Patents by Inventor Britta Schulz
Britta Schulz 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).
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Patent number: 11895960Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, comprising a mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence in the CATD domain of the centromere histone H3 (CENH3), preferably within the loop1 or the ?2-helix of the CATD domain, which have the biological activity of a haploid inducer. Further, the present invention provides methods of generating the plants of the present invention and haploid and double haploid plants obtainable by crossing the plants of the present invention with wildtype plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Andreas Houben, Raheleh Karimi-Ashiyani, Takayoshi Ishii, Nils Stein, Jochen Kumlehm, Christof Bolduan, Frank Breuer, Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Markus Niessen, Milena Ouzunova, Britta Schulz, Silke Wieckhorst
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Publication number: 20230227841Abstract: A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto Törjék, Dietrich BORCHARDT, Margaret REKOSKE, Wolfgang MECHELKE, Britta SCHULZ, Jens Christoph LEIN
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Patent number: 11597944Abstract: A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto Törjék, Dietrich Borchardt, Margaret Rekoske, Wolfgang Mechelke, Britta Schulz, Jens Christoph Lein
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Publication number: 20220389443Abstract: A more efficient breeding against infestation with beet cyst nematode, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Heterodera resistance-mediating nucleic acid molecule according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified nucleic acid molecule. The Heterodera resistance-mediating nucleic acid molecule, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto TORJEK, Dietrich BORCHARDT, Wolfgang MECHELKE, Werner BEYER, Britta SCHULZ, Jens Christoph LEIN
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Publication number: 20220154206Abstract: A more efficient breeding against plant disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene. The resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto TORJEK, Dietrich BORCHARDT, Margaret REKOSKE, Wolfgang MECHELKE, Jens Christoph LEIN, Britta SCHULZ
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Publication number: 20210340557Abstract: A method for establishing, restoring or increasing the Rz2 gene mediated resistance to the Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) in the target plant is enabled via the identification and provision of a gene which modulates said resistance according to the invention. In particular, the BNYVV resistance mediated by the Rz2 resistance gene depends on the presence of the gene of the present invention. The gene being involved in conferring said resistance, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistance modifying gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Ann-Katrin MÜNNEKHOFF, Britta SCHULZ, Daniel Fabian STIRNWEIS, Ottó TÖRJÉK, Dietrich BORCHARDT
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Publication number: 20210259178Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, comprising a mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence in the CATD domain of the centromere histone H3 (CENH3), preferably within the loop1 or the ?2-helix of the CATD domain, which have the biological activity of a haploid inducer. Further, the present invention provides methods of generating the plants of the present invention and haploid and double haploid plants obtainable by crossing the plants of the present invention with wildtype plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Andreas HOUBEN, Raheleh KARIMI-ASHIYANI, Takayoshi ISHII, Nils STEIN, Jochen KUMLEHM, Christof BOLDUAN, Frank BREUER, Monika KLOIBER-MAITZ, Markus NIESSEN, Milena OUZUNOVA, Britta SCHULZ, Silke WIECKHORST
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Patent number: 10993391Abstract: The present invention relates to non-tränsgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, comprising a mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence in the CATD domain of the centromere histone H3 (CENH3), preferably within the loop1 or the ?2-helix of the CATD domain, which have the biological activity of a haploid inducer. Further, the present invention provides methods of generating the plants of the present invention and haploid and double haploid plants obtainable by crossing the plants of the present invention with wildtype plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Andreas Houben, Raheleh Karimi-Ashiyani, Takayoshi Ishii, Nils Stein, Jochen Kumlehm, Christof Bolduan, Frank Breuer, Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Markus Niessen, Milena Ouzunova, Britta Schulz, Silke Wieckhorst
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Publication number: 20210079419Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, having biological activity of a haploid inducer and comprising a polynucleotide which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a centromer histone H3 (CENH3) protein, wherein the polynucleotide comprises at least one mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence of the CENH3 protein, and to a part of the part. Further, the invention provides methods of generating the inducer plants, methods of generating haploid and double haploid plants using the inducer plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Christof BOLDUAN, Frank BREUER, Monika KLOIBER-MAITZ, Markus NIESSEN, Milena OUZUNOVA, Britta SCHULZ, Silke WIECKHORST
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Publication number: 20200392529Abstract: A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto Törjék, Dietrich Borchardt, Margaret Rekoske, Wolfgang Mechelke, Britta Schulz, Jens Christoph Lein
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Patent number: 10844401Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, having biological activity of a haploid inducer and comprising a polynucleotide which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a centromer histone H3 (CENH3) protein, wherein the polynucleotide comprises at least one mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence of the CENH3 protein, and to a part of the part. Further, the invention provides methods of generating the inducer plants, methods of generating haploid and double haploid plants using the inducer plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Christof Bolduan, Frank Breuer, Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Markus Niessen, Milena Ouzunova, Britta Schulz, Silke Wieckhorst
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Patent number: 10767191Abstract: A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto Törjék, Dietrich Borchardt, Margaret Rekoske, Wolfgang Mechelke, Britta Schulz, Jens Christoph Lein
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Publication number: 20200263194Abstract: A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Otto Törjék, Dietrich Borchardt, Margaret Rekoske, Wolfgang Mechelke, Britta Schulz, Jens Christoph Lein
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Publication number: 20180139917Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, having biological activity of a haploid inducer and comprising a polynucleotide which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a centromer histone H3 (CENH3) protein, wherein the polynucleotide comprises at least one mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence of the CENH3 protein, and to a part of the part. Further, the invention provides methods of generating the inducer plants, methods of generating haploid and double haploid plants using the inducer plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2015Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: KWS SAAT SEInventors: Christof BOLDUAN, Frank BREUER, Monika KLOIBER-MAITZ, Markus NIESSEN, Milena OUZUNOVA, Britta SCHULZ, Silke WIECKHORST
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Publication number: 20170280646Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, comprising a mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence in the CATD domain of the centromere histone H3 (CENH3), preferably within the loop1 or the ?2-helix of the CATD domain, which have the biological activity of a haploid inducer. Further, the present invention provides methods of generating the plants of the present invention and haploid and double haploid plants obtainable by crossing the plants of the present invention with wildtype plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: KWS SAAT SEInventors: Andreas HOUBEN, Raheleh Karimi-Ashiyani, Takayoshi Ishii, Nils Stein, Jochen Kumlehm, Christof Bolduan, Frank Breuer, Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Markus Niessen, Milena Ouzunova, Britta Schulz, Silke Wieckhorst
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Patent number: 9029635Abstract: A nucleic acid suitable for reducing the enzymatic activity of an invertase for configuring a sucrose storage organ of a plant, wherein the sucrose concentration is increased relative to the sucrose concentration of an unchanged control sucrose storage organ of the same genotype at a comparable stage of development. The increase in sucrose concentration by X percentage points can thereby lead to a changed or unchanged sucrose storage organ yield, wherein, in the case of a reduction in the sucrose storage organ yield, the reduction is a maximum of 5X percent. The invention further relates to a method for increasing the sucrose yield in agricultural production of sugar beet or sugar cane plants, wherein sugar beet or sugar cane plants are used, the genetic makeup thereof being set up for reducing the enzymatic activity of an invertase.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: KWS Saat AG, Suedzucker AG Mannheim/OchsenfurtInventors: Karsten Harms, Britta Schulz
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Publication number: 20110239536Abstract: A nucleic acid suitable for reducing the enzymatic activity of an invertase for configuring a sucrose storage organ of a plant, wherein the sucrose concentration is increased relative to the sucrose concentration of an unchanged control sucrose storage organ of the same genotype at a comparable stage of development. The increase in sucrose concentration by X percentage points can thereby lead to a changed or unchanged sucrose storage organ yield, wherein, in the case of a reduction in the sucrose storage organ yield, the reduction is a maximum of 5X percent. The invention further relates to a method for increasing the sucrose yield in agricultural production of sugar beet or sugar cane plants, wherein sugar beet or sugar cane plants are used, the genetic makeup thereof being set up for reducing the enzymatic activity of an invertase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicants: KWS SAAT AG, SUEDZUCKER AG MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURTInventors: Karsten Harms, Britta Schulz