Patents by Inventor Franziska Springer

Franziska Springer 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).

  • DNA molecules encoding enzymes involved in starch synthesis, vectors, bacteria, transgenic plant cells and plants containing these molecules
    Patent number: 7429657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis of plants. These enzymes represent two different isotypes of the soluble starch synthase as well as a starch granule-bound starch synthase. This invention furthermore relates to vectors, bacteria, as well as to plant cells transformed with the DNA molecules described and to plants regenerated from them. Furthermore, the invention relates to starch that can be isolated from plants having an increased or reduced activity of the proteins described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Jens Kossmann, Franziska Springer, Gernot J Abel
  • Modified starch from plants, plants synthesizing the same, as well as process for their production
    Patent number: 6610843
    Abstract: The present invention describes transgenic plant cells and plants which due to a reduced activity of a disproportionating enzyme (D enzyme) synthesize a modified starch. Furthermore, the starch synthesized in these plant cells and plants is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Kossmann, Franziska Springer, Volker Büttcher
  • DNA molecules encoding enzymes involved in starch synthesis, vectors, bacteria, transgenic plant cells and plants containing these molecules
    Publication number: 20030106100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis of plants. These enzymes represent two different isotypes of the soluble starch synthase as well as a starch granule-bound starch synthase. This invention furthermore relates to vectors, bacteria, as well as to plant cells transformed with the DNA molecules described and to plants regenerated from them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Jens Kossmann, Franziska Springer, Gernot J. Abel
  • DNA molecules encoding enzymes involved in starch synthesis, vectors, bacteria, transgenic plant cells and plants containing these molecules
    Patent number: 6483010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis of plants. These enzymes represent two different isotypes of the soluble starch synthase as well as a starch granule-bound starch synthase. This invention furthermore relates to vectors, bacteria, as well as to plant cells transformed with the DNA molecules described and to plants regenerated from them. Furthermore, the invention relates to starch that can be isolated from plants having an increased or reduced activity of the proteins described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventors: Jens Kossmann, Franziska Springer, Gernot J. Abel
  • Modified starch from plants, plants synthesizing this starch, and processes for its preparation
    Patent number: 6162966
    Abstract: The present invention describes transgenic plant cells and plants which due to a reduced activity of a disproportionating enzyme (D enzyme) synthesize a modified starch. Furthermore, the starch synthesized in these plant cells and plants is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventors: Jens Kossmann, Franziska Springer, Volker Buttcher
  • DNA molecules that code for enzymes involved in starch synthesis, vectors, bacteria, transgenic plant cells and plants containing said molecules
    Patent number: 6130367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis of plants. These enzymes represent two different isotypes of the soluble starch synthase as well as a starch granule-bound starch synthase. This invention furthermore relates to vectors, bacteria, as well as to plant cells transformed with the DNA molecules described and to plants regenerated from them. Furthermore, the invention relates to starch that can be isolated from plants having an increased or reduced activity of the proteins described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Inventors: Jens Kossmann, Franziska Springer, Gernot J. Abel