Patents by Inventor Bettina Tschiersch

Bettina Tschiersch 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).

  • Production of Ketocarotenoids in Plants
    Publication number: 20120156718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optimized ketolase coding sequences, corresponding coding sequences and genetic constructs alone or in combination with beta-cyclase coding sequences, their use for the expression in plants, in particular in plants of the genus Tagetes, to such genetically modified plants, to a process for the preparation of carotenoid products by culturing the genetically modified plants. The present invention further relates to the expression of optimized ketolase coding sequences alone or in combination with beta-cyclase coding sequences under control of an Antirrhinum majus ANTHIRRHINUM FIDDLEHEAD (AFI) promoter, In addition the invention relates to the use of an AFI promoter for heterologous gene expression, preferably for flower-specific expression of genes in plants of the genus Tagetes, to the genetically modified plants of the genus Tagetes, and to a process for producing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Flachmann, Irina Wenderoth, Christel Renate Schopter, Bettina Tschiersch, Hannia Bridg-Giannakopoulos, Michael Leps, Ute Linemann, George Mather Sauer
  • Polynucleotides Encoding Truncated Sucrose Isomerase Polypeptides for Control of Parasitic Nematodes
    Publication number: 20100064389
    Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides encoding N-terminal truncated forms of sucrose isomerase polypeptides which are capable of conferring increased nematode resistance in a plant. The invention also provides methods of producing transgenic plants with increased nematode resistance, seeds of such transgenic plants, and expression vectors, all of which comprise the polynucleotides of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Ascenzi, Xiang Huang, Sumita Chaudhuri, Aaron Wiig, John Tossberg, Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Rocio Sanchez-Fernandez
  • Methods for obtaining pathogen resistance in plants
    Patent number: 7572950
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by expression, preferably pathogen-inducible expression, of a sucrose isomerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus
  • Methods for Obtaining Pathogen Resistance in Plants
    Publication number: 20070256192
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by expression, preferably pathogen-inducible expression, of a sucrose isomerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Karin Herbers, Bettina Tschiersch, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Bornke, Horst-Ekkehard Neuhaus