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).

  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING PROTEINS INVOLVED IN PLANT METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20080104728
    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: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Quinn Zhu, Sabine Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan Odell, Saverio Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar Cahoon, Rebecca Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li
  • SOYBEAN EVENT 3560.4.3.5 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20080051288
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, soybean plants having a 3560.4.3.5 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide are provided. The soybean plant harboring the 3560.4.3.5 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:10 and/or 11. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the 3560.4.3.5 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 soybean 3560.4.3.5 events are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicants: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc, E.I. du Pont de Nemours
    Inventors: Robert Cressman, Anthony Guida, Christine Hazel, Jeffrey Hegstad, Nancy Henderson, David Hondred, Nancy Leysens, Zhongsen Li, Mark Vogt, Natalie Weber, Aiqui Xing, Cathy Zhong
  • S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE SYNTHETASE PROMOTER AND ITS USE IN EXPRESSION OF TRANSGENIC GENES IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20080026466
    Abstract: A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Saverio Falco, Zhongsen Li
  • S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase promoter and its use in expression of transgenic genes in plants
    Patent number: 7217858
    Abstract: A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Zhongsen Li
  • Polynucleotides encoding proteins involved in plant metabolism
    Publication number: 20060242729
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated YABBY transcription factor nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering YABBY transcription factor levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Edgar Cahoon, Rebecca Cahoon, Saverio Falco, Yiwen Fang, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Joan Odell, J. Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Quinn Zhu, Sabine Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Zhongsen Li
  • S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase promoter and its use in expression of transgenic genes in plants
    Publication number: 20030226166
    Abstract: A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Zhongsen Li
  • Oleosin 5' regulatory region for the modification of plant seed lipid composition
    Patent number: 5977436
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 5' regulatory regions of an Arabidopsis oleosin gene. The 5' regulatory regions, when operably linked to either the coding sequence of a heterologous gene or a sequence complementary to a native plant gene, direct expression of the coding sequence or complementary sequence in a plant seed. The regulatory regions are useful in expression cassettes and expression vectors for the transformation of plants. Also provided are methods of modulating the levels of a heterologous gene such as a fatty acid synthesis or lipid metabolism gene by transforming a plant with the subject expression cassettes and expression vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Rhone Poulenc Agrochimie
    Inventors: Terry L. Thomas, Zhongsen Li