Patents by Inventor Bertrand Hirel

Bertrand Hirel 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 INCREASING YIELD IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20220259611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining plants presenting a higher yield by inhibition of the GDH2 activity in the plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Bertrand HIREL, Hervé LASSAGNE, Sébastien PRAUD, Marie-Héléne TIXIER, Thérèse TERCÉ-LAFORGUE
  • Improvement of Plant Yield
    Publication number: 20180195083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the yield of a plant, comprising overexpressing in said plant a glutamine synthetase, said glutamine synthetase being both constitutively overexpressed in said plant and specifically overexpressed in the bundle sheath cells of said plant. The invention also relates to means for obtaining plants with improved yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Genoplante-Valor
    Inventors: Bertrand Hirel, Pascual Perez
  • Increased kernel productivity of plants through the modulation of glutamine synthetase activity
    Patent number: 9422571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the kernel productivity of a maize plant, wherein said method comprises overexpressing in said plant at least one glutamine synthetase isoenzyme, in order to increase the number and/or size of kernels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Genoplante-Valor
    Inventors: Bertrand Hirel, Pascual Perez
  • Kernel productivity of plants through the modulation of glutamine synthetase activity
    Patent number: 8426704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the kernel productivity of a maize plant, wherein said method comprises overexpressing in said plant at least one glutamine synthetase isoenzyme, in order to increase the number and/or the size of kernels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Genoplante-Valor
    Inventors: Bertrand Hirel, Pascual Perez
  • KERNEL PRODUCTIVITY OF PLANTS THROUGH THE MODULATION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20100107280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the kernel productivity of a maize plant, wherein said method comprises overexpressing in said plant at least one glutamine synthetase isoenzyme, in order to increase the number and/or the size of kernels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Bertrand Hirel, Pascual Perez