Patents by Inventor Jörg Schwender

Jörg Schwender 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).

  • MODIFIED BRASSICA PLANTS WITH INCREASED SEED OIL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170204426
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided to increase the seed oil content of Brassica plants by preventing feedback inhibition by phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) of a pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase (PPi-PFK) present in cells of seeds or embryos of these plants, in various manners, including by providing feedback insensitive or less sensitive PPi-PFK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Jorg SCHWENDER
  • Overexpression of a DNA sequence coding for a 1-desoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase in plants
    Patent number: 6765129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing plants containing increased quantities of tocopherols, vitamin K, carotinoids, chlorophylls and polyterpenes by overexpression of a DXPRI gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Lichtenthaler, Jörg Schwender, Andreas Reindl, Karin Herbers