Patents by Inventor Gerda Segers

Gerda Segers 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 and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control
    Patent number: 7825295
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for modulating endoreduplication in a plant, plant part, or plant cell. The method comprises the steps of introduction and expression of a nucleotide sequence encoding the CDC2bAt cyclin dependent kinase gene disclosed in database accession number X57840 or said CDC2bAt cyclin dependent kinase gene having the Asp residue at position 161 replaced with an Asn residue, under the control of a promoter which functions in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: CropDesign N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Gerda Segers, Lieven De Veylder, Vladimir Mironov
  • Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control
    Publication number: 20070136889
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new Arabidopsis thaliana nucleotide sequence and polypeptide sequence having a molecular weight of about 10.5 kDa. Modulation of the expression of the polypeptides encoded by the nucleotide sequences according to the invention has an advantageous influence on plant cell division characteristics especially on the endoreduplication whereby plant cell size and storage capacity of plant cells is influenced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Gerda Segers, Lieven Veylder, Vladimir Mironov
  • Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control
    Publication number: 20030014777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new Arabidopsis thaliana nucleotide sequence and polypeptide sequence having a molecular weight of about 10.5 kDa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Gerda Segers, Lieven De Veylder, Vladimir Mironov
  • Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control
    Patent number: 6465718
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new Arabidopsis thaliana nucleotide sequence and polypeptide sequence having a molecular weight of about 10.5 kDa. Modulation of the expression of the polypeptides encoded by the nucleotide sequences according to the invention has an advantageous influence on plant cell division characteristics especially on the endoreduplication whereby plant cell size and storage capacity of plant cells is influenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: CropDesign N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Gerda Segers, Lieven De Veylder, Vladimir Mironov
  • Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control
    Publication number: 20020138868
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new Arabidopsis thaliana nucleotide sequence and polypeptide sequence having a molecular weight of about 10.5 kDa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Dirk Inze, Gerda Segers, Lieven De Veylder, Vladimir Mironov