Patents by Inventor Anne-Marie Kuijpers

Anne-Marie Kuijpers 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).

  • Method for producing multiple unsaturated fatty acids in plants
    Patent number: 7893320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of fatty acid esters which comprise unsaturated fatty acids with at least three double bonds, and to free unsaturated fatty acids with a content of at least 1% by weight based on the total fatty acids present in the plants, by expressing at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?6-desaturase activity and at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?6-elongase activity. Advantageously, these nucleic acid sequences can, if appropriate, be expressed in the transgenic plant together with a third nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?5-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to the use of defined nucleic acid sequences which encode polypeptides with a ?6-desaturase activity, ?6-elongase activity or ?5-desaturase activity selected from a group of nucleic acid sequences, and/or to the use of nucleic acid constructs comprising the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Andreas Renz, Jens Lerchl, Anne-Marie Kuijpers
  • Method for producing multiple unsaturated fatty acids in plants
    Publication number: 20070028326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of fatty acid esters which comprise unsaturated fatty acids with at least three double bonds, and to free unsaturated fatty acids with a content of at least 1% by weight based on the total fatty acids present in the plants, by expressing at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?6-desaturase activity and at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?6-elongase activity. Advantageously, these nucleic acid sequences can, if appropriate, be expressed in the transgenic plant together with a third nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with ?5-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to the use of defined nucleic acid sequences which encode polypeptides with a ?6-desaturase activity, ?6-elongase activity or ?5-desaturase activity selected from a group of nucleic acid sequences, and/or to the use of nucleic acid constructs comprising the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Andreas Renz, Jens Lerchl, Anne-Marie Kuijpers