Patents by Inventor Gert Forkmann

Gert Forkmann 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).

  • Plants with modified flower color and methods for their production by genetic engineering
    Patent number: 5410096
    Abstract: Described are plants not naturally capable of reducing dihydrokaempferol and containing a DNA sequence inserted according to recombinant DNA techniques which DNA sequence encodes a protein with the enzymatic activity of a dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) with extended substrate specificity for dihydrokaempferol. Furthermore, methods for the production of said plants, recombinant vectors and the use of said plants for the breeding of plants and parts of plants with modified flower colour are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventors: Peter Meyer, Iris Heidmann, Heinz Saedler, Gert Forkmann