Patents by Inventor Carsten Werner Lederer

Carsten Werner Lederer 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).

  • Gene silencing materials and methods
    Publication number: 20030229920
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for silencing a target nucleotide sequence (preferably representing one or more endogenous genes, preferably in a systemic fashion) which is present in a first part of the plant, which method comprises transiently introducing into the cytoplasm of a cell in a second part of the plant, which cell comprises a nucleic acid encoding the target sequence and which is remote from said first part of the plant, a nucleic acid construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: David Charles Baulcombe, Olivier Voinnet, Carsten Werner Lederer
  • Gene silencing methods
    Patent number: 6531647
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for silencing a target nucleotide sequence (preferably representing one or more endogenous genes, preferably in a systemic fashion) which is present in a first part of the plant, which method comprises transiently introducing into the cytoplasm of a cell in a second part of the plant, which cell comprises a nucleic acid encoding the target sequence and which is remote from said first part of the plant, a nucleic acid construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: David Charles Baulcombe, Olivier Voinnet, Carsten Werner Lederer