Patents by Inventor Barbara Leyman

Barbara Leyman 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 trehalose-6-phosphate synthase to modulate plant growth
    Patent number: 8357835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase to modulate plant growth. More specifically, it relates to the use of a class II trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, comprising both a synthase and a phosphatase-like part to modulate plant growth. Preferably, the activity of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase is down-regulated to obtain an increased plant biomass yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Barbara Leyman, Matthew Ramon, Filip Rolland, Johan Thevelein, Patrick van Dijck, Lies Vandesteene
  • Use of Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase to Modulate Plant Growth
    Publication number: 20100024066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase to modulate plant growth. More specifically, it relates to the use of a class II trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, comprising both a synthase and a phosphatase-like part to modulate plant growth. Preferably, the activity of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase is down-regulated to obtain an increased plant biomass yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Barbara Leyman, Matthew Ramon, Filip Rolland, Johan Thevelein, Patrick van Dijck, Lies Vandesteene
  • Protein involved in abscisic acid signalling
    Patent number: 6821735
    Abstract: An isolated protein capable of affecting an ABA response and comprising one or more of the following: (i) a hydrophobic C-terminus; (ii) an epimorphin pattern; (iii) a hydrophilic N-terminus; and (iv) a nucleotide binding site; or a variant thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Plant BioScience Limited
    Inventors: Michael Blatt, Barbara Leyman
  • Transgenic plant production
    Publication number: 20040093645
    Abstract: Transgenic plants or transgenic plant cells having increased stress resistance under environmental or artificial stress conditions are produced by a method comprising the steps of: a) transforming part of a plant or part of a plant cell population with a nucleotide sequence comprising (i) a first nucleotide sequence coding for a eukaryotic environmental or artificial stress resistance protein, or an allele or a homologue thereof, or a catalytically active part of the said protein, the said sequence being operably linked to a promoter, and (ii) one or more restriction sites comprising a second nucleotide sequence, b) applying environmental or artificial stress conditions to the transformed plant or plant cell population obtained in step (a), or its progeny, and c) selecting, from the transformed plant or plant cell population placed under the environmental or artificial stress conditions of step (b), that part of the transformed plant or plant cell population which exhibits an increased stress resistance under
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Barbara Leyman, Patrick Van Dijck, Nelson Avonce, Gabriel Iturriaga