Patents by Inventor Raphael APONTE
Raphael APONTE 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).
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Patent number: 11959086Abstract: The present invention refers to a recombinant chimeric nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a dual transit peptide operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of interest which, when overexpressed in a plant, confers herbicide tolerance to said plant.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Tobias Seiser, Jill M. Paulik
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Publication number: 20240026371Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11879132Abstract: The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a mutated PPO polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Matthias Witschel, Tobias Seiser, Jill Marie Paulik
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Patent number: 11866720Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11827896Abstract: The invention refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated Alopecurus PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants. The present invention further refers to a method for controlling weeds at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated Alopecurus PPO enzyme which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Publication number: 20230345941Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylethers of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the phenylethers of formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one phenylether of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Tobias Seiser, Trevor William Newton, Liliana Parra Rapado, Dario Massa, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Thomas Seitz
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Publication number: 20230279420Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Raphael Aponte, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Publication number: 20230175005Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Tobias Seiser, Stefan Tresch, Peter Alexamder Bowerman, Liliana Parra Rapado, Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Manuel Johannes, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik
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Patent number: 11572571Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Publication number: 20230036177Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner
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Patent number: 11479786Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Raphael Aponte, Tobias Seiser, Stefan Tresch, Peter Alexander Bowerman, Liliana Parra Rapado, Matthias Witschel, Laetitia Souillart, Manuel Johannes, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik
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Publication number: 20220315943Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Johannes Hutzler, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Matthias Witschel, Anja Simon, Jens Lerchl, S Luke Mankin
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Publication number: 20220315944Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11441154Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Raphael Aponte, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11306322Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11274313Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mutated PPO enzymes having a substitution at a position corresponding to position Arg128 of SEQ ID NO:2 and an amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to position Phe420 of SEQ ID NO:2, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Johannes Hutzler, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Matthias Witschel, Anja Simon, Jens Lerchl, Stefan Tresch, S. Luke Mankin
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Patent number: 11247980Abstract: The present invention relates to uracilpyridines of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the uracilpyryidines of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one urycilpyridine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Tobias Seiser, Matthias Witschel, Manuel Johannes, Dario Massa, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Trevor William Newton, Thomas Seitz, Richard R. Evans, Andreas Landes
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Publication number: 20210380999Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Matthias Witschel, Jens Lerchl, Dario Massa, Tobias Seiser, Thomas Mietzner, Jill Marie Paulik, Chad Brommer
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Patent number: 11185075Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyltriazolinones of formula (I) or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the uracilpyryidines of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one urycilpyridine of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Tobias Seiser, Manuel Johannes, Matthias Witschel, Liliana Parra Rapado, Raphael Aponte, Thomas Mietzner, Dario Massa, Thomas Seitz, Peter Dombo, Andreas Landes, Stefan Tresch, Trevor William Newton
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Patent number: 11149030Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.Inventors: Raphael Aponte, Stefan Tresch, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tobias Seiser, Jill Marie Paulik, Matthias Witschel