Patents by Inventor Andrea Neal

Andrea Neal 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).

  • Use Of Genes For Increasing The Oil Content In Plants
    Publication number: 20090203094
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for increasing the oil content in plants, preferably in plant seeds, by expressing the Ypr140w polypeptide from yeast or corresponding polypeptides from plants. The invention furthermore relates to expression constructs for expressing the yeast polypeptide Ypr140w or corresponding polypeptides from plants in plants, preferably in plant seeds, the transgenic plants expressing the polypeptide and to the use of the transgenic plants for the production of food, feed, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, in particular for the production of oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Oliver Oswald, Hans Ronne, Anders Dahlqvist, Marit Lenman, Andrea Neal, Ulf Stahl, Tao Liu, Antoni Banas, Eva Wiberg
  • Use of genes for increasing the oil content in plants
    Publication number: 20060206961
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for increasing the oil content in plants, preferably in plant seeds, by expressing the Ypr140w polypeptide from yeast or corresponding polypeptides from plants. The invention furthermore relates to expression constructs for expressing the yeast polypeptide Ypr140w or corresponding polypeptides from plants in plants, preferably in plant seeds, the transgenic plants expressing the polypeptide and to the use of said transgenic plants for the production of food, feed, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, in particular for the production of oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Oliver Oswald, Hans Ronne, Anders Dahlqvist, Marit Lenman, Andrea Neal, Ulf Stahl, Tao Liu, Antoni Banas, Eva Wiberg