Patents by Inventor Iwona Birk

Iwona Birk 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: 10570411
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants and triticale plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants or triticale plants containing one or more Triticum turgidum IMI nucleic acids. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and triticale plants, and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants and triticale plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Agrigenetics Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin Konzak, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Publication number: 20160376605
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants and triticale plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants or triticale plants containing one or more Triticum turgidum IMI nucleic acids. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and triticale plants, and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants and triticale plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Calvin KONZAK, Iwona BIRK, Bijay SINGH
  • Patent number: 9382526
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants and triticale plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants or triticale plants containing one or more Triticum turgidum IMI nucleic acids. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and triticale plants, and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants and triticale plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Northwest Plant Breeding Company
    Inventors: Calvin Konzak, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Patent number: 9175299
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides that confer upon a plant tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide when expressed in the plant. The present invention also provides plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BASF AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS, B.V.
    Inventors: John Moffatt, Rob Bruns, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Publication number: 20120172224
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes rice plants containing at least one variant AHAS nucleic acid such as an imidazolinone tolerant IMINTA 1, 4 or 5 lines comprising an alanine to threonine substitution as compared to the wild-type AHAS. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these rice plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these rice plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Alberto B. LIVORE, Alberto R. Prina, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Publication number: 20090029860
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides that confer upon a plant tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide when expressed in the plant. The present invention also provides plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products, B.V.
    Inventors: John Moffatt, Rob Bruns, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Publication number: 20070033670
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wheat plants and triticale plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants or triticale plants containing one or more Triticum turgidum IMI nucleic acids. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and triticale plants, and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants and triticale plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicants: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, NORTHWEST PLANT BREEDING COMPANY
    Inventors: Calvin Konzak, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Publication number: 20070028318
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes rice plants containing at least one variant AHAS nucleic acid such as an imidazolinone tolerant IMINTA 1, 4 or 5 lines comprising an alanine to threonine substitution as compared to the wild-type AHAS. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these rice plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these rice plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Instituto Nacional de Technologia Agropecuaria
    Inventors: Alberto Livore, Alberto Prina, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
  • Publication number: 20060010514
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotide molecules that encode mature, wild-type and imidazolinone-tolerant acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences encoding these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotide molecules of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotide molecules, expression cassettes, and transformation vectors, are described. Methods of using the polynucleotide molecules to enhance the resistance of plants to herbicides, and methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of such plants are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh, Gregory Parker