Patents Assigned to BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
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Patent number: 11180772Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an RLK2 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an RLK2 protein.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Holger Schultheiss, Tobias Mentzel, Ralf Flachmann
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Patent number: 11142774Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an RLK1 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an RLK1 protein.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Holger Schultheiss, Tobias Mentzel
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Patent number: 11046937Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the conversion of the substrate specificity of desaturases. Specifically, the present invention pertains to a method for the conversion of the substrate specificity of a ?5 and/or ?6 desaturase to the substrate specificity of a ?4 desaturase, the method comprising: identifying regions and/or amino acid residues which control the substrate specificity of (i) the ?5 and/or ?6 desaturase and (ii) the ?4 desaturase; and replacing in the amino acid sequence of the mentioned ?5 and/or ?6 desaturase, the regions and/or amino acid residues which control the substrate specificity of the ?5 and/or ?6 desaturase, by the corresponding regions and/or amino acid residues which control the substrate specificity of the ?4 desaturase, thereby converting the substrate specificity of the ?5 and/or ?6 desaturase to the substrate specificity of the ?4 desaturase.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH, Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.Inventors: Toralf Senger, Patricia Vrinten, Ze Long Lim
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Patent number: 11033593Abstract: The present invention provides transgenic Brassica events LBFLFK and LBFDAU and progeny thereof, and cells, seeds, plants comprising DNA diagnostic for these events. The invention also provides artificial oligonucleotide primers and probes that are diagnostic for the LBFLFK and LBFDAU events and their progeny in a sample, and methods for detecting the presence of the LBFLFK and LBFDAU events and their progeny in a sample. The invention further provides oil and commodity products derived from the LBFLFK and LBFDAU events.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Toralf Senger, Laurent Marty, Irene Kunze, Dietrich Rein, Joerg Bauer, Carl Andre
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Patent number: 10941413Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of a CASAR protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding a CASAR protein.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Holger Schultheiss, Nadine Tresch, Ralf Flachmann
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Publication number: 20210054395Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns increasing the tocopherol content of a plant relative to a control plant, comprising expressing in a plant at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-12-desaturase, at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-6-desaturase, at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-6-elongase, and at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-5-desaturase. The present invention also relates to methods for the manufacture of oil, fatty acid- or lipids-containing compositions, and to such oils and lipids as such.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventor: Carl Andre
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Patent number: 10925223Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of an EIN2 protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding an EIN2 protein.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann, Tobias Mentzel
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Patent number: 10876135Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to modify at least one target locus in a plant cell, comprising, providing a plant cell with one or more target loci and one or more donor loci, followed by induction of homologous recombination between homologous regions of at least one target locus and at least one donor locus by at least one rare cleaving nuclease. The present invention related also to target loci, donor loci and nuclease loci used in these methods, and plant cells, plants and plant parts comprising these target loci, donor loci, nuclease loci and/or the recombined loci.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Rocio Sanchez-Fernandez, Christian Biesgen, Holger Puchta, Nadine Roth, Friedrich Fauser, Michael Pacher
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Patent number: 10829775Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns increasing the tocopherol content of a plant relative to a control plant, comprising expressing in a plant at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-12-desaturase, at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-6-desaturase, at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-6-elongase, and at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-5-desaturase. The present invention also relates to methods for the manufacture of oil, fatty acid- or lipids-containing compositions, and to such oils and lipids as such.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventor: Carl Andre
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Patent number: 10772275Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for evaluation of the effect of a treatment on one or more characteristics of a plant. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for high throughput analysis of the effect of a treatment on one or more characteristics of a plant.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Frederik Leyns, Joris Eeckhout
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Patent number: 10760089Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns increasing the tocopherol content of a plant relative to a control plant, comprising expressing in a plant at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-12-desaturase, at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-6-desaturase, at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-6-elongase, and at least one polynucleotide encoding a delta-5-desaturase. The present invention also relates to methods for the manufacture of oil, fatty acid- or lipids-containing compositions, and to such oils and lipids as such.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventor: Carl Andre
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Patent number: 10731169Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic nucleic acids, expression cassettes, vectors, plant cells, plant organs and plants. The invention also relates to methods for increasing expression or activity of a target gene, particularly in a plant cell or plant organ, and also to uses of recombinant nucleic acids and expression cassettes to increase expression or activity of a target gene or for manufacturing of a vector, plant cell, plant organ or plant. Incidentally, the invention relates to enhancers for achieving increased expression or activity of a target gene, particularly in a plant cell or plant organ, when operably linked to a promoter functional in such plant cell, plant organ or plant. The invention is described herein with reference to the technical field of production of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), without being limited to this technical field. For the production of desired molecules in plant cells, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Toralf Senger, Joerg Bauer
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Patent number: 10712325Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring inflorescence, seed and/or seed yield pheno-type of a plant. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for high throughput analysis of inflorescence, seed and/or seed yield phenotype of a panicle-like bearing plant.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Pierre Lejeune, Jeroen Baert, Frederik Leyns, Joris Eeckhout
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Patent number: 10696980Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against soybean rust in transgenic plants and/or plant cells. In these plants, the content and/or the activity of an ADR-1-protein are increased in comparison to the wild-type plants not including a recombinant ADR-1-gene.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventor: Holger Schultheiss
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Patent number: 10696981Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells. In these plants, the ethylene signaling pathway and/or activity of the ethylene signaling compounds is changed. This is achieved by priming the ethylene signaling pathway in these plants in comparison to wild type plants and/or wild type plant cells. Depending on the activating or inhibitory function of a particular signaling compound overexpression or knock-down of the cognate gene might be used.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventor: Holger Schultheiss
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Patent number: 10689657Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing constitutive promoters and the production of plants with enhanced constitutive expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to the promoters and/or introduced into plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
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Patent number: 10676752Abstract: The present invention is in the field of genetics, especially plant genetics, and provides agents capable of controlling gene expression. The present invention specifically provides sequences of naturally occurring, tissue-specifically expressed microRNAs. The invention further provides for transgenic expression constructs comprising sequences encoding such microRNAs. By incorporation of the microRNA encoding sequence the expression from the expression construct is specifically silenced in the tissue where the naturally occurring microRNA is naturally expressed. Thereby the expression profile resulting from the promoter is modulated and leakiness is reduced. The invention further provides for a method for modulating transgenic expression by incorporating sequences encoding the microRNAs into transgenic expression constructs.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Peifeng Ren, Hee-Sook Song, John McMillan
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Patent number: 10570412Abstract: A method for increasing fungal resistance in a plant, a plant part, or a plant cell wherein the method comprises the step of increasing the production and/or accumulation of scopoletin and/or a derivative thereof in the plant, plant part, or plant cell in comparison to a wild type plant, wild type plant part, or wild type plant cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Holger Schultheiss, Uwe Conrath, Caspar Langenbach
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Patent number: 10557141Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method of producing a transgenic plant. Said method comprises, inter alia, the steps of a) providing a wounded transformable explant comprising a hypocotyl or a portion thereof, at least one cotyledon and wounded tissue, b) transforming cells comprised by said explant, and c) transferring said explant to a growing medium, comprising at least one selection compound for a selectable marker, by inserting the hypocotyl of said explant into said growing medium. Moreover, the present invention relates to a plant obtainable by the method according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Yin-Fu Chang, Aparna Sri Vanguri, Leslie Grist, Holly Tuttle, Hai Ping Hong, Paula Olhoft
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Patent number: 10519458Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the provision of means and methods for gene expression. Specifically, it relates to a polynucleotide comprising an expression control sequence which allows for seed specific of a nucleic acid of interest being operatively linked thereto in plants. Furthermore, vectors, host cells, transgenic plants and methods for expressing nucleic acids of interest are provided which are based on the said polynucleotide.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Huihua Fu, Jeffrey A. Brown, Kirk Francis, Hee-Sook Song