced at the exact genomic site previously occupied by the target cassette. Through repeated RMCE using additional incompatible FRT sites, multiple groups of transgenes can be stacked at the same genomic locus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Zhongsen Li