Patents by Inventor Fritz Kreutzaler

Fritz Kreutzaler 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).

  • Genetically modified higher plants with increased photosynthesis and/or biomass production, methods and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10519206
    Abstract: The technology provided herein generally relates relates to genetically modified higher plants, for example C3 and C4 plants, and subsequent generations thereof, comprising stable and/or transient expression of at least one gene-product (e.g. mRNA or protein) of the “Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CO2 concentrating mechanism” (CCM), wherein the expression takes place in the intermembrane space and/or one or more subcellular compartments of the chloroplasts of the higher plant, and wherein this expression increases one or more of the characteristics selected from the group of photosynthetic rate, photosynthetic carbon fixation, chlorophyll level and/or biomass of the genetically modified higher plant (T0) and/or of the T1 and/or T2 generation or any subsequent plant generation of said genetically modified higher plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Greta Noelke, Stefan Schillberg, Fritz Kreutzaler, Mirna Barsoum, Rainer Fischer
  • GENETICALLY MODIFIED HIGHER PLANTS WITH INCREASED PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND/OR BIOMASS PRODUCTION, METHODS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283473
    Abstract: The technology provided herein generally relates relates to genetically modified higher plants, for example C3 and C4 plants, and subsequent generations thereof, comprising stable and/or transient expression of at least one gene-product (e.g. mRNA or protein) of the “Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CO2 concentrating mechanism” (CCM), wherein the expression takes place in the intermembrane space and/or one or more subcellular compartments of the chloroplasts of the higher plant, and wherein this expression increases one or more of the characteristics selected from the group of photosynthetic rate, photosynthetic carbon fixation, chlorophyll level and/or biomass of the genetically modified higher plant (T0) and/or of the T1 and/or T2 generation or any subsequent plant generation of said genetically modified higher plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Greta Noelke, Stefan Schillberg, Fritz Kreutzaler, Mirna Barsoum, Rainer Fischer