Patents by Inventor Kobe Vlieghe

Kobe Vlieghe 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).

  • PLANTS HAVING IMPROVED GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110162107
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for altering characteristics of a plant. The invention describes the identification of a gene that is downregulated in transgenic plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa and the use of such sequences to alter plant characteristics. A preferred way for altering characteristics of a plant comprises modifying expression of one or more nucleic acid sequences and or modifying level and/or activity of one or more proteins, which nucleic acids and/or proteins encoded thereby are essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1835. The gene identified in the present invention have an E2Fa target consensus sequence in their 5? upstream region. The identified gene is postulated to play a role as transcription factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CROPDESIGN N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk INZE, Lieven De Veylder, Kobe Vlieghe
  • Plants having improved growth characteristics and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 7847156
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for altering characteristics of a plant. The invention describes the identification of a gene that is downregulated in transgenic plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa and the use of such sequences to alter plant characteristics. A preferred way for altering characteristics of a plant comprises modifying expression of one or more nucleic acid sequences and or modifying level and/or activity of one or more proteins, which nucleic acids and/or proteins encoded thereby are essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1835. The gene identified in the present invention have an E2Fa target consensus sequence in their 5? upstream region. The identified gene is postulated to play a role as transcription factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Cropdesign N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Lieven De Veylder, Kobe Vlieghe
  • Plants Having Improved Growth Characteristics And A Method For Making The Same
    Publication number: 20090222952
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield and/or increased stress resistance by decreasing the level of activity of a DEL1 polypeptide. One such method comprises introducing into a plant a nucleic acid comprising a variant DEL1 nucleic acid. Another method comprises downregulating expression of a DEL1 gene. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a variant DEL1 nucleic acid thereof, which plants have increased yield and/or increased stress resistance relative to control plants. The present invention also concerns a novel DEL1 protein and its encoding sequence, and constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicants: CropDesign N.V., VIB vzw, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Jan de Meutter, Vladimir Mironov, Christophe Reuzeau, Dirk Inze, Kobe Vlieghe, Lieven de Veylder
  • Identification of novel e2f target genes and use thereof
    Publication number: 20060021088
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for altering characteristics of a plant. The invention describes the identification of genes that are upregulated or downregulated in transgenic plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa and the use of such sequences to alter plant characteristics. A preferred way for altering characteristics of a plant comprises modifying expression of one or more nucleic acid sequences and or modifying level and/or activity of one or more proteins, which nucleic acids and/or proteins are essentially similar to any one or more of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Some of the genes identified in the present invention have an E2Fa target consensus sequence in their 5? upstream region. The identified genes play a role in a variety of biological processes, such as DNA replication, cell wall biosynthesis, nitrogen and/or carbon metabolism, transcription factors etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Lieven Veylder, Kobe Vlieghe