Patents Assigned to BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
  • FUNGAL RESISTANT PLANTS EXPRESSING HCP5
    Publication number: 20180291394
    Abstract: 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 HCP5 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 HCP5 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann
  • Synthetic promoter and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10072269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the design and production of synthetic promoters with a defined specificity and promoters produced with these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Linda Patricia Loyall, Josef Martin Kuhn, Malte Siebert
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing RLK2
    Patent number: 10066239
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Tobias Mentzel, Ralf Flachmann
  • Regulatory nucleic acid molecules for enhancing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 10041081
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential promoters and the production of plants with enhanced seed-specific and/or seed-preferential expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to the promoters and/or introduced into plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing CASAR
    Patent number: 10041088
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Nadine Tresch, Ralf Flachmann
  • Regulatory nucleic acid molecules for enhancing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 10041083
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential promoters and the production of plants with enhanced seed-specific and/or seed-preferential expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to the promoters and/or introduced into plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
  • Regulatory nucleic acid molecules for enhancing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 10041082
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential promoters and the production of plants with enhanced seed-specific and/or seed-preferential expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to the promoters and/or introduced into plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing HCP5
    Patent number: 10023875
    Abstract: 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 HCP5 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 HCP5 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann
  • Novel Enzymes, Enzyme Components and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20180142217
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid molecules which encodes a novel fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR and/or LACS from Thraustochytrium aureum and Sphaeroforma arctica. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing said nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., ARA, EPA and DHA and for screening for delta-4 desaturases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Laurent Marty, Toralf Senger
  • Regulatory nucleic acid molecules for enhancing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 9970019
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for production of high expressing seed-specific and/or seed-preferential promoters and the production of plants with enhanced seed-specific and/or seed-preferential expression of nucleic acids wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to the promoters and/or introduced into plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
  • SYNTHETIC PROMOTER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180119161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the design and production of synthetic promoters with a defined specificity and promoters produced with these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Linda Patricia Loyall, Josef Martin Kuhn, Malte Siebert
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing CASAR
    Patent number: 9957522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of 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 family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding a CASAR protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Nadine Tresch, Ralf Flachmann
  • Fungal resistant plants expressing HCP4
    Patent number: 9944946
    Abstract: 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 HCP4 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 HCP4 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann
  • Method of Increasing Resistance Against Soybean Rust in Transgenic Plants by ADR-1-Gene
    Publication number: 20180044695
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Basf Plant Science Company GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Schultheiss
  • Enzymes, enzyme components and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9879234
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid molecules which encodes a novel fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR and/or LACS from Thraustochytrium aureum and Sphaeroforma arctica. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., ARA, EPA and DHA and for screening for delta-4 desaturases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Laurent Marty, Toralf Senger
  • Method of increasing resistance against soybean rust in transgenic soybean plants
    Patent number: 9856493
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventor: Holger Schultheiβ
  • Synthetic arcelin-5 promoter and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9834778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the design and production of synthetic promoters with a defined specificity and promoters produced with these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Linda Patricia Loyall, Josef Martin Kuhn, Malte Siebert
  • Acyltransferases and uses thereof in fatty acid production
    Patent number: 9828589
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Sten Stymne, Jenny Lindberg Yilmaz
  • Regulatory nucleic acid molecules for enhancing constitutive gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 9828607
    Abstract: 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 said promoters and/or introduced into plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Linda Patricia Loyall, Malte Siebert, Elke Duwenig
  • Fungal Resistant Plants Expressing ACD
    Publication number: 20170275647
    Abstract: 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 ACD 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 ACD protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Schultheiss, Ralf Flachmann