Patents by Inventor Jacob Pollier

Jacob Pollier 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).

  • Means and methods for regulating secondary metabolite production in plants
    Patent number: 11208667
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes encoding a bHLH protein of subfamily Iva comprising a bHLH domain and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent, Universiteit Leiden
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Jan Mertens, Alex Van Moerkercke, Jacob Pollier, Johan Memelink
  • Means and methods for regulating secondary metabolite production in plants
    Patent number: 10370672
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: VIB XVZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT, UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Jan Mertens, Alex Van Moerkercke, Jacob Pollier, Johan Memelink
  • Means and Methods for Regulating Secondary Metabolite Production in Plants
    Publication number: 20190071686
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent, Universiteit Leiden
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Jan Mertens, Alex Van Moerkercke, Jacob Pollier, Johan Memelink
  • Triterpenoid sapogenin production in plant and microbial cultures
    Patent number: 9994883
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for enhancing the biosynthesis and/or secretion of sapogenins in the culture medium of plant and microbial cell cultures. Further, the disclosure also relates to the identification of novel genes involved in the biosynthesis of sapogenin intermediates, as well as to novel sapogenin compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Tessa Moses, Jacob Pollier, Lorena Almagro Romero
  • MEANS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20170009249
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT, UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
    Inventors: Alain GOOSSENS, Jan MERTENS, Alex van MOERKERCKE, Jacob POLLIER, Johan MEMELINK
  • TRITERPENOID SAPOGENIN PRODUCTION IN PLANT AND MICROBIAL CULTURES
    Publication number: 20150141633
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for enhancing the biosynthesis and/or secretion of sapogenins in the culture medium of plant and microbial cell cultures. Further, the disclosure also relates to the identification of novel genes involved in the biosynthesis of sapogenin intermediates, as well as to novel sapogenin compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Alain Goossens, Tessa Moses, Jacob Pollier, Lorena Almagro Romero