Patents by Inventor Frederic Bourgaud

Frederic Bourgaud 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 inhibiting production of furanocoumarins in plants
    Publication number: 20160244771
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting production of furanocoumarins in a plant, includes inhibiting in the plant the expression of a protein named GfPT, the GfPT protein having coumarin-specific prenyltransferase activity and having at least 70% sequence identity with the polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Frederic BOURGAUD, Alain HEHN, Alexandre OLRY, Ryosuke MUNAKATA, Kazufumi YAZAKI, Mazaharu MIZUTANI
  • PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS USING CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
    Publication number: 20100047864
    Abstract: The present application relates to the provision of process for producing at least one protein, comprising the cultivation of a carnivorous plant, characterized in that said plant has been genetically modified to express said protein or proteins, and said protein or proteins are collected from the digestive secretions of said carnivorous plant traps, in particular glue, pitcher, trumpet or bladder traps. The proteins of interest are functional, despite the existence of digestive enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Flore Biteau, Frederic Bourgaud, Eric Gontier, Jean-Paul Fevre
  • Method for producing metabolites from plants cultivated in soil-less medium
    Patent number: 7350331
    Abstract: A method for producing molecules from plants, characterized in that the plants are cultivated in soil-less conditions and are supplied with a nutrient solution and/or sprayed with a leaching liquid, the solution and/or the liquid being subsequently recovered and treated to extract therefrom certain specific molecules which it contains and which have been released by the roots and/or top growth of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignees: Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
    Inventors: Eric Gontier, Alain Clement, Frederic Bourgaud, Armand Guckert