Patents by Inventor Bart Pierre Helene Joseph Thomma

Bart Pierre Helene Joseph Thomma 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).

  • Plant resistance gene
    Patent number: 9732354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new gene that is able to provide plants with resistance against pathogens, more preferably Verticillium, Ralstonia or Fusarium. Said gene is typical for Brassicaceae and encodes for a proteins having a sequence as depicted in FIG. 7 or FIG. 2A. Also provided are methods for enhancing the pathogen resistance of plants, wherein said plants preferably are Brassicaceae, but wherein the resistance also is functional in other plants. Further provided are host cells with a nucleotide construct encoding said protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Wageningen Universiteit, Stichting Voor De Technische Wetenschappen
    Inventors: Bart Pierre Hélène Joseph Thomma, Koste Abdissa Yadeta
  • NEW PLANT RESISTANCE GENE
    Publication number: 20150143574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new gene that is able to provide plants with resistance against pathogens, more preferably Verticillium, Ralstonia or Fusarium. Said gene is typical for Brassicaceae and encodes for a proteins having a sequence as depicted in FIG. 7 or FIG. 2A. Also provided are methods for enhancing the pathogen resistance of plants, wherein said plants preferably are Brassicaceae, but wherein the resistance also is functional in other plants. Further provided are host cells with a nucleotide construct encoding said protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Bart Pierre Hélène Joseph Thomma, Koste Abdissa Yadeta
  • Plant protection method
    Publication number: 20020035738
    Abstract: A method of protecting a plant against a pathogen is described, the method comprising inducing expression of a plant defensin gene by stimulating the jasmonate and/or ethylenc pathways. Also deseribed is a method of inducing expression of a plant defensin gene, a composition which is capable of inducing expression of a plant defensin gene and a method for screening compounds giving resistance-inducing activity. Preferably, the pathogen is a necrotrophic pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: ZENECA Limited
    Inventors: Bart Pierre Helene Joseph Thomma, Franky Raymond Gerard Terras, Iris Anne Marie Armande Penninckx, John Michael Manners, Kemal Kazan, Willem Frans Broekaert