Patents by Inventor Andre Hoekema

Andre Hoekema 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).

  • Process for introducing foreign DNA into the genome of plants
    Patent number: 5149645
    Abstract: Process for introducing foreign DNA into the genome of plants by infecting plants or explantates thereof or plant protoplasts or by incubating plant protoplasts with Agrobacterium, in which Agrobacteria are used, which contain one or more T-regions and a Vir-region from the Ti-plasmid of Agrobacterium in their genetic material and/or one or more T-regions comprising an artificial T-region which consists of each DNA desired, flanked by border sequences as present in the wild type T-region of Agrobacterium or sequences being functionally analogous thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignees: Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Robbert Adriaan Scilperoort
    Inventors: Andre Hoekema, Paul J. J. Hooykaas, Robert A. Schilperoort