Patents by Inventor Frederik Boernke

Frederik Boernke 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).

  • Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase as Target for Herbicides
    Publication number: 20110113494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
  • Nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase
    Patent number: 7662603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Boernke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund
  • 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
  • Sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase as target for herbicides
    Patent number: 7374899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polypeptide with the biological activity of a sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase which, if not present, brings about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves and which is encoded by the nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5 or by a functional equivalent of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:5 as target for herbicides. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned polypeptides in a method for identifying herbicidal or growth-regulatory compounds which inhibit sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of these compounds which have been identified via the method as herbicides or growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Ehrhardt, Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Shuai Chen
  • Serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a target for herbicides
    Patent number: 7319013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Sonnewald, Frederik Börnke, Kirsten Deist, Marc Stitt Nigel, Wolfgang Lein, Thomas Ehrhardt, Andreas Reindl, Ralf-Michael Schmidt, Annette Freund