Patents by Inventor Bernardus Martinus Maria Dekker

Bernardus Martinus Maria Dekker 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).

  • Plasmids for plant transformation and method for using the same
    Patent number: 7029908
    Abstract: The invention provides novel Ti-plasmid vectors for Agrobacterium-medicated plant cell transformation. Plamsids of the invention are constructed with a DNA sequence (ie., a negative selectable maker or a DNA sequence that inhibits DNA unwinding) flanking the T-DNA bordered gene of interest that reduces or eliminates the occurrence of transformants with vector read-through DNA sequence. The invention also provides methods of plant cell transformation utilizing these novel vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Mogen BV
    Inventors: Maarten Hendrik Stuiver, Anne Silene Ponstein, Stephan Andreas Ohl, Oscar Johanna Maria Goddijn, Lambertus Henricus Simons, Bernardus Martinus Maria Dekker, Sietske Hoekstra, Hendrik Tigelaar, Nicolas Elzinga