Patents by Inventor Irina Wenderoth

Irina Wenderoth 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).

  • Production of Ketocarotenoids in Plants
    Publication number: 20120156718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optimized ketolase coding sequences, corresponding coding sequences and genetic constructs alone or in combination with beta-cyclase coding sequences, their use for the expression in plants, in particular in plants of the genus Tagetes, to such genetically modified plants, to a process for the preparation of carotenoid products by culturing the genetically modified plants. The present invention further relates to the expression of optimized ketolase coding sequences alone or in combination with beta-cyclase coding sequences under control of an Antirrhinum majus ANTHIRRHINUM FIDDLEHEAD (AFI) promoter, In addition the invention relates to the use of an AFI promoter for heterologous gene expression, preferably for flower-specific expression of genes in plants of the genus Tagetes, to the genetically modified plants of the genus Tagetes, and to a process for producing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Flachmann, Irina Wenderoth, Christel Renate Schopter, Bettina Tschiersch, Hannia Bridg-Giannakopoulos, Michael Leps, Ute Linemann, George Mather Sauer