Patents by Inventor Thomas Hohn

Thomas Hohn 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).

  • Publication number: 20130224817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of a isoprenoid products from a lignocellulosic feedstock. Specifically at least triple mutant of filamentous fungi having the isoprenoid pathway results in production of isoprenoid products in commercial quantities. One embodiment of the invention relates to producing the isoprenoid products at the site of the lignocellulosic feedstock to reduce costs of shipping the feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Thomas Hohn
  • Publication number: 20120184008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of a C-15 fuel from lignocellulosic or other feedstock. Specifically at least double mutant of filamentous fungi having the isoprenoid pathway results in production of trichodiene in commercial quantities. One embodiment of the invention relates to producing the fuel at the site of the lignocellulosic feedstock to reduce costs of shipping the feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Thomas Hohn
  • Publication number: 20080064032
    Abstract: A novel transgenic wheat event designated JOPLIN1, is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the wheat genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site that resulted in the JOPLIN1 event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Geoffrey Townshend, Edward Hinchliffe, Andrew Dinsmore, Thomas Hohn, Rene Quadt, Michele Susan Yarnall, Lilian Zeitouni
  • Patent number: 7166770
    Abstract: This invention describes novel DNA sequences that function as promoters of transcription of associated nucleotide sequences. More specifically, this invention describes DNA sequences conferring constitutive expression to an associated nucleotide sequence. The invention also describes recombinant sequences containing such promoter sequences. The said recombinant DNA sequences may be used to create transgenic plants, but especially plants expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest at all times and in most tissues and organs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hohn, Livia Stavolone, Petrus Theodorus De Haan, Hope Thompson Ligon, Maria Kononova
  • Publication number: 20040086847
    Abstract: This invention describes novel DNA sequences that function as promoters of transcription of associated nucleotide sequences. More specifically, this invention describes DNA sequences conferring constitutive expression to an associated nucleotide sequence. The invention also describes recombinant sequences containing such promoter sequences. The said recombinant DNA sequences may be used to create transgenic plants, but especially plants expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest at all times and in most tissues and organs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Hohn, Livia Stavolone, Petrus Theodorous De Haan, Hope Thompson Ligon, Maria Kononova
  • Patent number: 6603065
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, direct to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Syngenta Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond Douglas Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael William Saul, Vaclav Mandak
  • Patent number: 6376234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of inserting viral DNA, which optionally may contain cargo-DNA, into plants or viable parts thereof, but preferably into plants of the monocotyledon class, and most preferably into plants of the family Gramineae, using suitable transfer microorganisms. Further comprised by the invention are recombinant DNA, plasmid and vector molecules suitably adapted to the specific conditions of the process according to the invention and the transgenic plant products obtainable in accordance with the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignees: Ciba-Geigy, Mycogen Plant Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Harry Grimsley, Barbara Hohn, Thomas Hohn, Jeffrey William Davies, Margaret Irene Boulton
  • Publication number: 20010029619
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, direct to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond D. Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael W. Saul, Vaclav Mandak
  • Patent number: 6201169
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, direct to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis Finance Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond Douglas Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael William Saul, Vaclav Mandak
  • Patent number: 6037526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of inserting viral DNA, which optionally may contain cargo-DNA, into plants or viable parts thereof, but preferably into plants of the monocotyledon class, and most preferably into plants of the family Gramineae, using suitable transfer microorganisms. Further comprised by the invention are recombinant DNA, plasmid and vector molecules suitably adapted to the specific conditions of the process according to the invention and the transgenic plant products obtainable in accordance with the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignees: Ciba-Geigy, Mycogen Plant Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Harry Grimsley, Barbara Hohn, Thomas Hohn, Jeffrey William Davies, Margaret Irene Boulton
  • Patent number: 5569597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of inserting viral DNA, which optionally may contain cargo-DNA, into plants or viable parts thereof, but preferably into plants of the monocotyledon class, and most preferably into plants of the family Gramineae, using suitable transfer microorganisms. Further comprised by the invention are recombinant DNA, plasmid and vector molecules suitably adapted to the specific conditions of the process according to the invention and the transgenic plant products obtainable in accordance with the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignees: Ciba Geigy Corp., Mycogen Plant Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel H. Grimsley, Barbara Hohn, Thomas Hohn, Jeffrey W. Davies, Margaret I. Boulton
  • Patent number: 5453367
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, direct to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond D. Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael W. Saul, Vaclav Mandak
  • Patent number: 5231019
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, directly to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond D. Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael W. Saul, Vaclav Mandak
  • Patent number: 5215903
    Abstract: A process for the maintenance and proliferation of defective, non-infectious viruses or virus genomes, comprising mutations, i.e. deletions, substitutions, insertions and new rearrangements of the viral genes or combinations of the virus DNA with heterologous genetic material in proliferating plant material and for the regeneration of whole plants containing stably integrated into their genome said defective, non-infectious virus DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Gabor Lazar, Hideaki Shinshi, Isabelle Rauseo, Thomas Hohn, Ingo Potrykus