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).
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Patent number: 11970755Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an application of cuprous sulfide in a recovery of Au (III) from aqueous solutions, which relates to the fields of hydrometallurgy and precious metal recovery. The method of the present disclosure uses cuprous sulfide nanoparticles to recover Au (III) from aqueous solution, and undergoes gold adsorption under mechanical stirring. The method described in the present disclosure can efficiently recover Au (III) from aqueous solutions, has good recovery effects on Au (III) from acidic waste liquid, and has the advantages of energy conservation, environmental protection, and low cost.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Kunming University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yunlong Chen, Jin Wu, Futing Zi, Xianzhi Hu, Fengru Meng, Yongmao Zeng, Zhongying Wang, Yihuai Yang
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Publication number: 20240132996Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an application of cuprous sulfide in a recovery of Au (III) from aqueous solutions, which relates to the fields of hydrometallurgy and precious metal recovery. The method of the present disclosure uses cuprous sulfide nanoparticles to recover Au (III) from aquesous solution, and undergoes gold adsorption under mechanical stirring. The method described in the present disclosure can efficiently recover Au (III) from aqueous solutions, has good recovery effects on Au (III) from acidic waste liquid, and has the advantages of energy conservation, environmental protection, and low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Yunlong Chen, Jin Wu, Futing Zi, Xianzhi Hu, Fengru Meng, Yongmao Zeng, Zhongying Wang, Yihuai Yang
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Patent number: 11898149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
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Publication number: 20230340508Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Nan Zhou, Joseph Dallas Clarke, V, Qiudeng Que
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Publication number: 20230265446Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
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Patent number: 11643664Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
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Publication number: 20230130592Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Mark Scott Rose, Heng Zhong, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eric Levy, Yingping Lucy Qin
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Publication number: 20230114951Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
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Publication number: 20230036103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventors: Ailing Zhou, Jonathan Cohn, Michele Susan Yarnall, Yuejin Sun, Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Lucy Qin
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Patent number: 11505801Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Mark Scott Rose, Heng Zhong, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eric Levy, Yingping Lucy Qin
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Patent number: 11459577Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
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Publication number: 20220145312Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AGInventors: Timothy Kelliher, Jiang Li, Julie Leonard Green, Zhongying Chen, Wan Shi, Guozhu Tang
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Publication number: 20210214736Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
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Publication number: 20210189409Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Yinping Lucy Qin, Mark Rose, Zhongying Chen, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Wenling Wang, Qiudeng Que, Ailing Zhou, Mary-Dell Chilton
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Publication number: 20210087557Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Mary-Dell Chilton, Shujie Dong, Qiudeng Que, Heng Zhong
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Publication number: 20200270588Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Timothy Robert Hawkes, Richard Dale, John Paul Evans, Michael Phillip Langford, Sabrina Guillemer, Shujie Dong, Qiudeng Que, Zhongying Chen, Yingping Lucy Qin
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Publication number: 20200208162Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Qiudeng Que, Mark Scott Rose, Heng Zhong, Mary-Dell Chilton, Eric Levy, Yingping Lucy Qin
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Publication number: 20180332790Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Timothy KELLIHER, Brent DELZER, Satya CHINTAMANANI, David Stewart SKIBBE, Zhongying CHEN, Dakota STARR, Sebastian Volker WENDEBORN, Mark LEDSON, Jeffrey David FOWLER
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Publication number: 20180291386Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que
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Patent number: 9963710Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Zhongying Chen, Myoung Kim, Mary-Dell Chilton, Heng Zhong, Weining Gu, Yaping Jiang, Qiudeng Que