Patents by Inventor Shimon Gepstein

Shimon Gepstein 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).

  • Nucleic acid construct for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 10106812
    Abstract: Provided are nucleic acid constructs which comprise a polynucleotide encoding adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT) operably linked to a stress-related promoter. Also provided are host cells transformed with the nucleic acid constructs, transgenic plants expressing the IPT coding sequence under the transcriptional regulation of a stress-related promoter and methods of using same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, and biomass of plants under stress or normal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventor: Shimon Gepstein
  • Drought-resistant plants
    Patent number: 9624503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of drought-resistant plants. This invention is directed to the preparation of transgenic plants that express a protein involved in cytokinin synthesis under the control of a senescence-inducible promoter. More specifically, this invention relates to the preparation of transgenic plants that express an isopentenyl transferase under the control of a senescence-associated receptor kinase (SARK) promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Technion Research and Development Coundation
    Inventors: Shimon Gepstein, Amira Gepstein, Eduardo Blumwald
  • NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT FOR INCREASING ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20130198906
    Abstract: Provided are nucleic acid constructs which comprise a polynucleotide encoding adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT) operably linked to a stress-related promoter. Also provided are host cells transformed with the nucleic acid constructs, transgenic plants expressing the IPT coding sequence under the transcriptional regulation of a stress-related promoter and methods of using same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, and biomass of plants under stress or normal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd
    Inventor: Shimon Gepstein
  • Drought-Resistant Plants
    Publication number: 20080282365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of drought-resistant plants. This invention is directed to the preparation of transgenic plants that express a protein involved in cytokinin synthesis under the control of a senescence-inducible promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Shimon Gepstein, Amira Gepstein, Eduardo Blumwald
  • Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants
    Patent number: 6271009
    Abstract: Hapten and antigen designed for eliciting catalytic antibodies effective in inhibiting the ethylene production pathway in plants by deactivating a precursor thereof either by decomposition or derivatization. Catalytic antibodies effective in inhibiting the ethylene production pathway in plants by deactivating a precursor thereof. Genes encoding for such catalytic antibodies and plants and cells expressing these genes and producing the catalytic antibodies for controlling the ripening of fruits and vegetables, as well as for controlling senescence of plant tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Vitality Biotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ehud Keinan, Harel Itzhaky, Esther Aboud-Pirak, Shimon Gepstein