Patents by Inventor Hardy Schön

Hardy Schön 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).

  • Patent number: 9709570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotope labeling chamber for labeling metabolites in an organism, comprising a reactor chamber (1) and an air regulation chamber (2), wherein the reactor chamber (1) comprises the following components: optionally, a housing frame (3), housing walls (4), at least one injection valve (5), where at least one housing wall (4) can be opened fully and/or in part and where at least one housing wall has a lock (6), and furthermore wherein the air regulation chamber (2) comprises the following components: a temperature-regulating unit (7), an air humidification unit (8) and a gas absorption unit (9). Furthermore, the invention relates to a labeling method for plants in which the labeling chamber according to the invention is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Regine Fuchs, Olaf Woiwode, Enrico Peter, Hardy Schön, Christoph Wittmann, Detlev Rasch, Veronique Beckers, Lisa Dersch
  • Publication number: 20150309038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotope labeling chamber for labeling metabolites in an organism, comprising a reactor chamber (1) and an air regulation chamber (2), wherein the reactor chamber (1) comprises the following components: optionally, a housing frame (3), housing walls (4), at least one injection valve (5), where at least one housing wall (4) can be opened fully and/or in part and where at least one housing wall has a lock (6), and furthermore wherein the air regulation chamber (2) comprises the following components: a temperature-regulating unit (7), an air humidification unit (8) and a gas absorption unit (9). Furthermore, the invention relates to a labeling method for plants in which the labeling chamber according to the invention is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Regine Fuchs, Olaf Woiwode, Enrico Peter, Hardy Schön, Christoph Wittmann, Detlev Rasch, Veronique Beckers, Lisa Dersch
  • Publication number: 20150291971
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Janneke Hendriks, Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Volker Haake, Gunnar Plesch, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Michael Manfred Herold, Birgit Wendel, Beate Kamlage, Florian Schauwecker
  • Publication number: 20150152432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising increasing or generating one or more protein activities in a plant or a part thereof. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids enhancing or improving one or more traits of a transgenic plant, and cells, progenies, seeds and pollen derived from such plants or parts, as well as methods of making and methods of using such plant cell(s) or plant(s), progenies, seed(s) or pollen. Particularly, the improved trait(s) are manifested as increased yield, preferably by improving one or more yield-related trait(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele
  • Publication number: 20140325706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising increasing or generating one or more activities in a plant or a part thereof. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids enhancing or improving one or more traits of a transgenic plant, and cells, progenies, seeds and pollen derived from such plants or parts, as well as methods of making and methods of using such plant cell(s) or plant(s), progenies, seed(s) or pollen. Particularly, the improved trait(s) are manifested in an increased yield, preferably by improving one or more yield-related trait(s), e.g. low temperature tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Oliver Bläsing, Piotr Puzio, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön
  • Patent number: 8809059
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed herein provides a method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising increasing or generating one or more activities in a plant or a part thereof. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids enhancing or improving one or more traits of a transgenic plant, and cells, progenies, seeds and pollen derived from such plants or parts, as well as methods of making and methods of using such plant cell(s) or plant(s), progenies, seed(s) or pollen. Particularly, said improved trait(s) are manifested in an increased yield, preferably by improving one or more yield-related trait(s), e.g. low temperature tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Bläsing, Piotr Puzio, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön
  • Publication number: 20140223605
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a plant cell with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and/or increased biomass production as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of polypeptides associated with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Piotr Puzio, Oliver Bläsing, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön
  • Patent number: 8664475
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a plant cell with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and/or increased biomass production as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of polypeptides associated with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Piotr Puzio, Oliver Bläsing, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön
  • Publication number: 20120227134
    Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant whereby the method comprises at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities of a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase, 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, 3?-phosphoadenosine 5?-phosphate phosphatase, 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase, 5OS chloroplast ribosomal protein L21, 57972199. R01.1-protein, 60952769. R01.1-protein, 60S ribosomal protein, ABC transporter family protein, AP2 domain-containing transcription factor, argonaute protein, AT1 G29250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Stefan Henkes, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele, Bryan McKersie, Krishna Kolliparra, Christian Dammann
  • Publication number: 20110321197
    Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant whereby the method comprises at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities selected from the group consisting of 17.6 kDa class I heat shock protein, 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele
  • Publication number: 20110252509
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Plant Sceince GmbH
    Inventors: Janneke Hendriks, Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Volker Haake, Gunnar Plesch, Piotr Puzio, Astrid Blau, Michael Manfred Herold, Birgit Wendel, Beate Kamlage, Florian Schauwecker
  • Publication number: 20110225663
    Abstract: A method for producing an eukaryotic organism having at least one of enhanced pathogen resistance and resistance to stress includes expressing in a cytosol of the eukaryotic organism a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase with an increased NADPH tolerance compared to an endogenous cytosolic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and at least one of reducing, eliminating and suppressing an activity of the endogenous cytosolic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: WESTFAELISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET MUENSTER
    Inventors: Antje Von Schaewen, Judith Scharte, Zeina Tjaden, Hardy Schoen, Olessja Becker, Kerstin Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110195843
    Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities selected from the group consisting of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, Adenylate kinase, B2758-protein, Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, cysteine synthase, Exopolyphosphatase, geranylgeranyl reductase, Mating hormone A-factor precursor, mitochondrial succinate-fumarate transporter, modification methylase HemK family protein, Myo-inositol transporter, oxidoreductase subunit, peptidy-prolyl-cis-trans-isomerase, protein kinase, Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase, slr1293-protein, YDR049W-protein, YJL181W-protein, and YPL109C-protein-activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön, Oliver Bläsing
  • Publication number: 20100205690
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed herein provides a method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising increasing or generating one or more activities in a plant or a part thereof. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids enhancing or improving one or more traits of a transgenic plant, and cells, progenies, seeds and pollen derived from such plants or parts, as well as methods of making and methods of using such plant cell(s) or plant(s), progenies, seed(s) or pollen. Particularly, said improved trait(s) are manifested in an increased yield, preferably by improving one or more yield-related trait(s), e.g. low temperature tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Bläsing, Piotr Puzio, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Potzdam, Hardy Schön