Patents by Inventor Bernard Jean Meinrad Fritig

Bernard Jean Meinrad Fritig 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).

  • Modification of lignin synthesis in plants
    Patent number: 5959178
    Abstract: The biosynthesis of lignin in plants is regulated by insertion into the plant genome by altering the plant's ability to synthesise the enzyme O-methyl transferase, an enzyme involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Production of O-methyl-transferase may be enhanced by insertion into the plant genome by transformation of one or more additional copies of the O-methyl-transferase gene or production may be inhibited by insertion of a gene encoding anti-sense mRNA directed against the mRNA encoded by the endogenous O-methyl-transferase gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Bernard Jean Meinrad Fritig, Jan Van Doorsselaere, Dirk Gustaaf Inze, Lise Jouanin, Mary Elizabeth Knight, Marc van Montagu, Michel Legrand