Patents by Inventor Estelle Celine Verzaux

Estelle Celine Verzaux 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).

  • Cloning and exploitation of a functional R-gene from Solanum x edinense
    Patent number: 9856494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new resistance gene, Rpi-edn2 and functional homologues or functional fragments thereof isolated from S. x edinense. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of said resistance gene, for example the use of said resistance gene in a method to increase or confer at least partial resistance in a plant to an oomycete infection. The invention provides an isolated or recombinant nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding one of the amino acid sequences of FIG. 4 or a functional fragment or a functional homologue thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: COOPERATIE AVEBE U.A.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Clemens Maria Henricus de Vetten, Estelle Celine Verzaux, Jacobus Hubertus Vossen, Hendrik Rietman, Vivianne Gertruda Antonia Anna Vleeshouwers, Evert Jacobsen, Richard Gerardus Franciscus Visser
  • CLONING AND EXPLOITATION OF A FUNCTIONAL R-GENE FROM SOLANUM X EDINENSE
    Publication number: 20140041072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new resistance gene, Rpi-edn2 and functional homologues or functional fragments thereof isolated from S. x edinense. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of said resistance gene, for example the use of said resistance gene in a method to increase or confer at least partial resistance in a plant to an oomycete infection. The invention provides an isolated or recombinant nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding one of the amino acid sequences of FIG. 4 or a functional fragment or a functional homologue thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: COOPERATIE AVEBE U.A.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Clemens Maria Henricus de Vetten, Estelle Celine Verzaux, Jacobus Hubertus Vossen, Hendrik Rietman, Vivianne Gertruda Antonia Anna Vleeshouwers, Evert Jacobsen, Richard Gerardus Franciscus Visser