Patents by Inventor Ilja Roobeek

Ilja Roobeek 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).

  • Resistance gene and lettuce plant resistant to downy mildew
    Patent number: 11920144
    Abstract: Provided herein is a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, more specifically a lettuce plant that has a mutated gene that confers broad spectrum resistance to oomycetes in lettuce. Also provided herein are a resistance gene and a method for obtaining a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, wherein the method includes the step of mutating a gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventors: Bas Ter Riet, Geert Johannes De Boer, Ilja Roobeek, Mathieu Andre Pel
  • CHLOROSIS RESISTANT CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILE BRASSICA PLANTS
    Publication number: 20240032496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chlorosis resistant cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) Brassica rapa plant and methods of producing the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant. The present invention further relates to progeny, a descendent plant, and/or seed and/or plant part of the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Gerard Nijs Koorevaar, Roy Briga, Ilja Roobeek, Brenda Johanna Maria De Lange
  • Spinach Plant Resistant to Downy Mildew and Novel Resistance Gene
    Publication number: 20230250445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spinach plant that is resistant to downy mildew caused by Peronospora farinosa. The present invention further relates to a resistance gene that confers resistance to downy mildew in spinach plants, and methods for obtaining a spinach plant that is resistant to downy mildew, and use of one or more markers for providing a spinach plant that is resistant to downy mildew.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Faira Suidgeest, Ilja Roobeek, Jan Ane Dijkstra
  • Resistance Gene and Lettuce Plant Resistant to Downy Mildew
    Publication number: 20210238626
    Abstract: Provided herein is a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, more specifically a lettuce plant that has a mutated gene that confers broad spectrum resistance to oomycetes in lettuce. Also provided herein are a resistance gene and a method for obtaining a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, wherein the method includes the step of mutating a gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Bas Ter Riet, Geert Johannes De Boer, Ilja Roobeek, Mathieu Andre Pel
  • plants with increased fruit yield
    Patent number: 10465201
    Abstract: Provided herein are Solanum lycopersicum plants with increased fruit yield and to seeds or fruits of the present Solanum lycopersicum plants. Also provided herein are methods for increasing the fruit yield of Solanum lycopersicum plants. Further provided are fruits and seeds of the present Solanum lycopersicum plants. Solanum lycopersicum plant with increased fruit yield including the SP3D and SP gene, or at least the promoter sequence thereof, of Solanum pennelli or another Solanum species such as Solanum neorickii, Solanum chmielewskii, Solanum chilense, Solanum parviflorum, Solanum pimpinellifolium, and Solanum peruvianum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventors: Ilja Roobeek, Marieke Ykema, Martijn Petrus van Stee, Geert Johannes De Boer
  • Solanum Lycopersicum Plants with Increased Fruit Yield
    Publication number: 20170107529
    Abstract: Provided herein are Solanum lycopersicum plants with increased fruit yield and to seeds or fruits of the present Solanum lycopersicum plants. Also provided herein are methods for increasing the fruit yield of Solanum lycopersicum plants. Further provided are fruits and seeds of the present Solanum lycopersicum plants. Solanum lycopersicum plant with increased fruit yield including the SP3D and SP gene, or at least the promoter sequence thereof, of Solanum pennelli or another Solanum species such as Solanum neorickii, Solanum chmielewskii, Solanum chilense, Solanum parviflorum, Solanum pimpinellifolium, and Solanum peruvianum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ilja Roobeek, Marieke Ykema, Martijn Petrus van Stee, Geert Johannes De Boer