Patents by Inventor Johan Memelink

Johan Memelink 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).

  • Means and methods for regulating secondary metabolite production in plants
    Patent number: 11208667
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes encoding a bHLH protein of subfamily Iva comprising a bHLH domain and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent, Universiteit Leiden
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Jan Mertens, Alex Van Moerkercke, Jacob Pollier, Johan Memelink
  • Means and methods for regulating secondary metabolite production in plants
    Patent number: 10370672
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: VIB XVZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT, UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Jan Mertens, Alex Van Moerkercke, Jacob Pollier, Johan Memelink
  • Means and Methods for Regulating Secondary Metabolite Production in Plants
    Publication number: 20190071686
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent, Universiteit Leiden
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Jan Mertens, Alex Van Moerkercke, Jacob Pollier, Johan Memelink
  • MEANS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20170009249
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT, UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
    Inventors: Alain GOOSSENS, Jan MERTENS, Alex van MOERKERCKE, Jacob POLLIER, Johan MEMELINK
  • Method of modulating metabolite biosynthesis in recombinant cells
    Patent number: 7393946
    Abstract: A method for modulating in a cell the expression of one or more genes involved in the biosynthesis of a metabolite or a precursor for this metabolite by inserting into a cell a nucleotide sequence coding for a transcription factor comprising an AP2 DNA-binding domain, and/or by modifying the expression of a nucleotide sequence coding for such a transcription factor already present in the cell is provided. The method is useful for enhancing the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants such as alkaloids including terpenoid indole alkaloids. Also provided is a method for enhancing stress tolerance in plants by the use of such transcription factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
    Inventors: Johan Memelink, Cornelia Theodora Elisabeth Van der Fits, Franciscus Leonardus Hendrikus Menke, Jan Willem Kijne