Patents by Inventor Jurgen Wendland

Jurgen Wendland 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).

  • Fungal target genes and methods
    Patent number: 6307037
    Abstract: The invention relates to genes isolated from Ashbya gossypii that code for proteins essential for normal fungal growth and development. The invention also includes the methods of using these proteins to discover new fungicides, based on the essentiality of the gene for normal growth and development. The invention can also be used in a screening assay to identify inhibitors that are potential fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Thomas Deane Gaffney, Albert Flavier, Michelle M. Cloyd Kirksey, Peter Phillippsen, Frederick Dietrich, Jurgen Wendland, Paul Bernasconi, Kimberly White, Witold Filipowicz
  • Fungal target genes and methods
    Patent number: 6291665
    Abstract: The invention relates to genes isolated from Ashbya gossypii that code for proteins essential for normal fungal growth and development. The invention also includes the methods of using these proteins to discover new fungicides, based on the essentiality of the gene for normal growth and development. The invention can also be used in a screening assay to identify inhibitors that are potential fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Thomas Deane Gaffney, Albert Flavier, Krista Gates, Jürgen Wendland, Yasmina Ayad-Durieux, Fred Dietrich, Peter Philippsen
  • Genomic DNA sequences of ashbya gossypii and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6239264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the terminal sequencing of random genomic fragments performed with the filamentous fungus A.gossypii, to the sequences obtained therewith and the use of the sequences for forensic identification, to characterize genes and gene organization of this ascomycete by inter-genomic comparison, to identify biosynthetic genes that can be used as selection markers, to isolate promotors and terminators for application in a homologous as well as heterologous context, to find putative centromere containing clones, chromosome mapping, chromosome identifying, general information about chromosome organization and in addition to identify ORF containing SRS sequences with no homology to S. cerevisiae or any other organism which allows the identification of A. gossypii specific genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Peter Philippsen, Rainer Pöhlmann, Sabine Steiner-Lange, Christine Mohr, Jürgen Wendland, Philipp Knechtle, Corinne Rebischung