Patents by Inventor Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal

Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal 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).

  • Patent number: 9745594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases that can be used in their wild-type or in modified forms. The invention further relates to transformed plants and plant cells expressing non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases and methods to produce glycoproteins with altered and preferably mammalian-type glycosylation. The invention additionally provides nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors of non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch
  • Publication number: 20150176020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases that can be used in their wild-type or in modified forms. The invention further relates to transformed plants and plant cells expressing non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases and methods to produce glycoproteins with altered and preferably mammalian-type glycosylation. The invention additionally provides nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors of non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch
  • Patent number: 8927810
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) xylose and fucose can be obtained. The invention is further directed to said glycoprotein obtained and host system comprising said protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Bakker, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal
  • Patent number: 8829276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases that can be used in their wild-type or in modified forms. The invention further relates to transformed plants and plant cells expressing non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferase and methods to produce glycoproteins with altered and preferably mammalian-type glycosylation. The invention additionally provides nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors of non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch
  • Publication number: 20120210466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases that can be used in their wild-type or in modified forms. The invention further relates to transformed plants and plant cells expressing non-mammalian ?-1,4-galacto-syltransferase and methods to produce glycoproteins with altered and preferably mammalian-type glycosylation. The invention additionally provides nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors of non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Plant Research International B.V.
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch
  • Publication number: 20120036596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases that can be used in their wild-type or in modified forms. The invention further relates to transformed plants and plant cells expressing non-mammalian ?-1,4-galacto-syltransferase and methods to produce glycoproteins with altered and preferably mammalian-type glycosylation. The invention additionally provides nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors of non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch
  • Publication number: 20120011600
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) xylose and fucose can be obtained. The invention is further directed to said glycoprotein obtained and host system comprising said protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Bakker, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal
  • Patent number: 8058508
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) xylose and fucose can be obtained. The invention is further directed to said glycoprotein obtained and host system comprising said protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Bakker, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal
  • Publication number: 20110067146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases that can be used in their wild-type or in modified forms. The invention further relates to transformed plants and plant cells expressing non-mammalian ?-1,4-galacto-syltransferase and methods to produce glycoproteins with altered and preferably mammalian-type glycosylation. The invention additionally provides nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors of non-mammalian ?-1,4-galactosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Plant Research International B.V.
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch
  • Publication number: 20100122365
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) xylose and fucose can be obtained. The invention is further directed to said glycoprotein obtained and host system comprising said protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Plant Research International B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Bakker, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal
  • Patent number: 7601891
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus 5 containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) xylose and fucose can be obtained. The invention is further directed to said glycoprotein obtained and host system comprising said protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Plant Research International B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Bakker, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal
  • Publication number: 20080280324
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering, more specifically to the field of production of glycoproteins, more specifically to the engineering of the glycosylation pattern of glycoproteins. Provided is a method for producing a glycoprotein in a recombinant host cell, comprising allowing expression of said glycoprotein in a basidiomycete host provided with N-acetylglucosamine: alpha-3-D-mannoside beta-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnT-I; EC 2.4.1.101) activity. Also provided is a basidiomycente host cell expressing GNT-I, preferably human GnT-I and use thereof for the manufacture of (mammalian) proteins carrying complex N-glycans, such as (monoclonal) antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal, Dionisius Elisabeth Antonius Florack, Hendrik Jan Bosch, Luis Gaston Lugones
  • Publication number: 20040185567
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of transforming plant cells and the modification of plant genomes. The invention provides a method for transforming a plant cell comprising providing said cell with site-specific recombinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Gerard Johan Adolph Rouwendal