Patents by Inventor Zhongying Chen

Zhongying Chen 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: 20240301440
    Abstract: Provided herein are regulatory elements, such as transcriptional enhancers, introns, and terminators derived or obtained from various sources including Zea mays and plant viruses. Such regulatory elements are useful for expression cassettes for plants, including monocots (e.g., maize) and dicots (e.g., soy). Enhancers which increase gene expression of tissue specific promoters while maintaining tissue specific expression are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Kasimalai Azhakanandam, Jonathan Cohn, Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Pei Su
  • Patent number: 12031140
    Abstract: Provided herein are regulatory elements, such as promoters and terminators, derived or obtained from various Glycine species. Such regulatory elements are useful for expression cassettes for plants, such as soybean. Such expression cassettes generally contain a promoter and terminator sequence to control expression of each coding sequence. Provided are promoters and terminators which are useful for expressing insect resistance and herbicide tolerance genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Ailing Zhou, Jonathan Cohn, Michele Susan Yarnall, Yuejin Sun, Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Lucy Qin
  • Patent number: 11898149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Publication number: 20230340508
    Abstract: Provided herein are promoters and related compositions and methods of use. Such promoters are useful for expression cassettes for plants, such as soybean. Such expression cassettes are useful, e.g., to drive expression of trait genes in plants, such as soybean. In some aspects, the disclosure provides an expression cassette comprising a promoter, a 5? UTR, and an intron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Nan Zhou, Joseph Dallas Clarke, V, Qiudeng Que
  • Publication number: 20230265446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Patent number: 11643664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Publication number: 20230130592
    Abstract: The invention provides three novel disarmed strains of Agrobacteriumtumefaciens bacteria useful for the transformation of plants. The invention provides three engineered A. tumefaciens Chry5 strains or bacterial cells thereof which comprise the Chry5 strain chromosomal background and a disarmed pTiChry5 vector, and methods of using said bacterial strains or cells for transformation of fungal or plant cells, in particular dicot or monocot plant cells, including soybean, maize, wheat, and sugarcane cells. The invention further relates to the transgenic plants created by these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Mark Scott Rose, Heng Zhong, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eric Levy, Yingping Lucy Qin
  • Publication number: 20230114951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for targeted insertion of polynucleotide molecules into ideal target sites in the genome of a maize plant. The present invention relates to maize recombinant molecules comprising heterologous sequences and also to methods of integrating a DNA of interest into a target maize genomic locus in a maize genome. The present invention also relates to regenerated maize plants or plant parts comprising the recombinant molecules and/or a DNA of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
  • Publication number: 20230036103
    Abstract: Provided herein are regulatory elements, such as promoters and terminators, derived or obtained from various Glycine species. Such regulatory elements are useful for expression cassettes for plants, such as soybean. Such expression cassettes generally contain a promoter and terminator sequence to control expression of each coding sequence. For certain traits, such as insect resistance and herbicide tolerance, it may be desirable to use promoters and terminators with medium to high constitutive expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Ailing Zhou, Jonathan Cohn, Michele Susan Yarnall, Yuejin Sun, Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Lucy Qin
  • Patent number: 11505801
    Abstract: The invention provides three novel disarmed strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens bacteria useful for the transformation of plants. The invention provides three engineered A. tumefaciens Chry5 strains or bacterial cells thereof which comprise the Chry5 strain chromosomal background and a disarmed pTiChry5 vector, and methods of using said bacterial strains or cells for transformation of fungal or plant cells, in particular dicot or monocot plant cells, including soybean, maize, wheat, and sugarcane cells. The invention further relates to the transgenic plants created by these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Mark Scott Rose, Heng Zhong, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eric Levy, Yingping Lucy Qin
  • Patent number: 11459577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for targeted insertion of polynucleotide molecules into ideal target sites in the genome of a maize plant. The present invention relates to maize recombinant molecules comprising heterologous sequences and also to methods of integrating a DNA of interest into a target maize genomic locus in a maize genome. The present invention also relates to regenerated maize plants or plant parts comprising the recombinant molecules and/or a DNA of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
  • Publication number: 20220145312
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing a plurality of unique edits in a plant's T1 seed. In one example, a method comprises transforming at least one expression cassette into a plant cell or a plant tissue. The at least one expression cassette may comprise a nucleic acid that encodes a DNA modification enzyme; optionally, a nucleic acid that encodes at least one guide RNA (gRNA); and a floral mosaic (FMOS) regulatory sequence, wherein the FMOS regulatory sequence (i) mediates expression of the DNA modification enzyme in at least one of a floral primordia cell and a floral reproductive organ, and (ii) mediates a plurality of edits in the at least one of the floral primordia and the floral reproductive organ. The method may also include regenerating the plant cell or plant tissue into a T0 plant having a plurality of T1 seed, wherein the T1 seed contain a plurality of unique edits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Timothy Kelliher, Jiang Li, Julie Leonard Green, Zhongying Chen, Wan Shi, Guozhu Tang
  • Publication number: 20210214736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Publication number: 20210189409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for targeted insertion of polynucleotide molecules into ideal target sites in the genome of a maize plant. The present invention relates to maize recombinant molecules comprising heterologous sequences and also to methods of integrating a DNA of interest into a target maize genomic locus in a maize genome. The present invention also relates to regenerated maize plants or plant parts comprising the recombinant molecules and/or a DNA of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
  • Publication number: 20210087557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for chimeric RNA comprising a guide RNA and bait RNA for modifying a target site in the genome of a cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and allelic mutations and modifications of native genes. Also provided are plants comprising a modified nucleic acid sequence compared to the native gene integrated into a targeted genomic site in the plant genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Mary-Dell Chilton, Shujie Dong, Qiudeng Que, Heng Zhong
  • Publication number: 20200270588
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance upon plants towards certain classes of herbicide are provided. In particular these are amine, alcohol and aminal herbicides. The compositions include nucleotide and amino acid sequences for wild-type and mutant glucosyl transferase polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention are mutant or wild type glucosyl transferases that are capable of catalyzing the transfer of glucose to certain herbicidal structures and that, thereby, confer resistance or tolerance in plants to amine, alcohol and aminal PSII herbicides. Particularly, polypeptides of the invention include mutant or wild-type bx-type UDP glucosyl transferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Timothy Robert Hawkes, Richard Dale, John Paul Evans, Michael Phillip Langford, Sabrina Guillemer, Shujie Dong, Qiudeng Que, Zhongying Chen, Yingping Lucy Qin
  • Publication number: 20200208162
    Abstract: The invention provides three novel disarmed strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens bacteria useful for the transformation of plants. The invention provides three engineered A. tumefaciens Chry5 strains or bacterial cells thereof which comprise the Chry5 strain chromosomal background and a disarmed pTiChry5 vector, and methods of using said bacterial strains or cells for transformation of fungal or plant cells, in particular dicot or monocot plant cells, including soybean, maize, wheat, and sugarcane cells. The invention further relates to the transgenic plants created by these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Mark Scott Rose, Heng Zhong, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eric Levy, Yingping Lucy Qin
  • Publication number: 20180332790
    Abstract: Provided here are methods of using a mutated patatin-like phospholipase II? (“pPLAII?,” renamed here MATRILINEAL) to induce haploid induction in plants, cloning a pPLAII? to induce haploid induction in plants, and genetically engineering a plant to contain a mutated pPLAII?. Also provided are methods of applying topical and spray chemicals, lipids, and RNAi molecules to plants during pollination in order to induce haploid production. Further provided are methods of chemically treating plants during pollination to induce haploids while also reducing embryo abortion and increasing seed set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Timothy KELLIHER, Brent DELZER, Satya CHINTAMANANI, David Stewart SKIBBE, Zhongying CHEN, Dakota STARR, Sebastian Volker WENDEBORN, Mark LEDSON, Jeffrey David FOWLER
  • Publication number: 20180291386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
  • Patent number: 9963710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a target site in the genome of a plant cell. Such modifications include integration of a transgene and mutations. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for identifying and enriching for cells which comprise a modified target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que